Blood Magic

This article focuses on the type of magic. For the magical ingredient, see blood.

Blood Magic
Type of Magic
General Information
Worlds:	Enchanted Forest Land Without Magic New Enchanted Forest
Usage Information
Effects:	See "Uses"
Used by:	See "Practitioners"
Show Information
First appearance:	"In the Name of the Brother"
Latest appearance:	"The Eighth Witch"
Relevant Pages

“

Neal: My father enchanted objects so that what might be a useless piece of wood in the hands of a looter would be magical in his.
Mulan: Or in the hands of his only son.
Neal: He called it "blood magic".

”

—Neal Cassidy and Mulan ^src

Blood Magic is a type of magic featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It first appears in the twelfth episode of the second season.

One type of Blood Magic is known as Blood Lock.

Uses

Blood magic is linked to a person's bloodline, and because of that, it's almost impossible to break a blood magic. It can be used for various and more advanced spells.

• Protection spells - It can be used to hide and protect a location, an area or an item.
  • Blood magic-enhanced cloaking spell: One type of this spell is to cloak and hide a location by linking it with an object unless someone of the same bloodline attains the object and uncovers the protected location. ("The Heart of the Truest Believer")
  • Blood magic-enhanced protection spell or blood lock: Another type of this spell is to protect a location or an item from those who are not of the caster's bloodline so that they cannot enter or attain it, but this also means that the people who are of the caster's bloodline can easily approach the said protected element. ("Witch Hunt," "Sisters")
  • Blood magic-enhanced containment spell: Last type of this spell is to cast a magical seal with the help of the golden flowers that makes the victim trapped unless they manage to leave someone of same bloodline in their place. ("Eloise Gardener," "One Little Tear")

• Locator spells - It can be used to track someone linked to a person's bloodline, through use of the tracker's blood, with an item that provides insight geographically such as the Magic Globe or an ordinary map. ("In the Name of the Brother," "And Straight On 'Til Morning," "Only You")

• Shapeshifting - It can be used to petrify anyone who is from a certain bloodline who enters a specific area or rune. ("The Eighth Witch")

List of Uses

S	Ep	Type	Used on	Caster	Usage
2	12	Locator Spell	Magic Globe	Mr. Gold	His own blood to locate his son, Baelfire
2	22	Locator Spell	Magic Globe	Mr. Gold	His own blood to locate his grandson
3	1	Blood Magic-enchanced Cloaking Spell	A portrait in the Dark Castle	Rumplestiltskin	His own blood by which he links it with his walking stick; Uncovered by Neal Cassidy
3	13	Blood Magic-enchanced Protection Spell	The door of the crypt in the Evil Queen's Palace	Evil Queen	Her own blood; Broken by Zelena
			The main entrance door of Regina's office in the Storybrooke Town Hall	Regina Mills
5	19	Blood magic-enchanced Protection Spell	Cora's wand box	Cora Mills	Her own blood; Broken by Regina and Zelena
5	22	Locator Spell	A map of New York City	Regina Mills	Emma Swan's blood to locate Henry Mills
6	1	Blood Magic-enhanced Protection Spell	The door to the Mills Mausoleum	Regina Mills	Her own blood; Broken by Zelena and Serum Evil Queen
6	10	Locator Spell	Magic Globe	Mr. Gold	His own blood to locate his son, Gideon
7	7	Blood magic-enchanced Containment Spell	Gothel's Tower	Gothel	Left her own daughter to escape
7	10	Shapeshifting Spell	A rune	Rapunzel Tremaine	Petrified her daughter, Drizella

Ways to Break Blood Magic

• Only people who are of the caster's bloodline can break a blood magic. ("Witch Hunt" et al.)
• The only instance to this is the Coven of the Eight, who used their combined powers to help Drizella to break free of her imprisonment. ("The Eighth Witch")

Trivia

• Production Notes

Production Notes

• The part where blood is used to track someone in "Only You" was originally an idea that writer Andrew Chambliss had for an episode of The Vampire Diaries, which he was a writer of. However, it never made it in that form. Since then, he'd wanted to use that element for years, so when Regina needed a way to track Henry, he realized that his old idea would work.

