Direct
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- The PAL version of Meteos changes a lot of names from the direct (well, as direct as possible) translation from Japanese to ones that make more sense.
Source: Regional Bonus -
The titular Emperor Mage from the third book of Tamora Pierce's The Immortals series banned sacrifices/offerings to the gods, saying that if people wanted to make sacrifices, they could make them to him instead, as he has more direct power over their lives.
Source: God Emperor -
In Sola, Matsuri Shihou has this power, and as long as she makes direct physical contact she can make nearly anything, from metal and stone to flesh and bone, rapidly decay.
Source: Make Them Rot
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