Mediumship

Power to perceive and communicate with spirits and those who are in the afterlife. Not to be confused with Death Whisper.

Also Called

• Ghost Whispering
• Spiritual Affinity

Capabilities

User can view ghosts/spirits of deceased and communicate with them, even if they have possessed inanimate objects/subjects/people. They are able to repel and run spirits away from an area, compel to employ an armada of ghosts, and may even view a visual conception of a spirit world in a trance if desired.

Applications

• Banishment
• Communing
• Soul Absorption
• Soul Sight
• Summoning
• Supernatural Detection

Variations

• Soul Summoning

Associations

• Astral Manipulation
• Astral Projection
• Death Whisper
• Necromancy
• Reanimation
• Shamanism

Limitations

• Ghosts can visit the user against their will; and will always come to them at least expected moments since this power attracts spirits.
• Spirits may be able to occasionally possess the user.
• Making deals with a spirit can be dangerous.

Known Users

Comic/Cartoon

• Wicked (Marvel)
• Chris Luna (The Veil)
• John Constantine (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
• Dr. Facilier (The Princes and the Frog)
• Jon "the Skeletan Man" (Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose)
• Marceline the Vampire Queen (Adventure Time)
• The Lich (Adventure Time)
• Deadpool (Marvel)
• Shirley the Medium (Courage the Cowardly Dog)
• Aradia Megido (Homestuck)

Manga/Anime

• Xiao (Witch Hunter)
• Karin Kurosaki (Bleach)
• Yuzu Kurusaki (Bleach)
• Tatsuki Arisawa (Bleach)
• Keigo Asano (Bleach)
• Mizuiro Kojima (Bleach)
• Mizuho Asano (Bleach)
• Don Kanonji (Bleach)
• Saitou Yakumo (Psychic Detective Yakumo); via his red left eye.

Book

• Valkyrie Cain (Skulduggery Pleasant)
• Solomon Wreath (Skulduggery Pleasant)
• Max Doyle (Mostly Ghostly)
• Nico di Angelo (Percy Jackson series)
• Bianca di Angelo (Percy Jackson series)
• Kylie Galen (Shadow Falls)
• Holiday Brandon (Shadow Falls)
• Daniel Brighten (Shadow Falls)
• Burnett James (Shadow Falls)
• Francyne (Shadow Falls); can only sense spirits
• Elf Bus Driver (Shadow Falls); can only sense spirits
• Mrs. Galen (Shadow Falls); can only sense spirits
• Della Tsang (Shadow Falls: After Dark); occasionally
• Chase Tallman (Shadow Falls: After Dark); can only sense spirits
• Perenelle Flamel (The Screts of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel)
• Medicine cats/leaders/some warriors and apprentices (Warriors)
• Shadowhunters (Shadowhunter Chronicles)