Sin Detection

Sin Detection
King Minos (Dante's Inferno) is capable of literally sniffing out the sins of damned souls, and cast them into the circle of Hell that their sins dictate.
Power/Ability to:	sense the presence of sins/vices in one's vicinity

"I smell only a traitor, a glutton, a murderer"

― King Minos; when Dante confronts him at the end of Limbo

"A vision. A moment. A sin. You kind of have to interpret it."

― David Dunn to Ellie Staple

"I just... I sense it. The darkness in people. The shit they've done, are doing, or... will do. The worst ones... they have no guilt. What I see, I feel... is a void, a lack of humanity."

― Erik Gelden to Jessica Jones

The power to sense the presence of sins/vices in one's vicinity. Sub-power of Sin Manipulation. Variation of Detection. Opposite to Virtue Detection.

Also Called

• Misdeed Detection
• Sin Sense
• Vice Detection/Sense

Capabilities

User can sense the presence of sins/vices and possibly gain detailed understanding about the sins/vices they are sensing, including the amount/type of sins/vices they are sensing.

Applications

• Lie Detection - Sense if others are lying about their sins.

Associations

• Aura Reading
• Darkside View
• Detection
• Evil Sense
• Sin Manipulation

Limitations

• Some targets may be immune to the users' detection.
• Range of ability varies from user to user.
• Sensing everyone's sins may have negative effects to users mind.

Known Users

Comics

• The Spectre (DC Comics)
• Spawn (Image Comics)
• Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics)

Movies

• David Dunn (Unbreakable)

Literature

• Andre Linoge (Stephen King's, Storm of the Century)
• King Minos (The Divine Comedy)

Video Games

• King Minos (Dante's Inferno)

Cartoons

• The Bogeyman (Martin Mystery)

Live Television

• Erik Gelden ("Marvel's Jessica Jones")
• Jeremy Crane (Sleepy Hollow)

Folklore/Mythology

• Boogeyman (Folklore)
• Sin-eaters (Folklore)
• Krampus (German Folklore)

Tabletop Games

• Justina Montaigne (Anima: Beyond Fantasy)

Gallery

Justina Montaigne (Anima: Beyond Fantasy) is capable to see the hidden sins in the souls of others.

Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics) can sense the sins of others