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bloodmage

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See also: blood mage

English

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Etymology

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From blood +‎ mage.

Noun

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bloodmage (plural bloodmages)

  1. (fantasy) Alternative spelling of blood mage.
    • 1996, George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones, illustrated edition, published 2016, page 744:
      “But it is hard, lady, and dark. Some would say that death is cleaner. I learned the way in Asshai, and paid dear for the lesson. My teacher was a bloodmage from the Shadow Lands.”
    • 2003, advertisement for The Hob's Bargain, in Patricia Briggs, Dragon Blood, page 286 (approx.):
      Hated and feared, magic was banished from the land. But now, freed from spells of the wicked bloodmages, magic–both good and evil–returns.
    • 2006, Laura J. Underwood, The Hounds of Ardagh, page 89:
      “It seems that was the event being celebrated at Dun Ardagh when the bloodmage came and put this curse on his family.”