- "I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall."
- ― God (Psalm 82:6-7)
- "For millennia, we have survived. Made others sacrifice in the name of our prosperity - so that they may in turn find redemption. Who are you, a human, once a mortal, to defy our traditions!?"
- ― Kahn Makyr to the Slayer. (Doom Eternal)
- "He is part of me. Bound to my soul. He made me a god. For now, at least."
- ― Fire Thunder God Liu Kang (Mortal Kombat 11)
- "Yes, but I like this. Why do I need a meat sleeve when I'm wired into the system? The world is my body. My powers are limitless. Godlike."
- ― Angelique Pending (Wacky Raceland)
- "There is nothing mere about "That" mortal "
- ― Joker describing Batman (DC Comics)
The power to be a mortal of godly power. Advanced variation of Badass Normal. Variation of Transcendent Physiology. Not to be confused with Transcendent Superior Human Physiology.
Also Called
- Apotheosized Mortal
- Breaking the Limiter (One-Punch Man)
- Deified Mortalis
- Mortal Deity/God Physiology
- Perfected Mortal
- Übermensch
Capabilities
The users are ordinary mortals who have become powerful enough in their own right to be considered a god in a mortal state. They have enough raw power to rival even the most prominent divine individuals across worlds and time. They possess access to unparalleled capabilities despite their origins without considerable powers and abilities tied to their source. Their newfound divinity enhances their natural characteristics to godlike levels, making them nearly all-powerful and virtually unstoppable beings.
The trick to being a god of mortal descent is due to lacking any superior qualities (no genetic enhancements, no astonishing ancestral background, no latent genetic abnormalities for power potential). The premise is based solely upon the ordinary becoming extraordinary via a twist of fate, years of intense study or training, or new/old knowledge not yet revealed to all.
Due in part to this, the various means for mortals to become a god is limitless. The physical/emotional/mental and relational means of such grounded change gives options for many forms of divine admiration. Many mortals undergo remarkable transformations from their baseline racial stand-point to become something else in its entirety. The ascendant mortal has the one quality that many divines in their stagnant ways generally lack: the power of ever-constant change. While most gods and their legions are set in their ways, mortals continue to grow and change. Thus, they can learn new, unprecedented methods which they share with one another.
Applications
Powers that users may possess, but are not limited to:
- Afterlife Border
- Age Empowerment
- Enlightenment
- Evolution Empowerment
- Forbidden Knowledge
- Infinite Resourcefulness
- Living Anomaly
- Omni-Element Manipulation
- Primordial Human Physiology
- Quantum Uncertainty
- Reality Hacking
- Self Supremacy
- Transcendence Manipulation
- Unity
Variations
- Almighty Ascension
- Almighty Link
- Almighty Magic
- Almighty Mind
- Almighty Science
- Artificial Godhood
- Change Embodiment
- Demiurge Physiology
- Eternal Transcendence
- Living Conduit
- Nanite Artificial Intelligence Physiology
- Other Soul
- Parallel Existence Manipulation
- Physical Godhood
- Prime Being
- Sapient Organite Consciousness Mimicry
- Transformation Mastery
- Zenith
Means of Apotheosis
- Blood Transcendency
- Deification
- Dimensional Mutation
- Divine Monster Physiology
- Divine Object
- Imbued Godhood
- Life and Death Transcendence
- Nature Ascendancy
- Quantum Mutation
- Reality Mutation
- Self Transcendence
- Spatial Mutation
- Symbiosis
- Temporal Mutation
- Training Regimen
- Transformation Ascendancy
- Transcendent Artificial Intelligence Physiology
- Transcendent Aura Manipulation
- Transcendent Chi Manipulation
- Transcendent Machine Physiology
- Transcendent Spirit Physiology
- Transcendent Undead Physiology
Types of Transcended Mortals
- Patron Saint Physiology
- Transcendent Alien Physiology (Varies)
- Transcendent Animal Physiology
- Transcendent Ghoul Physiology
- Transcendent Mage Physiology
- Transcendent Scientist Physiology
- Transcendent Superior Human Physiology
- Transcendent Superior Mystic Human Physiology
- Transcendent Warrior Physiology
Levels
- Badass Normal
- Empowered Badass Normal
- Transcendent Mortal Physiology
Associations
- Advanced Technology
- Alpha Physiology
- Deity Soul
- Demigod Physiology
- Divinity
- Godly Incarnation
- Inner God
- Metapotence
- Nigh Omnipotence
- Omega Physiology
- Reality Condition
- Satanic Incarnation
- Superpowered Physiology
- Transcendent Mutant Physiology
- Transcendent Physiology
Limitations
- May be vulnerable to the effects of Divine Power Absorption, Divine Power Negation, Divine Energy Absorption, Divinity Nullification, or Transcendent Negation.
