The power to manipulate ghosts/specters and their energies. Sub-power of Astral Manipulation. Variation of Shamanism, Spirit Manipulation, and Ectoplasm Manipulation.
Also Called[]
- Apparition Manipulation
- Ghost Manipulation
- Phantom Manipulation
- Shade Manipulation
- Specter Manipulation
- Wraith Manipulation
- Spectrokinesis
Capabilities[]
The user can create, manipulate, and destroy ghosts/specters and their energies. They can induce fear into the hearts of others, use ghosts to cause great chaos and control the souls of others when they are dead. The user can also make themselves invisible, intangible, and sense ghosts.
Applications[]
- Astral Trapping
- Banishment
- Communing
- Fear Inducement
- Haunting
- Mediumship
- Personal Phantasm
- Remote Possession - through users spirits
- Remote Multi Possession
- Soul Manipulation - limited to those who are dead
Variations[]
Associations[]
- Astral Manipulation
- Curse Inducement
- Dark Arts
- Ghost Physiology
- Necromancy
- Poltergeist Physiology
- Spirit Manipulation
Limitations[]
- Control Immunity
- May be limited to only certain species.
- Some can only control the ghosts they create or summon.
- Range may be limited.
- Can make a person paranoid.
Known Users[]
- Yuki (Afterlost: Where I End and You Begin)
- Yūki Terumi (BlazBlue)
- Himeno (Chainsaw Man) via a contract with Ghost Devil
- Spirit Dominion Users (Charmed)
- The Firstborn (Clive Barker's Jericho)
- Blackberry Cookie (Cookie Run series)
- Freakshow (Danny Phantom); via Crystal Ball Staff
- Sir Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott (Date A Live); via Belial
- Capiorcorpus/Corpsetaker (The Dresden Files)
- Hijikata Toshizo (Drifters)
- Jose Porla (Fairy Tail); via Shade Magic
- Wrexsoul (Final Fantasy VI)
- Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf (Ghostbusters II)
- Ivo Shander (Ghostbusters: The Video Game)
- Kevin Beckman (Ghost Busters 2016); temporarily, after being possessed by the ghost of Rowan North
- Rowan North (Ghost Busters 2016); after becoming a ghost
- Hades/Pluto (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Hecate/Trivia (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Shades (Inheritance Cycle)
- Emporio Alniño (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean); via Burning Down the House
- Peta (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Deathdream (Marvel Comics)
- Wicked (Marvel Comics)
- Matsuo (Mob Psycho 100)
- Perona (One Piece); via Horo Horo no Mi
- Airi (Queen's Blade)
- Lalith (Sendokai Champions)
- Cynder (Skylanders)
- Fiesta (Skylanders)
- Hex (Skylanders)
- Hood Sickle (Skylanders)
- Zoo Lou (Skylanders)
- Sayoko Minase (UQ Holder)
- Hecate (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Death Knights (Warcraft series); via Unholy
- Necromancers (Warcraft series)
- Ciara/Glastig Uaine (Worm)
- Raviel, Lord of Phantasms (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
- Belgim E.O (Zatch Bell!)
- Klaus Hargreeves/Number Four/Séance (The Umbrella Academy)
Gallery[]
Thanks to her contract with the Ghost Devil, Himeno (Chainsaw Man) could move living beings without any physical contact through an intangible phantom hand.
Upon becoming an Offscouring, Hijikata Toshizo (Drifters) can use smoke to manipulate and command spirits of dead former soldiers to fight on his behalf.
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Jose (Fairy Tail) can use Shade Magic.
Airi (Queen's Blade) is a powerful wraith who can cast ghastly illusions on her opponents.
Zoo Lou (Skylanders) can summon and control animal spirits.
Hex (Skylanders) can shoot spheres of phantom energy.
Cynder (Skylanders)
Hecate (Valkyrie Crusade)
Ivo Shandor (Ghostbusters) leader of the Cult of Gozer had enough infrastructural and supernatural expertise that he could call forth and command a legion of vengeful poltergeists from beyond.
Vigo Von Homhurg Deutschendorf (Ghostbusters II)
Peta’s (Marchen Awakens Romance) Ghost ÄRM, Abyss Cannon lets him call the tortured souls from hell and fire them as mouthed cannonballs.
The Firstborn (Clive Barker's Jericho) mutilates and manipulates the souls of those trapped in the Pyxis.
Perona, the Ghost Princess (One Piece)
Raviel, Lord of Phantasms (Yu-Gi-Oh GX)
Belgim E.O (Zatch Bell!) is a powerful demon from 1000 years ago. With Dalia as his bookkeeper, his spells mostly focus on the manipulation of ghosts.
Freakshow (Danny Phantom) is able to use his Crystal Ball Staff to place any ghosts and half-ghosts under his control and make them do whatever he wants them to do.
Jack Boniface/Shadowman (Valiant Comics)