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

• 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)
• Liches (Dungeons and Dragons) via their phylacteries.
• Voldemort (Harry Potter); via his Horcruxes.
• Yura of the Hair (InuYasha); via hiding her soul in comb.
• The Beast (Over the Garden Wall)
• Koschei (Russian folklore); hid his soul.
• Dorian Gray (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen); via his painting.
• Asagi Aiba (Strike the Blood); via Cain's Altar
• Homunculi (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood); King Bradley is the exception, because he has a Philosopher's Stone with only one soul, while the other Homunculi possess stones created from the life forces of multiple people.
• Van Hohenheim (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood); via the Philosopher's Stone.
• Rose (The Legend of Dragoon); via her Choker
• Granny Rags Aka Vera Moray (Dishonoured); via her cameo
• Marrow (Arkwell Academy); via a phoenix
• Gems (Steven Universe)
• Charlie B. Barkin (All Dogs Go To Heaven); via his watch
• Rasputin (Anastasia)

Known Objects

• Philosopher Stone (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Lazarus Pits (DC Comics)
• Horcruxes (Harry Potter)
• The Bloodgem (Marvel Comics)
• Cosmic Cube (Marvel Comics)
• Infinity Gauntlet (Marvel Comics)
• Mark of Cain (Supernatural)

Gallery

Philosopher Stone.jpg

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

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.