Have you ever wondered how many times Bloodmagic is used in Game of Thrones?
Why is it so important and what role it will play in season 8?
Stay tuned to find out...
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Blood magic or blood sorcery is a type of magic rooted in blood.
In the books, Qyburn tells Cersei, "Bloodmagic is the darkest kind of sorcery.
Some say, it is the most powerful as well."
Around 1376 to 1521 AD, Aztecs used blood and sacrifice frequently as an offering to
the Sun God.
The Aztecs saw death as part of life, just like birth and believed that the supply of
ritual blood will maintain plentiful fertile crops and will aid in the continuation of
the Aztec World.
Dying for their God was an act of honour for them.
So they sacrificed fresh blooded sacrificial victims to the Sun God to get plentiful crops
and healthy long lives.
Is it just me, or does the Aztec's beliefs seem a LOT like Melisandre's beliefs?
In the books, when Stannis's army sails for the wall, Melisandre sacrifices Alester
Florent to R'hollor to get favourable winds for the voyage north.
She believes that the Lord of Light cherishes the innocent, that there is no sacrifice more
precious.
She is afraid to dream as she believes that sleep is a little death, dreams the whispering
of the Others.
In the books she thinks "She would sooner sit bathed in the ruddy glow of her red lords'
blessed flames, her cheeks flushed by the wash of heat as if by a lover's kisses."
Blood magic has been used many times in this series in both books and the show, and the
reason I am discussing bloodmagic is because I believe that it will play a very important
role in season 8.
So let's take a look at the blood magic used in the show first.
In season 1, when Drogo was dying from his wounds, Dany asks Mirri to save him.
Mirri kills Drogo's stallion and Rhaego, saying "Only death may pay for life."
She saves Drogo's life but he is in a catatonic state.
This gives Dany an idea on how to hatch the eggs.
She knows she can bring life to her dragon eggs by paying with three lives.
In the books, when Dany builds a pyre, puts Drogo's and his horse's body on it, and
binds Mirri to the pyre, Mirri tells her that without the spells, the Blood is nothing.
When Dany burns them all, she is able to hatch the dragon eggs.
But if without the spells, the blood is nothing, how was she able to use the blood magic?
I think that's where the symbols come in.
She didn't need the spell because she had the symbol, just like Leaf and the Night King.
There's power in these symbols.
I'll discuss all these symbols in detail in a separate video.
Anyways, so this blood magic ritual brought the dragons back into the world for the first
time in more than a hundred years.
Magic had started fading from the world when the last dragons have died, and it started
coming back when Dany's dragons were born again.
I have a feeling that it's all connected somehow.
In season 2, Varys tells Tyrion the story of how he became the eunuch and how he came
to Westeros.
His body parts were thrown into fire as a sacrifice either to R'hollor or to the Great
Other.
I think it might be counted as a blood magic ritual, but I can't be sure.
What I do know is it's also similar to the Aztecs rituals.
Their rituals also included offering the hearts of the sacrificial victims to the sun God.
A body part is offered to the Gods in both cases.
Anyways, As I had said in my Varys's journey and predictions video, this might be the incident
which motivated Varys to come to Westeros, maybe on the orders of the voice he heard
in the fire.
Then in season 3, Melisandre brings 3 leeches gorged on Gendry's blood to Stannis.
He throws them in the brazier and says the names of Robb Stark, Joffery Baratheon and
Balon Greyjoy.
Later, all three of them die.
So Melisadnre and Stannis wiped out 3 of their enemies by using blood magic, and they killed
Renly by Melisandre's shadowbinding magic.
And in season 5, Cersei recalls meeting Maggy the Frog, who uses blood magic to predict
Cersei's future by tasting her blood.
I believe that in trying to prevent this prophecy, Cersei made the prophecy come true.
She always believed that Tyrion was the Valonqar, so she started hating him even more than she
already did.
She became over protective of her children, she pampered them too much and we know how
they all turned out, especially Joffery.
She was afraid that Margery was the younger queen, so she tried to get rid of Margery
by arming the Faith Militant, and we know how that turned out.
So, in a way, Blood magic played a part in all this too.
Now Let's take a look at some of the book's events.
