Soul Empowerment

Soul Empowerment
The Other Mother (Coraline) is an entity that lures children into her world, convincing them to stay where she then "eats up their lives", sustaining herself on their trapped souls.
Power/Ability to:	Gain strength from souls.

"The souls of children… give me strength."

― Freddy Krueger, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

"As a former champion, he has the right to do so. And he's far more dangerous than Goro. His power comes from the souls of vanquished warriors. To fight Shang Tsung...is to face not one... but a legion of adversaries. Remember that. "

― Raiden describing Shang Tsung, Mortal Kombat 1995

The power to gain strength from souls. Technique of Soul Manipulation. Variation of Affinity and Spiritual Power Link.

Also Called

• Soul/Spirit Affinity
• Spirit Empowerment

Capabilities

Users become stronger, faster, more durable, etc. when they come in contact with, are near or are in the possession of the soul of oneself and/or others, possibly unlocking abilities related to the affinity and enhancing the existing powers. Some users may be able to draw sustenance from the souls or even slow or stop aging.

Applications

• Decelerated Aging/Semi-Immortality
• Enhanced Condition or Supernatural Condition
  • Enhanced Durability
  • Enhanced/Supernatural Stamina
  • Enhanced/Supernatural Strength
  • Regenerative Healing Factor/Supernatural Regeneration
• Metabolization
• Self-Power Augmentation
• Self-Sustenance

Associations

• Affinity
• Soul Absorption
• Soul Energy Absorption
• Soul Manipulation
• Spiritual Power Link

Limitations

• Worth of the soul may effect the outcome.
• How they possess the soul (collect them by hand, eat them, allow them in their domain etc.) may depend.

Known Users

Cartoons/Comics

• Marceline Abadeer (Adventure Time)
• Red (All Dogs Go To Heaven 2)
• The Other Mother/Beldam (Coraline)
• Meteora Butterfly (Star vs. the Forces of Evil)
• Hell-Lords (Marvel Comics)
• Several demons (Marvel Comics)

Movies

• Blackheart (Ghost Rider)
• Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
• Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat 1995)
• The Djinn (Wishmaster)
• Scrappy-Doo (Scooby-Doo; 2002 film); via Daemon Ritus
• Locke (The Little Mermaid; 2018 film); via Elizabeth's mermaid soul
• Thora (The Little Mermaid; 2018 film); via Elizabeth's mermaid soul

Anime/Manga

• Bounts (Bleach)
• Demon Weapons (Soul Eater)
• Kishin Eggs (Soul Eater)
• Asura (Soul Eater)
• The Great Leviathan (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
• Hoaqin/White (Tower of God)

Live Television

• Castiel (Supernatural)
• The Darkness (Supernatural)

Video Games

• Soma Cruz (Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow) Via Headhunter's Soul
• Protagonists (Dark Souls series)
  • The Chosen Undead (Dark Souls)
  • Bearer of the Curse (Dark Souls II); can use the Ruler's Sword for further empowerment
  • The Ashen One (Dark Souls III)
• Gwyn, Lord of Sunlight (Dark Souls)
• Gravelord Nito (Dark Souls)
• The Witch of Izalith (Dark Souls)
• Furtive Pygmy (Dark Souls)
• Old Iron King (Dark Souls II)
• The Rotten (Dark Souls II)
• The Lost Sinner (Dark Souls II)
• The Duke's Dear Freja (Dark Souls II)
• The Old Dragonslayer (Dark Souls II)
• Nashandra (Dark Souls II)
• Elana, the Squalid Queen (Dark Souls II)
• Nadalia, Bride of Ash (Dark Souls II)
• Alsanna, the Silent Oracle (Dark Souls II)
• Slave Knight Gael (Dark Souls III)
• The Slayer of Demons (Demon's Souls)
• Apostles (Dies Irae)
• DIO, Gone To Heaven/Heaven Ascension DIO (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes Over Heaven)
• Hadou Gods (Shinza Bansho)
• Dragonborn (Skyrim) limited to dragon souls
• Miraak (Skyrim: Dragonborn) limited to dragon souls
• Fighters (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate); via Spirits mode
• Venom symbiote (Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite)
• Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
• Humans and Monsters (Undertale)

Known Objects

• Houshin-Dai (Houshin Engi)

Gallery

Thanks to her demon heritage, Marceline Abadeer (Adventure Time) is able to consume the souls of others, gaining her various vampire abilities by consuming the souls of other vampires.

When Blackheart (Ghost Rider) obtains a contract that contains 1000 evil souls...

...he becomes the demonic entity known as Legion.

DIO Brando of an alternate timeline collected the souls of the "36 Sinners" required as he evolved his Stand and became the perfect being with godlike power, "DIO, Gone To Heaven/Heaven Ascension DIO" (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes Over Heaven)

Freddy Krueger (A Nghtmare on Elm Street) becomes stronger with every person he kills...

...trapping their souls within him.

The Djinn (Wishmaster) is able to grow stronger from the souls of those whose wishes he grants.

Castiel (Supernatural) absorbed all of the souls of Purgatory into himself, gaining enough power to slay the host of Heaven and enact his own divine will on the Earth.

When a Demon Weapon (Soul Eater) collects 99 kishin eggs and the soul of one witch, they gain the power to become a Death Scythe.

When a human strays from the path of humanity and begins devouring human souls, they become a Kishin Egg (Soul Eater) running the risk of becoming a Kishin.

When Asura (Soul Eater) devoured Arachne's soul, he gained a much larger form.

Scrappy Doo (Scooby-Doo; 2002 film)

When the first flame was lit, Gwyn, Lord of Sunlight (Dark Souls) obtained the Lord Soul of Light, using such power to fight against the dragons and become a god to the new world.

When the first flame was lit, Gravelord Nito (Dark Souls) obtained the Lord Soul of Death, using such power to fight against the dragons and become a god to the new world.

When the first flame was lit, the Witch of Izalith (Dark Souls) obtained the Lord Soul of Life, using such power to fight against the dragons and become a god of the new world.

When the first flame was lit, the Furtive Pygmy (Dark Souls) obtained the Dark Soul, passing it down through its descendants as Humanity.

At some point, the Old Iron King (Dark Souls II) founded the Old King Soul - Gwyn's Reincarnated Lord Soul - exerting its influence across the land

The Rotten (Dark Souls II) possesses the Old Dead One Soul - Nito's Reincarnated Lord Soul - exerting its influence across the land.

The Lost Sinner (Dark Souls II) possesses the Old Witch Soul - the Witch of Izalith's Lord Soul - exerting its influence across the land.

The Duke's Dear Freja (Dark Souls II) possesses the Old Paledrake soul - Seath's reincarnated soul - exerting its influence across the land.

The Old Dragonslayer (Dark Souls II) possesses the Old Dragonslayer Soul - Ornstein's reincarnated soul - exerting its influence across the land.

Nashandra (Dark Souls II) possesses a fragment of Manus, Father of the Abyss' soul, granting her unspeakable power.

Elana, the Squalid Queen (Dark Souls II) possesses a fragment of Manus, Father of the Abyss' soul, granting her unspeakable power.

Nadalia, Bride of Ash (Dark Souls II) possesses a fragment of Manus, Father of the Abyss' soul, granting her unspeakable power.

Alsanna, Silent Oracle (Dark Souls II) possesses a fragment of Manus, Father of the Abyss' soul, granting her unspeakable power.

The Venom symbiote (Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite) has been vastly empowered by being fed millions of human souls through the Soul Stone.