Darkness or dark energy is usually connected to something evil. But have you ever thought darkness could be a friend? To your surprise, darkness helps us to learn about others, particularly when they are not in public. It helps us to know the actual character of the individual and what he values in private. Yes, sometimes, the light muddles us while the darkness gives us a clear vision to learn about the darkness hidden within us.
So, got a hint of what we shall discuss through this article? Yes, it’s nothing but Darkness Manipulation.
Having a certain resemblance with Dark Magic, dark energy manipulation in simple words is the ability to manipulate shadows or darkness. This superpower is mostly obtained through reverse magnitudes, promises with malevolent or demonic entities, practicing dark magic, or retrieving shadowy worlds.
Through this blog let’s discuss this superpower to understand it briefly.
Dark Manipulation Superpower – An Introduction
As mentioned in the name, Dark manipulation is all about manifesting or controlling shadows or darkness. This superpower offers the user the ability to perform the following acts:
- Creating, moving, or shaping dark areas
- Refuting or absorbing light
- Increasing dark areas to create dangerous weapons
- Teleportation through moving shadows
- Balancing or fighting through shadows
- Improved Night vision
- Controlling other people through the darkness in their hearts or their shadows
- Creating dark mist
- Telepathy
- Annulment of illusion or immunity
The users can obtain this superpower by accessing the dark or shadowy worlds, through treaties with malicious or demonic entities, black or dark magic, or reversing the extents.
What are the Other Names of Dark Manipulation Superpower?
Mostly popular by the name dark magic or evil, dark manipulation has several other names. Here are some known names of this superpower:
- Achluokinesis
- Erebokinesis
- Darkness Control
- Shadow Control or Manipulation
- Sciakinesis
- Umbrakinesis
- Umbragenesis
- Obtenebration
What are the Capabilities of Darkness Manipulation Superpower?
The capabilities of dark manipulation fall under different stages. Let’s take a brief look at them.
Stage 1
In the first stage, the user is capable to control the shadows. They can control it for different uses in the immediate areas to blind others and veneer themselves. Compared to other stages, they are the most helpless ones to light and can refute their influence or even hurt them.
Stage 2
A little more advanced than the first stage, the user of this stage can use the darkness to create harmful mysterious weapons, travel to distant areas, and control or mimic other people. This is possible when the user has access to sinister dimensions. They can easily disavow light and protect themselves through shields created with dimness.
Stage 3
This is the final stage where the user is completely capable of using obscurity both metaphorically and physically. They can influence darkness control the minds of people and play with their fear with the help of their dark side or the negativity they carry in their hearts. They can entirely convert themselves into a shadow as well as absorb them to gain strength or power. They can easily hurt the victims by distorting, destroying, removing, or mutilating their shadows. On the other hand, people with strong willpower would be tough to manipulate for these users.
However, it should be noted that Shadow Manipulation and Darkness Manipulation are fundamentally similar as both have identical applications. Due to this, the powers of both are merged.
What are the Applications of Darkness Manipulation?
Here is the list of possible uses of darkness manipulation.
- Generate, manipulate, shape, and absorb shadow or darkness of various shapes, sizes, intensity levels, and effects
- Based on the strength levels, the user can unmitigated the entire area, country, or even the entire universe into darkness
- Darkness Fog
- Absolute Darkness
- Light Absorption
- Shadow Cloaking or Camouflage
- Darkness Alteration
- Night Vision
- Darkness Attacks
- Darkness Solidification by controlling shadow or darkness:
- Manipulating or animating shadow or darkness by users themselves or troupe by something
- Threads, chains, tendrils, or tentacles to bind or attach
- Umbrakinetic constructs including armor, servants, walls, or weapons
- Shadow Marionette
- Shadow Pinning
- Shadow Mutilation
- Levitation or Flight
- Manipulating the properties of shadows or darkness
- Shadow Erasure
- Personal Darkness
- Shadow Generation
- Invisibility by absorbing environmental light or emitting darkness to the next level
- Umbra-Telekinesis/Surfing/Flight
- Umbrakinetic Immunity
What are the techniques of darkness manipulation?