In the books, Marwyn the Mage tells Sam, "What feeds a Dragon's fire?
All Valyrian sorcery was rooted in blood or fire."
Septon Barth speculated the Valyrian Bloodmages may have created dragons using Wyvern Stock.
Wyverns are kin to dragons but they do not breathe fire.
If Septon Barth is right, then not only blood magic brought the dragons back into this world,
it was the very reason for the dragon's existence in the first place.
It was also the source of the Valyrian's powers.
Those who practice blood magic are called Blood mages or Maegi.
Mirri Maz Dur and Maggy the Frog were Maegis.
The Dothraki fear a Maegi because they think a Maegi lies with demons and perform evil
magic.
That's why they wanted to kill Mirri.
The reason I am discussing them is because as you can see it's not necessary to be
a Maegi or a bloodmage to perform a Blood magic ritual.
I know Melissandre had performed it because she was a shadowbinder and a sorceress.
But Dany was able to perform it too.
And aside from Dany, I think there have been three other incidences in history, where bloodmagic
has been performed by someone who wasn't a Bloodmage.
1) Harrenhal – According to Old Nan, Harren Hoare included human blood in the mortar of
Harrenhal, and Harrenhal is said to be cursed.
I already explained my theory on who actually cursed Harrenhal and why in my Harrenhal's
curse theory video.
2) The Wall and Winterfell - I'll read a couple of lines of Ygritte and Jon from the
books first.
"Ygritte - I hate this wall.
Can you feel how cold it is?
Jon - It's made of Ice Ygritte - You know nothing Jon Snow.
This wall is made of Blood."
According to Ygritte, the wall is made of blood.
Just like Harrenhal and as I've said in my Stark Blood video and What's hidden in
the Crypts of Winterfell Video, Winterfell's walls were made of blood too.
We all know that ancient spells were woven into the wall to stop the Whitewalkers from
crossing it.
And you know my theory on why "There must always be a Stark in Winterfell."
I think Bran the Builder used blood magic with the Children's help in creating the
wall.
The wall was more than just Ice and Stone.
Jon thinks in the books that "The wall protects itself," and that, sometimes it seemed to
Jon a living thing with moods of its own.
Melisandre tells Jon in the books, "I have dreamed of your Wall, Jon Snow.
Great was the lore that raised it, and great the spells locked beneath its ice.
We walk beneath one of the hinges of the world."
It must have taken some VERY powerful spells and magic to build the wall, and blood magic
is the most powerful magic.
R'hollor takes sacrifices to resurrect people or do other magical things.
We know Bran the builder put huge blocks of ice one on top of the other.
But how did he made it stick and stay that way for so long?
That's why I think maybe blood magic was involved.
May be someone sacrificed his/her life or gave their blood to build the wall?
Either that or maybe a rogue White walker helped Bran the builder in building the wall
of Ice?
Haha..
JK..
3) Azor A'hai - I already discussed how he created Lightbringer in my "Who Jon will
sacrifice to create Lightbringer" video.
AA used bloodmagic to create the sword.
And as I had said in my "Prince that was promised and Azor A'hai " video, I think
Jon is Azor A'hai.
I also think that he will perform a similar bloodmagic in season 8 to create a new Lightbringer.
He could either use a symbol like Dany did, or someone can say the spells for him.
I already discussed my theory on who is Nissa Nissa but somehow it's hard to believe that
Jon would kill someone he loves to create Lightbringer.
But as Thoros said, "Great power requires great sacrifice."
But still, somehow, I do believe Jon will get Lightbringer in season 8 and will
use it to kill the Night King or Viserion.
What do you think?
Anyways, it's time for the comment shoutout now.
Todays comment shoutout goes to My Jolly Sailor Bold, who said, "I think the sorcerer took
Varys to use his royal blood and to see things in the fire.
I think Varys is a Blackfyre and this is the reason why he shaves his head, to hide his
silver hair."
I like your theory about Varys shaving his head to hide his silver hair.
In the books, he is a master of disguises too.
And I completely agree that Varys might have the King's blood in him.
I discussed this theory in my Varys's vision in the fire video.
So, what do you think of these theories, don't forget to tell us in the comments.
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