Turn

A **turn** refers to the change in those who are Touched, more specifically their acquired unique powers and abilities from a forgotten incident on August 3, 1896.

## Examples

Some known turns manifested among the Touched:

### Cognitive

Turns that involve changes in one's cognitive abilities, either the Touched or a target.

* **Blindness** — A logbook lists William Carter as being able to cause blindness through touch.
* **Confession inducement** — When worked up, Désirée Blodgett compels others to voice their thoughts in her presence.
* **Corvid mind exchange** — Augustus Bidlow can see through the eyes of any corvid while controlling their movements as well.
* **Dizziness inducement** — Ada Walker causes dizziness to those around her.
* **Empathic singing** — Mary Brighton could sing a song in a language only the Touched can hear, affecting them with hope.
* **Enhanced empathy** — Knitter could activate parts of the mind needed to comprehend Galanthi language and tech.
* **Energy perception** — Penance Adair sees potential energy, visualizing where electricity wants to go, move, or settle.
* **Omnilingualism** — Myrtle Haplisch can understand any existing language, although she can only speak them at random in a phrase.
* **Perception manipulation** — The Colonel is able to manipulate others' perceptions, including vision, emotion, and memory.
* **Precognition** — Zephyr Navine experiences glimpses of her near future.
* **Psychic communication** — Lady Whisper communicates through whispers into one's mind.
* **Telekinesis** — A logbook lists Cornelia Norman as being telekinetic. One woman also demonstrates the ability to move objects while not touching them.
* **Temporal intuition** — Dominique has intuitive knowledge of the exact time. A logbook lists Ida Davies as having a similar ability.

### Physical

Turns that involve changes in one's physical abilities and/or with physical effects.

* **Arthropodal transformation** — One woman can make her fingers transform into arthropodal limbs.
* **Breaker touch** — Lucy Best destroys objects whenever she touches them with her bare hands.
* **Bullet generation** — Winemar Kroos produces bullets from his right arm. He can shoot them with the help with a weapon when attached to his arm.
* **Enhanced flexibility** — Wendy can contort her body at "alarming" rates.
* **Enhanced density** — Fannie Lee is considered as dense as lead.
* **Enhanced endurance** — One girl survives without injures after she got her arm caught in an engine with three tons of pressure.
* **Enhanced strength** — Su Ping Lim pushed a gate with ease, while two women closed the other side together with effort.
* **Fire manipulation** — Annie Carbey can create and manipulate fire with her hands.
* **Freezing** — Ronald causes frostbite on a man who insisted on touching him.
* **Gigantism** — Primrose Chattoway is ten feet tall.
* **Glass transmutation** — Harriet Kaur can transform objects into glass with her breath.
* **Glowing skin** — One woman has her skin permanently glowing blue.
* **Gravity manipulation** — Elisabetta Cassini can make objects temporarily float after touching them.
* **Healing** — Horatio Cousens has the ability to conduct healing surgeries without contact.
* **Levitation** — Alderton Musgrove's niece floats about an inch from the ground, unable to move without being towed.
* **Pain empowerment** — Maladie derives power from pain.
* **Plant growth** — One woman can rapidly develop plants by touching the soil.
* **Shield creation** — Nimble Jack creates floating plates that can be used as protective shields or stable platforms.
* **Skin color shifting** — Masie Butterfield-Worth has the color of her skin changing through the day.
* **Thorn protrusion** — George has sharp thorns over his forearms.
* **Voice replication** — Adeilia Shaw can echo anything she hears.
* **Water transmutation** — One woman was able to transform any liquid in pure water.
* **Water walking** — Nicolas Perbal is capable of walking on water, being completely unable to submerge.

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 *The Nevers* — "Touched". HBO, April 11, 2021.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 *The Nevers* — "Ignition". HBO, April 25, 2021.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 *The Nevers* — "Exposure". HBO, April 18, 2021.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 HBO, "The Nevers: Uncover Their Power". *YouTube*, April 12, 2021.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 *The Nevers* — "True". HBO, May 16, 2021.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 *The Nevers* — "Hanged". HBO, May 9, 2021.
7. ↑ *The Nevers* — "Undertaking". HBO, May 2, 2021.