- May be slain by users of Transcendent Weaponry, Divine Slayer, or Omnislayer.
- Godly Mortals may earn the ire of many jealous petty gods.
- Due to their more human origins, transcendent hominids may not be truly immortal.
- However, with their transcendence they may have the potential to obtain immortality.
Known Users
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Guts (Berserk)
- Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach)
- Various Characters (Dragon Ball Super)
- Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star)
- Kurodo Akabane (Getbackers)
- Hashirama Senju (Naruto)
- Might Guy (Naruto)
- Naruto Uzumuki (Naruto)
- Blast (One-Punch Man)
- Boros (One-Punch Man)
- Garou (One-Punch Man)
- Saitama (One-Punch Man)
- Andromeda Shun (Saint Seiya); via Kamui
- Aries Shion (Saint Seiya)
- Dragon Shiryu (Saint Seiya); via Kamui
- Libra Dohko (Saint Seiya)
- Signus Hyoga (Saint Seiya); via Kamui
- Pegasus Seiya (Saint Seiya); via Kamui
- Phoenix Ikki (Saint Seiya); via Kamui
- Aquila Yuna (Saint Seiya); via Omega Cosmo
- Dragon Ryuhou (Saint Seiya); via Omega Cosmo
- Lionet Souma (Saint Seiya); via Omega Cosmo
- Orion Eden (Saint Seiya); via Omega Cosmo
- Pegasus Koga (Saint Seiya); via Omega Cosmo
- Wolf Haruto (Saint Seiya); via Omega Cosmo
- Ban (The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Escanor (The Seven Deadly Sins); via "The One"
- Hao Asakura (Shaman King)
- Kim Yun Seong (Trace)
- Morrienoah Jin (Trace)
- Sa Ghang Gwoon (Trace)
- Kazuma Kuwabara (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Shinobou Sensui (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Yami Yugi/Atem (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
- Yusei Fudo (Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's); through Crimson Dragon Tattoo
Cartoons
- Avatars (Avatar series); via Raava
- Unalaq (Avatar: The Legend of Korra); via Vaatu
- Professor Paradox (Ben 10: Alien Force)
- Vilgax (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien); Diagon's Power (formerly)
- Dewey Duck (Ducktales 2017); temporarily
- Tan Zung (Samurai Jack)
- The Scotsman (Samurai Jack)
- Prince Adam/He-Man (He-Man); via Power of Greyskull
- Jack (Samurai Jack); via the sword and his own righteousness
- The Ninja Tribunal (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003)
Comics
- Danila the Demon Slayer (Bubble Comic); via Symbiotic Tattoos
- Alexander "Lex" Luthor (DC Comics); occasionally
- Brainiac (DC Comics); Futures End
- The Cheetah (DC Comics)
- Clark Kent/Superman (DC Comics); sources vary
- Clifford Zmek/Major Force (DC Comics)
- The Flash (DC Comics)
- Wally West
- Barry Allen
- Bart Allen (temporarily)
- Green Lantern (DC Comics); sources vary
- Hal Jordan
- Kyle Rayner
- John Stewart
- Joshua Saunders/Takion (DC Comics)
- Mitchell Shelly/Resurrection Man (DC Comics); via Tektites
- Nathaniel Adam/Captain Atom (DC Comics)
- Relic (DC Comics)
- Shazam Family (DC Comics)
- Billy Batson/Shazam
- Thaal Sinestro (DC Comics); sources vary
- Teth Adam/Black Adam (DC Comics)
- Vandal Savage (DC Comics); rarely
- Victor Stone/Cyborg (DC Comics)
- Announcer/Angelique Pending (Hannah Barbara)
- Rex Mundy (Malibu Comics)
- Tom Hawke/Hardcase (Malibu Comics)
- Adam Brashear/Blue Marvel (Marvel Comics)
- Cletus Kasady/Carnage (Marvel Comics); via Grendel Symbiote
- Desak the Godslayer (Marvel Comics); via Amulet
- Arthur Douglas/Drax the Destroyer (Marvel Comics); occasionally
- Elders of the Universe (Marvel Comics)
- Erik Josten/Atlas (Marvel Comics)
- Erik Masterson/Thunderstrike (Marvel Comics); via Mjolnir
- Gorr the God Butcher (Marvel Comics); via All-Black Symbiote
- Heather Douglas/Moondragon (Marvel Comics)
- Herbert Wyndham/The High Evolutionary (Marvel Comics)
- Heralds of Galactus (Marvel Comics)
- Mike/Praeter
- Norrin Radd/The Silver Surfer
- Pyreus Kril/Firelord
- Jane Foster/Valkyrie (Marvel Comics); via Undrjarn
