Overwhelming Influence

Overwhelming Influence
Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious (Star Wars) was the last Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic, the first Emperor of the Galactic Empire, and was the last reigning Dark Lord of the Sith under Darth Bane's Rule of Two.
Power/Ability to:	Possess overwhelming influence.

"Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen."

― Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious (Star Wars)

"Whether it be court officials or military officers, even if we were to take into account every person alive in China today...With his clout he would still be counted as one of the men standing at the absolute peak."

― Go Hou Mei on Shun Shin Kun, the Prime Minister of the superstate of Chu (Kingdom)

"As the second highest ranking commander in Chu, the one woman who holds sway over 300,000 soldiers including those stationed in our southern outposts, I have need of you and your power."

― Ri En to Ka Rin (Kingdom)

The ability to possess incredible, overwhelming influence. Sub-power of Authority.

Also Called

• Far-Reaching Influence
• Highly Influential Connections
• Irresistible Sway
• Position of Power

Capabilities

The user possesses overtly or covertly great influence by/in political, criminal, economic, royal, scientific, etc. means, which grants them control over that sphere and its workings.

Applications

• Authority
• Business Intuition
• Companion Allegiance
• Convinced Inevitability
• Crime/Law/Order Inducement
• Criminology Intuition
• Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Charisma
• Golden Luck
• Indomitable Will
• Leadership Intuition
• Law Manipulation
• Mental Pressure
• Military Intuition
• Persuasion
• Political Intuition
• Rule Bending
• Social Luck

Variations

• Boundless Influence

Associations

• Civilization Manipulation
• Domination
• Hierarchy Manipulation
• Intuitive Aptitude
• Popularity Manipulation
• Psychological Manipulation
• Submission
• Subordination Manipulation

Limitations

• Outside influence might cause problems.
• Others of equal influence may remove users from power.
• Users of Indomitable Will and Freedom are either immune or highly resistant.

Known Users

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Yuujiro Hanma (Baki the Grappler)
• The God Hand (Berserk)
• Mori Ougai (Bungou Stray Dogs)
• Schneizel el Britannia (Code Geass)
• Various Characters (Gintama)
  • Tokugawa Sada Sada
  • Housen
• Kazuya Souma (How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom)
• Pariston Hill (Hunter X Hunter)
• Various Characters (Kingdom)
• Daimyō (Naruto)
• Kages (Naruto)
• Madara Uchiha (Naruto)
• Pain/Nagato (Naruto)
• Danzō Shimura (Naruto)
• Kaguya Otsutsuki (Naruto)
• Hajime Nagumo (From Common Job to Strongest In the World)
• Ehit (From Common Job to Strongest In the World)
• Father (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• King Bradley (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Molto Sol Augustus (GATE: Thus the JSDF Fought Here)
• Justy Ueki Tylor (Irresponsible Galaxy Tylor)
• Ougon-Douji (Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi)
• Miyano Arahabaki (Maga-Tsuki)
• Maou (Maoyu ~ Archenemy & Hero)
• Johan Liebert (Monster)
• Sora & Shiro (No Game No Life)
• The Company (Pet)
• World Nobles (One Piece)
  • Five Elders
• Im/Imu (One Piece)
• Rocks D. Xebec (One Piece)
• Yonko (One Piece)
  • Edward Newgate/Whitebeard
  • Red Haired Shanks
  • Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom
  • Kaido, King of Beasts
  • Marshall D. Teach/Blackbeard
• Donquixote Doflamingo (One Piece)
• The Vinsmoke Family (One Piece)
• Petralka Anne Eldant III (Outbreak Company)
• Ryu (Youkai Apartment no Yuuga na Nichijou)
• Go-Gun Hee (Solo Leveling)
• Nation Level Hunters (Solo Leveling)
• DIO Brando (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
• Diavolo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo)
• Giorno Giovanna (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo)
• Funny Valentine (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part VII: Steel Ball Run)
• Ou Ki (Kingdom)
• Ryo Fui (Kingdom)
• Sai Taku (Kingdom)
• Four Lords of the Warring States (Kingdom)
  • Shun Shin Kun
• Ren Pa (Kingdom)
• Ri Boku (Kingdom)
• Ri En (Kingdom)
• Kan Mei (Kingdom)
• Ka Rin (Kingdom)
• All For One (My Hero Academia)
• All Might (My Hero Academia)
• Stain (My Hero Academia)

Cartoons/Comics

• Amanda Waller (DC Comics)
• Alexander "Lex" Luthor (DC Comics)
• Nick Fury (Marvel Comics)
• T'Challa/Black Panther (Marvel Comics)
• Victor Von Doom/Dr.Doom (Marvel Comics)
• Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin (Marvel Comics)
• Eddie Gunnam/The Swell (Marvel Comics)
• Diamond Authority (Steven Universe)
  • White Diamond

Literature

• Various Characters (A Song of Ice and Fire)
• Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)
• Rezkin (King's Dark Tidings)
• Mycroft Holmes (Sherlock Holmes novels)
• Professor Moriarty (Sherlock Holmes novels)
• Sauron (The Lord of the Rings)
• Talon Karrde (Star Wars Legends)

Live Television

• Various Characters (Game of Thrones)
• Jim Moriarty (Sherlock)
• Mycroft Holmes (Sherlock)

Movies

• Emperor Sheev Palpatine (Star Wars)
• Supreme Leader Snoke (Star Wars)
• Bane (The Dark Knight Rises)
• Cobra Commander (G.I. Joe Series)
• Edward "Eddie" Morra (Limitless)
• Alexander Isaacs (Resident Evil)

Video Games

• Illuminati (Deus Ex series)
• CPUs (Neptunia Series)
• Master Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts)

Known Objects

• NZT (Limitless)
• Swell's Stick (Marvel Comics)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Manhwa/Manhua

Berserk-godhand.jpg

The God Hand (Berserk) is a quintumvirate of demon sovereigns who act as executors of the will of the Idea of Evil, by virtue of their desires being intrinsic to the entity.

