![]() ![]() ![]() Taking enough blood to kill the donor works better than extracting a non-lethal amount via leech. King's blood is her preferred type, and she uses a very broad definition of "king" the blood of illegitimate children seems to work just as well as legitimate, Baratheon blood works just fine even though they are arguably usurpers to a throne that, by strict law of succession, should go to the lone surviving Targaryen, and the blood of the self-appointed King Beyond the Wall of the wildlings works as well as that of hereditary southern kings. She also claims credit for the deaths of Robb Stark, Joffrey Baratheon, and Balon Greyjoy, but whether that's truth or fiction is very unclear at this stage. Melisandre uses blood magic to cause the death of Renly Baratheon.There are also some basic rules most prominently, only death can pay for life. Maegi have been known to predict accurate prophecy by consuming blood, and the burning of blood, body parts, and people (often in sacrifice to gods) is effective at accomplishing various magical tasks. A Song of Ice and Fire: Blood magic is, in general, one of the more effective, powerful, and, according to many, dangerous magics known in the Song of Ice and Fire universe.For more information, see Demon Blood ( Hellblazer).This is an ancient version that predates word-based magic and was considered by some to be more powerful.īlood Magic was a kind of sorcery based on the employment of blood which is an important component in many rituals, spells and other aspects of the supernatural world. It does not have to be procured through killing the donor through either fight or Human Sacrifice however some cases showed that a single drop is more than suffice and that the caster may only need to steal at least a vial of blood from its unknowing/unwilling recipient to be used against them or other purposes.Įvery user has the inherent power within their blood to fuel spell-casting. While human blood is the most common fuel of this magic, blood taken from either caster's own, virgin's, child's, royalty's, or members of special lineage/bloodline, as well as menstrual blood usually provide more satisfactory results since they provide most power as the rest being either useless or lack sufficient power even for basic application of this craft. The potency of spells and rituals of Blood Magic is relative to the source of blood involved. ![]() Blood magic is also often used in Blood Rituals. It may be a token sacrifice, but it may also be the loss of life that fuels the spell. An ancient and dangerous form of magic, this mystical but forbidden theurgy is used to cast spells, enchantments and even curses through blood itself, the very bodily fluid which is the potent force as well as the essence of life itself in the working of magic. ![]()
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