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'''Bloodmages''' are practitioners of [[blood magic]]. They were prominent in the [[Valyrian Freehold]],{{ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Basilisk Isles}}{{ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: Sothoryos}} and are welcome in [[Asshai]], were they can practice their arts and rituals with impunity.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Bones and Beyond: Asshai-by-the-Shadow}} They are saidto work their terrible sorceries at night.{{ref|agot|23}}
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'''Bloodmages''' are practitioners of [[bloodmagic]]. The [[shadowbinder]]s and bloodmages of the [[Further East]] are said to work their terrible sorceries at night.{{Ref|AGOT|23}} They are welcome in [[Asshai]], where they can practice their arts and rituals with impunity.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Asshai-by-the-Shadow}}  
  
==Valyrian Bloodmages==
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==History==
[[Septon]] [[Barth]], in his ''[[Dragons, Wyrms, and Wyverns: Their Unnatural History]]'', speculated that the bloodmages of Valyria employed [[wyvern]] stock to create [[dragons]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: Sothoryos}}
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Bloodmages were prominent in the [[Valyrian Freehold]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: The Basilisk Isles}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: Sothoryos}} They were very powerful, and not all bloodmages came from [[dragonlord]] families, although there was overlap between the two groups.<ref>[http://www.historyofwesteros.com/george-rr-martin-in-conversation-how-interviews-grrm/ George RR Martin in Conversation: HOW Interviews GRRM!]</ref>
  
In flesh pits of the city of [[Gogossos]], bloodmages mated beast to slave-women to bring forth twisted half-human children.{{ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Basilisk Isles}}
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Septon [[Barth]], in his ''[[Dragons, Wyrms, and Wyverns: Their Unnatural History]]'', speculated that the bloodmages of [[Valyria]] employed [[wyvern]] stock to create [[dragons]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: Sothoryos}} In the flesh pits of [[Gogossos]], bloodmages mated beast to [[slave]]-women to bring forth twisted half-human children.{{Ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: The Basilisk Isles}} Even though magic is said to have died out in the west after the [[Doom of Valyria]],{{Ref|AGOT|23}} it is believed that bloodmagic is still practiced in [[Qohor]], one of the daughters of Valyria, to this day.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: Qohor}}
  
==See also==
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[[Mirri Maz Duur]], a ''[[maegi]]'', was taught by a bloodmage from the [[Shadow Lands]].{{Ref|AGOT|64}}
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Latest revision as of 19:58, 25 January 2023

Bloodmages are practitioners of bloodmagic. The shadowbinders and bloodmages of the Further East are said to work their terrible sorceries at night.[1] They are welcome in Asshai, where they can practice their arts and rituals with impunity.[2]

History

Bloodmages were prominent in the Valyrian Freehold.[3][4] They were very powerful, and not all bloodmages came from dragonlord families, although there was overlap between the two groups.[5]

Septon Barth, in his Dragons, Wyrms, and Wyverns: Their Unnatural History, speculated that the bloodmages of Valyria employed wyvern stock to create dragons.[4] In the flesh pits of Gogossos, bloodmages mated beast to slave-women to bring forth twisted half-human children.[3] Even though magic is said to have died out in the west after the Doom of Valyria,[1] it is believed that bloodmagic is still practiced in Qohor, one of the daughters of Valyria, to this day.[6]

Mirri Maz Duur, a maegi, was taught by a bloodmage from the Shadow Lands.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 23, Daenerys III.
  2. The World of Ice & Fire, The Bones and Beyond: Asshai-by-the-Shadow.
  3. 3.0 3.1 The World of Ice & Fire, Beyond the Free Cities: The Basilisk Isles.
  4. 4.0 4.1 The World of Ice & Fire, Beyond the Free Cities: Sothoryos.
  5. George RR Martin in Conversation: HOW Interviews GRRM!
  6. The World of Ice & Fire, The Free Cities: Qohor.
  7. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 64, Daenerys VIII.