Umbrakinesis

Umbrakinesis
Phoebe manipulates her shadow.
Held by:	Phoebe Frady
Ability to:	manipulate light and shadows
Examples of umbrakinesis

Umbrakinesis is the ability to manipulate light and shadow. Phoebe describes her ability by saying that she can "steal light" and "channel darkness".

Characters

Confirmed

• Phoebe Frady has demonstrated this ability. (Dark Matters, Part 1)

Unconfirmed

• Darkmoon is said to be able to manipulate shadows. (Purpose)

Limits

Phoebe first began experimenting with her ability by playing with her shadows and making them move independently of her (Dark Matters, Part 1). She also plays harmless tricks on others, like when she turned off the lights on a South Western College professor. As she grew stronger, her ability sometimes worked without her active concentration, like when shadows crept along a wall as she experienced a nightmare (Dark Matters, Part 3). Sometimes her abilities echoed her emotions, like when she accidentally blew out a light when she was angry with her brother (Dark Matters, Part 3).

Phoebe eventually grew strong enough to the point that she could gather shadows from her surroundings and hold it in her hands. She has even been known to stop the powers of others through the use of umbrakinesis, like when she made a levitating guitarist fall, or when she extinguished Reese's pyrokinetic fire (Dark Matters, Part 3). In fact, when Quentin saw an eclipse on June 13, 2014, he automatically assumed it was caused by Phoebe's ability (Dark Matters, Part 4).

Usually when using her powers actively, Phoebe either closes her eyes, or her eyes turn purple.

Examples

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  Phoebe manipulates her shadow to wave independent of herself.
  (Dark Matters, Part 1)
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  Phoebe plays a game with her shadow.
  (Dark Matters, Part 2)
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  Phoebe turns off the lights during a South Western College professor's lecture.
  (Dark Matters, Part 2)
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  Shadows creep along the wall while Phoebe has a nightmare.
  (Dark Matters, Part 2)
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  As Phoebe gathers light from the room...
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  ...her eyes grow purple.
  (Dark Matters, Part 2)
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  When angered, Phoebe's ability works beyond her control and causes damage to a kitchen light.
  (Dark Matters, Part 3)
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  To stop others from fighting, Phoebe's eyes become purple...
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  ...she makes a levitating guitarist fall...
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  ...and she makes pyrokinetic fire disappear.
  (Dark Matters, Part 3)

See Also

• For the similar ability to absorb light, see light absorption.
• For the similar ability to negate others' powers, see Mental manipulation.