Trait:Infection Induced Powers

Infection Induced Powers
Alex Mercer and James Heller (Prototype series)
Condition to:	Be granted with any supernatural powers via diseases, viruses and infestation.

The circumstance of gaining powers, skills and enhancements via contraction or development of sickness, symbiotes or parasitic affliction. Variation of Experientially Induced Powers. The less dangerous variant to Mutation Inducement.

Also Called

• Chemistry Induced Powers/Micromutation
• Infected-Body Induced Powers
• Micromutation
• Micromutation Inducement
• Outbreak Induced Powers
• Virulent Induced Powers/Micromutation

Capabilities

Circumstance grants the user supernatural abilities by being in contact with pollutants and/or impurities within the genetic code of affected individuals. The effects of such communicability or the disease may grant infection-related powers or any powers to the victim if they survive. Most of the powers will be based on what characteristics infections or pathogens has.

Unlike Mutation Inducement, this ability doesn't even cause individuals to turn into monsters called Mutants, but instead, this turns them into empowered racial subjects (of the rational category) that possess powers that their kin doesn't normally obtain, especially whenever it comes to birth. For example, this power can turn Humans into Metahumans.

Applications

• Any Powers
• The user may use the disease/pathogen/symbiotes/parasite to create weapons and utilities, either forge or merge it with them.
• The user may possess disease/pathogen/symbiotes/parasite-based powers from a latent mutation sitting dormant within the victim's D.N.A.
• A variety of or a random power can be bestowed to the victim
• May cause the victim of the power to take after certain ancestral traits of racial precursors and might even mimic its qualities.
• The disease/pathogen/symbiote/parasite strike may cause maximum enhancements of a normal human being
• The disease/pathogen/symbiotes/parasite can be used to activate or deactivate inherent abilities
• The epidemic potentially has progressive or regressive effects on those who come in contact with it.
• Users can harness their natural physiological reserves to enhance their powers & abilities
• Alteration can appear as any number of odd signs on their person.

Associations

• Ability Creation
• Adaptation Manipulation
• DNA Manipulation
• Empowered Subject Physiology
• Evolution Manipulation
• Experientially Induced Powers
• Genetic Perfection
• Infestation
• Infected Arm
• Mutation Manipulation
• Parasite Creation
• Power Augmentation
• Power Manifestation
• Superior Human Physiology
  • Prime Superior Human Physiology
• Symbiote Creation

Limitations

• Users can be undone by Internal Bodily Cleansing, Mutation Reversion, normal, Flawless, to Absolute Restoration, and especially Biological Manipulation.
• Random mutations of the affliction can be devastating.
• The user may have limited to absolutely no control over the outcome of their mutagenic transmogrification.
• Regulation or even Dependency may be an issue if the catalyst event destabilizes the user in some way.
• The disease/pathogen/symbiotes/parasite may kill the victim before they can be granted any powers
• Depending on the outcomes, disfigurement may occur, but to a much lesser extent.
• The nature of the affliction pertaining to chemicals, mutagens and infestations on the victims could be beneficial or not with the environment and on the people around the area it landed.

Known Users

• The Afflicted (American Horror Story)
• Elena Validus (Ben 10)
• Armen Ikarus/Amazo (DC Comics); via Amazo Virus
• Anomaly (DC Comics)
• Mother Machine (DC Comics)
• Nikki Nemzer/Kunoichi (DC Comics)
• The Twenty (DC Comics)
  • Hector Hammond
  • H.I.V.E. Queen
  • Lois Lane
• Kim Jinwoo (Dungeon Odyssey)
• Silpelit Diclonii (Elfen Lied)
  • Nana
  • Mariko
• Super Mutants (Fallout)
  • Frank Horrigan
  • Nightkin
• EVOs (Generator Rex)
  • Rex Salazar
  • Van Kleiss
• Hollow Knight (Hollow Knight)
• Some Stand users (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure); pre-Steel Ball Run
• Evolved Beings (The Last Human); via Abola Virus
• Celestials (Marvel Comics)
• En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse (Marvel Comics)
• Karima Shapandar (Marvel Comics)
• Mallen (Marvel Comics)
• Nathan Summers/Cable (Marvel Comics)
• Paradigm (Marvel Comics)
• Phalanx (Marvel Comics)
• Symbiote hosts (Marvel Comics)
  • Carnage hosts
    • Cletus Kasady
  • Venom hosts
    • Eddie Brock
• Technarchy (Marvel Comics)
• Tony Stark/Iron Man (Marvel Comics); formerly
• Zak-Del/Wraith (Marvel Comics)
• Various Tarkatans (Mortal Kombat 1)
  • Baraka
• First Generation Quirk users (My Hero Academia)
• Shinichi Izumi (Parasyte)
• Alex Mercer (Prototype)
• Elizabeth Greene (Prototype)
• The Evolved (Prototype)
• James Heller (Prototype)
• Albert Wesker (Resident Evil)
• Alcina Dimitrescu (Resident Evil)
• Alexia Ashford (Resident Evil)
• Carla Radames (Resident Evil)
• Derek C. Simmons (Resident Evil)
• Donna Beneviento (Resident Evil)
• Ethan Winters (Resident Evil)
• Jack Baker (Resident Evil)
• Jack Krauser (Resident Evil)
• Karl Heisenberg (Resident Evil)
• Miranda (Resident Evil)
• Osmund Saddler (Resident Evil)
• Salvatore Moreau (Resident Evil)
• Borg (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
  • Donatello
  • Leonardo
  • Michelangelo
  • Raphael
• Aric of Dacia/X-O Manowar (Valiant Entertainment)
• Bloodshot Army (Valiant Entertainment)
• Bloodshot Squad (Valiant Entertainment)
• Deathmate (Valiant Entertainment)
• Warframes (Warframe)

