History Main / PsychicGlimpseOfDeath

* In ''Literature/TheInheritanceCycle,'' Eragon gains the ability to [[spoiler: draw energy from living beings that aren't Saphira, which can kill the other being, in ''Eldest.'' Brom teaches him how to perform it on some insects without telling him about the killing part because he wants to drive home how terrible the price of [[ForbiddenSecretTechnique this magic]] is. Eragon feels as if he himself had died over and over, since you need to psychically inhabit the mind of the target first. Traditionally, Dragon Riders only were told about it once their training was already complete, so their masters could avoid teaching it to Riders who would abuse it. Thanks to Galbatorix's ObviouslyEvil status, the Riders didn't tell him about it, making it one of the few abilities Eragon has and he doesn't. Later, at the Battle of the Burning Plains, Eragon uses it on an injured horse who was dying anyway. Later on, in ''Brisingr,'' Eragon partially replenishes his own energy [[ItMakesSenseInContext and that of his belt]] by taking energy from some animals that are about to be killed and eaten by [[LaResistance the Varden]], and he has to stop since the experience is so horrifying.]]

* In ''Literature/TheInheritanceCycle,'' Eragon gains the ability to [[spoiler: draw energy from living beings that aren't Saphira, which can kill the other being, in ''Eldest.'' Brom teaches him how to perform it on some insects without telling him about the killing part because he wants to drive home how terrible the price of [[ForbiddenSecretTechnique this magic]] is. Eragon feels as if he himself had died over and over, since you need to phsychically inhabit the mind of the target first. Traditionally, Dragon Riders only were told about it once their training was already complete, so their masters could avoid teaching it to Riders who would abuse it. Thanks to Galbatorix's ObviouslyEvil status, the Riders didn't tell him about it, making it one of the few abilities Eragon has and he doesn't. Later, at the Battle of the Burning Plains, Eragon uses it on an injured horse who was dying anyway. Later on, in ''Brisingr,'' Eragon partially replenishes his own energy [[ItMakesSenseInContext and that of his belt]] by taking energy from some animals that are about to be killed and eaten by [[LaResistance the Varden]], and he has to stop since the experience is so horrifying.]]

* In ''Literature/TheInheritanceCycle,'' Eragon gains the ability to [[spoiler: draw energy from living beings that aren't Saphira, which can kill the other being, in ''Eldest.'' Brom teaches him how to perform it on some insects without telling him about the killing part because he wants to drive home how terrible the price of [[ForbiddenSecretTechnique this magic]] is. Eragon feels as if he himself had died over and over, since you need to phychically inhabit the mind of the target first. Traditionally, Dragon Riders only were told about it once their training was already complete, so their masters could avoid teaching it to Riders who would abuse it. Thanks to Galbatorix's ObviouslyEvil status, the Riders didn't tell him about it, making it one of the few abilities Eragon has and he doesn't. Later, at the Battle of the Burning Plains, Eragon uses it on an injured horse who was dying anyway. Later on, in ''Brisingr,'' Eragon partially replenishes his own energy [[ItMakesSenseInContext and that of his belt]] by taking energy from some animals that are about to be killed and eaten by [[LaResistance the Varden]], and he has to stop since the experience is so horrifying.]]

* In ''Literature/TheInheritanceCycle,'' Eragon gains the ability to [[spoiler: draw energy from living beings that aren't Saphira, which can kill the other being in ''Eldest.'' Brom teaches him how to perform it on some insects without telling him about the killing part because he wants to drive home how terrible the price of [[ForbiddenSecretTechnique this magic]] is. Eragon feels as if he himself had died over and over, since you need to phychically inhabit the mind of the target first. Traditionally, Dragon Riders only were told about it once their training was already complete, so their masters could avoid teaching it to Riders who would abuse it. Thanks to Galbatorix's ObviouslyEvil status, the Riders didn't tell him about it, making it one of the few abilities Eragon has and he doesn't. Later, at the Battle of the Burning Plains, Eragon uses it on an injured horse who was dying anyway. Later on, in ''Brisingr,'' Eragon partially replenishes his own energy [[ItMakesSenseInContext and that of his belt]] by taking energy from some animals that are about to be killed and eaten by [[LaResistance the Varden]], and he has to stop since the experience is so horrifying.]]

* In ''Literature/WhiteNight'', Harry asks his apprentice Molly to try to connect with the body of a recently deceased woman to try and witness her death firsthand. Harry asks this knowing it won't be a pleasant experience for Molly, but she's better at mind magic than he is and they have no other clues. In a mixed blessing, Molly discovers this woman was killed by a vampire of the White Court, which consist of SuccubiAndIncubi, and thus died while in the throes of passion. Molly experiences ''that'', too.

* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' novel ''Literature/WhiteNight'', Harry asks his apprentice Molly to try to connect with the body of a recently deceased woman to try and witness her death firsthand. Harry asks this knowing it won't be a pleasant experience for Molly, but she's better at mind magic than he is and they have no other clues. In a mixed blessing, Molly discovers this woman was killed by a vampire of the White Court, which consist of SuccubiAndIncubi, and thus died while in the throes of passion. Molly experiences ''that'', too.

* The "Black Museum" episode of ''Series/BlackMirror'' features a doctor who is fitted with an implant that lets him feel what his patients are feeling, to aid with diagnosis. When he gets a US senator ostensibly undergoing a heart attack, he delays defibrillation so he can get a proper reading on what's going on - only it turns out that the patient has actually the victim of a new and exotic poison, and dies while the doctor's still connected to him. The doctor experiences every last sensation of the man's death, right down to the last synapse switching off. This not only knocks him unconscious, it fritzes his implant so that he starts feeling other people's pain as pleasure, and develops a sadomasochistic addiction to it.

* ''VideoGame/DetroitBecomeHuman'': If an [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot android]] dies while another android is connected to their memory bank, the other android will experience their death like it’s their own. In-game, this will happen if [[spoiler: Simon shoots himself on the rooftop]] while Connor is connected to him.

* Collecting the right items in ''VideoGame/DarkFall - Ghost Vigil'' and placing them where Ollie and Thomas died will trigger alarming visions of their death-experiences.
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