Let’s take a look at the different techniques used for darkness manipulation:
- Dark Portal Creation through shadows or darkness by learning all the basic connections
- Dimensional Travel or Storage
- Darkness Aura
- Darkness Bestowal or Transformation
- Darkness Empowerment
- Darkness Defense
- Darkness Mimicry
- Darkness Healing
- Darkness Sealing
- Darkness Transmutation
- Darkness Teleportation
- Darkness Infusion
- Darkness Weaponry
- Death Shadow
- Personal Void
- Shadow Conversion
- Shadow Absorption
- Shadow Mutilation
- Shadow Reanimation
- Shadow Stealth
- Shadow Swimming
- Umbrakinetic Combat
- Umbrakinetic Telepathy
- Umbra-Telekinesis
- Umbrakinetically Enhanced Condition
- Umbrakinetic Regeneration
What are the variations of Darkness Manipulation?
Here are the different variations of darkness manipulation:
- Dark world manipulation
- Bio-darkness manipulation
- Darkness embodiment
- Darkness science
- Demonic darkness manipulation
- Divine darkness manipulation
- Conceptual darkness manipulation
- Esoteric darkness manipulation
- Individual shadow manipulation
- Psychic darkness manipulation
- Primordial darkness manipulation
- Pure darkness manipulation
- Sacred darkness manipulation
- Spiritual darkness manipulation
- Dark energy manipulation
- Shadow magic
Darkness Manipulation Associations with Other Superpowers
- Dark Element Manipulation – merging darkness into elements
- Dark Embodiment
- Dark Form
- Darkside View – manipulating the dark side of the soul and mind of any individual
- Mental Manipulation – controlling the dark corners of the soul and mind
- Gravity Manipulation – using darkness for gaining the strength or power of Black Hole
- Freezing – just as darkness is associated with nonexistence of light, cold is associated with nonexistence of heat
- If the user has already practiced light manipulation, he can also learn twilight manipulation
- Umbrakinetic Immunity
- Night Embodiment
- Lunar Manipulation
- Illusion Manipulation – where darkness is associated with illusions leading to hallucination
- Fear Inducement – where the primal fear is mostly associated with darkness fear
- Death Manipulation – where darkness is allied with death
- Sleep Manipulation – where darkness is associated and linked with sleep when light is missing and the body gets sufficient time to rest
- Vision Manipulation – darkness absorbs the sense of light
What are the limitations of darkness manipulation?
Just as every superpower has certain limitations, darkness manipulation too has certain limitations. Here is the list you can check on.
- The user might fail to create shadows or darkness
- The user might be limited to create shadows from limited or existing sources
- The user may have to remain in touch with darkness no matter whether it’s their own or their power sources
- The user might become corrupted or affected through prolonged exposure
- Precision, mass, distance, etc. depends on the strength, skills, and knowledge of the user
- Light generation and manipulation are very effective against this superpower. Again, darkness can also conquer light.
- Umbrakinetic immunity
Darkness Manipulation – Known Users
- Ryan Shadows – Defenders of Multiverse
- Tenebris – Kingdom Hearts IV
- Kage – A Blond Ray of Sunshine
- Titan Dragon – The Invasion
Apart from these popular users, the users of darkness manipulation can be bifurcated into three different categories, namely, darkness, shadows, and a combination of both darkness and shadows. Let’s take a look at all the niches briefly.
1. Darkness
Anime/Manhwa/Manga
- Clive – Arc The Land
- Yami Sukehiro, Rhya, Morgen Faust, and Yami Ichika – Black Clover
- Yhwach – Bleach
- The Dark – Cardcaptor Sakura
- Demigra – Dragon Ball series
- Brain/Zero – Fairy Tail
Comics/Cartoon
- Darklight, Count Spankulot, Richard Swift – DC Comics
- Alastor – Hazbin Hotel
- Cloak – Marvel Comics
- Vaatu – The Legend of Korra
- Pony of Shadows – My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Literature
- Etherealki/Shadow Summoner – Shadow and Bone/Grishaverse
- Bianca St. Claire – The Dresden Files
- Lord Vile – Skulduggery Pleasant
- Thantos – Twitches
- Moonchild – Wild Cards
Live Television/Movies
- Amara – Supernatural
- Blake Belladonna – Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes and Huntsmen
- Alien Empera – Ultraman series
Video Games
- Scratch – Alan Wake
- The Shadow – Amnesia: Dark Descent
- Ragna the Bloodedge – BlazBlue
- Oryx – Destiny
- Maxwell – Don’t Starve
- Lightners – Deltarune
Web Original
Darkness manipulation is also visualized in popular web originals like The Scarlet King, Obsolete Laptop, Shadow Person, A Bundle of Stories, The Hanged King, The Empyrean Parasite, The Intruder, Satan, Alastor, Doctor Wondertainment, and many more.
