Object Immortality

Object Immortality
Yura of the Hair (InuYasha) hid her soul into comb.
Power/Ability to:	Never die as long as an object exists.

The power to never die as long as a certain object exists. Variation of Reliant Immortality.

Also Called

• Object-Based Immortality
• Object-Dependent Immortality
• Phylactery
• Soul Jar

Capabilities

The user is immortal so long as a specific object, place, being, etc. exists and remains intact. In short, the object is what anchors the user to life.

Applications

• Immortality

Associations

• Concept-Dependent Immortality
• Dependency
• Double-Edged Power
• Power Via Objects
• Reliant Immortality
• Self-Puppetry

Limitations

• Destruction of the object can render the user mortal, or worse, outright kill them.

Known Users

• Charlie B. Barkin (All Dogs Go To Heaven); via his watch
• Rasputin (Anastasia); via Reliquary
• Marrow (Arkwell Academy); via a phoenix
• Planetary Gears (Captain Earth); via Ego Blocks
• Vandal Savage (DC Comics); via harvesting the organs of his blood descendants.
• Ra's Al Ghul (DC Comics); via the Lazarus Pits.
• Mad Hettie (DC Comics)
• Vera Moray/Granny Rags (Dishonoured); via her cameo
• Liches (Dungeons and Dragons) via their phylacteries.
• Erika Ainsworth/Pandora (Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya)
• Homunculi (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood); with the exception of King Bradley, whose Philosopher's Stone only contains one soul, the other Homunculi possess stones created from the life forces of multiple people
• Van Hohenheim (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood); via the Philosopher's Stone.
• Voldemort (Harry Potter); via his Horcruxes.
• Yura of the Hair (InuYasha); via hiding her soul in comb.
• Dorian Gray (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen); via his painting
• Rose (The Legend of Dragoon); via her Choker
• Ulysses Bloodstone (Marvel Comics); via the Bloodgem
• The Beast (Over the Garden Wall); via Dark Lantern
• Koschei (Slavic Mythology); hid his soul in needle
• Gems (Steven Universe)
• Asagi Aiba (Strike the Blood); via Cain's Altar
• Magical Girls (Puella Magi Madoka Magica); via their Soul Gems
• Sauron (Lord of the Rings); via the One Ring

Known Objects

• Staff of Hermes Trismegistus (Assassin's Creed: Odyssey)
• Lazarus Pits (DC Comics)
• Philosopher Stone (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Horcruxes (Harry Potter)
• The Bloodgem (Marvel Comics)
• Cosmic Cube (Marvel Comics)
• Infinity Gauntlet (Marvel Comics)
• Pledge Stone (Slayers)
• The Mark of Cain (Supernatural)
• Soul Gems (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
• The One Ring (Lord of the Rings)

Gallery

After escaping heaven and returning to earth, Charlie Barkin (All Dogs Go To Heaven) was immortal so long as he kept his gold watch.

Rasputin’s (Anastasia) immortality is reliant on his Reliquary; a gift from the dark forces he got by selling his soul, should it ever be destroyed so will he.

Ra's Al Ghul (DC Comics) can stay young and relatively immortal as long as a Lazarus Pit exists.

The Homunculus' (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood) power core relies on their Philosopher Stone, this includes immortality, eternal youth and regeneration.

Sauron (Lord of the Rings) & the One Ring

The Mark of Cain (Supernatural)

Voldemort (Harry Potter) made several horcruxes, containing parts of his soul, rendering him immortal

As long as she remains on Cain's altar, Asagi Aiba (Strike the Blood) cannot be killed by any means and the ritual ground will keep her alive by all kinds of factors.