True Name Manipulation

True Name Manipulation
As the Monk Who Calls the Real Name, Ichibē Hyōsube (Bleach) knows and can manipulate the true names of anything.
Power/Ability to:	Manipulate true names.

"LISTEN! Elves, spirits, and whatnot have a secret name they can never tell people! That's your true name! Your true name governs your true form. You went back to this form because you chanted it! And if somebody finds out your true name, it means he'll have control over you! So never tell anyone! Unless it's someone you can really trust!"

― Ivalera (Berserk)

"Anything covered by the ink of my Ichimonji loses its name. That which has no name can hold no power."

― Ichibē Hyōsube (Bleach)

"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 power to manipulate true names. Advanced version of Identity Manipulation.

Also Called

• Metaphysical Name/Identity Manipulation
• Original Name Manipulation
• Ren
• Nomenclature (Mummy: the Resurrection)

Capabilities

Users can manipulate 'true names' - an individual's metaphysical essence that sets it apart from everything else. Unlike one's identity, one's true name governs on the most fundamental level, essentially being the basis of everything's uniqueness. From people to individual atoms, each one has a metaphysical identity that creates individuality throughout totality.

By manipulating true names, users can control the very essence of everything, such as stripping them of their characteristics, giving them new ones, etc.

Applications

• Characteristic Removal
• Clairvoyance
• Command Inducement
• Entity Manipulation
• Existence Manipulation
• Freedom
• Identity Manipulation
• Individual Detection
• Meta Summoning
• Concept Creation; limited to true names
• Name Erasure
• Name Evocation/Banishment
  • Cursed Name
• Name Identification
• Name Severing
• Nonexistence
• Otherness Manipulation
• Power Negation
• Shapeshifting Negation
• Uniqueness/Cosmic Otherness

Variations

• Demonic Name
• Divine Name

Associations

• Identity Manipulation

Limitations

• Nameless Existence/Identity Erasure

Known Users

See Also: I Know Your True Name.

• Ichibē Hyōsube (Bleach)
• Ged (Earthsea)
• Powerful magicians (Inheritance Cycle)
• Ajimu Najimi (Medaka Box); via Full Name Notorious and Full Name Mysterious
• Truenamer (Planescape)
• Asmodeus (Planescape)
• Witch Cult (Re:Zero)
• Fae (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-992 - Gaia's Emissary (SCP Foundation)
• Paragon of Names/SCP-5935-1 - Blood and the Breaking of My Heart (SCP Foundation)
• Mr Bliss (Skulduggery Pleasant); limited to when he manipulates Laudigan
• Yubaba (Spirited Away)
• Vanitas (Vanitas no Shuuki); for vampires
• Isis (The Kane Chronicles)
• YHWH (Judaism)

Gallery

Ichibē Hyōsube (Bleach) possesses dominion over the concept of 'true names', having given the names of everything in Soul Society...

...and through his Zanpakutō - Ichimonji, Ichibē can sever the names of anything, reducing its capabilities, like halving the power of Yhwach's arm but slicing the name of his arm in half (Arm -> A), and manifest the power behind a word's meaning...

...With Ichimonji's Shikai, it can release black ink that causes whatever it covers to lose their name, and thus their power...

...and with Shin'uchi - Shirafude Ichimonji, it can release white ink that can give targets new names, like giving someone the name of "Black Ant" and reducing their power to that of a black ant.

After learning the true names of Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn, Galbatorix (Inheritance Cycle) enslaved them to his will.

Ensuring that Sloan would remain punished for everything he's done, Eragon (Inheritance Cycle) used the butcher's true name, so he'd never be able to speak to his daughter, Katrina again.