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* In ''{{Okamiden}}'', the BigBad Akuro must bathe his [[DemonicPossession vessel]] in blood to become perfect. [[spoiler:Specifically, Orochi's blood.]] Or, maybe he has to bathe himself. The game can't agree with itself on this point.
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* [[IncrediblyLamePun AB]]) '''[[BloodMagic Blood is magical]]''' -- Any spells that require [[EyeOfNewt blood as a reagent]] will probably be either extremely powerful, BlackMagic, or both. Since blood is basically LifeForce, [[PowerSource anything using it]] will work similarly to things CastFromHP. The blood of especially powerful or arcane creatures may even [[BodyToJewel become gems]].

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* [[IncrediblyLamePun [[AWorldwidePunomenon AB]]) '''[[BloodMagic Blood is magical]]''' -- Any spells that require [[EyeOfNewt blood as a reagent]] will probably be either extremely powerful, BlackMagic, or both. Since blood is basically LifeForce, [[PowerSource anything using it]] will work similarly to things CastFromHP. The blood of especially powerful or arcane creatures may even [[BodyToJewel become gems]].
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* The [[EvilWeapon monstrous Zulwarn]] [[AMechByAnyOtherName ATAC]] in [[VanguardBandits Vanguard Bandits]] needs Blood in order to run.
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** In-character folklore of the default D&D pantheon holds that elves and orcs were born from the blood of their respective creator-deities, Corellon and Gruumsh, which got spattered across multiple worlds when their deities were fighting a death-duel.
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** Also, the Raven is so evil that his blood can [[TheCorruption turn people evil]] when they ingest it, bathe in it, or have it otherwise go into their body.

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** Also, the Raven is so evil that his blood can [[TheCorruption turn people evil]] when they ingest it, [[BloodBath bathe in it, it]], or have it otherwise go into their body.
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* This is part of the plot to ''[[ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]]'', the second game in the ''LegendOfZelda'' series. Link killed Ganon in the [[Game/TheLegendOfZelda original game]], but several of his minions are still running amok in Hyrule. While he goes on the eponymous adventure to return six crystals to six palaces, he has to be careful; the minions want to kill him so they can scatter his blood on Ganon's ashes and return him to life.
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* One of the Contractors in ''DarkerThanBlack'', Wei, has the ability to detonate his own blood as explosives. The only way he can use this power is by [[NightmareFuel carrying a knife and cutting his own wrists to toss blood on opponents.]] Naturally, [[BadPowersBadPeople He's a bad guy]].
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->--[[OlderThanTheyThink Genesis 9:4]], cited by ''Film/{{Dracula}}'' (1931)

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->--[[OlderThanTheyThink Genesis 9:4]], cited by ''Film/{{Dracula}}'' (1931)
(1931) [[hottip:*: Which is not the actual verse, by the way.]]

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** This is taken further in the Kuei-Jin, the weaker of whom drink blood simply because that's the easiest way to get at somebody's life-force. The stronger ones can straight-up [[YourSoulIsMine eat your soul.]]

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** This is taken further in the Kuei-Jin, the weaker of whom drink blood simply because that's the easiest way to get at somebody's life-force. The stronger ones can straight-up [[YourSoulIsMine eat your soul.]]


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* In an extension to the WorldOfDarkness example above, the Kuei-Jin, the Asian equivalent to Vampires, live on life-force. The weaker ones drink blood simply because that's the easiest way to get at somebody's life-force. The stronger ones can straight-up [[YourSoulIsMine eat your soul.]]
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** This is taken further in the Kuei-Jin, the weaker of whom drink blood simply because that's the easiest way to get at somebody's life-force. The stronger ones can straight-up [[YourSoulIsMine eat your soul.]]

