Hypnosis

**Hypnosis**, also referred to as **Hypnotism** or **Hypnotizing**, is the telepathic power to place other beings into a hypnotic state of consciousness, based on an emotion, allowing the user to control their actions.

## Overview

Hypnosis allows the user to place their victims into a trance, a state of consciousness that makes them susceptible to suggestions. This is accomplished through the usage of emotions. The emotion and ritual of accessing this ability seems to vary dependent upon the user. The demon Viralis was capable of accessing it through his victims' own desires, by sensing them and broadcasting them to his victims, which draws their attention to him, making it possible for him to hypnotize them. The ancient magical being, Omon, was capable of hypnotizing his victims through the emotion of love, by saying the words "mepte ama", the latter of which means "love", presumably finding an opening into their minds through their own emotions of love, as they were also forced to kill their own loved ones as a devotion to their "love" for him.

Despite being an effective form of mental manipulation, hypnosis still has its limits. Victims can be released from hypnosis without the user's intentions. There are a few ways to be released, including: external applications of magic, such as Emotional Inception, the victim's own ability to fight the effects of the hypnosis, or it wearing off at some point on its own. As in Omon's case, the basis of his power was love, and the victim had to sacrifice their loved ones in order to "love" only him. In Viralis' case, his victims needed to be fed his demon blood to keep them under his influence.

## Known Users

Original Power
* Viralis
* Omon

## Trivia

* While hypnosis is quite similar to mesmerism, there are several differences between the two powers:
	+ Hypnosis seems to be more emotion-based, as the victims follow the commands of the users based on an emotion that was brought or channeled by the user, while mesmerism is simply cast through eye contact.
	+ Mesmerism can only be undone by the mesmerist themselves, while hypnosis can be broken by various other ways. Additionally, hypnosis can wear off, unless sustained by something else, such as the user's own blood or something relating to the emotional opening, like the sacrifice of the victim's loved ones.
	+ Victims of mesmerism can go being mesmerized for long periods of time, as it can only be consciously undone by the user, without any obvious signs of being mesmerized, at least not while going through daily life. At times through mesmerism, a trance-like state can be activated, when the subject comes across a specific goal they were tasked to do by their master. However, even then, their behavior is not an obvious sign that they may be magically influenced, at least not to someone unsuspecting, as they may appear to be simply distracted or "zoned out". Hypnosis, on the other hand, renders the victim in an obvious trance, in a drugged-like state, usually with the fixation of accomplishing one thing or being led to a place.
* It can be presumed that not only empathic but also other telepathic powers, such as Thought Manipulation, can be used to remove hypnotic influence, since this worked with the cancellation of pixie's subjection.

## Gallery

Viralis hypnotizes Maggie VeraMaggie under the influence of hypnosisMacy under the influence of hypnosisRemoval of hypnosis through Emotional InceptionThe sensing of removing someone's hypnosis
## See Also

* Mesmerism
* Persuasion
* Thought Manipulation
* Pixie Dust Generation

## References

1. ↑ *Surrender*
2. ↑ *Yew Do You*