Reliant Immortality

Reliant Immortality
The Man in Black (Lost) was immortal and invulnerable so long as the Heart of the Island was active
Power/Ability to:	Be immortal so long as a certain object, person, etc exists

"Frodo: But he was destroyed. Sauron was destroyed."

"Gandalf: No, Frodo. The spirit of Sauron endured. His life force is bound to the Ring, and the Ring survived. Sauron has returned."

― The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The power to be immortal so long as a certain object, person, etc exists. Variation of Immortality.

Also Called

• Immortal Link

Capabilities

The user is immortal, their existence tied to an object, soul fragments, or even a person or concepts. So long as these things exist, the user can never die.

Applications

• Immortality
• Life Link
• Reliant Invulnerability

Variations

• Concept-Dependent Immortality
• Emotion-Connective Immortality
• Object Immortality
• Symbiotic Connection

Associations

• Absolute Immortality may even be the result of the link.

Limitations

• Destruction/death of the source will either:
  • Kill the user outright.
  • Immortality Removal/Immortality Negation, leaving the user alive, but mortal again.
• Connection Removal can sever the link between the source and the user.

• The link may only protect the user's spiritual existence, and thus may end up as a disembodied spirit upon their body's death/destruction.

Known Users

See Also: Soul Jar.

Cartoons

• Mr. Meeseeks (Rick and Morty)

Movies

• Charlie B. Barkin (All Dogs Go To Heaven); via his watch
• Einon (Dragonheart); via sharing half of a dragon's heart
• Kaulder (The Last Witch Hunter); tied to the Witch Queen's beating heart
• Jafar (The Return of Jafar)
• Max Winters/Yaotl (TMNT)

Literature

• Tom Riddle/Voldemort (Harry Potter); via Horcruxes
• Elixir of Life drinkers (Harry Potter)
• Melkor/Morgoth (The Silmarillion); via Arda itself
• The Grey Gentlemen (Momo); via their cigars

Live Television

• The Man in Black (Lost); via Heart of the Island
• Natural mermaids (Mako Mermaids); via their magic to the Moon Pool
• Freya Mikaelson (The Originals); via Niklaus Mikaelson's life
• Flint (Star Trek)
• Alaric Saltzman (The Vampire Diaries); via Elena Gilbert's life

Manga/Anime

• Royal Guard (Bleach); as long as the Soul King Palace exists for them to protect.
• The Demon King (Doraemon: Nobita's New Great Adventure into the Underworld); via the red moon surrounding Magic Planet
• Kouka (Gintama)
• Utsuro (Gintama)
• Nations (Hetalia); expect China
• Hanatamago (Hetalia); is immortal as long as she remains owned by Sweden and Finland
• Phantom (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• Holo (Spice and Wolf)
• Quon (Towa no Quon); remains absolutely immortal as long as his younger brother Towa remains sealed.
• King Gilgamesh (Tower of Druaga: Aegis of Uruk); remains immortal as long as Druaga exists
• 43rd Floor inhabitants (Tower of God); remain immortal as long as they remain on the 43rd Floor
• Yumeji Fujiwara (Yumekui Merry); is immortal so long as Kyo Shiragi exists

Comics

• Mad Hettue (DC Comics/Vertigo)
• Ra's Al Ghul (DC Comics); via the Lazarus Pit
• Ulysses Bloodstone (Marvel Comics); via the Bloodgem
• Users of the Infinity Gauntlet (Marvel Comics)
• Users of the Cosmic Cube (Marvel Comics)

Folklore/Mythology

• Koschei the Deathless (Slavic Mythology) via a Needle hidden in an Egg, inside a Duck, inside a Hare, inside an Iron Chest, buried under a Tree on the island of Buyan.

RPGs

• Liches (Advanced Dungeons and Dragons); via their phylacteries.

Video Games

• Omega (Dirge of Cerberus)
• Reaver (Fable series)
• Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children); via Geostigma/Jenova Cells
• Scathach (Fate/Grand Order)
• Doppelgangis (Realms of the Haunting)
• The Deathless Ones (Rise of the Tomb Raider)
• Jacob the Deathless Prophet (Rise of the Tomb Raider)
• Amon (StarCraft); via his Void Crystals
• Psi Reavers (System Shock 2)
• Greater Psi Reaver (System Shock 2)
• Yuyuko Saigyouji (Touhou Project)
• Asphodelus (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Surtr (Fire Emblem Heroes)

Web Series

• Dr. Jack Bright (SCP Foundation); via SCP-963-1 - Immortality

Known Locations

• Immortality Field Resort (Rick and Morty)

Gallery

After escaping heaven and returning to earth, Charlie Barkin (All Dogs Go To Heaven) was immortal so long as he kept his gold watch.

The Royal Guards (Bleach) are immortal so long as the Soul King Palace remains for them to protect.

Mad Hettie (DC Comics/Vertigo) a homeless old lady with some magic tricks, hid her heart from Death. She was originally a London tramp, born in 1741.

After being given half of a dragon's heart, King Einon (Dragonheart) was immortal so long as the dragon lived.

Utsuro (Gintama) remains immortal so long as he continues to draw from the Altana of Earth.

Kouka (Gintama) remained immortal so long as she continues to draw from the Altana of Kouan, which is why she died when she left.

Voldemort (Harry Potter) was immortal so long as his horcruxes weren't destroyed.

The Elixir of Life (Harry Potter) will extend the drinker's lifespan, so long as they continue to consume it, meaning they will be completely dependent on it when they age past their natural lifespan.

Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children)

Hanatamago (Hetalia) is an ageless dog as long as she is owned by Sweden and Finland, due to the fact that her owners's longevity rubs off on her. If she were to be separated from them, she would become a normal dog and age normally.

Phantom (Marchen Awakens Romance) will never die nor age as long as the Zombie Tattoo curse remains on his body.

Gaining their life energy from cigars made of saved time, the Grey Gentlemen (Momo) can't die unless they loose their cigars or humanity stops saving time.

Melkor/Morgoth (The Silmarillion) cannot die while Arda exists.

Koschei the Deathless (Slavic Mythology) hid his death in a Needle hidden in an Egg, inside a Duck, inside a Hare, inside an Iron Chest, buried under a Tree on the island of Buyan.

Holo (Spice and Wolf) lives as long as the wheat she is bound exists.

Amon (StarCraft) cannot be killed from any attack so long as his Void Crystals are still in place.

Asphodelus (Valkyrie Crusade) is a spirit that is completely immortal as long as exists souls in the land of the dead for her to feed of.

SCP-963-1 - Immortality (SCP Foundation)

Jafar (The Return of Jafar) is a immortal genie unless his lamp is destroyed.