Changes: True Name Manipulation

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"The name is the thing, and the true name is the true thing. To speak the name is to control the thing."

― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Rule of Names

The ability to manipulate the true names. Sub-power of Linguistic Manipulation. Opposite of Identity Dominance.

Capabilities

The user can manipulate true names - the metaphysical representations of sentient being - which grants them certain amount of power over the target being able to find, control, summon and banish them among others.

Applications

Clairvoyance
Command Inducement
Defense Break
Freedom - knowing your own true name can make you resistant to the influence of others.
Identity Manipulation - by changing the targets true name.
Name Evocation/Banishment
Name Identification
Name Severing
Nonexistence - by erasing targets name from reality.
Power Negation - by causing targets to lose their name.
Shapeshifting Negation - speaking a shapeshifted being's true name may restore them to their true form.

Associations

Limitations

Beings with Nonexistent Physiology have no true names.
Beings with Identity Dominance can turn this power against the user.
Beings suffering from Identity Erasure may be immune.
Users of Nameless Existence are immune.

Known Users

See Also: I Know Your True Name.

Ged (Earthsea)
Ichibē Hyōsube (Bleach)
Truenamer (Planescape)
Asmodeus (Planescape)
SCP-992 - Gaia's Emissary (SCP Foundation)
Powerful magicians (Inheritance Cycle)
Isis (The Kane Chronicles)
Mr Bliss (Skulduggery Pleasant); when he manipulates Laudigan.

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-The ability to '''manipulate the true names'''. Sub-power of [[Linguistic Manipulation]].
+The ability to '''manipulate the true names'''. Sub-power of [[Linguistic Manipulation]]. Opposite of [[Identity Dominance]].
 ==Capabilities==
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 *[[Nonexistence]] - by erasing targets name from reality.
 *[[Power Negation]] - by causing targets to lose their name.
-*[[Shapeshifting Negation]] -- speaking a shapeshifted being's true name may restore them to their true form.
+*[[Shapeshifting Negation]] - speaking a shapeshifted being's true name may restore them to their true form.
 ==Associations==
-*[[Linguistic Magic]]
+*[[Identity Dominance]]
+*[[Incantation]]
 *[[Linguistic Manipulation]]
 *[[Vocal Augmentation]]
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 *Beings with [[Nonexistent Physiology]] have no true names.
 *Beings with [[Identity Dominance]] can turn this power against the user.
-*Beings suffering from [[Identity Loss]] may be immune.
+*Beings suffering from [[Identity Erasure]] may be immune.
 *Users of [[Nameless Existence]] are immune.
 ==Known Users==
-''See Also: [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IKnowYourTrueName I Know Your True Name]''
+''See Also: [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IKnowYourTrueName I Know Your True Name]''.
 *Ged (''Earthsea'')
 *[[w:c:bleach:Ichibē Hyōsube|Ichibē Hyōsube]] (''Bleach'')
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 *Asmodeus (''Planescape'')
 *[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-992 SCP-992 - Gaia's Emissary] (''SCP Foundation'')
-*Rinnosuke (''Touhou'')
 *Powerful magicians (''Inheritance Cycle'')
+*Isis (''The'' ''Kane Chronicles'')
+*Mr Bliss (''Skulduggery Pleasant''); when he manipulates Laudigan.
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