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Blood is a Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })powerful symbolism, and sometimes even has mystical powers. The Blood Oath makes use of this to make a commitment that can't be broken. (Or if it is, it's crossing the Moral Event Horizon) Bob has a secret he needs to get off his chest, but doesn't want it to be made public. Alternatively, he needs to be certain Al will do something for him. Either way, this is so serious that it requires making a blood oath. After all, once you're bound by blood, you can't break that promise, even if you're a villain. In one common version, Al and Bob become Blood Brothers, cutting their hands open and shaking on the deal. (Don't Try This at Home; these rituals carry a risk of transmitting bloodborne infections like hepatitis and HIV.) In another, Al cuts his hand open, and simply lets the blood drip to the ground. This is sometimes highlighted by the phrasing of the oath: "If I break my word may the Earth drink my blood!" Then giving the Earth a 'taste' of your blood so that it knows what to look for if you fail to keep your oath. Sometimes this version is used to swear an oath of vengeance- and making it clear that you mean business. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })This is a subtrope of The Power of Blood. If it uses blood and binds you to an oath, then it belongs here. Can overlap with Couldn't Find a Pen, which is any kind of writing in blood. Contrast with Heroic Vow. See also Geas. May or may not involve actual Blood Magic. When someone has broken this vow so thoroughly they become ostracised they're The Oath-Breaker. Examples: |
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In Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Paptimus Scirroco seals his loyalty to the Admiral Jamitov Hymen and Titans with a bloody thumbprint. This does not stop him from murdering Jamitov and taking over the organization. | |
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In John Wick: Chapter 2, the concept of "Markers" is introduced. When made, the participants are given a special medallion that can be imprinted on with two thumbprints in blood; the person asking for the initial favor must place their thumbprint while the helper hangs on the medallion until it comes time to repay the favor. Once the favor has been repaid, the helper adds their thumbprint and also signs a special book at a their nearest Continental to clear the debt. John is revealed to have used one of these to help in his "impossible task" when he initially tried to retire, in this film- the crime lord who he asked for help decides that it's time for John to repay the favor, kickstarting the film's central events. | |
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In Sluggy Freelance only Gwynn can use the Book of E-Ville to cast spells because her name has appeared on the inside cover written in blood. Right above instructions to, if lost, drop in any mailbox to return it to the rightful owner. | |
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In the last season of Angel, Angel signs a contract from Wolfram and Hart in his own blood. He learns this when the person offering him the pen stabs it into his hand. | |
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Naruto: An interesting variation occurs as Naruto swears to Neji on Hinata's blood during the Chunin exam preliminary battles for the final test, "You... are going down", promising to defeat him. He makes the same gesture at the beginning of their fight in the finals. Summoning contracts are also typically sealed in blood, with a small blood offering made each time the summon is invoked. |
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Nightfall (Series): Myra and Armida strike one. It is more binding to Armida, who is a vampire and cannot break a blood oath. | |
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At the beginning of Double Agent Vader, Anakin has an epiphany about the course his life has taken, and swears a blood oath that he will bring about the destruction of Palpatine, "the downfall of his Empire, and the collapse of his power, and the final defeat of all his plans". With his body sealed up in the Darth Vader life-support suit, it requires a bit of doing to get the blood to make the oath. | |
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Faust: Love of the Damned: Jaspers' contract with M for demonic superpowers is, of course, written in blood. | |
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Manowar signed their contract with Megaforce Records with their own blood. | |
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In Goethe's Faust, as well as the 1926 film adaptation, the title character's contract with Mephistopheles is signed with a drop of blood. | |
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Whateley Universe example: Carmilla and Fey made a blood pact that was so powerful it gave them some of the other's traits. Carmilla now has Fey's body (including Pointy Ears) and hair, and Fey got some of Carmilla's mental capacity. | |
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A quest chain in World of Warcraft starts off with you making one of these with a troll, to show that you'll both honor a truce. He honors it, in that he never does anything to harm you, specifically, although you're tricked into doing horrible things. In the backstory, the original Orc chieftains on Draenor gave themselves up willingly to the Burning Legion for power. To seal the pact, the chieftains drank the blood of Mannoroth, binding the entire Orc race to him while infusing them with his fell power. |
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A Growing Affection has the Blood Oath Jutsu, the user swears an oath, sets a condition for breaking said oath (two examples in the story are memory loss and death), and then writes the kanji for Honor over his or her heart in his or her blood. Breaking the oath will cause the condition to occur. Only one person in the world has ever successfully removed a Blood Oath seal, and she has less than a fifty percent success rate in doing so. | |