- Count Luchino Nefaria (Marvel Comics); Formerly
- Mar-Vell/Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics)
- Nick Fury/The Unseen (Marvel Comics); via Watchers Eye
- N'Jadaka/Erik Killmonger (Marvel Comics); via Emperor's Symbiote
- Robert Reynolds/The Sentry (Marvel Comics); via Enhanced SS Serum
- Simon Williams/Wonder Man (Marvel Comics)
- Steve Rogers/Captain America (Marvel Comics); sources vary
- Suzi Endo/The Seeker (Marvel Comics); Formerly
- Victor Von Doom/Doctor Doom (Marvel Comics); occasionally
- Owen Reece/Molecule Man (Marvel Comics)
- The Saint of Killers (Preacher)
- The Geomancers (Valiant Comics)
- Kay McHenry/Deathmate (Valiant Entertainment Comics)
- Ray Garrison/Bloodshot (Valiant Entertainment Comics)
- Mr. Black (Top Cow Productions)
- Cole Cash/Grifter (Wildstorm Comics); various
- Jackson Dane (Wildstorm Comics); numerous variables
- Micheal Cray/Deathblow (Wildstorm Comics); via Gen-Factor
- The Doctors (Wildstorm Comics)
- Habib Ben Hassan
- Jeron Thorndike
- Shen Li-Men
- Majestros of Khera/Mister Majestic (Wildstorm Comics)
- Max Faraday (Wildstorm Comics); via Creation Equation
Live Television/Movies
- Bruce (Bruce Almighty)
- Lucy (Lucy)
- Ivo Shandor (Ghostbusters)
- Rowan North (Ghostbusters: Answer the Call)
- Po (Kung Fu Panda)
- Captain Marvel (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Will Caster (Transcendence)
- Velasca (Xena: Warrior Princess); via Ambrosia
Video Games
- Gideon Wyeth (Advent Rising)
- The Hunter (Bloodborne); via Eldritch Surgery
- Carnilla (Castlevania: Lords of Shadow)
- Cornell (Castlevania: Lords of Shadow)
- Zobek (Castlevania: Lords of Shadow)
- Anita (Darkstalkers)
- Doom Slayer (Doom (2016)/Doom Eternal)
- Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII); via Soldier Program
- Vincent Valentine (Final Fantasy VII); via Chaos
- Keepers of Time (Mortal Kombat 11)
- Liu Kang (Mortal Kombat)
- Dagra Dai (Ninja Gaiden II)
- Samanosuke Akechi (Onimusha series); via Ogres Gauntlet
- Segata Sanshiro (Sega)
- Silver The Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Shadow The Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Sonic The Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog); sources vary
- Akuma (Street Fighter series)
- Ryu (Street Fighter series)
- Mario (Super Mario Bros.)
- Luigi (Super Mario Bros.)
- Asuka Kazama (Tekken series)
- Beak Doo San (Tekken series)
- Feng Wei (Tekken series)
- Heihachi Mishima (Tekken series)
- Hwoarang (Tekken series)
- Jinpachi Mishima (Tekken series)
- Julia Chang (Tekken series)
- Jun Kazama (Tekken series)
- Paul Phoenix (Tekken series)
- Wang Jinrei (Tekken series)
Folklore/Mythology
- Gautama Buddha (Hindu/Buddhist Mythology)
- Rama (Hindu Mythology)
- Krishna (Hindu Mythology)
- Kaguya-Hime (Japanese Mythology)
Known Powers/Objects
- Cosmic Sword Ascalon (Ben 10)
- Anti-Life Equation (DC Comics)
- Emotional/Invisible Electromagnetic Spectrum (DC Comics)
- Firestorm Matrix (DC Comics)
- The Forever Force (DC Comics)
- Sage Force
- Speed Force
- Still Force
- Strength Force
- Life Equation (DC Comics)
- Sword of Superman (DC Comics)
- Tektites (DC Comics)
- Mother/Father Boxes (DC Comics)
- Quantum Field (DC Comics)
- Dominion Code (Generator Rex)
- Power of Grayskull (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe)
- The Star Brand (Marvel/Newuniversal)
- Cosmic Cube (Marvel Comics)
- Power Cosmic (Marvel Comics)
- Power Primordial (Marvel Comics)
- Uni Power (Marvel Comics)
- Word of God (Marvel Comics)
- The Angelus (Top Cow Comics)
- The Darkness (Top Cow Comics)
- The Rapture (Top Cow Comics)
- Creation Equation (Wildstorm Comics)
- Gen-Factor (Wildstorm Comics)
Gallery
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
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While having the physical, mortal body of a regular (yet athletic) teenager, Ichigo Kurosaki's (Bleach) Soul is a unique balance of Human, Shinigami, Hollow, and Quincy...
