- "I'd ask you to sit down, but, you're not going to anyway. And don't worry about the vase.
- "What vase?"
- (Neo turns to look for a vase, and as he does, he knocks over a vase of flowers, which shatters on the floor)
- "That vase."
- "I'm sorry..."
- "I said don't worry about it. I'll get one of my kids to fix it."
- "How did you know?"
- "Ohh, what's really going to bake your noodle later on is, would you still have broken it if I hadn't said anything?"
- ― The Oracle and Neo (The Matrix)
The ability to use the powers and characteristics of a seer archetype. Note that this is essentially a definition of an archetype/concept.
Also Called
- Augur
- Clairvoyant
- Diviner
- Fortune Teller
- Oracle
- Prophet
- Soothsayer
- vǫlva/Völva/Völfa (Women only)
- Seeress (Women only)
Capabilities
The user possesses the power of a seer (also called clairvoyant, prophet, oracle, or diviner), an individual who can see things hidden from others and also has the ability to predict the future or speak for the gods. A seer usually acts as a guide, whether it be for good or evil depends on the user in question. Seers also have special knowledge of the divine or supernatural realms and some receive special wisdom, power or understanding from deities or spirits. Seers are individuals closest to what one would call the "absolute truth" of the world. The abilities of each seer will vary as well as the cost, if there is any, for their gift.
Applications
- Extrasensory Perception
- Accelerated Probability
- Clairvoyance
- Danger Intuition
- Death Sense
- Destiny Perception
- Divination
- Empathic Precognition
- Flash Precognition
- Numerology
- Precognition
- Precognitive Artistry
- Precognitive Crafting
- Precognitive Dreaming
- Precognitive Speech
- Prescience
- Retrocognition
- Time-Space Synesthesia
- Xeno-Accelerated Probability
Variations
Powerful seers can reach nearly or even fully divine status:
- Absolute Sight
- Destiny Manipulation
- Divine Communication
- Enlightenment
- Flawless Clairvoyance
- Flawless Precognition
- Meta Fate Manipulation
- Nigh Omniscience/Omniscience
- Omni-Perception
- Prophecy Construction
- Transcendent Connection
Limitations
- Seers connected to the gods may be limited to what god shows them.
- Seers limitation will depend on the user but they can run the gamut.
- Seeing things but unable to change them.
- Seeing things but they are murky or unclear.
- Seeing only possibilities.
- The visions may take a toll on the mind and the body.
Associations
Known Users
See also Seers.
- Prophets (Abrahamic Religions)
- Daniel
- Elijah
- Samuel
- Jesus Christ
- Seers & Mages (Homestuck)
- Rose Lalonde
- Terezi Pyrope
- Kankri Vantas
- Sollux Captor
- Meulin Leijon
- Cordelia Chase (Angel)
- Cisco Ramon (Arrowverse)
- Gypsy (Arrowverse)
- Verdona (Ben 10)
- Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10)
- Leonardo Watch (Blood Blockade Battlefront)
- Diviners (The Caster Chronicles)
- Arelia Valentin
- Seers (The Caster Chronicles)
- Amma
- The Greats
- Phoebe Halliwell (Charmed)
- Kyra (Charmed)
- The Seer (Charmed)
- Melinda Warren (Charmed)
- The Crone (Charmed)
- Madame Xanadu (DC Comics)
- Greenseers (Game of Thrones)
- Tiresias (Greek Mythology)
- Seers (Harry Potter)
- Sybill Trelawney (Harry Potter)
- Gellert Grindelwald (Harry Potter)
- Living Tribunal (Marvel Comics)
- Destiny/Irene Adler (Marvel)
- Madame Web/Cassandra Webb (Marvel)
- The Oracle (Matrix Trilogy)
- Morgana Pendragon (Merlin)
- Ethan Morgan (My Babysitter’s a Vampire)
- Diviners/Oracles/Seers (Mythology)
- Freyja (Norse Mythology)
- Mimir (Norse Mythology)
- Oracle of Delphi (Percy Jackson)
- Greenseers (A Song of Ice and Fire)
- Users of Force vision (Star Wars/Star Wars Legends)
- Multiple Eye (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Alien Id (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Wise Oracle (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Foretellers (The Wheel of Time)
- Alvis (Xenoblade Chronicles)
- Shulk (Xenoblade Chronicles)
- Raven (DC Comics)
Known Objects
- All Seeing Eyes of God (Blood Blockade Battlefront)
Gallery
Jesus Christ (Religion) is the most powerful prophet ever in history and as the son of God he obtains incredible foresight on what's to come.
Morgana (Merlin) has the magical gift of prophecy.
Alien Id (Valkyrie Crusade) is a alien seer who can exorcise evil spirits with her eyes.
Multiple Eye (Valkyrie Crusade) is an all-seeing seer.
Wise Oracle (Valkyrie Crusade) has vast wisdom.
Brandon Stark (Game of Thrones) is a Greenseer and the new Three-Eyed Raven.
Bran meets the Three-Eyed Raven (Game of Thrones) in his real form.
Cisco Ramon (The Flash) also known as Vibe has metahuman abilities that allow him to "vibe" the future.
The Living Tribunal (Marvel Comics) is as over seer of the multiverse.
Madame Web/Cassandra Webb (Marvel Comics)
Destiny/Irene Adler (Marvel Comics)
Phoebe Halliwell (Charmed)
Although Sybill Trelawney (Harry Potter) was generally thought of as a charlatan, almost every prediction she made throughout the series (including the ones not made under the influence of Second Sight) came true.
Because she has the power to see the future, The Seer (Charmed) she is a top adviser to the Source of all Evil.
Kyra (Charmed) another Demonic Seer.
Although not using the title, The Crone (Charmed) is considered a Seer. She was a well respected advisor to powerful evil demons and a powerful demon herself.
Melinda Warren (Charmed) ancestor of the Charmed Ones made the prophecy of them.
Verdona (Ben 10)
Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10)
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Oracle of Delphi (Percy Jackson)