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The power to suppress one's physical need for sleep for long periods of time. Sub-power of Enhanced Survivability and Insomnia Inducement.

Also Called[]

  • Rest Suppression
  • ADRB1 Mutation
  • DEC2 Mutation

Capabilities[]

User can suppress their need for rest/sleep for long periods of time, allowing them to continue acting without a decline in their physical and mental health due to the lack of sleep.

Unlike Sleeplessness, users need for sleep is only lessened and not removed entirely.

Applications[]

Associations[]

Limitations[]

  • Cannot suppress sleep forever.
  • Can run risk of serious health ailments and mental instability if over-used (even by experienced users)
  • Does not prevent the need for extended rest / sleep during extreme injury or illness.
  • Low-level users may be overwhelmed by Incapacitation Inducement and Sleep Inducement/Omni-Sleep Inducement.

Known Users[]

  • Sherlock Holmes (BBC)
  • Kencyr Tribe (Chronicles of the Kencyrath)
  • Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC Comics)
  • Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
  • Midnighter (DC Comics/Wildstorm)
  • Brago (Konjiki no Gash Bell!)
  • Rin (Lost Song)
  • Captain America (Marvel Comics)
  • Space Marines (Warhammer 40k)
  • Kouenji Rokusuke (Classroom of the Elite)
  • Herbert West (Reanimator Films);via diluted reanimation reagent
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