Known Objects/Viruses/Parasites

• AMAZO Virus (DC Comics)
• Brzk (DC Comics)
• Doomsday Virus (DC Comics)
• Meta-Genes (DC Comics)
• Nanocytes (DC Comics)
• O.M.A.C Virus (DC Comics)
• O.T.A.C (DC Comics)
• Virus (Elfen Lied)
• Forced Evolutionary Virus (
• Arrows (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
• Exolon Plasmoids (Marvel Comics)
• Extremis (Marvel Comics)
• Poisons (Marvel Comics)
• Symbiotes (Marvel Comics)
  • Carnage
  • Venom
• Techno-Organic Virus (Marvel Comics)
• Transmode Virus (Marvel Comics)
• X-Genes (Marvel Comics)
• Tarkat (Mortal Kombat 1)
• Migi (Parasyte)
• Blacklight Virus (Prototype)
• C-Virus (Resident Evil)
• Las Plagas (Resident Evil)
• Mold (Resident Evil)
• T-Virus (Resident Evil)

Gallery

Nana (Elfen Lied) is a Silpelit, a secondary Diclonius created either by the Queen Diclonius or by other Silpelits through the infection of human males via their vectors, causing them to sire Silpelit offspring.

Mariko (Elfen Lied)

Created from humans exposed to various strains of the Forced Evolutionary Virus, Super Mutants (Fallout) are far stronger and tougher than any ordinary human, alongside an immunity to radiation and disease, but are also less intelligent, more aggressive, and completely sterile.

Frank Horrigan (Fallout)

Davison (Fallout) is one of the Nightkin, elite Super Mutants of the Unity, created by the Master. The mutants were the apex of mutant development, corresponding with the Master's vision for the future of humanity. As the most successful examples of the transformation, Nightkin considered exposure to FEV to be an unambiguous honor and a source of pride.

Dog/God (Fallout)

The Arrows (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) are fashioned from a virus-carrying meteorite that can catalyze and awaken the Stand of any living creature they pierce.

Mallen (Marvel Comics) became a super soldier due to the Extremis virus.

Nathan Summers/Cable (Marvel Comics)

After injecting a modified dose of Extremis, Tony Stark/Iron Man (Marvel Comics) was able to wear the Iron Man Armor Model 29/Extremis Armor stored in the hollows of his bones.

Baraka (Mortal Kombat 1) is an Edenian-turned-Tarkatan with superhuman physical fitness and the ability to retract Tarkatan Blades.

Smilar to Baraka, Mileena (Mortal Kombat 1) is a Tarkatan with the ability to retract Tarkatan Blades.

Shinichi Izumi and Migi (Parasyte)

Depending on the strain, the T-Virus (Resident Evil) either mutates Zombies into Lickers, or micromutates them into Crimson Heads.

Albert Wesker (Resident Evil)

Alexia Ashford (Resident Evil)

Ethan Winters (Resident Evil)

Jack Krauser (Resident Evil)

Osmund Saddler (Resident Evil)

Zuo Tian Chen (The Last Human) was one of many people who survived a cataclysmic impact event where much of the human race contracted a virus which potentially gave 30% of them superpowers.

Videos

JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable - Kira's Second Dose of Arrow-2

ジョジョ The truth behind THE arrow 『HD』

Silver Chariot Requiem

Migi Handle the Defense

-PROTOTYPE- - Opening Cinematic Trailer

Official PROTOTYPE 2 - The Red Zone

Cable VS Booster Gold (Marvel VS DC Comics) - DEATH BATTLE!-2

Analysis & Discussions

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