Multiple Hearts

Multiple Hearts
The Doctor (Doctor Who) famously has two hearts
Power/Ability to:	Have more than one heart.

The ability to have more than one heart. Variation of Auxiliary Organs.

Capabilities

User has multiple hearts which do not have to physically be in the body, they can also be spiritually/mentally present, in other location etc. They may be able to power up their abilities, improving combat, mental or physical capabilities, etc.

If one heart perishes, the user doesn't die and the other hearts still remains. Due to the first heart perishing, the user will carry over the enhanced ability in use to the primary heart, which can be fatal, if the the primary heart can't take it.

Applications

• Enhanced Condition
  • Enhanced Dexterity
  • Enhanced Endurance
  • Enhanced Strength

Associations

• Artificial Heart
• Auxiliary Organs
• Organic Manipulation

Limitations

• A carry over effect if the second heart perishes, and was in the middle of an enhanced ability.
• May not be able to use the primary heart if any other heart is in use.
• Enhancement based on the user's potential.
• Only physical abilities can be powered up.
• Even though the user can have more hearts, that doesn't mean their other internal organs are safe, such as the brain or lungs.

Known Users

Comics

• Marrow (Marvel Comics)
• Midnighter (Wildstorm\DC Comics)

Folklore/Mythology

• Strigoi (Romanian Mythology)

Literature

• Jester Karture (Fate/Strange Fake)

Live Movies

• Gorog (Star Wars)
• Muun (Star Wars) have 3 hearts.
• Cereans (Star Wars)
  • Ki-Adi-Mundi
• Zabraks/Dathomirians (Star Wars)

Live Television

• Time Lords (Doctor Who)
  • The Doctor
  • The Master
• Glaive (Lost Girl)
• Tori (Lost Girl)

Manga/Anime

• Nosferatu (Ghost Sweeper Mikami: The Great Paradise Battle)
• Levit Thealigra (Interspecies Reviewers)
• Demons (Nanatsu no Taizai); have 5 or 7 hearts.
• Kakuzu (Naruto); has 5 hearts.
• Karinka (Steel Angel Kurumi)

Video Games

• Astrel (Age of Myth)
• Ur-Dragon (Dragon's Dogma)
• The Riftworm (Gears of War)
• Glacius (Killer Instinct)
• Terra-Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts)
• Sora (Kingdom Hearts)
• Krogan (Mass Effect)
• Tyrants (Resident Evil)
• Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000)
• Chaos Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000)

Web Original

• SCP-401 - A Palm Tree (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-2478 - Ordinary Japanese People (SCP Foundation)

Gallery

Jester Karture (Fate/Strange Fake) has six artificial hearts.

When he was young, Sora (Kingdom Hearts) became the vessel to what remained of Ventus' heart.

Terra-Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts) came into existence when Terra's body became the vessel to Master Xehanort's heart.

"Tyrants" such as the T-103 model (Resident Evil) have one or two extra hearts implanted to help support their augmented bodies.

Cereans (Star Wars) like Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi possesses two hearts to support his binary brain.