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
• Spectrokinesis

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
• Haunting
• 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.
• Can make a person paranoid.

Known Users

• Yuki (Afterlost: Where I End and You Begin)
• Yūki Terumi (BlazBlue)
• Spirit Dominion Users (Charmed)
  • Clyde
  • The Necromancer
• The Firstborn (Clive Barker's Jericho)
• Frederich Isak Showenhower/Freakshow (Danny Phantom); via Crystal Ball Staff
• Sir Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott (Date A Live); via Belial
• Capiorcorpus/Corpsetaker (The Dresden Files)
• Hijikata Toshizo (Drifters)
• Jose Porla (Fairy Tail); via Shade
• Wrexsoul (Final Fantasy VI)
• Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf (Ghostbusters II)
• Ivo Shander (Ghostbusters: The Video Game)
• Kevin Beckman (Ghost Busters 2016); temporarily, after being possessed by the ghost of Rowan North
• Rowan North (Ghost Busters 2016); after becoming a ghost
• Hecate/Trivia (Greco-Roman Mythology)
• Shades (Inheritance Cycle)
  • Durza
• Emporio Alniño (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean); via Burning Down the House
• Peta (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• Wicked (Marvel Comics)
• Matsuo (Mob Psycho 100)
• Perona (One Piece); via Horo Horo no Mi
• Airi (Queen's Blade)
• Lalith (Sendokai Champions)
• Cynder (Skylanders)
• Fiesta (Skylanders)
• Hex (Skylanders)
• Hood Sickle (Skylanders)
• Zoo Lou (Skylanders)
• Sayoko Minase (UQ Holder)
• Hecate (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Death Knights (Warcraft); via Unholy
• Necromancers (Warcraft)
• Ciara/Glastig Uaine (Worm)
• Raviel, Lord of Phantasms (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
• Belgim E.O and Dalia Anjé (Zatch Bell!)

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.

Perona, the Ghost Princess (One Piece)