King Bradley (Fullmetal Alchemist) held absolute authority in his position as the original Führer (大総統, Daisōtō) of Amestris.

DIO Brando (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Diavolo, the boss of Passione (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V/5: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo)

Upon defeating Diavolo, Giorno Giovanna (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V/5: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo) took over Passione.

Sai Taku (Kingdom)

Known as the Monstrous Bird of Qin, Ou Ki (Kingdom) held a great amount of influence across 7 States of China having served as one of the leading military figures of King Sho's era of warfare and a member the Six Great Generals of Qin.

As Chancellor of State of Qin, Ryo Fui (Kingdom) held almost absolute power in matters of the state, financial income, and political courts of the kingdom.

Ren Pa (Kingdom)

As the Prime Minister of the State of Chu and Head of Military Affairs, Shun Shin Kun (Kingdom) stood at the pinnacle of political power, having a hand in building up the entire superstate of Chu.

Serving as his state's leading military figure and as the Prime Minister, Ri Boku of Zhao's Three Great Heavens (Kingdom) holds great influence and power among the 7 States of China.

After Kan Mei's death, Ka Rin (Kingdom) became the second most powerful Great General in the entire superstate of Chu,...

Ri En (Kingdom)

As the symbol of Peace and Justice, All Might (My Hero Academia) inspired the lives of many young heroes with his seemingly unstoppable heroism.

All For One (My Hero Academia) shares All Might's influential nature to the point of having his name feared from all.

Stain (My Hero Academia) despised "Fake Heroes" and slaughtered those he believed weren't worthy. His belief had many other villains rise from the shadows.

Danzo Shimura (Naruto)

Even in his old age, Madara Uchiha (Naruto) was able to convince Obito Uchiha to follow his plans.

With the Akatsuki and the Hidden Rain under his control, Pain/Nagato (Naruto) proclaimed himself God due to his almighty powers.

Kaguya Otsutsuki (Naruto) was the literal goddess of the shinobi world. Her seemingly infinite power once enslaved everyone to her tyrannical sense of "peace".

The Gorosei/Five Elder Stars (One Piece) are the heads of the World Government, and as such, they essentially rule the entire world. They are the five men who rule above the Marines, Cipher Pol, and the ones who made a pact with the Shichibukai/Seven of Warlords of the Sea.

The Yonko/Four Emperors (One Piece) are four of the most notorious and powerful pirate captains in the world, residing in the second half of the Grand Line - the New World, exerting impressive influence and control over dozens of other pirate crews and self-governing islands...

...Red-Haired Shanks...

...Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom...

...Kaido, the King of Beasts...

...Marshell D. Teach/Blackbeard...

Being a Shichibukai/Warlord of the Sea, Donquixote Doflamingo (One Piece) had a great amount of influence in the world, and as an info broker for the New World's underworld.

The Vinsmoke Family (One Piece)

The Evil God Ehit (From Common Job to Strongest In the World) has absolute influence over the people of Tortus by exploiting their Religious fanaticism and worship towards himself...

...having instigated them to fight millienias of brutal religious wars for his own twisted entertainment, and even defeated his archenemies the Liberators simply by turning the people against them.

Hajime Nagumo (From Common Job to Strongest In the World) through ingenious manipulation and trickery, has caused a massive revolution in Tortus, rallying support from the Heligh Kingdom and Hoelscher Empire to successfully turn humanity against the Evil God Ehit.

Cartoons/Comics

Alexander "Lex" Luthor (DC Comics) is one of the most shrewd businessmen in the world, a trait that has earned him an immense fortune rivaling that only to entrepreneurs like Bruce Wayne, Michael Holt, and Steve Dayton.

T'Challa/Black Panther (Marvel Comics) is the ruler of Wakanda, one of the most technologically advanced countries in the Marvel Universe.

As the Kingpin of Crime, Wilson Fisk (Marvel Comics) holds total control over the criminal underworld of the entire eastern seaboard.

As the leader of the Diamond Authority, White Diamond (Steven Universe) has absolute authority over Homeworld and the Gems, even more than the other Diamonds.

Literature

Talon Karrde (Star Wars Legends)

Live Television/Movies

Snoke (Star Wars) was the Supreme Leader of the First Order and therefore had absolute power over it.

Bane (The Dark Knight Rises) not only has physical attributes and fighting abilities that are a little superior to Batman but he also took over Gotham City thus controlling everything in it.

Video Games

Master Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts) influenced many to follow his beliefs, to the point of having an entire organization under his control.