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* In DetectiveComics #833 Zatanna is shot in the throat by the Joker and dunked into a tank filling with water, effectively keeping her from reciting her incantations backwards. When Batman escapes his own deathtrap to free her in #835, he finds her throat completely healed. Upon inspection, Bats discovered she'd used her own blood to write "HEAL ME" backwards on the inside of the tank's lid.
--->'''Batman:''' ''A spell written in blood. For a mage like Zatanna, no enchantment is more powerful.''
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* A) '''[[BloodOath Blood is Binding]]''' -- Any {{Magically Binding Contract}}s made in blood ''must'' be honored, on pain of death, even if the contract was only written in blood because you CouldntFindAPen. If you make a {{BloodOath}}, and swear that "if you break your word, may the earth drink your blood!", and break your word anyway, you may find yourself six feet under.

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* A) '''[[BloodOath Blood is Binding]]''' -- Any {{Magically Binding Contract}}s made in blood ''must'' be honored, on pain of death, even if the contract was only written in blood because you CouldntFindAPen. If you make a {{BloodOath}}, {{Blood Oath}}, and swear that "if you break your word, may the earth drink your blood!", and break your word anyway, you may find yourself six feet under.
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* A) '''[[BloodOath Blood is Binding]]''' -- Any {{Magically Binding Contract}}s made in blood ''must'' be honored, on pain of death, even if the contract was only written in blood because you CouldntFindAPen. If you make a [[BloodOath]], and swear that "if you break your word, may the earth drink your blood!", and break your word anyway, you may find yourself six feet under.

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* A) '''[[BloodOath Blood is Binding]]''' -- Any {{Magically Binding Contract}}s made in blood ''must'' be honored, on pain of death, even if the contract was only written in blood because you CouldntFindAPen. If you make a [[BloodOath]], {{BloodOath}}, and swear that "if you break your word, may the earth drink your blood!", and break your word anyway, you may find yourself six feet under.
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* A) '''[[BloodOath Blood is Binding]]''' -- Any {{Magically Binding Contract}}s made in blood ''must'' be honored, on pain of death, even if the contract was only written in blood because you CouldntFindAPen. If you make a [[Blood Oath]], and swear that "if you break your word, may the earth drink your blood!", and break your word anyway, you may find yourself six feet under.

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* A) '''[[BloodOath Blood is Binding]]''' -- Any {{Magically Binding Contract}}s made in blood ''must'' be honored, on pain of death, even if the contract was only written in blood because you CouldntFindAPen. If you make a [[Blood Oath]], [[BloodOath]], and swear that "if you break your word, may the earth drink your blood!", and break your word anyway, you may find yourself six feet under.
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* A) '''[[BloodOath Blood is Binding]]''' -- Any {{Magically Binding Contract}}s made in blood ''must'' be honored, on pain of death, even if the contract was only written in blood because you CouldntFindAPen. If you make a Blood Oath, and swear that "if you break your word, may the earth drink your blood!", and break your word anyway, you may find yourself six feet under.

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* A) '''[[BloodOath Blood is Binding]]''' -- Any {{Magically Binding Contract}}s made in blood ''must'' be honored, on pain of death, even if the contract was only written in blood because you CouldntFindAPen. If you make a Blood Oath, [[Blood Oath]], and swear that "if you break your word, may the earth drink your blood!", and break your word anyway, you may find yourself six feet under.
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* In RobertEHoward's ConanTheBarbarian story "Shadows in Zamboula" Baal-pteor offers HumanSacrifice with a NeckSnap, to save blood for the god.



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** [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready Which didn't work, mind you.]]

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** There are also good people who use blood magic--they only use their own blood. Most notably, the Shin'a'in, whose patron goddess will sometimes require someone (usually a shaman) to sacrifice themselves to prove the people's need.




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* In one of Tamora Pierce's Circle of Magic books, Niko cuts his palm so that he can use his own blood to fuel a past-viewing spell, saying that mages will often use their own blood to make a spell more powerful.
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** On the 'Night of Red Stars', the Canim ritualists cast a spell that puts acid mist clouds full of [[EldritchAbomination weird seemingly extradimensional tentacle monsters]] over a good part of the ''continent'', preventing the Alerans from flying (since they get eaten/dissolved if they try to go through the clouds). But this huge spell is said to cost ''millions'' of Canim lives.
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* In ''DeathNote'', VillainProtagonist Light Yagami kills people by writing their names in pages of a [[ArtifactOfDoom supernatural notebook]]. For emergencies, he keeps a needle and scrap of Death Note paper in a secret compartment in his watch, which means that even in tense situations where he's under surveillance, he can murder people by discreetly writing their names in [[spoiler: [[CouldntFindAPen his own blood]].]]