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In The Order of the Stick, a Blood Oath binds not just the oath-taker, but all of their descendants. And if they don't die trying to fulfill the oath, they're denied entry into the afterlife while their children have a go at it. Of course, the specific instance mentioned here (namely, Eugene Greenhilt's oath against Xykon filtering down to his son Roy) is an odd case. The father in question abandoned the oath pretty quickly, only to try to force it on his child when he was getting old. After the child's death (he died trying to fulfil it), he gets into Heaven while the father is stuck in the "waiting room". When the father gets enraged at this, the angel who made the decree chews out the father for being so careless with a blood oath and points out that the child didn't actually have to take up the oath, but doing so out of free will and trying his best to fulfil it makes him a better person than the father. It should also be noted that "Start of Darkness" depicts taking the Oath much like getting a tattoo. Including the part where Eugene got it while he was smashed and had little recollection of doing so later. |
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In Sinfest, Satan wants the forms and waiver filled out in blood, of course. | |
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In Bravelands, lions make oaths by lightly scratching each other on the throat and swearing to hold their bargain. | |
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Okku from Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer swears in blood to stop the recently emerged spirit-eater (that is, you, the protagonist). If spared, he calls a truce which lasts as long as you agree to suppress your urge to devour spirits and breaks if you meet certain conditions (commiting some certain evil acts in Okku's presence or getting his approval below zero). | |
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves: Kevin Costner's Robin Hood does it when he swears to avenge his father's death. | |
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In Earthdawn, magical blood charms are used to seal bargains: if either person violates the conditions, the magic punishes the violator. | |
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In Farscape, when John needs Scorpius's help to rescue Aeryn, Scorpius first makes him perform a "Scarran blood vow", which involves both of them cutting their fingers and drinking each others' blood and then their own. John is understandably squicked. | |
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Subverted in Damn Yankees, where Applegate laughs at the idea of having Joe sign his name in blood to the contract. | |
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An episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is actually titled "Blood Oath". In it, Dax is called upon to fulfill a vow of vengeance her previous self made with three Klingon friends twenty-five years ago. | |
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Rowasu of Juathuur is full of scars because of this trope. He still breaks the last oath he makes. | |
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In the Incarnations of Immortality series, when 2 immortal Incarnations sign an agreement, they choose to shed some blood to sign their names. This binds even the Incarnations to the deal. It happens once between two Incarnations Fate and Satan. | |
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It's explicitly said in Chrono Crusade that when Chrono made a contract with Mary Magdalene, his first contractor, that she had to give him some of her blood to complete it. It's implied (using vampire imagery) that this was also the case with his contract with Rosette. | |
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The Outlaw Josey Wales and Ten Bears take a blood oath to seal the "words of iron" peace treaty between the Comanches and Josey's friends at the Turner Ranch and Santo Rio. It is strongly implied, though unstated, that this also makes Josey and Ten Bears Blood Brothers. | |
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The Bazhir of Song of the Lioness have a lot of blood oaths. Members share blood to induct new people into the tribe, as part of the ceremony of making someone into the Voice of the Tribes, and as an adoption ritual. Alanna, who becomes part of the Bloody Hawk tribe, once sighs, looking at the scars she's already picked up while with the tribe and thinking she's just vain enough to not want to pick up more. | |
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In Mongol young Temudgin (the future Genghis Khan) makes a blood oath with Jamukha, who saved his life. They become Blood Brothers, complete with slicing their palms and letting the blood drip into a bowl of milk that they drink. In the end, Temudgin lets Jamukha go, even though he proves to be a threat in the future, saying that he's not sparing an enemy, he's freeing his brother. | |
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It's implied that this is the traditional way in Mahou Sensei Negima! to induce a Pactio. But that's messy and doesn't have nearly enough fanservice, so they kiss instead. | |
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In Curse of the Crimson Altar, Peter signs Lavinia's book in blood. According to Professor Walsh, this is a step there is no coming back from. | |
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In Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, a blood pact is a contract that two or more people sign in blood. If the terms of the pact are not upheld, the person's subjects die off—first slowly, then progressively faster hence the plague that struck years ago. They can only be broken by killing at least one person involved in the pact AND destroying the document. | |
