Phantasm Manipulation

Phantasm Manipulation
Upon becoming an Offscouring, Hijikata Toshizo (Drifters) can use smoke to manipulate and command spirits of dead former soldiers to fight on his behalf
Power/Ability to:	Manipulate ghosts and their energies.

The power to manipulate ghosts/specters and their energies. Sub-power of Soul Manipulation. Variation of Shamanism and Ectoplasm Manipulation.

Also Called

• Ghost Manipulation
• Phantom Manipulation
• Shade Manipulation
• Specter Manipulation
• Spirit Manipulation
• Wraith Manipulation

Capabilities

User can create, manipulate, and destroy ghosts/specters and their energies. They can induce fear into the hearts of others, use spirits to cause great chaos and control the souls of others when they are dead.

Applications

• Apparition Materialization
• Astral Trapping
• Corporealization
• Ectoplasm Manipulation
• Fear Inducement
• Haunted
• Mediumship
• Poltergeization
• Remote Possession - through users spirits
  • Remote Multi Possession
• Soul Manipulation - limited to those who are dead

Associations

• Astral Projection
• Curse Inducement
• Dark Arts
• Dark Energy Manipulation
• Death Inducement
• Ghost Physiology
• Necromancy
• Poltergeist Physiology
• Spirit Magic
• Spirit Physiology

Limitations

• Control Immunity
• May be limited to only certain species.
• Some can only control the ghosts they create or summon.
• Range may be limited.

Known Users

• Terumi Yuuki (BlazBlue)
• Hex (Skylanders)
• Cynder (Skylanders)
• Hood Sickle (Skylanders)
• Fiesta (Skylanders)
• Zoo Lou (Skylanders)
• Clyde (Charmed)
• The Necromancer (Charmed)
• Freakshow (Danny Phantom); via Crystal Ball Staff
• Wicked (Marvel Comics)
• Sir Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott (Date A Live); via Belial
• Vergil (Devil May Cry)
• Hijikata Toshizo (Drifters)
• Jose Porla (Fairy Tail)
• WrexSoul (Final Fantasy VI)
• Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf (Ghostbusters II)
• Ivo Shander (Ghostbusters)
• Ronan (Ghost Busters 2016); after becoming a ghost
• Kevin (Ghost Busters 2016); temporarily, after being possessed by the ghost of Ronan
• Hecate/Trivia (Greco-Roman Mythology)
• Shades (Inheritance Cycle)
  • Durza
• The Firstborn (Clive Barker's Jericho)
• Emporio Alniño (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean); via Burning Down the House
• Airi (Queen's Blade)
• Peta (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• Perona (One Piece)
• Lalith (Sendokai Champions)
• Sayoko Minase (UQ Holder)
• Hecate (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Death Knights (Warcraft); via Unholy
• Necromancers (Warcraft)
• Belgim E.O and Dalia Anjé (Zatch Bell!)
• Matsuo (Mob Psycho 100)
• Glastig Uaine (Worm)
• Raviel, Lord of Phantasms (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Gallery

Jose (Fairy Tail) can use Shade Magic.

Zoo Lou (Skylanders) can summon and control animal spirits

Hex (Skylanders) can shoot spheres of phantom energy

Airi (Queen's Blade) is a powerful wraith whom can cast ghastly illusions on her opponents.

Hecate (Valkyrie Crusade)

Peta’s (Marchen Awakens Romance) Ghost ÄRM, Abyss Cannon lets him call the tortured souls from hell and fire them as mouthed cannonballs.

Belgim E.O and Dalia (Zatch Bell!) are a powerful mamodo team whose spells focus mostly on the manipulation of ghosts.

Ivo Shandor (Ghostbusters) leader of the Cult of Gozer had enough infreastructural and supernatural expertise that he could call forth and command a legion of vengeful poltergeists from beyond.

The Firstborn (Clive Barker's Jericho) mutilates and manipulates the souls of those trapped in the Pyxis.