1 | ->''"All power demands sacrifice and pain. The universe rewards those willing to spill their life's blood for the promise of power."'' |
2 | -->-- '''Sindri, Alpha Legion Sorcerer''', ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' |
3 | |
4 | ->'''[[@/LeChuck4 GG]]:''' Whoa. That's neat. I wish I could do that.\ |
5 | '''[[VideoGame/DokaponKingdom Erik]]:''' Don't you have the ability to say you have that power then makes it so you have that power or something?\ |
6 | '''GG:''' Well not exactly. I can only do that when I'm not exactly doing it on purpose. Because when I do it on purpose, I'll have to pay the price. And I really don't like paying the price.\ |
7 | '''Erik:''' Oh... Can I ask what the price is?\ |
8 | '''GG:''' Blood and/or physical health. The amount of price is always related to the impact of what I change. But the exchange rate is horrible. Remember when I said I lost the bones from my right hand? That happened after I changed Asagi back into a human. It's always very-- Oh, you know what? Let me just show you. ''[GG looks at Erik for a moment]'' You are orange. ''[Erik's green features turn orange, and a large cut appears on GG's left cheek; he bleeds [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} rainbow-colored blood]]]'' See? I just changed your color and what I got is a nasty cut. |
9 | -->-- ''Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars'' |
10 | |
11 | ->''"So much blood, waiting for purpose."'' |
12 | -->-- '''Blood Lord Vladimir, The Crimson Reaper''', ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' |
13 | |
14 | ->''"While the [[SupernaturalElite aristocratic vampire bloodlines]] bestow potent supernatural powers, [[EvilSorcerer some]] devote themselves to further occult study, honing their magical craft. Cut off from [[{{Mana}} anima]] as a source of power, they have learned to cannibalize the energies from the stolen blood in their veins. This renders them physically weaker than their earthier kin, [[LeanAndMean emaciating their frames]] with the purge of every ritual. They claim to require the blood of the magically abled, but this is an affectation rather than a scientific fact."'' |
15 | -->-- '''The Buzzing''', ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' |
16 | |
17 | ->''"[[ArcWords You want? You bleed]]."'' |
18 | -->-- ''[[Literature/TheUstariCycle Nigsu Ga Tesgu]]'', by Jeff Somers |
19 | |
20 | ->'''Dean:''' I hate witches. They're always spewing their bodily fluids everywhere.\ |
21 | '''Sam:''' Pretty much.\ |
22 | '''Dean:''' It's creepy. Hell, it's downright unsanitary! |
23 | -->-- ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' |
24 | |
25 | ->'''Cleo:''' We do, however, know the name of the ritual King Alberius performed.\ |
26 | '''Notte:''' Oh yeah? What's that?\ |
27 | '''Cleo:''' It was called the Blood Casket.\ |
28 | '''Notte:''' What?! That sounds terrifying! What's in the casket? And why is it BLEEDING?! Are you trying to give me nightmares? |
29 | -->-- ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'' |
30 | |
31 | ->''"There is power in the blood... for those with the fortitude to pay the price."'' |
32 | -->-- '''The Ancestor''', ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'', when recruiting the Flagellant |
33 | |
34 | ->'''Kintaro:''' I'm sorry, Ranma, but all the signs point to this being a blood spell of some kind, and spells cast with blood are not only nefarious and unscrupulous in the extreme, but very hard to break.\ |
35 | '''Ranma:''' A blood spell? What the heck is that?\ |
36 | '''Kintaro:''' Just what it sounds like. A spell cast with the blood of a living creature. The more powerful the creature, the more powerful the spell. From what I can see in your aura, I would guess that the blood used was at least human, or possibly even that of a magical animal or spirit beast. |
37 | -->-- ''Fanfic/HeartsOfIce'' |
38 | |
39 | ->'''Hadrathus:''' Why have you delayed? Why have you allowed so many of your allies to fall pierced by arrows and spitted on spears?\ |
40 | '''Xaltotun:''' Because blood aids great sorcery! Because no wizard wastes his power thoughtlessly. Because I would conserve my powers for the great days to be, rather than employ them in a hill-country brawl. But now, by Set, I shall loose them to the uttermost! Watch, dog of Asura, false priest of an outworn god, and see a sight that shall blast your reason for evermore! |
41 | -->-- ''Literature/TheHourOfTheDragon'' |
42 | |
43 | ->''Hemalurgy, it is called, because of the connection to blood. It is not a coincidence, I believe, that death is always involved in the [[PowerParasite transfer of powers]] via Hemalurgy. Marsh once described it as a "messy" process. Not the adjective I would have chosen. [[{{Squick}} It's not disturbing enough]]. '' |
44 | -->-- ''Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy'', epigraph for book 3 chapter 11. |
45 | |
46 | ->'''Kulan Gath:''' This is but the first step. Soon, I will have power enough to spread my master spell across the face of the world--to remake it, and all humanity, in ''my'' image!\ |
47 | '''ComicBook/SpiderMan:''' No foolin'? Tell me, Kuley--what provides the power?\ |
48 | '''Kulan Gath:''' Why, ''blood'', of course--the hot fresh life essence of innocents... and heroes! |
49 | -->--''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' #191 |
50 |
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