- "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)
Franchise
- Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious (Star Wars); via Dark illusion
Animated Film
- Tzekel-Kan (The Road to El Dorado)
Anime/Manga
- Witch Queen (Black Clover); via Blood Magic
- Hemomancers (Bloodivores)
- Aleister Crowley (A Certain Magical Index); via Blood Sign
- Itsuwa (A Certain Magical Index)
- Kanzaki Kaori (A Certain Magical Index); via Blessed Blood
- Ymir's Ocean Girl (A Certain Magical Index); via Ymir's Ocean
- Demons (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba); via Blood Demon Techniques
- Kojō Akatsuki (Strike the Blood)
- Juvia Lockser (Fairy Tail); via Water-Make: Blood
- Klaus Von Reinherz (Blood Blockade Battlefront)
- Zapp Renfro (Blood Blockade Battlefront)
- Zed O'Brien (Blood Blockade Battlefront)
Comic Books
- Sakkara/Purgatori (Chaos! Comics/Dynamite Entertainment)
- Abysmus (DC Comics)
- Atrocitus (DC Comics)
- Brother Blood (DC Comics)
- December Graystone (DC Comics)
- Kobra Cult (DC Comics)
- Ma'alefa'ak (DC Comics)
- Mako (DC/Vertigo Comics)
- Karl Ruprecht Kroenen (Hellboy)
- Nimue (Hellboy)
- Witches (Hex Wives)
- Arcane Zatanna Zatara (Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse)
- Kulan Gath (Marvel Comics)
- Nico Cage (Marvel Comics)
- Nico Minoru (Marvel Comics); via Staff of One
- The One (Marvel Comics)
- Robert Minoru (Marvel Comics)
- Tina Minoru (Marvel Comics)
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)
- Aztec Empire (The Magicians); via Blood Magic
- Julia Wicker (The Magicians)
- Loki (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard)
- Ka-Poel (The Powder Mage Trilogy)
- 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
- Sebastian Morgenstern/Jonathan Christopher Morgenstern (The Shadowhunter Chronicles)
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)
- 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)
- Castiel (Supernatural)
- Dean Winchester (Supernatural)
- Kali (Supernatural)
- Ruby (Supernatural)
- Sam Winchester (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)
- Morvahna the Dawnshadow (Iron Kingdoms)
- Satyxis (Iron Kingdoms)
- Skarre
- Sorin Markov (Magic: The Gathering)
- Bloatmages (Pathfinder)
- Blood Summoners (Pathfinder)
- Blood Subdomain Clerics (Pathfinder)
- Cabalist Vigilantes (Pathfinder)
- Cruormancer Wizards (Pathfinder)
- Holy Vindicators (Pathfinder); via Blessed Blood
- Shax (Pathfinder)
- Sodo, Darklord of Paridon (Ravenloft)
- Atzlánti (Scion); via Itztli
- Devastator Connection Mystics (Starfinder); via "Blood Marks"
- Tahomen
- Bright Order (Warhammer Fantasy); via Aqshy
- Human Cult of Khaine (Warhammer Fantasy)
- Sorceresses (Warhammer Fantasy)
- Vampires (Warhammer Fantasy); via Necromancy
- Witch Elves (Warhammer Fantasy)
- Slaughterpriests (Warhammer: Age of Sigmar); via Anger Magic
- 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)
- Father Ariandel (Dark Souls III: Ashes of Ariandel); via Rose of Ariandel
- Flagellant (Darkest Dungeon)
- Most Characters (Dawn of Magic)
- Adria (Diablo)
- Necromancers (Diablo)
- Blood Mages (Dragon Age); via blood magic
- Vampire Lords (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
- Necromancers (Guild Wars 2); via Blood Magic
- Xian Wu (Jade Empire)
- Vladimir, the Crimson Reaper (League of Legends)
- Kian Alvane (The Longest Journey)
- Havik (Mortal Kombat); via Blood Magik
- Kotal Kahn (Mortal Kombat); via Blood Magik
- Nitara (Mortal Kombat); via Blood Magik
- Skarlet (Mortal Kombat)
- Grimoire Noir (NieR)
- Skaen (Pillars of Eternity)
- Blood Magic Users (The Secret World)
- Sekiro (Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice); via Bestowal Ninjutsu and Bloodsmoke Ninjutsu
- Sorcerers (Soul Sacrifice); via Blood Offerings
Web Original
- Blood Hunters (Critical Role); via Blood Maledict
- Claret Orders (Critical Role)
- Cree (Critical Role); via Blood Domain
Known Items
- Executioner's Gloves (Bloodborne)
- Phylacteries (Dragon Age series)
- Magrallen (Dragon Age: Until We Sleep)
- Bloodstone Chalice (The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard)
- Potion of Blood (The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard)
- Horcruxes (Harry Potter series)
- Blood Crystal (Merlin)
- Bone Steel (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard)
- Crimson Brand of Cyttorak (Marvel Comics)
- Bloodletting thimble (Pathfinder)
- Terror Mask (Splatterhouse)
- Bone of Righteous Mortal Washed in the Three Bloods of Fallen (Supernatural)
- Blood Chalice (Warhammer Fantasy)
- Bloody Grail (Warhammer Fantasy)
- Cauldrons of Blood (Warhammer Fantasy)
- Tower of Blood (Warhammer Fantasy)
- Blood Altar and related items (Minecraft)