Archetype:Tormentor

Tormentor
Hell, where all evil is punished.
Power/Ability to:	Torment souls.

"You know, I haven't been up here since Poland '43. Truth is, I loathe it. It's chilly. No stink of blood or sizzle of flesh or the wet flap of flayed skin. I don't know how you stand it."

― Alastair to Ruby (Supernatural)

"The descent of this mighty creature shall be heralded by burning winds and twisted land. And with the coming of this horror, those who draw breath shall know the true meaning of eternal slumber."

― Card description of Obelisk the Tormentor (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

The power to torment evil souls. Opposite to Joy Bringer.

Also Called

• Damnation Incarnate
• Soul Tormentor
• The Punisher of Sinners
• Torture Master

Capabilities

User has the abilities to pay evil unto evil. Inflicting an unspecific amount of pain and suffering for an unspecific amount of time due to all the evil the targets have committed. Ranging from minor torment to full blown torture of every kind. Sometimes this power comes as a natural skill to beings such as Demons and Satan.

Applications

• Darkside View
• Penance Stare
• Psychological Intuition
  • Emotion Manipulation
    • Despair Inducement
    • Fear Inducement/Meta Fear Inducement
    • Insanity Inducement
    • Suicide Inducement
• Punishment
  • Binding
  • Death Recreation
  • Pain Inducement
  • Process Duplication
  • Psychic Torture
  • Soul Mutilation
  • Skin Removal
  • Torment Inducement
    • Eternal Torment Inducement
• Torture Intuition
  • Torture Equipment Proficiency
  • Will Breaking

Associations

• Demonization
• Joy Bringer
• Incineration
• Punishment Manipulation

Limitations

• Supernatural Endurance/Absolute Endurance can withstand anything.
• Target may need to be a sinner or a perpetrator of evil acts.
• Using this power might make the user a target for the power.
• May be limited depending on how evil the target is.

Known Users

• Samael (Judaism)
• Lucifer/Satan (Abrahamic Religions)
• The Seven Kings of Hell (Christian Mythology)
• Dean Winchester (Supernatural); when he served as Alastair's student.
• Alastair (Supernatural)
• Meg (Supernatural)
• Lucifer Morningstar (Lucifer)
• Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics)
• Damien Thorn (The Omen Series)
• Thamuz, Master Of Tortures (Image Comics)
• Spawn (Image Comics)
• Obelisk the Tormentor (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters)

Known Locations

• The Nine Circles of Hell (Christian Mythology)

Gallery

Samael (Christianity/Judaism) is known fallen archangel who still honors the divine law and God himself, but enforces it in a darker faith as a punisher of evil, as such he torments many sinners as punishment for their unrepenting sins.

Thamuz (Image Comics)

Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics) is a master of punishing the evil and the wicked.

Alastair (Supernatural) was Hell's Grand Torturer.

Having been tortured and "taught" by Hell's Grand Torturer during his time in Hell, Dean Winchester (Supernatural) is an expert in dealing pain on others.

Obelisk the Tormentor (Yu-Gi-Oh!) didn't get his name for being nice.