History Main / HauntedFetter

* In the television version of ''TheDresdenFiles'' Bob the Skull becomes the bound soul of Hrothbert of Bainbridge an evil sorceror and necromancer fettered for eternity to his own skull.

** ''GeistTheSinEaters'' likewise has Anchors, which in some cases can be objects that a ghost can directly influence through its Numina. The Sin-Eaters also make good use of Fetters, objects created when a troublesome ghost is bound into its own Anchor. Use of a Fetter allows a Sin-Eater access to new power sources, as well as one of the ghost's Numina.

->''"You no longer need to sacrifice for your people. You no longer need to bear the weight of your crown. I've taken care... of everything."''
-->-'''''Prince Arthas''', Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos''

Exceptions to the rule are when a necromancer binds a ghost to an item (sometimes called a "soul jar"), or an important loved one of the deceased puts specific emotional memories on a specific item that reminds them of the specific ghost.

* In the television version of TheDresdenFiles Bob the Skull becomes the bound soul of Hrothbert of Bainbridge an evil sorceror and necromancer fettered for eternity to his own skull.

What a ghost can usually do with a fetter is manipulate who ever touches or uses the item (even to the point of DemonicPossession), manifest through the item, telekinetically move the object, or use similar powers. The item will sometimes even become indestructible until the ghost is removed, as the dead use their powers to repair even the most unfixable damage, however, if the fetter is an actual ''person'' (quite rare), than it's more likely that the ghost cannot repair any damage done.

A subtrope of [[BodyAndHost Host]], and sibling to the HauntedHouse, a Haunted Fetter is an object that sympathetically binds a ghost to the world of the living. Typically, the item had some significance to the deceased in question before (s)he died. However, the item had to have once been owned or been in the presence of the deceased in order to become a fetter, else millions of ghosts would be fettered to a celebrity or a dream house in a foreign country.

* [[FallenHero Arthas]] from ''{{Warcraft III}} and ''WorldOfWarcraft'', who has been corrupted by the sword Frostmourne which contains the spirit of the Lich King.

* MahouSenseiNegima has this in droves. Class 3-A's resident CuteGhostGirl Sayo Aisaka's only initial fetter is [[AcademyOfAdventure Mahora Academy]] (she can't travel far outside the school). Later Kazumi Asakura, who has sat next to her for more than two years, serves as a fetter, a bit of a [[HeterosexualLifePartner different sort]]. Finally, she is given a doll to possess, which lets her travel to the [[MagicalLand magical world]] as well as have a physical body to manipulate.

* Pictured at the top of the page is [[FallenHero Arthas]] from {{Warcraft III}}, who has been corrupted by the sword Frostmourne which contains the spirit of the Lich King.

What a ghost can usually do with a fetter is manipulate who ever touches or uses the item (even to the point of DemonicPossession), manifest through the item, telekinetically move the object, or use similar powers. The item will sometimes even become indestructable until the ghost is removed, as the dead use their powers to repair even the most unfixable damage, however, if the fetter is an actual ''person'' (quite rare), than it's more likely that the ghost cannot repair any damage done.

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* Pictured at the top of the page is [[FallenHero Arthas]] from Warcraft III, who has been corrupted by the sword Frostmourne which contains the spirit of the Lich King.

* MahouSenseiNegima has this in droves. Class 3-A's resident CuteGhostGirl Sayo Aisaka's only initial fetter is Mahora Academy (she can't travel far outside the school). Later Kazumi Asakura, who has sat next to her for more than two years, serves as a fetter, a bit of a [[HeterosexualLifePartner different sort]]. Finally, she is given a doll to possess, which lets her travel to the [[MagicalLand magical world]] as well as have a physical body to manipulate.

* MahouSenseiNegima has this in droves. Class 3-A's resident CuteGhostGirl Sayo Aisaka's only initial fetter is Mahora Academy (she can't travel far outside the school). Later Kazumi Asakura, who has sat next to her for more than two years, serves as a fetter, a bit of a [[HeterosexualLifePartner different sort]]. Finally, she is given a doll to possess, which lets her travel to the magical word as well as have a physical body to manipulate.

->Can overlap with HauntedTechnology.

->A subtrope of [[BodyAndHost Host]], and sibling to the HauntedHouse, a Haunted Fetter is an object that sympathetically binds a ghost to the world of the living. Typically, the item had some significance to the deceased in question before (s)he died. However, the item had to have once been owned or been in the presence of the deceased in order to become a fetter, else millions of ghosts would be fettered to a celebrity or a dream house in a foreign country.

->Exceptions to the rule are when a necromancer binds a ghost to an item (sometimes called a "soul jar"), or an important loved one of the deceased puts specific emotional memories on a specific item that reminds them of the specific ghost.

-.What a ghost can usually do with a fetter is manipulate who ever touches or uses the item (even to the point of DemonicPossession), manifest through the item, telekinetically move the object, or use similar powers. The item will sometimes even become indestructable until the ghost is removed, as the dead use their powers to repair even the most unfixable damage, however, if the fetter is an actual ''person'' (quite rare), than it's more likely that the ghost cannot repair any damage done.

A subtrope of [[BodyAndHost Host]], and sibling to the HauntedHouse, a Haunted Fetter is an object that sympathetically binds a ghost to the world of the living. Typically, the item had some significance to the deceased in question before (s)he died. However, the item had to have once been owned or been in the presence of the deceased in order to become a fetter, else millions of ghosts would be fettered to a celebrity or a dream house in a foreign country.

Exceptions to the rule are when a necromancer binds a ghost to an item (sometimes called a "soul jar"), or an important loved one of the deceased puts specific emotional memories on a specific item that reminds them of the specific ghost.

What a ghost can usually do with a fetter is manipulate who ever touches or uses the item (even to the point of DemonicPossession), manifest through the item, telekinetically move the object, or use similar powers. The item will sometimes even become indestructable until the ghost is removed, as the dead use their powers to repair even the most unfixable damage, however, if the fetter is an actual ''person'' (quite rare), than it's more likely that the ghost cannot repair any damage done.

Can overlap with HauntedTechnology.

-->- '''''Prince Arthas''', Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos''

-->- '' '''Prince Arthas''', Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos''

What a ghost can usually do with a fetter is manipulate who ever touches or uses the item (even to the point of DemonicPossession, manifest through the item, telekinetically move the object, or use similar powers. The item will sometimes even become indestructable until the ghost is removed, as the dead use their powers to repair even the most unfixable damage, however, if the fetter is an actual ''person'' (quite rare), than it's more likely that the ghost cannot repair any damage done.

Exceptions to the rule are when a necromancer binds a ghost to an item (sometimes called a "soul jar"), or an important loved one of the deceased puts specific emotional memories on a specific item that reminds them of the ghost.

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-->- '' '''Prince Arthas''' '', Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos''

-->-''Prince Arthas, Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos''

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