...Which, at its full potential, grants Ichigo powers rivalling or even surpassing that of actual Transcendent beings.
While already one of the most powerful mortals in Universe 7, Frieza (Dragon Ball series) launched to new heights upon training and unlocking his Golden Form,...
...allowing him to hold his own against beings with godly Ki like his hated enemy Son Goku.
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Broly (Dragon Ball Super) is a Saiyan with such immense potential and power...
...that Goku believed Broly surpassed even God of Destruction Beerus in strength.
Jiren (Dragon Ball Super) is the strongest mortal in the multiverse, having reached an unfathomable level of skill and power that surpasses even the Gods of Destruction.
Having reached the apex of his physical conditioning, Saitama/Caped Baldy (One-Punch Man) is B-Class Rank 7 and capable of performing feats that normal Metahumans and even aliens aren't capable of doing.
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Kurodo Akabane (Getbackers) was merely a field medic in the military until he cursed the all-mighty power of the limitless fortress. In turn, he too was hexed with an undying constancy that changes how and in what way he makes his own existence manifest simply by believing what is and what isn't possible for him to overcome.
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Famed as the strongest ninja of his time, Hashirama Senju (Naruto) was regarded as the God of Shinobi. He possesses not only immense physical and chakra prowess, but his mastery over a multitude of Jutsu and nature transformations have allowed him to overpower eight of the Tailed Beasts,.
In his adult years, Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto) has come to be known as the strongest shinobi of his era and in history, having been able to match, defeat, or help to defeat the most dangerous figures in history, and is able to have command of overwhelming Jutsu thanks in part to the chakra of Nine-Tailed Fox Kurama and the chakra of Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki.
Might Guy’s (Naruto) proficiency in the use of the Eight Gates abilities in conjunction with taijutsu made him formidable in battle...
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...Even Madara himself who gained the power of the Ten-Tails declared him the strongest taijutsu master.
As an Immortal with a powerful will, Ban (Seven Deadly Sins) could both adapt to and evolve from the harsh unlivable conditions of Purgatory for over a millennium, causing him to become unaffected. Despite not being immortal, he has gained a superior constitution, being strong enough to match the Demon King blow for blow without faltering.
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While biologically pure human, Escanor (Seven Deadly Sins) has godly powers unmatched by almost any being. This is due to inherit the power of the Archangel Mael...
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...which allowed him to fight evenly with the Demon King himself.
On top of being a prominent gamer and dark mystic, Yami Yugi (Yu-Gi-Oh!) is a powerful and ancient pharaoh reborn with enough divinity in his own right to command powerful godly entities to fight on his and the world's behalf.
Verified by Koenma to be the strongest fully-human fighter on Earth, Kazuma Kuwabara (Yu Yu Hakusho) is not only far stronger and faster than the average human but also possesses S-class Spirit Energy as he creates his Dimension Blade.
The Knights of Athena (Saint Seiya) all possess highly elevated cosmo which can be bolstered via the manifesto of their Kamui; the divine cloths.
As the 64 successor of the Hokuto Shin Ken/Big Dipper God Fist, Kenshiro (The Fist of the North Star) is regarded as the mightiest mortal man and martial artist underneath heaven and earth...
..., something that is made evident by the endless road of bodies littered in his wake from the armies demolished in his lonely wanderings and travels.
Comics
The second Flash, Barry Allen (DC Comics) is the source/creator of the Speed Force and generates it with every step he takes.
After surviving a quantum bomb detonation, Nathaniel Adam/Captain Atom (DC Comics) possesses the ability to control the creative and destructive portions of the Quantum Field.
