Sand Manipulation

Sand Manipulation
Toph Bei Fong (Avatar: The Last Airbender) showing Aang her practice of sandbending.
Power/Ability to:	Manipulate sand particles

Power to manipulate sand. Variation of Earth Manipulation.

Also Called

• Harenkinesis
• Psammokinesis
• Sand Control
• Sandbending
• Sunakinesis

Capabilities

User can create, shape and manipulate sand, a naturally occurring loose, fragmented/granular sedimentary material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles ranging in diameter from 0.0625 mm (or 1⁄16 mm) to 2 mm.

The most common sand is composed of particles of quartz (colorless/slightly pink) and feldspar (pink-7amber). Black sands, such as those found in Hawaii, are composed of particles of obsidian formed by volcanic activity. Other black sands include materials such as magnetite and homblende. Coral sands are white or gray, and sands composed of broken shell fragments are usually light brown.

Applications

• Create/generate/increase sand of any grain-side or shape (rough/smooth, dust-like/coarse).
• Shape, compress, and/or otherwise manipulate sand.
  • Generate pits of quicksand.
• Burrowing with choice between simply gliding through sand or leaving tunnel.
• Earth Attacks using sand.
• Ground Liquification only sand.
• Move/lift sand at nearly any speed whether in/on surface, air or water.
  • Geokinetic Flight using sand.
  • Matter Surfing by riding a mass/wave of sand.
• Petrification
• Psammokinetic Constructs, including weapons, walls, armor or allies/servants.

Techniques

• Abacomancy using Sand.
• Burying
• Crushing
• Dehydration
• Earth Aura using Sand.
• Psammokinetic Invisibility
• Psammokinetic Regeneration
• Psammoportation
• Quicksand Generation
• Sand Mimicry
• Sand Touch
• Sandstorm Creation
• Seismic Sense sense/perceive vibrations in the sand.

Variations

• Magic Sand Manipulation
• Powder Manipulation

Associations

• Desert Adaptation
• Desert Manipulation
• Erosion Manipulation
• Earth Manipulation
• Glass Manipulation
• Metal Dust Manipulation
• Mineral Manipulation

Limitations

• May be unable to create sand, being limited to manipulating only from already existing sources.
• Distance and the amount of matter depends of the strength and skill of the user.
• Water and Water Manipulation can make sand heavier and harder to manipulate.
  • Blood Manipulation does the same.
• Fire Manipulation can melt sand into glass.
• Ice Manipulation/Freezing can turn sand solid.
• Sand can be weighed down when mixed with a powder of higher density, such as iron or gold dust, thus reducing manipulation.

Known Users

• Max Alors (Fairy Tail)
• Scorpio (Fairy Tail)
• Sol (Fairy Tail)
• Eisenwald Goblin (Fairy Tail)
• Iggy (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
• Gressil (Ghost Rider movie)
• Jeric (Charmed)
• Sandy Hawkins/Sandman (DC Comics)
• Crocodile (One Piece)
• Runuganga (Bleach)
• Gaara (Naruto)
• Shukaku (Naruto)
• Gordon Hovey (Heroes)
• Toph Bei Fong (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• Sandbenders (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• Tim Westcott (Smallville)
• Ground-Type Pokemon (Pokemon)
• Hotep-Ra (Danny Phantom)
• Arceus (Pokemon)
• Mew (Pokemon)
• The Sand (Cardcaptor Sakura)
• Imhotep (The Mummy)
• The Element Lord of Sand (BIONICLE)
• Ganju Shiba (Bleach)
• Murray (Hotel Transylvania)
• Sanderson "The Sandman" McSnoozy (Rise of the Guardians)
• Pitch Black (Rise of the Guardians)
• DesertMan.EXE (Megaman NT Warrior)

Gallery

By training his Devil's Fruit ability of the Suna Suna no Mi, Crocodile (One Piece) is powerful enough to turn nearly anything he comes in contact into sand as well as transform into sand by reflex.

Toph Bei Fong (Avatar: The Last Airbender) learned also this variation of Earth Bending

Gaara (Naruto) uses his chakra to control the sand.

Marco Flint/Sandman (Spider Man) can transform his body into sand, harden it to enhance his durability and shape his hands into weapons.