History Main / OccultBlueeyes

->''"You saw the wights come swarming up the Fist, a tide of living dead men with black hands and bright blue eyes."''

* In ''Fanfic/LostInCamelot'', Bo has to demonstrate these to Morgana to overcome Morgana's AbitrarySkepticism at Bo revealing her true nature as a succubus; the only thing Morgana knows for sure about succubi is that they are said to have blue eyes, so she assumed Bo's naturally brown eyes proved that she was lying.

* The titular family of the ''Literature/Hurog'' series have these as part of their StrongFamilyResemblance - it turns out they're [[spoiler:descended from dragons]].

* Arthas in ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} III'', especially after he became the Lich King. Blue is also established to be the colour of death in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', so many powerful entities associated with it (e.g., the death god Bwonsamdi or the playable death knights, but ''not'' ordinary playable undead or zombie {{Mooks}}) blue GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath.

* ComicBook/{{Storm}} from the Comicbook/XMen has blue eyes, which is extremely rare among non-Europeans (Storm is Kenyan). In her case, it's a mark of her family's magical heritage, in addition to the white hair.

-->-- '''Jon Snow to Samwell Tarly''', ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', ''Literature/AFeastForCrows''

* PlayedWith in ''Literature/TheChildrenOfMan'', where blue eyes are the exclusive province of the Nikelan Oracles, the mouthpieces of that setting's incarnation of the Christian God.
* In C.S. Goto's ''Literature/DawnOfWar'' trilogy, Ahramin has burning blue eyes--burning with sorcery.

* A number of the WizardsAndWitches in ''Literature/HarryPotter'' have blue eyes, but Albus Dumbledore's are described as especially piercing, which goes with his WizardClassic aesthetic. Another example is Alastor Moody's magical GlassEye, which is "electric blue" while his remaining natural eye is darker in color.
* In Creator/MercedesLackey's ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series, ''any'' powerful magic user is going to wind up with blue eyes regardless of what they were born with as a side effect from the amount of magic they use. [[CoolHorse Companions]] also have their blue eyes frequently mentioned, with newly [[CallToAdventure Chosen]] Heralds usually spending a while staring into them when they first meet.

* ''Literature/TheMachineriesOfEmpire'': Agents of the Andan faction have their eyes [[EyeColorChange turn]] deep, rich blue when they activate their mind-control ability. Anyone who [[NoEyeInMagic makes eye contact]] then is enthralled until the Andan chooses to release them.

* Literature/MatthewSwift had brown eyes before he died. [[FirstEpisodeResurrection Afterwards]], his eyes turn blue due to sharing a body with blue electric angels.

* In the ''Literature/{{Safehold}}'' series, an affectation by the late Nimue Alban means that her most-commonly used [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot avatar]]/persona has become known for [[GenderBender his]] "unearthly ''seijin''-blue eyes".

* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': In ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'', Tash is blue eyed, which goes with her Force-Sensitivity and appearance as a CreepyChild who knows too much. When she meets Luke Skywalker and senses their CommonalityConnection, she feels like ''his'' blue eyes are piercing and see more than they should.
* In ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'', Kaladin ends up with these at the end of ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'', after speaking the Third Ideal of the Windrunners though it only lasts a few hours after each time he uses his Shardblade.

* Creator/TamoraPierce's ''Literature/TortallUniverse'': ''Literature/BekaCooper'' has "ghost eyes" that go from pale blue to ice colored when she's upset (may have something to do with her unofficial {{psychopomp}} status). She uses these to her advantage when she has a need to frighten people, usually criminals.
* In ''Wody Głębokie Jak Niebo'' mages or these with magical heritage have eyes blue as the summer sky. Because of this only mages can wear ultramarine clothes.
* In Creator/OrsonScottCard's ''Literature/TheWorthingSaga'', IcyBlueEyes are part of a genetic package that includes [[MindReading telepathy]] and (after copious amounts of inbreeding) various other PsychicPowers.

* On ''Series/TeenWolf'', eyes that glow blue are a sign that the werewolf possessing them has killed an innocent, except for [[MonsterLord Alphas]], whose eyes are always [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] whether they have killed or not. Other werewolves have [[SupernaturalGoldEyes gold]] eyes.

* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', there's [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Mu]][[AttackAnimal -12]], whose emotionless, glowing blue eyes contrast with [[spoiler:the green eyes Noel Vermillion had before she was "tempered".]]

* Arthas in ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'', especially after he became the Lich King. Blue is also established to be the colour of death in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', so many powerful entities associated with it (e.g. the death god Bwonsamdi or the playable death knights, but ''not'' ordinary playable undead or zombie {{Mooks}}) blue GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Puka is the only Pikachu without brown eyes. He has blue eyes to go with his ability to sense the ocean's waves.

Commonly, these eyes weren't ''originally'' blue, but ''became'' that way through prolonged use of magic.