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Enhanced Durability is the ability to withstand physical and/or magical harm that would otherwise be lethal. This is not a term or label of a power used in-universe, but rather describes a trait that is suggested to be inherent to some demons, witches and Whitelighters. It has been shown that basically it is immortal beings that have this strength to various types of damage.
Overview[]
Beings with an enhanced durability are able to survive magical or nonmagical attacks that would be lethal to ordinary beings. It also grants users protection against the effects of their own powers.
Having an enhanced durability is not synonymous with invincibility, and beings with this trait can still be vanquished or killed by powerful magical attacks or spells. It is a common attribute among powerful magical beings, most of which are upper-level.
Pain Resistance[]
Pain Resistance
The beings with this ability have all, to some extent, shown a higher resistance to pain than would averagely be possible. Some beings have been shown to experience less pain under circumstances that would be highly painful, while other beings have been shown to experience no pain at all. This is caused by thickened skin and frayed nerves, which is possibly part of someone's demon form, hence limited shapeshifting.
History[]
In "Jingle Hell", Harry Greenwood was only minimally harmed and remained conscious after he was pushed from a height of three floors by Hunter Caine. Jada Shields was seemingly less harmed than she should've been after being shot with an arrow in "Touched by a Demon".
In "Touched by a Demon", a new demonic trait showed itself in Macy when her hand accidentally lands on the stove, but she doesn’t feel anything until it’s almost completely burned through her flesh. According to Harry, the common characteristics of most demons include thickened skin with fraying nerves, which contributes to the dulling of their pain receptors. Furthermore, in "Safe Space", Macy was shot with the assassin's poisoned dart, but she did not show any visible signs of pain, despite having a wound on her leg and having been poisoned. However, she did eventually begin to suffer from the effects of the poison.
This was demonstrated in "Keep Calm and Harry On" when the demon Alastor not only showed no pain after he was stabbed by a knife in his forehead, but also used it to cut his own face to reveal his demonic form without showing any sign of pain.
However, it seems that some demons can still feel pain, as Hunter Caine was visibly in pain after he was injected with the virus that he attempted to use on Niko Hamada in "Other Women", and when he was attacked by the Sarcana's crows in "Jingle Hell". However, this could be because both attacks were magical in nature, as when he was attacked by Mel Vera's double blades in "Ambush", he showed no sign of pain and appeared to simply smoke through strikes.
As a Shadow Demon, Parker Caine was able to withstand attacks through his ability to phase-shift, such as when Knansie attempted to smash his head in with a hammer in "You're Dead to Me" and the hammer simply phased through his head. In "The Rules of Engagement", Parker wasn't affected at all after he was punched by Jordan Chase.
Known Users[]
- Whitelighters
- Harry Greenwood (formerly)
- Tessa Flores-Cohen
- Witches
- Whitelighter-Witches
- Demon-Witches
- Demons
- Half-Demons
- Parker Caine (formerly)
Trivia[]
- In the original series, this power was known as High Resistance, and allowed upper-level witches and demons to withstand magical attacks that would otherwise destroy them.
- The extent of a Whitelighter's durability, namely Harry Greenwood, has been shown very inconsistently within the series. In Jingle Hell, Harry was basically unharmed after being pushed from the attic window of Vera Manor by Hunter Caine, falling through the patio roof and hitting the ground. However, in Safe Space, he was killed by Jimmy with a blade and subsequently self-resurrected, only due to having been killed by his Darklighter. He is later shown to only be weakened drastically by the Darklighter Poison, which would have been lethal to Macy Vaughn whom he had transferred it from.
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