Blood Mage

Blood Mages are the magic users of Tranavia. They are considered heretics by the Kalyazin.

Description
To work magic, a blood mage uses a page from their spell book. They then cut themselves and bleed onto the chosen page. Magic then ignites in the person, allowing them to cast the spell. After being used, the page turns into smoke. A blade uses by blood mages to cut themselves for spell-casting is called a szitelka.

Ostyia explains that if someone less powerful tries to someone else's spell book, it wouldn't work. For example, if Kacper were to cast from her spell book, he would probably get a headache and the spell would fail. Neither of them can cast from Serefin's spell book because he's stronger than both of them. And no blood mage could cast from Malachiasz's spell book because he's so powerful. Blood mages buy their spell books with the spells already written in them because the writers construct the spells to control the flow of power so the user doesn't try to cast a spell that will end up killing them.

Blood magic is messy. It is very easy for it to go sideways. It makes blood mages destructive, not healers. Healing magic is incredibly rare, and blood magic can't do it. Only a handful of Kalyazi clerics have been healers.

Known Blood Mages

 * Serefin Meleski
 * Malachiasz Czechowicz
 * Izak Meleski
 * Ostyia Rabalska
 * Kacper Neiborski
 * Zywia
 * Żaneta Ruminska
 * Apolonia Sroka: Killed Svoyatova Violetta Zhestakova
 * Urszula Klimowska: Crossed paths with Svoyatova Valentina Benediktova