Life Force Absorption is the power to absorb the vitality of other beings to sustain or rejuvenate oneself or others. The impact of this power is typically gradual, and if left incomplete, the victims may only experience severe weakness or fall into a comatose state. Once completely drained of their life force energy, this power ultimately results in the death of the victims.
This ability can also be used for resurrecting someone at the cost of another's life, necessitating the appropriate ritual, tools, and knowledge. Resurrection through this process may require a continuous intake of multiple life forces to bring back only one individual.
History[]
The demon, Taydeus, reportedly used life force absorption on women to sustain his own existence. Prior to the events of "Pilot", he employed this power on Angela Wu. The power's effects were gradual, and Angela remained in a coma for several months, progressing toward death. Even after Taydeus was vanquished by the Vera-Vaughn Charmed Ones, Angela couldn't wake up on her own, only emerging from her coma after being possessed by the Harbinger of Hell in "Let This Mother Out".
In "Dance Like No One is Witching" at a private event hosted by the Faction, a group of mortals knowledgeable about the existence of magic, a shaman performed a ritual with his staff. This ritual absorbed the life forces of nearly all the patrons who had been zombified by a special drug in the form of candies made from Darklighter poison, with the goal of reviving the corpse of an unknown man loaded with black amber. The effect was nearly instantaneous, leaving mortals severely weakened.
When Maggie Vera defeated the shaman and broke his staff, the life force absorption ceased. However, the absorbed life forces managed to resurrect the unknown man, who escaped in the chaos, while the Charmed Ones revived the drained Jordan Chase. The resurrected man was discovered by Nadia and her comrades. Perhaps due to the interruption by the Charmed Ones, the absorption process wasn't completed entirely, and the man, although alive in the car, experienced small convulsions.
Known Users[]
Original Power
- Through spell, artifact, power stealing, etc.
- Shaman (through the usage of Darklighter Poison and his staff)