- "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
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.
- Witches and Warlocks (Various Media)
Literature
- 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
- Jeannot (Dragon Age)
- Thelhen (Dragon Age)
Live Television
- 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)
- Hexenbiest (Grimm)
- Adalind Schade
- Juliette Silverton/Eve
- 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
- Dean Winchester (Supernatural)
- Sam Winchester (Supernatural)
- Castiel (Supernatural)
- Ruby (Supernatural)
- Kali (Supernatural)
- Henry Parrish (Sleepy Hollow)
- Solomon Kent (Sleepy Hollow)
- Katrina Crane (Sleepy Hollow)
- Donna Gilchrist (Being Human)
- Witches (Charmed)
- Demons (Charmed)
- Warlocks (Charmed)
- Mirri Maz Duur (Game of Thrones)
- Melisandre (Game of Thrones)
Movies
- Deacon Frost (Blade)
Comics/Cartoons
- Purgatori (Chaos! Comics)
- Brother Blood (DC Comics)
- Atrocitus (DC Comics)
- Ma'alefa'ak (DC Comics)
- Mako (DC/Vertigo Comics)
- Karl Ruprecht Kroenen (Hellboy)
- 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)
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 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)
- Vampires (World of Darkness); via blood magic
Video Games
- Gabriel Belmont/Dracula (Castlevania: Lords of Shadow)
- Sgt. Wilhelmina "Billie" Church (Clive Barker's Jericho)
- Adria (Diablo)
- Necromancers (Diablo)
- Blood Mages (Dragon Age)
- Jowan
- The Warden
- Hawke
- 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
- Cree (Critical Role); via Blood Domain
Gallery
Deacon Frost (Blade) became an avatar of La Magra by sacrificing the House of Erebus and using Blade's blood in a ritual.
Sakkara (Chaos! Comics) has vast hemopotent magical abilities which enable her to claim the ultimate powers of a god.
The Kikyo clone (InuYasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island) was created by the Four War Gods using Kikyo's blood.
Nico Minoru (Marvel) can only summon her Staff of One when she is bleeding, through menstruation also counts.
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