Whenever Adam Bernard Brashear/Blue Marvel (Marvel Comics) had been exposed to radiation from the Negative Reactor, he had gained various powers, such as Absolute Strength, as well as Matter and Antimatter Manipulation.
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In the aftermath of being affected by a blast of radiation from a trillion-to-one accident, Owen Reece/Molecule Man (Marvel Comics) is now a Human Mutate with an incredibly powerful variation to Molecule Manipulation.
After he had ingested a special variant of the Super-Soldier Serum, Robert Reynolds/Sentry (Marvel Comics) had gained a decent amount of powerful abilities, such as manipulating biology, controlling light, and he can also manipulate molecules.
After the attempt to treat him of his disorientation, and with the ionic energy infusing with his body, Simon Williams/Wonder Man (Marvel Comics) had been given immensely powerful abilities in return.
The nanite infusion given by PRS makes Ray Garrison (Valiant Entertainment) all but unstoppable and unkillable. The myriad applications of the technology coursing in his blood being limitless in scope.
After his demise at the hands of his creators/tormentors; Spawn (Image Comics) returned from the dead, soul bounded to the afterlife, body clad in distaff souls and spiritual entities only to go onto become a quadrice ascended hellborn revenant powerful enough to challenge the vanguards of heaven and the dregs of hell. All while singlehandedly acting as the protector and punisher of Earth.
After his acquisition of godly code which made him all-powerful. Computer geek Max Faraday (DC/Wildstorm Comics) became the closest thing his continua has to a supreme power; a kind of Demiurge to govern and shape it's megaversal superstructure on a subquantum level.
Live Television/Movies
As she evolves infinitely thanks to being exposed to high amounts of CPH4, Lucy (Lucy) became one with the universe, becoming a Transcendent Metahuman as a result.
After his body died after a terrorist attack, Will Caster's (Transcendence) mind was uploaded into a mainframe server which enabled him to cast himself out across the world wide web. Gaining limitless access and control over everything automated, essentially making him one with the modern world.
Cartoons
After coming in contact with the Meta-Nanites and controlling them, Rex Salazar (Generator Rex) had become a Human EVO of nigh-omnipotent power.
Grandmasters in the art of Ninjitsu, The Nina Tribunal (TMNT) had undergone advanced spiritual training to unlock higher consciousnesses within. Eventually becoming one with the elements and eventually going onto being forces of nature themselves...
...eventually seeking to pass on their teachings to another generation, a few of whom would become the Ninja Turtles.
Video Games
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Anita (Darkstalkers) is an incredibly powerful supernatural talent. One who can even wrest control of Donovans demonic sword Dhylec.
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Ryu (Street Fighter) is a master martial artist who has conquered the Satsui no Hado and Power of Nothingness in order to become a godly combatant in his own right. Surpassing even the likes of Akuma in terms of fighting prowess upon achieving this Enlightenment.
Heihachi Mishima (Tekken series)
Jinpachi Mishima (Tekken series)
Asuka Kazama (Tekken series)
Baek Doo San (Tekken series)
Feng Wei (Tekken series)
Hwoarang (Tekken series)
Julia Chang (Tekken series)
Jun Kazama (Tekken series)
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Paul Phoenix (Tekken series) defeated the god of martial arts with one punch.
Wang Jinrei (Tekken series)
Segata Sanshiro (Sega) A mighty martial artist whose combat prowess borders on the absurd. He's capable of accomplishing anything he puts himself too by sheer awesomeness.
With or without his Super States, Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog series) has proven capable of fighting and outmatching titanic robots, fearsome monsters, forces of nature, other Super State users, and even all-powerful deities.
As two of the extraordinarily powerful Star Children, Mario and Luigi (Super Mario Bros.) have proven capable of facing and defeating a wide variety of entities, ranging from titanic robots, powerful demons, fearsome monsters, and even the reality warping Dreamy Bowser.
Other
As the Master of Eternity, He-Man (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe) is a godly being of the mortal coil who can stop all-powerful demiurges from eradicating multiverses with might & menace alone.
On top of being a prominent gamer and dark mystic, Yami Yugi (Yu-Gi-Oh!) is a powerful and ancient pharaoh reborn with enough divinity in his own right to command powerful godly entities to fight on his and the world's behalf.
The mortal, princess Kaguya-Hime (Japanese Mythology) was believed to had been born a very beautiful woman. But little did the humans knew, that she also had a deep connection to the moon and the divine.