Soul Absorption

Soul Absorption
A Guardian (Charmed) taking the soul of his victim.
Power/Ability to:	Absorb souls.

"You can exist without your soul, but you'll have no sense of self anymore, no memory, no...anything. There's no chance at all of recovery. You'll just — exist. As an empty shell. And your soul is gone... lost forever."

― Remus Lupin (Harry Potter)

The power to absorb souls and utilize them in some way. Sub-power of Soul Manipulation. Variation of Absorption.

Also Called

• Soul/Spirit Collection/Consumption/Draining/Harvesting/Robbery/Stealing/Theft

Capabilities

User can absorb souls, while removing them from the source, into their body and use it in various ways, gaining some form of advantage, either by enhancing themselves, gaining the drained power, using it as a power source, etc., either temporarily or permanently.

Common advantages include adding the target's skills and abilities to users or using the absorbed souls to augment the user's own powers.

Applications

• Absorbing Regeneration
• Assimilation Shield
• Death Inducement
• Energy Empowerment
• Enhanced Condition/Supernatural Condition
• Knowledge Absorption
• Life-Force Absorption
• Power Absorption (limited to soul-based powers)
• Psychometry
• Soul Carrier
  • Multiple Souls
• Soul Empowerment
• Soul Energy Absorption
• Soul Metabolization
• Soul Removal
• Reincarnation Denial
• Obtain access to items hidden in the soul, like Soul-Bound Weapon.

Associations

• Absorption
• Afterlife Prevention
• Death Inducement
• Death Empowerment
• Life Reduction
• Mind Absorption
• Reincarnation Denial
• Shapeshifting to the absorbed soul's former shape.
• Soul Channeling
• Soul Destruction
• Soul Manipulation
• Soul Mutilation

Limitations

• May be limited to how much one can absorb.
• May have a limit for how many souls one can contain.
• May have limited range, including touch only.
• May have unintentionally gain Divided Mind do to souls having separate sentient minds.
• May have to continually absorb souls to survive.
• Soulless beings are immune.
• May only be able to absorb certain kinds of souls, such as those belonging to supernatural beings.
• Users of Soul Restoration, Absolute Restoration/Flawless Restoration can restore the souls of others.
• Users of either Eternal Soul, Absorption Immunity or Soul Anchoring are immune.
  • Offensive Immunity

Known Users

See Also: Your Soul Is Mine.

Folklore/Mythology

• Nalusa Chito (Choctaw mythology)
• Soul eaters (Folklore)

Manga/Anime

• Arrancars (Bleach)
  • Yammy Llargo; via Gonzui
• Bounts (Bleach)
• Hollows (Bleach)
• Muramasa (Bleach)
• Yhwach (Bleach)
• Millennium Earl (D.Gray-Man)
• Izanami/Yin (Darker than Black)
• Franmalth (Fairy Tail)
• Wraith (Fairy Tail: 100 Year Quest)
• Father (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Vampires (Hellsing)
  • Alucard
  • Seras Victoria
• Kikyo (InuYasha)
• Daniel J. D'Arby the Elder (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders); via Osiris
• Telence T. D'Arby the Younger (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders); via Atum
• Enrico Pucci (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part VI: Stone Ocean); via Whitesnake
• Demons (Kuroshitsuji)
• Demons (Nanatsu no Taizai)
• Nagato/Pain (Naruto); via the Ningendo/Human Path
• Valbanill (The Sacred Blacksmith)
• Five Grand Elemental Spirits (Shaman King)
• Brynhildr (Shinmai Maou no Testament)
• Hadou Gods (Shinza Bansho)
• Soul Eater Evans (Soul Eater)
• Holy Grail vessels (TYPE-MOON)
  • Illyasviel von Einzbern
  • Irisviel von Einzbern
  • Sakura Matou
• Inga (Un-Go)
• D (Vampire Hunter D)
• Left Hand (Vampire Hunter D)
• Kaito Tenjo (Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal); via Photon hand
• Gouki (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Shishiwakamaru (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Yu Kaito (Yu Yu Hakasho)
• Younger Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho)

Live Television/Movies

• Soul Eaters (Angel)
• The Beast (Angel)
• D'Hoffryn (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Kathy Newman (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Mok'tugar Demons (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Donna Gilchrist (Being Human)
• Angel of Death (Charmed)
• Guardian Demons (Charmed)
• Soul Collectors (Charmed)
• Lord Marshal Zhylaw (The Chronicles of Riddick)
• Morgan Sinclair (The Curse of King Tut's Tomb)
• Set (The Curse of King Tut's Tomb)
• Alexia (Los Protegidos)
• Stephanie (My Babysitter's a Vampire); via Symbol Magic and Spell Casting
• Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
• Splitface (Power Rangers Samurai)
• Halloween Hound (Spooky Buddies); via Howl Breath
• Castiel (Supernatural)
• The Darkness/Amara (Supernatural)
• Famine (Supernatural)
• Crocottas (Supernatural)
• Shtrigas (Supernatural)
• Soul Eaters (Supernatural)
• Migar Prisoners (Tracker)
• Darkness (Twitches)
• Arcadius (The Vampire Diaries)

