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 name. Sub-power of Linguistic Manipulation.

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 Identification
Name Severing
Nonexistence - by erasing targets name from reality.
Power Negation - by causing targets to lose their name.
Summoning/Banishment

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 Loss may be immune.
Users of Nameless Existence are immune.

Known Users

See Also: I Know Your True Name

Ichibē Hyōsube (Bleach)
Truenamer (Planescape)
Asmodeus (Planescape)
SCP-992 - Gaia's Emissary (SCP Foundation)
Rinnosuke (Touhou)
Galbatorix (Inheritance Cycle)

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 ==Applications==
-*[[Command Inducement]] - knowing someone's true name may give one the power to irresistibly command him or her.
-*[[Shapeshifting Negation]] - speaking someone's true name may cause them to revert to their true form.
 *[[Clairvoyance]]
+*[[Command Inducement]]
 *[[Defense Break]]
 *[[Freedom]] - knowing your own true name can make you resistant to the influence of others.
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 ==Limitations==
-*Beings with [[Nonexistent Physiology]] may have no true name, and thus be immune.
+*Beings with [[Nonexistent Physiology]] have no true names.
-*Beings with [[Identity Dominance]] may be able to turn this power against the user.
+*Beings with [[Identity Dominance]] can turn this power against the user.
 *Beings suffering from [[Identity Loss]] may be immune.
-*Users of [[Nameless Existence]] have no true name and are thus immune.
+*Users of [[Nameless Existence]] are immune.
 ==Known Users==
 ''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'')
 *Truenamer (''Planescape'')