Blood Magic

"Blood is sound, sound is words, and words are power!"

- Grimoire Weiss, NieR

"So much blood, waiting for purpose."

- Blood Lord Vladimir, The Crimson Reaper, League of Legends

The power to perform magical feats by using blood. Form of Magic. Variation of Body Magic and Blood Manipulation.

Also Called

 * Blood Sorcery
 * Hemomancy

Capabilities
The user has the inherent power in their blood to manipulate and/or fuel spell-casting. This is an ancient version that predates word-based magic and was considered by some to be more powerful. Blood Magic was a kind of magic based on the employment of blood which is an important component in many rituals, spells and other aspects of the supernatural world.

Applications

 * Binding/Freeing
 * Conjuration
 * Blood Manipulation
 * Blood Property Manipulation
 * Enhanced/Supernatural Tracking
 * Haemomancy
 * Liquid Surveillance Communication
 * Portal Magic
 * Spell Casting
 * Symbol Magic

Associations

 * Blood Energy Manipulation
 * Blood Transcendency
 * Magic
 * Body Magic
 * Dark Arts
 * Life Magic
 * Ritual Magic
 * Sacrificial Magic
 * Voodoo
 * Mystical Blood

Limitations

 * Magic Negation/Magic Destruction
 * Magic Immunity
 * May taint the user or their blood.
 * Some spells require specific blood, e.g. type, species, or individual.
 * May lead to blood loss.

Known Users
See Also: Blood Magic.

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 * Witches and Warlocks (Various Media)

Comic Books

 * Purgatori (Chaos! Comics)
 * Brother Blood (DC Comics)
 * December Graystone (DC Comics)
 * Atrocitus (DC Comics)
 * Ma'alefa'ak (DC Comics)
 * Mako (DC/Vertigo Comics)
 * Karl Ruprecht Kroenen (Hellboy)
 * Nimue (Hellboy)
 * Witches (Hex Wives)
 * Nico Minoru (Marvel); via Staff of One

Manga/Anime

 * Witch Queen (Black Clover)
 * Hemomancers (Bloodivores)
 * Demons (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
 * Kojō Akatsuki (Strike the Blood)
 * Juvia Lockser (Fairy Tail)
 * August (Fairy Tail)
 * Klaus Von Reinherz (Blood Blockade Battlefront)
 * Zapp Renfro (Blood Blockade Battlefront)
 * Zed O'Brien (Blood Blockade Battlefront)

Literature

 * Canim Ritualists (Codex Alera)
 * Jeannot (Dragon Age: Asunder)
 * Thelhen (Dragon Age: The Masked Empire)
 * Hemalurgists (The Cosmere/Mistborn)
 * Tom Riddle/Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)
 * Jonathan Christopher Morgenstern (The Mortal Instruments)
 * Miranda Kane and Tabitha Evans (Shadow Falls); via Team Combination to enhance their magic
 * Candy and Sandy Gleason (Shadow Falls); via Team Combination to enhance their magic

Live Action Television

 * Donna Gilchrist (Being Human)
 * Witches (Charmed)
 * Demons (Charmed)
 * Warlocks (Charmed)
 * Melisandre (Game of Thrones)
 * Mirri Maz Duur (Game of Thrones)
 * Hexenbiest (Grimm)
 * Adalind Schade
 * Juliette Silverton/Eve
 * Cora/The Queen of Hearts (Once Upon a Time)
 * Regina/The Evil Queen (Once Upon a Time)
 * Rumpelstiltskin (Once Upon a Time)
 * Zelena/The Wicked Witch of the West (Once Upon a Time)
 * Hecate Poole (Penny Dreadful)
 * Solomon Kent (Sleepy Hollow)
 * Katrina Crane (Sleepy Hollow)
 * Jeremy Crane/Henry Parrish (Sleepy Hollow)
 * Dean Winchester (Supernatural)
 * Sam Winchester (Supernatural)
 * Castiel (Supernatural)
 * Ruby (Supernatural)
 * Kali (Supernatural)
 * Petrova Doppelgängers (The Vampire Diaries); blood could be utilized for Witchcraft comparable to the full moon
 * Amara
 * Tatia
 * Katherine Pierce
 * Elena Gilbert
 * Salvatore Doppelgängers (The Vampire Diaries); blood could be utilized for Witchcraft comparable to the full moon
 * Tom Avery
 * Stefan Salvatore
 * Bennett Witches (The Vampire Diaries); channeling their blood can replace having to channel the full moon
 * Qetsiyah
 * Bonnie Bennett

Live Action Film

 * Deacon Frost (Blade); through ritual to become La Magra
 * Ilsa Haupstein (Hellboy 2004)
 * Karl Ruprecht Kroenen (Hellboy 2004)

Tabletop Games

 * Cainite Heresy (Chronicles of Darkness/Hunter: The Vigil); via Rites of Denial
 * Kindred (Chronicles of Darkness/Vampire: The Requiem); via Blood sorcery
 * Blood mages (Forgotten Realms)
 * Blood Summoners (Pathfinder)
 * Blood Subdomain Clerics (Pathfinder)
 * Cabalist Vigilantes (Pathfinder)
 * Devastator Connection Mystics (Starfinder); via "Blood Marks"
 * Tahomen
 * Human Cult of Khaine (Warhammer Fantasy)
 * Sorceresses (Warhammer Fantasy)
 * Morathi
 * Vampires (Warhammer Fantasy); via Necromancy
 * Mannfred von Carstein
 * Witch Elves (Warhammer Fantasy)
 * Hellebron
 * Vampires (World of Darkness); via blood magic

Video Games

 * Martyr Logarius (Bloodborne)
 * Gabriel Belmont/Dracula (Castlevania: Lords of Shadow)
 * Sgt. Wilhelmina "Billie" Church (Clive Barker's Jericho)
 * Adria (Diablo)
 * Necromancers (Diablo)
 * Blood Mages (Dragon Age); via blood magic
 * Vampire Lords (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
 * Most Characters (Dawn of Magic)
 * Xian Wu (Jade Empire)
 * Havik (Mortal Kombat); via Blood Magik
 * Kotal Kahn (Mortal Kombat); via Blood Magik
 * Nitara (Mortal Kombat); via Blood Magik
 * Skarlet (Mortal Kombat)
 * Sorcerers (Soul Sacrifice); via Blood Offerings

Web Original

 * Blood Hunters (Critical Role); via Blood Maledict
 * Benicio Lorelei
 * Jorick LaMensh
 * Lawrence Lorelei
 * Mollymauk Tealeaf
 * Otis Brunkel
 * Portia Lorelei
 * Tyffial Wase
 * Zoran Kluthidol
 * Cree (Critical Role); via Blood Domain}}

Known Items

 * Executioner's Gloves (Bloodborne)
 * Magrallen (Dragon Age: Until We Sleep)
 * Potion of Blood (The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard)
 * Blood Chalice (Warhammer Fantasy)
 * Bloody Grail (Warhammer Fantasy)
 * Cauldrons of Blood (Warhammer Fantasy)
 * Tower of Blood (Warhammer Fantasy)