Comics/Cartoons

• Hunson Abadeer (Adventure Time)
• Marceline Abadeer (Adventure Time)
• Jasmine (American Dragon: Jake Long)
• Liss Hubble (Angel: After the Fall)
• Knuckles the Echidna/Enerjak of Dark Mobius (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Charmcaster (Ben 10)
• The Beldam (Coraline)
• Trigon (DC Comics)
• Mrs. Pollywinkle (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
• Ogdru Jahad (Hellboy/BPRD)
• Spawn (Image Comics)
• Kai (Kung Fu Panda)
• Nadakhan (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu); via Djinn Blade
• Skylor (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
• Blackheart (Marvel Comics)
• Selene (Marvel Comics)
• Walker (Marvel Comics)
• David Haller/Legion/Styx (Marvel Comics)
• Mephisto (Marvel Comics)
• Host Rider (Marvel Comics)
• Shuma-Gorath (Marvel Comics)
• Zarathos (Marvel Comics)
• Demongo (Samurai Jack)
• Meteora Butterfly/Miss Heinous (Star vs. the Forces of Evil)
• Kavaxas (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012)
• Opticarns (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage)
• Soulvex (Undertaker comics)
• Keradon The Soulbender (Wetworks)
• The Darkness (Witchblade/Top Cow)
• Jackie Estacado (Witchblade/Top Cow)
• Spirit Drinker (X-Men: The Animated Series)

Literature

• Saya Terumi (Bloodedge Experience); via Soul Eater
• Dementors (Harry Potter)
• Darth Vitiate (Star Wars Legends); via Ritual of Nathema

Video Games

• Sergei (Asura's Wrath)
• The Gohma (Asura's Wrath)
• Ragna the Bloodedge (Blazblue); via Soul Eater
• Edward Richtofen (Call of Duty: Black Ops III); via Summoning Key.
• Soma Cruz (Castlevania)
• Dante (Dante's Inferno)
• Vulgrim (Darksiders)
• Jedah Dohma (Darkstalkers)
• Soul Bees (Darkstalkers)
• Q-Bee (Darkstalkers)
• War (Darkstalkers)
• Several characters (Dark Souls series)
• Several characters (Demon's Souls)
• Dante (Devil May Cry)
• Vergil (Devil May Cry)
• Malthael (Diablo)
• Mages (The Elder Scrolls); via Soul Gems and Soul Trap spells.
• Alduin (The Elder Scrolls)
• Dragonborn (The Elder Scrolls); limited to dragon souls.
  • Miraak
  • The Last Dragonborn
• Lu/Ciel (Elsword)
• Soul Eaters (Evil Dead Regeneration)
• Seymour Guado (Final Fantasy X)
• Grima (Fire Emblem)
• Hades (Kid Icarus: Uprising)
• Hades (God of War); via the Claws of Hades
• Kratos (God of War); via the Claws of Hades
• Soul Devourers (God of War)
• Soul Eaters (God of War)
• Swain (League of Legends)
• Kain (Legacy of Kain)
• Raziel (Legacy of Kain)
• Saradin vampires (Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun)
• Demise/The Imprisoned (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
• Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
• Shao Kahn (Mortal Kombat)
• Quan Chi (Mortal Kombat)
• Cortez (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
• Black Hoshipon (Patapon 2)
• Reaper (Patapon 3)
• Death (Patapon 3)
• The Moon Bear King (The Puppeteer)
• Undead Imaginators (Skylanders)
• Nightmare (Soulcalibur)
• Aloysius Kallig (Star Wars: The Old Republic)
• Necalli (Street Fighter)
• Saigyou Ayakashi (Touhou Project)
• Hoaqin (Tower of God)
• White (Tower of God)
• Any monster (Undertale); can't absorb the soul of another monster
• Any human (Undertale); can't absorb the soul of another human
• Flowey (Undertale)
• Soul Eater (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Amduscias (Valkyrie Crusade)
• The vessels ("Hollow Knight")

Known Objects

• Alpha Rune (Ben 10)
• Soul Taker (Beware The Batman)
• Summoning Key (Call of Duty: Black Ops III)
• Dragon Blade (Charmed)
• Crystal Sword (Charmed)
• Agape Ring (Dark Souls II)
• Soul Gems (The Elder Scrolls series)
• Azura's Star/The Black Star (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
• Mournblade and Stormbringer (The Elric Saga)
• Claws of Hades (God of War)
• Kalista's The Black Spear (League of Legends)
• Thresh's Soul Lantern (League of Legends)
• Djinn Blade/Sword of Souls (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
• Soul Gem (Marvel Comics)
• Cubile Animus (My Babysitter's a Vampire)
• Daemon Ritus (Scooby-Doo 2002 film)
• Brynhildr (Shinmai Maou no Testament) formerly a Valkryie who collected souls for the Chief Gods before being corrupted and sealed inside of a demon sword.
• Soul Edge (Soulcalibur)
• The Collector (Tracker)
• The Transistor (Transistor)
• Anima Aucupe (Witches of East End)
• Orb of Baast (Yu Yu Hakusho)

Gallery

Comics/Cartoons

Hunson Abadeer (Adventure Time)

Marceline (Adventure Time) stated the only power her demon heritage granted her was the ability to suck souls, like her father. This allowed her to gain the specific abilities of vampires she had killed.

