Darkness Manipulation

Power/Ability to: manipulate darkness/shadows.

The power to manipulate darkness/shadows. The opposite of Light Manipulation.

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Also Called

Darkness Control
Erebokinesis
Obtenebration
Shadow Manipulation
Umbrakinesis
Umbragenesis

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Capabilities
User can create, shape and manipulate darkness and shadows. By itself, darkness is mostly
used to cloud everything into total darkness, but by accessing a dimension of dark energy it
can be channeled to a variety of effects, both as an absence of light and a solid substance: one
can also control and manipulate the beings that exist there, create and dispel shields and areas
of total darkness, create constructs and weapons, teleport one's self through massive distances
via shadows, etc.

Applications

Create/generate/increase, absorb, shape and manipulate darkness/shadow for various

effects, sizes, shapes and intensity levels.
o Depending of the level of strength, one can blanket an entire city, country or
world in eternal darkness.
o Absolute Darkness
o Darkness "Mist"
o Light Absorption
o Shadow Camouflage/Cloaking
Darkness Adaptation
o Night Vision
Darkness Attacks
Darkness Solidification via controlling darkness/shadow:
o Animating/manipulate darkness/shadow, whether users own or cast by
anything else.
o Tentacles/tendrils, chains and/or threads to attack or bind.

o Umbrakinetic Constructs, including weapons, walls, armor or allies/servants.

Flight/Levitation
Shadow Marionette

Techniques

Dark Portal Creation/Umbrageous Teleportation using darkness/shadow by

understanding the fundamental connection all shadows/darkness share.
o Dimensional Storage to store stuff into darkness/shadow, user may be able to
enter their own pocket dimension.
o When the user realizes from where they draw their power, they can enter there
and summon beings/tools from there.
Darkness Aura
Darkness Empowerment
Darkness Healing
Shadow Mimicry
Shadow Mutilation
Umbrakinetic Combat
Umbrakinetic Regeneration

Variations

Corrupted Darkness Manipulation

Dark Energy Manipulation
Dark World Manipulation
Esoteric Darkness Manipulation
Primordial Darkness Manipulation
Sacred Darkness Manipulation
Shadow Magic

Associations

Dark Element Manipulation by merging the darkness into elements.

Dark Form
Darkness Embodiment
Darkside View by manipulating the dark corners of one's mind and soul.
o Mental Manipulation by learning to control dark corners of mind and soul.
Freezing as darkness is absence of light, so cold is the absence of heat.
Gravity Manipulation by using darkness in a way that it gains the power of a Black
Hole.
If user also has Light Manipulation, they could learn Twilight Manipulation.
Night Embodiment
Umbrakinetic Immunity

Limitations

May be unable to create darkness/shadow, being limited to manipulating only from

already existing sources.

May have to be in sync with darkness, whether their own or the source of their power.
May become affected/corrupted through extended exposure.
Light Manipulation and Light Generation are especially effective against this power.
However it should be noted that darkness can overpower light as well.
Umbrakinetic Immunity.