- For a gallery of examples for Soul Absorption, see here.
The power to absorb the souls of others. Sub-power of Soul Manipulation. Variation of Absorption.
Also Called
- Soul Consumption
- Soul Empowerment
- Soul Stealing
- Soul Theft
Capabilities
The user is capable of stealing and consuming the souls of others, often adding the victim's skills and abilities to their own. The user can also use the souls absorbed to augment the user's own powers.
Applications
- Death Inducement
- Knowledge Absorption
- Life-Force Absorption
- Power Absorption
- Psychometry
- Self-Power Augmentation
- Soul Energy Absorption
- Soul Removal
- Obtain access to items hidden in soul, like Soul-Bound Weapon.
Associations
- Absorption
- Death Empowerment
- Shapeshifting to the absorbed souls former shape.
- Soul Manipulation
- Soul Mutilation
Limitations
- May have to continually absorb souls to survive.
- May have a limit for how many souls they can contain.
Known Users
- Alexia (Los Protegidos)
- Keradon The Soulbender (Wetworks)
- Bounts (Bleach)
- Hollows (Bleach)
- Arrancar (Bleach)
- Muramasa (Bleach)
- Yammy Llargo (Bleach)
- Yhwach (Bleach)
- Malthael (Diablo)
- Nagato (Naruto) via the Human Path
- Dante (Dante's Inferno)
- Saigyou Ayakashi (Touhou Project)
- Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
- Angel of Death (Charmed)
- Guardian Demons (Charmed)
- Soul Collectors (Charmed)
- Soul Eater Evans (Soul Eater)
- Father (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Demongo (Samurai Jack)
- Alucard (Hellsing)
- Jedah Dohma (Darkstalkers)
- Liss Hubble (Angel: After the Fall)
- Soul Eaters (Angel)
- Lord Marshal Zhylaw (The Chronicles of Riddick)
- Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
- Soulvex (Undertaker comics)
- Soul Bees (Darkstalkers)
- Q-Bee (Darkstalkers)
- Kathy Newman (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Mok'tugar Demons (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Raziel (Legacy of Kain)
- Splitface (Power Rangers Samurai)
- Gouki (YuYu Hakusho)
- Shishiwakamaru (YuYu Hakusho)
- Yu Kaito (YuYu Hakasho)
- Spawn (Image Comics)
- Kikyo (InuYasha)
- Seymour Guado (Final Fantasy X)
- Younger Toguro (YuYu Hakusho)
- Castiel (Supernatural)
- Soma Cruz (Castlevania)
- Kaito Tenjo via Photon hand (Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal)
- Demise/The Imprisoned (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
- Demons (Kuroshitsuji)
- Charmcaster (Ben 10)
- Vulgrim (Darksiders)
- Sergei (Asura's Wrath)
- The Gohma (Asura's Wrath)
- Knuckles the Echidna/Enerjak of Dark Mobius (Sonic the Hedgehog/Archie Comics)
- Kallig (Star Wars: The Old Republic)
- Blackheart (Marvel Comics)
- D (Vampire Hunter D)
- Selene (Marvel Comics)
- Walker (Marvel Comics)
- Trigon (DC Comics)
- Kratos (God of War)
- The Darkness (Witchblade/Top Cow)
- Jackie Estacado (Witchblade/Top Cow)
- Mephisto (Marvel Comics)
- Kain (Legacy of Kain)
- Dante (Devil May Cry)
- War (Darkstalkers)
- Nightmare (Soulcalibur)
- Ogdru Jahad (Hellboy/BPRD)
- Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
- Hades (God of War)
- Left Hand (Vampire Hunter D)
- The Beast (Angel)
- Palpatine (Star Wars)
- Shuma-Gorath (Marvel Comics)
- Cortez (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
- Zarathos (Marvel)
- Darkness (Twitches)
- Stephanie (My Babysitter's a Vampire); via Symbol Magic and Spell Casting
- Several Characters (Demon's Souls/Dark Souls/Dark Souls II)
- The Dragonborn (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
Known Objects
- Cubile Animus (My Babysitter's a Vampire)
- Dragon Blade (Charmed)