The power to use the abilities of Onryo. Variation of Ghost Physiology.
Also Called
- Onryo Mimicry
Capabilities
User with this ability either is or can transform into an Onryō, a spirit from Japanese folklore who is able to return to the physical world in order to seek vengeance using the spiritual powers they gain after death.
While male Onryō exist, the majority of them are women, usually young women, with long, stringy black hair that covers their face, clad in a white burial kimono or shroud. Their face itself is often quite ghastly to look upon. Their deaths are often caused by the suffering visited upon them by the capricious whims of their male lovers.
Applications
- Curse Inducement as they sometimes just haunt or give their targets bad luck.
- Decelerated Aging, Semi-Immortality, or Immortality
- Dream Walking
- Elastic Jaws
- Electronic-Media Jumping
- Fear Inducement
- Ghost Physiology
- Mental Inducement
- Hair Manipulation
- Prehensile Hair
Variations
Associations
Limitations
- Users may be bound to where they were killed or an object belongs to them. If the haunted places or objects are destroyed, the Onryo might be vanquished.
- Obsessed with vengeance.
- May lose strength after getting revenge.
- May be weak against Exorcism or holy powers.
Known Users
See Also: Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl.
Folklore/Mythology
- Onryo (Japanese Folklore)
Movies
- The Saeki Family (The Grudge Series)
- Samara Morgan/Sadako Yamamura (The Ring Series)
- Sadayaka (Sadako vs Kayako)
Live Television
- Lee (Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell)
- The Chen Family (American Horror Story: Roanoke)
Theater
- Oiwa (Yotsuya Kaidan)
Video Games
- Spirits (Fatal Frame series)
- Cynthia Velasquez (Silent Hill 4: The Room)
- Mima (Touhou)
- Hisako (Killer Instinct)
Web Comics
- Erma Williams (Erma)
- Emiko Williams (Erma)