Appearances

Once Upon a Time: Season Two
"Broken":	"We Are Both":	"Lady of the Lake":	"The Crocodile":	"The Doctor":	"Tallahassee":	"Child of the Moon":	"Into the Deep":	"Queen of Hearts":	"The Cricket Game":	"The Outsider":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"In the Name of the Brother":	"Tiny":	"Manhattan":	"The Queen Is Dead":	"The Miller's Daughter":	"Welcome to Storybrooke":	"Selfless, Brave and True":	"Lacey":	"The Evil Queen":	"Second Star to the Right":	"And Straight On 'Til Morning":
Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Appears

Once Upon a Time: Season Three
"The Heart of the Truest Believer":	"Lost Girl":	"Quite a Common Fairy":	"Nasty Habits":	"Good Form":	"Ariel":	"Dark Hollow":	"Think Lovely Thoughts":	"Save Henry":	"The New Neverland":	"Going Home":
Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent
"New York City Serenade":	"Witch Hunt":	"The Tower":	"Quiet Minds":	"It's Not Easy Being Green":	"The Jolly Roger":	"Bleeding Through":	"A Curious Thing":	"Kansas":	"Snow Drifts":	"There's No Place Like Home":
Absent	Appears	Appears	Absent	Absent	Mentioned	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

Once Upon a Time: Season Four
"A Tale of Two Sisters":	"White Out":	"Rocky Road":	"The Apprentice":	"Breaking Glass":	"Family Business":	"The Snow Queen":	"Smash the Mirror":	"Fall":	"Shattered Sight":	"Heroes and Villains":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Darkness on the Edge of Town":	"Unforgiven":	"Enter the Dragon":	"Poor Unfortunate Soul":	"Best Laid Plans":	"Heart of Gold":	"Sympathy for the De Vil":	"Lily":	"Mother":	"Operation Mongoose Part 1":	"Operation Mongoose Part 2":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Mentioned	Absent	Absent

Once Upon a Time: Season Five
"The Dark Swan":	"The Price":	"Siege Perilous":	"The Broken Kingdom":	"Dreamcatcher":	"The Bear and the Bow":	"Nimue":	"Birth":	"The Bear King":	"Broken Heart":	"Swan Song":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Souls of the Departed":	"Labor of Love":	"Devil's Due":	"The Brothers Jones":	"Our Decay":	"Her Handsome Hero":	"Ruby Slippers":	"Sisters":	"Firebird":	"Last Rites":	"Only You":	"An Untold Story":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent	Appears	Absent

Once Upon a Time: Season Six
"The Savior":	"A Bitter Draught":	"The Other Shoe":	"Strange Case":	"Street Rats":	"Dark Waters":	"Heartless":	"I'll Be Your Mirror":	"Changelings":	"Wish You Were Here":	"Tougher Than the Rest":
Appears	Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Mentioned	Absent	Absent	Appears	Absent
"Murder Most Foul":	"Ill-Boding Patterns":	"Page 23":	"A Wondrous Place":	"Mother's Little Helper":	"Awake":	"Where Bluebirds Fly":	"The Black Fairy":	"The Song in Your Heart":	"The Final Battle Part 1":	"The Final Battle Part 2":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

Once Upon a Time: Season Seven
"Hyperion Heights":	"A Pirate's Life":	"The Garden of Forking Paths":	"Beauty":	"Greenbacks":	"Wake Up Call":	"Eloise Gardener":	"Pretty in Blue":	"One Little Tear":	"The Eighth Witch":	"Secret Garden":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Appears	Absent	Mentioned	Appears	Absent
"A Taste of the Heights":	"Knightfall":	"The Girl in the Tower":	"Sisterhood":	"Breadcrumbs":	"Chosen":	"The Guardian":	"Flower Child":	"Is This Henry Mills?":	"Homecoming":	"Leaving Storybrooke":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

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