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* In ''DeathNote'', VillainProtagonist Light Yagami kills people by writing their names in pages of a [[ArtifactOfDoom supernatural notebook]]. For emergencies, he keeps a needle and scrap of Death Note paper in a secret compartment in his watch, which means that even in tense situations where he's under surveillance, he can murder people by discreetly writing their names in [[spoiler: [[CouldntFindAPen his own blood]].]]
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* In the finale of ''DeathNote'', Light tries to kill [[spoiler: Near by [[CouldntFindAPen writing in the death note with his own blood]] after he gets caught. Matsuda shoots him before he can complete the attempt.]]

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* In the finale of ''DeathNote'', VillainProtagonist Light tries to kill Yagami kills people by writing their names in pages of a [[ArtifactOfDoom supernatural notebook]]. For emergencies, he keeps a needle and scrap of Death Note paper in a secret compartment in his watch, which means that even in tense situations where he's under surveillance, he can murder people by discreetly writing their names in [[spoiler: Near by [[CouldntFindAPen writing in the death note with his own blood]] after he gets caught. Matsuda shoots him before he can complete the attempt.blood]].]]
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* In Naruto, to summon animals one must first sign a summoning contract. It requires that the user must sign it in his/her name in their own blood followed by a fingerprints stamps in blood as well.
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* In ''WorldOfWarcraft'' death knights have power over blood. Those that specialize in it can apparently suck blood they've lost back inside them through [[http://cata.wowhead.com/spell=49998 Death Strike]] (or possibly drain it from their enemies into themselves, how it's supposed to work isn't entirely clear), create a "blood shield", boil the blood of the enemies, and create bloodworms to attack their enemies. Which ''burst'' from gorging themselves, healing nearby allies through a mechanism that appears to be ''showering them in other people's blood''. All in all it's pretty [[{{Squick}} Squicky.]]
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* Two words: [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Blood Bending]]. [[NostalgiaCritic Ya know, for kids]]!


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* Two words: [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Blood Bending]]. [[NostalgiaCritic [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids Ya know, for kids]]!

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In the climax of ''{{ICO}}'', we see the only blood in the game when [[spoiler:Ico's horns snap off]]. The sudden physical sign of violence after a game full of whacking nothing but intangible Smokemen is like a punch to the gut.

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* In the climax of ''{{ICO}}'', we see the only blood in the game when [[spoiler:Ico's horns snap off]]. The sudden physical sign of violence after a game full of whacking nothing but intangible Smokemen is like a punch to the gut.
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In the climax of ''{{ICO}}'', we see the only blood in the game when [[spoiler:Ico's horns snap off]]. The sudden physical sign of violence after a game full of whacking nothing but intangible Smokemen is like a punch to the gut.
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** [[ShoutOut Referenced]] in ''HellTeacherNube''. Here, flesh from the (still living) mermaid Hayame has a 100% success rate, and her blood can instantly heal ''any'' injury no matter how grave, without conferring immortality.

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** [[ShoutOut Referenced]] in ''HellTeacherNube''. Here, flesh from the (still living) mermaid Hayame has a 100% success rate, and her blood can instantly heal ''any'' injury no matter how grave, without conferring immortality.
immortality. It does have the side effect of making the recipient into a moron for a short while, seeing as it comes from [[TheDitz Hayame]], after all.



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* {{Spider-Man}} villain Carnage has an alien symbiote mixed into his bloodstream that allows him to shape his blood and use it as a weapon. This is sometimes played for a more horrific effect, particularly in WarrenEllis and KyleHotz's BodyHorror laden graphic novel "Mindbomb"
-->'''Carnage''': My blood wants to kill you!
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* In HannaIsNotABoysName, Hanna's blood is apparently particularly disgusting, at least according to a vampire. He attributes this to his use of magic (before quickly changing the subject).
--> Hanna: It must be because I use magic, it taints my blood, but ANYWAYS.

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