Reapers

### Title/ Aliases

Children of Death, Servants of Death, Angels of Death, Guardians of the Veil, Takers of Life

### Family

Death (Father/Creator)
Primordial Entities (Aunts/Uncles)

Elementals (Cousins)

## Supernatural Information

### Species

Wraiths

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> *"Reapers are not Angels of Death. They are wraiths who have the power to take someone's life and bring their souls to the afterlife. Their role is not to judge the deceased but to guide them. They are depicted in many cultures around the world. You can only see them when you're in your final hour. Oh, and they have excellent senses and are very stubborn and committed, so there is no use in running away or bargaining with them."*
> ―Azrael about Reapers

**Reapers** are the servants of Death. They assist in maintaining the Natural Order and are completely neutral, aligned with neither Heaven, Hell, nor Purgatory. They wait until someone is nearing their end. Then, they go to that person, collect their soul, and send them to their afterlife.

When great disasters happen, reapers will appear in mass gatherings like the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Because they reap souls and work with Death, they are sometimes confused with the Angels of Death.

Since death happens quite often, reapers are major recurring characters in The Omniversal Saga.

## Overview

Reapers are seen as the collector of souls. They do not judge souls nor do they interfere in mortal affairs. Instead, they take the souls of the dead towards the place where they will be judged by higher powers.

Reapers dwell in the Veil, acting as its guardians and maintainers. While they are regarded as the children or servants of Death, they can also be Death himself. The concept is not fully explored but as reapers are always present at the side of someone in their final hour, death is forever present throughout the Multiverse.

While reapers have the power to kill someone, they rarely do so out of malicious intents. They were either ordered by a higher power, most likely a Primordial Entity, or they were tricked/bribed into doing so, although that will rarely, if ever, happen. For the most part, reapers are unable to be reasoned with since they are all extremely dedicated to preserving the Natural Order.

## Description

Reapers are completely neutral, not caring about anything other than maintaining the natural cycle of life and death. However, that should not be confused with apathy as reapers often sympathize with their victims. Despite their capacity for sympathy, they refuse to make deals or exceptions.

Reapers rarely interfere in any manner other than performing their duties, and although they have the power to, they do not kill people before their time. They have a rivalry with the Angels of Death, their angelic counterparts. However, on some occasions both groups are seen working together under the same cause.

## Early History

* Creation
* War in Heaven
* Historical Events

## The Omniversal Saga

* The Everlasting Heroes
* The Hybrid Chronicles

* The Originals
* Twilight
* Legacies
* Dawn of Revelation
* Sacrilegious Wars
* Heroes United

* Rise of the Chosen Ones
* Gateway to Purgatory
* Keys of the Multiverse
* The Seven Seals
* Apocalypse Rising
* The Final Conflict

## Powers and Abilities

As the children and servants of Death, reapers are quite powerful and have extensive authority and control over death-related things, making them very powerful supernatural creatures.

* **Afterlife Lordship** - The power to rule over the afterlife.
	+ **Afterlife Manipulation** - The power to control the afterlife.
		- **Afterlife Border** - The power to control the border between life and death.
		- **Afterlife Connection** - The power to be connected to the afterlife.
		- **Afterlife Messaging** - The power to deliver messages even after their death.
		- **Afterlife Prevention** - The power to prevent souls from entering the afterlife.
		- **Afterlife Transport** - The power to transport others to the afterlife.
		- **Afterlife Traversal** - The ability to travel between the living world and the land of the dead.
	+ **Afterlife Guardian** - The power to become the guardian and preserver of the balance of the afterlife.
* **Dark Divinity (varies)** - The power to have powers from a dark divine source.
* **Death Connection** - The power to have a permanent connection with all of death.
	+ **Death Absorption** - The power to absorb death itself and utilize it in some way.
	+ **Symbiotic Connection** - The power to have a bond with a living or non-living subject.
	+ **Unimind** - The power to mentally connect with anything in totality.
* **Death Embodiment** - The state of embodying death.
	+ **Contaminant Immunity** - The power to be immune to poisons, bacteria and diseases.
	+ **Death Aspect Manifestation** - The power to be an aspect of death.
	+ **Death-Force Manipulation** - The power to manipulate the essence of Death, which is present in all mortals throughout the universe.
	+ **Death Empowerment** - The power to gain strength from deaths of others.
	+ **Death Manipulation** - The power to decide, determine and manipulate the cause of death.
		- **Death Inducement** - The power to induce death.
			* **Death Field Projection** - The power to kill everything in one's surroundings.
			* **Fatal Touch** - The ability to cause death by a target touching someone's body.
		- **Death Negation** - The power to negate death/dying.
		- **Death Removal** - The power to remove all aspects of death from anyone/anything.
	+ **Cemetery Manipulation** - The power to manipulate cemeteries.
		- **Cemetery Lordship** - The power to hold domain over cemeteries and everything on them.
	+ **Killing Intuition** - The power to have a mastery and intuitive knowledge of how to kill any living being.
	+ **Necromancy** - The power to utilize magic involving the dead, death-force and souls.
	+ **Necropresence** - The ability to simultaneously be everywhere death/the dead/the dying are, and everywhere death is going to happen.
	+ **Necroscience** - The power to know everything about the dead/death/dying.
		- **Death Sense** - The power to sense the coming of death and the actual act of dying.
	+ **Nether Manipulation** - The power to generate, conjure, and manipulate Nether, the dark essence that flows through the Underworld.
	+ **Resurrection** - The supernatural power to bring the dead back to life.
	+ **Soul Removal** - The power to remove souls from oneself and others.
* **Death Illusion** - The power to create illusions that can kill one’s targets.
* **Death Magic** - The power to use magic that brings death to living things.
* **Death Presence** - The power to emit death-force energies within one's own presence produced by their auras that can cause supernatural effects to their environment around them, causing things to age, wither, rot and/or die
* **Death Weaponry** - The power to create and wield weapons with power over death force.
	+ **Scythe Proficiency** - The power to be a master of wielding scythes.
		- **Death Slash** - The ability to combine slashing attacks with death effects/forces.
* **Lethal Physiology** - The power to have a body that is fatal/lethal to others.

## Weaknesses

Despite being very powerful, reapers have several weaknesses like all beings.

* **Transcendent Hybrids** - Transcendent Hybrids can harm and kill reapers.
* **Transcendent Beings** - Transcendent Beings can harm and kill reapers.
* **Slayers** - Can be hurt by slayers.
* **Primordial Entities** - Primordial Entities can effortlessly kill reapers.
* **Life-Related Powers** - May be affected by life-related powers.
* **Magic** - Spells with enough power can imprison, bind, and even kill reapers.
* **Divine Weapons** - Divine weapons are capable of harming and killing reapers.

## Types of Reapers

* Archreapers - The first, highest-ranking, and most powerful reapers that deal with world-wiping threats that may affect the natural order
* Shinigami - Japanese reapers that destroy corrupted souls
* Reaper Creatures - Reapers in the form of animals
* Grim Reapers - Lowest-ranking reapers that reaps the souls of the recently deceased