>>64920794An extension/application of the supernatural life force carried in the blood of higher animals. Blood sacrifice (whether animal or human) is a central feature of all major religions, offering the power of the victim's blood to spiritual forces to win their favor and protection. Those who don't partake of these protective blessings (whether by membership in a church or cult, or by performing such rituals personally) easily fall victim to curses and disease as malicious spirits target them for their life force. With practice, people can also draw on their own blood directly to perform various supernatural feats.
The most common category of this is the variety of Quickening arts, by which blood power is tapped to enhance normal capabilities to supernatural heights. This includes things like enhanced physical capabilities, sharpened senses, drawing on ancestral wisdom through the power of one's bloodline, and so forth.
The art of Shaping allows the user to manipulate his own blood externally as an extension of his body, forming appendages, tools, and weapons.
Sublimation converts the power of the blood directly to some form of raw energy, the exact type of which depends on the user's temperament: "Hot-blooded" personalities tend to Sublimate into fire, light, lightning, or thunder, while "cold-blooded" personalities Sublimate to cold, corrosion, force, and shadow.
Transfusion involves transferring your blood to another person or object (generally by smearing it on, not injection) to form a supernatural link of some kind. Applications of this include gaining an instinctive understanding of how to use an object, allowing observation from a distance, or imbuing the recipient with your blood-power. Temperament affects what sort of powers can be imbued similar to how it affects elements of Sublimation.
And lastly, Binding uses the power of blood to seal supernaturally-binding oaths and pacts, or to control or afflict others using a sample of their blood.
