Power to use the abilities of spirit. Variation of Mythic Physiology.
Also Called
- Spectral Being
- Spirit Form/Mimicry
Capabilities
User with this ability either is or can transform into a spirit: a supernatural and conscious (although not necessarily sentient) being that in its normal state is incorporeal, invisible and immaterial. Many spirits are able to materialize either by shifting into a more solid form or by taking a vessel to give them physical shape, which can be done either by possessing an already existing form (either a living being or an object) or by animating and wrapping part of the environment "around" them.
There are several types of spirits, ranging from the souls of dead (ghosts) to the spirits of places, objects, concepts and/or elements. Several forms of magic center around contacting and bargaining with spirits.
Applications
- Ectoplasm Manipulation
- Empathy/Telepathy
- Fear Inducement
- Flight
- Freezing
- Illusion Manipulation
- Intangibility
- Invisibility
- Phantasm Manipulation
- Possession
- Telekinesis
- Teleportation
- Mediumship
Variations
- Astral Manipulation
- Astral Trapping
- Death Inducement
- Decelerated Aging, Semi-Immortality or Immortality
- Disease Manipulation
- Dream Walking
- Ghost-Light/Will-o'-the-wisp
- Mental Inducement
- Portal Manipulation
- Soul Manipulation
- Ultimate Intangibility
Ghost Physiology: spirits/souls of the dead, often bound to stay until certain conditions are met. This can vary from honorable burial, unfinished business/revenge or self-appointed duties. Ancestral spirits are part of this group, given their involvement/ties with their families.
- Banshee Physiology
- Baykok Physiology: Flight, Enhanced Archery, Paralysis Inducement
- Revenant Physiology
- Wraith Physiology
- Transcendent Ghost Physiology
Spirits of Nature: manifestations/embodiments of natural phenomena, places, elements or animals.
- Animal Spirits/Totems: spirits connected to either certain species (cats, hawks), family (felines, raptors) or class (mammals, birds)
- Elementals/Elemental Spirits: spirits of certain elements.
- Genius loci: spirits of places, either natural areas or objects or places that could include cities or buildings.
- Environmental Manipulation
Poltergeist Physiology - Spirits that haunt a person rather than a location, who destroy things for no reason and get more violent the more they are ignored.
Associations
- Ancestral Evocation
- Astral Projection
- Communing
- Daimon Physiology
- Ethereal Physiology
- Faery Physiology
- Mediumship
- Necromancy
- Shamanism
- Spiritual Symbiosis
Limitations
- Certain forms of magic and technology allow their users to control and/or imprison spirits.
- May be vulnerable to any abilities that affect spirits such as a Spirit Barrier or Exorcism.
Known Users
Comics
- Deadman (DC Comics)
- Gentleman Ghost (DC Comics)
- Phantom Girl (DC Comics)
- The Vision (Marvel Comics)
Films
- Ian Stone (The Deaths of Ian Stone)
- Hexxus (Ferngully: The Last Rainforest)
- The Twins (Matrix Reloaded)
Literature
- Ghosts (Harry Potter)
- Peeves (Harry Potter)
- Ghosts (Mostly Ghostly)
- Nikki
- Tara
- Alther Mella (Septimus Heap)
- Ghosts (Shadow Falls)
- Fanny Mildred Bogart
- Hannah Brandon
- Daniel Brighten
- Lucinda Esparza
- Ima
- Catherine O'Connell
- Cindy Shaffer
- Heidi Summers
- Meg Finn (The Wish List)
Live Action TV
- Spirits (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
- Spirits (Charmed)
- Ghosts (The Haunted Hathaways)
- Glenda
- Louie
- Miles
- Ray
- Ghosts (Julie and the Phantoms)
- Daniel
- Demétrius
- Felix
- Martim
- Spirits (Supernatural)
Live Action Web Series
- Nox Decious (Stupid Mario Brothers)
Manga/Anime
- Black Cat (Corpse Princess)
- Ghosts (Ghost Stories)
- Kinu Himuro "Okinu" (Ghost Sweeper Mikami)
- Dan Katō (Naruto)
- Brook (One Piece)
- Mordred (Seikoku no Dragonar)
- Spirits (Shaman King)
- Spirits (Spirited Away)
- Dual Monster Spirits (Yu-Gi-Oh series)
Video Games
- Bottles (Banjo-Kazooie)
- Hazama/Yuuki Terumi (BlazBlue)
- Ghost Widow (City of Heroes)
- Fi (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
- Ghost-type Pokemon (Pokemon)
- Tikal (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Boos (Super Mario series)
- Boo Luigi (Super Mario Galaxy series)
- Boo Mario (Super Mario Galaxy series)
- Ghosts (Touhou Project)
- Mima (Touhou Project)
- Minamitsu Murasa (Touhou Project)
- Poltergeists (Touhou Project)
- Servants (TYPE-MOON)
- Ghost (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Phantom (Valkyrie Crusade)
Western Animation
- Carrie (The Amazing World of Gumball)
- Ectonurites (Ben 10)
- Necrofriggians (Ben 10)
- Ghosts (Casper the Friendly Ghost)
- Casper
- Ghosts (Danny Phantom)
- Half Ghosts (Danny Phantom)
- Danny Fenton/Phantom
- Dani Phantom
- Vlad Masters/Plasimus
- Ghost (Iron Man: Armoured Adventures)
- Spectra Vondergeist (Monster High)
- Ace Balthazar (Regular Show)
- Wuya (Xiaolin Showdown)
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