2. Shadows
Anime/Manhwa/Manga
- Nacht Faust –Black Clover
- Mizuki Tsujimura – Bungo Stray Dogs Gaiden
- The Shadow – Cardcaptor Sakura
- Nagi Arisuin – Chivalry of a Failed Knight
- Rui Hachiouji – Code:Breaker
Cartoons/Comics
- Farabu the Caretaker – Alladin – The Animated Series
- The Makuta Species – Bionicle
- Fang – BoboiBoy
- Nightshade, Trigon, and Shadow Walker – DC Comics
- Luci – Disenchantment
- Mandarin and Knull – Marvel Comics
Literature
- Shadowbinders – A Song of Ice and Fire
- Nicodemus Archleone –The Dresden Files
- Tam Song – Keeper of the Lost Cities
- O’Leary – Percy Jackson and The Olympians
- Nico di Angelo – Percy Jackson and The Olympians
Live Television/Movies
- Shade – Arrowverse
- Woogyman – Charmed
- Vashta Nerada – Doctor Who
- Chernabog – Fantasia
- Melisandre – Game of Thrones
TableTop Games
- Ophiel Akerontes Zeros and Pandemonium from Beyond Fantasy
- Lasombra Vampires and Vampires of Clan Hecata from Vampire: The Masquerade
Video Games
- Dawn – Contrast
- Scar – Disney Mirrorverse
- Anna Schwagerin and Rusalka Schwägelin – Dies Irae
- Zato-1 – Guilty Gear
- Raven – Honkai Impact 3rd
3. Darkness and Shadow
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Darkus Bakugan – Bakugan
- Alucard – Hellsing
- Ai Enma – Hell Girl
- Engen and Ihwa – Hero Killer
- Iori Katanagi – Phantom Seer
Comics/Cartoon
- Toa of Shadow – Bionicle
- Danny Fenton/Phantom – Danny Phantom
- Bill Cipher – Gravity Falls
- Unicorn – Transformers
- Black Hat – Villainous
Mythology/Folklore
- Nyx from Greco-Roman Mythology
- Hades or Pluto from Greco-Roman Mythology
- Erebus from Greek Mythology
Literature
- Sauron – The Lord of the Rings
- Grace McKnight – The Eidolon Saga
- Nightwielder – The Reckoners
- Shaidar Haran – The Wheel of Time
Live Television/Movies
- Phoebe Frady – Heroes Reborn: Dark Matters
- Some Chromatics – Mutant X
- Pitch Black/The Bogeyman – Rise of the Guardians
- The Rider/The Dark – The Seeker
Video Games
- Aragami – Aragami
- Shinobu – Aragami
- Wilfre – Drawn to Life
- Master of Darkness – Heart of Darkness
- Dark Matter and Void Termina – Kirby
Dark Manipulation – Known Objects
Let’s take a look at the popular objects related with dark manipulation:
- Darkinator from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
- Medallion of Acrata from Arrowverse or Supergirl
- The Kanohi Kraahkan from the Great Masks of Shadows
- Key of Domination from Honkai Impact 3rd
- The Crown of Shadows from Locke and Key
Dark Manipulation – Known Techniques
After the objects, lets learn about the popular techniques or powers related to darkness manipulation.
- Abyss Mysticism in Vampire: The Masquerade
- Dark Force/Dark Force Dimension in Marvel Comics
- Darkforge in The New Real
- Dark Hashira in Dragoma Inferno
- Dark Magic and Shadow Magic in Black Clover
- Dark Sorcery in Psycho Dreams
- Darkus in Bakugan
- Phoebe Frady in Heroes: Reborn
- Shadow Energy in Shadow Fight and Swordmaster’s Youngest son
- Shadowlands and The Great Darkness in DC Comics
- Shadow Summoning in Shadow and Bone/Grishaverse
- The Great Darkness in DC Comics
Conclusion
Wrapping up the content, Darkness Manipulation is the superpower that allows the user to control the shadows or dark. No doubt, it has resemblance with darkness, it can be used by both heroes and villains. It completely depends on the user, whether he uses it in a positive way or for some destructive purpose.