Jasmine (American Dragon: Jake Long) the Nix.

Liss Hubble (Angel: After the Fall)

Liss Hubble steals a soul.

Nadakhan (Lego Ninjago) absorbing Kai's Soul and Fire Manipulation via Djinn Blade/Sword of Souls

The Soul Gem (Marvel Comics) can suck the souls of the living.

Styx (Marvel Comics)

Demongo, the Soul Collector (Samurai Jack)

Kavaxas (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012) stealing Hammer's soul.

D'Hoffryn (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) absorbs the Soul Glutton of all his souls.

Opticarns (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) can steal the souls of anyone who directly meets their stare.

Host Rider (Marvel Comics) can drain impure souls using his signature Penance Kiss.

Charmcaster (Ben 10)

Anime/Manga

Hollows (Bleach) devour and absorb souls.

Aaroniero Arruruerie (Bleach) can devour the souls of other hollows, adding their power to his own.

Muramasa (Bleach) can absorb the souls of Hollows.

Yin/Izanami (Darker than Black) after awakening she gained the ability to to kill contractors by merely drawing a blue essence from them, which is possibly their soul.

The Millennium Earl (D.Gray-Man) devours the "helix of life", or one's soul, from Danny, causing him to disintegrate.

Franmalth (Fairy Tail) uses his Absorption Curse to absorb souls of others and magic to use their powers of use their forms.

Alucard (Hellsing) can absorb the souls of others by drinking their blood.

Kanna (InuYasha) can steal the souls of anyone reflected in her mirror.

Kikyo (InuYasha) must absorb the souls of others to keep herself alive.

Daniel J. D'Arby, the Elder's (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III Stardust Crusaders) Stand, Osiris can compressed the souls of its victims…

…and stored in a semblance of poker chips.

With the Gedo Statue of the Outer Path as a catalyst, Nagato/Pain (Naruto) could use Phantom Dragon Nine Seals to remove souls on an immense scale.

The Human Path/Ningendo (Naruto) grants a Rinnegan user the ability to read the mind of any target and yanking the soul out of the body, killing them.

Black Fog (Pokemon manga) using Dream Eater to lethal effects, to devour an actual soul.

Soul Eater Evans (Soul Eater)

The Barrier of Orichalcos (Yu-Gi-Oh!) takes the soul of the losers and gives it to the God of Orichalcos.

Kaito Tenjo (Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal) using his Photon Hand.

Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho) absorbing souls in order to feed his 100% form.

Brynhildr (Shinmai Maou no Testament) formerly a Valkyrie who once collected for the Gods before she have to be sealed herself and still maintains that power even as a sword.

Thanks to his powerful Vacuum Breath, Left Hand (Vampire Hunter D), can absorb souls.

Hadou Gods (Masadaverse) are capable of increasing their power with souls and can use the absorbed souls for attacks.

Television/Movies

Kathy Newman (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) stealing a soul.

A Soul Eater (Angel)

Charon (Charmed), a Soul Collector, can steal the souls of others, preferably good witches, and transport said souls to Hell.

Dementors (Harry Potter) can drain the souls of humans via the "Dementor's Kiss."

Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street) absorbs the soul of his victims to become more powerful...

... the absorbed souls appearing as screaming faces embedded in his chest.

After absorbing the 30-40 million souls of Purgatory, Castiel (Supernatural) was endowed with god-like power.

Daemon Ritus (Scooby-Doo; 2002 film)

Alexia (Los Protegidos) it can absorb the soul of the people

When the souls of the Migar Prisoners (Tracker) were brought to Earth, they took over human 'hosts' - absorbing the human souls into their own to ensure their survival - but killed the human inside in the process.

Cole (Tracker) is able to use his Collector to capture and entrap the souls of the Migar prisoners.

Kai (Kung Fu Panda) uses Dark Chi Manipulatuon to steal the souls of his victims.

Video Games

Raziel (Legacy of Kain)

Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat) has the power to steal the souls of anyone he defeats.

Q-Bee (Darkstalkers), queen of the Soul Bees.

The Saigyou Ayakashi (Touhou Project) can drain people souls when it's in Full Bloom

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Soul Eater (Valkyrie Crusade)

Amduscias (Valkyrie Crusade) is a demon musician that steals the souls of mortals captivated by her recitals.

Necalli (Street Fighter) feeds on the souls of strong warriors.

The Dovahkiin/Dragonborn (Skyrim) can absorb the souls of dragons, gaining their knowledge and powers

Shadow Fiend/Nevermore (Dota 2). He is able to collect souls from enemies to get stronger (Necromastery)

Saradin vampires (Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun) consume souls as opposed to blood.

Others

Halloween Hound (Spooky Buddies)

The Summoning Key (Call of Duty: Black Ops III) has the power to preserve souls, but it can only be done after the moment of death.