Hello, my fellow historians. Welcome back. It's Sunday, Bloodmagic Sunday. In this episode,

we will look at all the examples of Bloodmagic, and those who use it, what types of spells and

effects it has, both in general and on the story. We'll talk about its origins, the societies,

and cities known for it. Famous examples from history, legends, and lore, that sort of thing.

Feel free as well to give us your favorite examples, because it's not always easy to tell what

counts as Bloodmagic and what doesn't. That's something we'll be discussing as well.

There will be a little bit of House of the Dragon info mixed in here. When I wrote this,

I said a few bits, but as it turns out, there's really just one. And it came straight from George

through Ryan Condol. So that's cool. Game of Thrones, on the other hand, cut out a lot of what we'd

call Bloodmagic. It won't really just magic in general. It went its own way in a few other spots,

and sometimes it stuck to the book. So there's not a lot to add there. So there's no

discussion from the first TV show in this one. As well, we shall include a few examples of Bloodmagic

we might expect to see down the road, or people who we might expect to use it, even if we don't

know what precisely they're going to do. Magic is fun, in part, because it's used sparingly in this

world. And as with most things, it has George's care and brilliance behind it, plus the influence

of the genre. In this case, we're dealing with one of, if not the most evil forms of magic.

It certainly feels that way. Generally, throughout the story, characters react to it with revolgion

and extreme prejudice from a variety of different cultures. This isn't just

but Westerossi that react this way. And in their world, it isn't just superstition.

It's as real as it gets. And there's quite a lot of it out there for us to discuss. Indeed,

you might be surprised at what we consider Bloodmagic or what we don't.

That'll lead us to talk about sacrifice a lot. Most of the cases where blood and or death are involved.

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