On the Goddess
It is her tool to project influence into the mortal realm and realize her ideals. her clergy are not proselytizers, but agents of her will.
Chapter 8 (Jo)
"i detect your life force is only 600 earth years old, not old enough to fully understand our influence. here's how it works. the canler took over a wolf's body 25 years ago.
Part One: Power Colors and Meanings
Maintaining positive influences can nullify that somewhat, but an enemy may as well sign their death warrant should they decide to callously destroy those influences.
Change of Perspective Page 38
Geth are influenced by other geth. kirisha exerts a greater influence on individual geth than they do to it. but we exert an overall greater influence on it than what it does in return.
Aether Rising
He shouldn't have been able to do that without having influenced us." "not to be overly blunt, but i doubt anyone doesn't know how he influenced you, cynder. in spyro's case, it was when he fell into the well of souls.
Further Adapting
I could create an imbalanced psychic link between the two of you that allows your brain and body to be influenced by his, and not the other way around.
Devotion
Even the farthest corners of the corrupted badlands were free from the demon's influence. even max. max was a slave, before.
A changeling and an artist
Regardless of maturity of the content, nor the depravity, he drew under influence. this was a gift thanks to the changeling.
Revised Psionics Write-up
Psionic influence: a mostly passive ability among higher tier psionics.
Corrupted Officers
In unison, their hips creaked and widened with bellwether's corrupting influence, endowing them with figures fit for a brood-mother.
A day in the life of....a foo dog.
As she felt her influence extend to the inside of the building, she gasped as she turned to stone and felt her influence. her first act of kindness was to replace all the nightmares of those inside with good dreams.
Chapter 7 (Riley)
They pose too big of a threat on the future of our influence." "the influence." i whisper. i don't know what it means but it doesn't sound good. as i listen in more, i hear something and it's not on the inside. "what are you doing?"