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During a famous feud with Jerry Lawler in Memphis, legendarily crazy lumberjack wrestler Jos LeDuc famously took a blood oath (pronounced "oat") swearing he would end Jerry Lawler's career. LeDuc ramped up the squick factor several notches by using a double-bladed axe and REALLY CUTTING A SCAR INTO HIS OWN ARM! | |
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A Song of Ice and Fire New members of the Second Sons (a mercenary company) initially had to sign their contracts with their blood, but nowadays red ink is used instead, because blood turned out to be a not very optimal substitute for ink. When Tyrion Lannister joins the company though, he adds a bit of his own blood to the ink, stating that he likes traditions. Stannis Baratheon uses his own blood to sign an accord with the Iron Bank of Braavos, because his ink has frozen. Given what the Iron Bank does to people who don't pay their debts, it has all the connotations of this trope. |
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It is revealed that before the events of the Gaunt's Ghosts series, Gaunt and several other officers made a blood oath with Warmaster Slaydo, promising to continue the Crusade and protect Saint Sabbat to the best of their efforts in the event that he died (which he did), and that this is the reason Gaunt is willing to disobey Lugo's orders. | |
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In The Bible, the covenants that God makes with His people require the shedding of blood to make them effective and binding. Moses sprinkled the book of the Mosaic Covenant as well as the Israelites with the blood of bulls and calves to sign and seal that covenant. Years later, Jesus would shed His blood on the cross to put into effect the New Covenant between God and His people, the Christians. | |
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Being deemed negro was an important plot point in Show Boat. By sharing a drop of blood, the hero was now deemed negro and could marry his sweetheart without violating the miscegenation laws. | |
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Used frequently by Aly in Daughter of the Lioness when she's turning enemy spies into double agents for the rebels—it's harsh, but it discourages betrayal better than milder options would, so she doesn't let herself be bothered by it. | |
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"Ares! Destroy my enemies and my life is yours!" Ascension reveals that this was a Blood Oath. Kratos spilled the blood of his enemies, the blood of the innocent, and the blood of his family. When Kratos turned against Ares after that last one, the Furies hounded him to bring him back to Ares' service. | |
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Lost in Space episode "The Space Pirate". After the title character takes Will Smith hostage, he decides that he has to tie Will up before going to sleep so Will can't escape. When Will objects, he proposes that Will take the Pirate's Oath instead. This involves pricking a finger on each of their hands, putting their bloody fingers together and Will taking the Oath. | |
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Allen tries to do this with the rest of the pack in The Hangover. It gets voted down. | |
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Marie Brennan's Doppelgänger duology features a blood-oath as a plot point in both books. If the oath is broken, the magically-sealed scar will bleed the Hunter (or witch or Cousin in the second book) to death through one wrist. Unique in that the oath binds both parties to their word (presumably; the actual wording states that the contractor binds him/herself to grant the contractee three boons without conditions, so magical compulsion may or may not extend to the contractor). | |
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Changeling: The Lost has many forms of oaths, and your health or life can be put on the line for them. With heavy costs comes heavy rewards - the more you'll lose if you break the oath, the more benefit you can gain from it. | |
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This is also all one really has to do to exchange mana in the Nasu Verse as well. Again, sex is more fanservice. | |
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In Thief 2 Enemy Mines seal their alliance this way (blood on earth variant). | |
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In Bad Machinery Erin Winters demands that contracts acknowledging people owe her a favor be signed in blood. Given that the last time she was seen in Scary Go Round before reappearing without explanation in Bad Machinery she was in the company of and (technically) married to Aleister Crowley, and trapped in Hell, this may bode ill. | |
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In The Baroque Cycle, the members of the Cabal swear various oaths of their loyalty to each other and specifically to Jack. Van Hoek swears by his right hand. When Jack reminds him "But Cap'n, you are left-handed!", van Hoek points out that he'll need his strong left hand to chop his right off if he ever breaks the oath — and then, as a symbol, he chops his own little finger off and throws it into the fire. (He then faints into the dust, but it's the symbolism that counts with these things.) | |
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The wild men swear to obey Saruman this way in The Lord of the Rings. | |
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In Merlin (1998), Merlin swears an oath, complete with drawing a small amount of his own blood, to not use his magic except to defeat Queen Mab. | |
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Starting with 4th Edition, some of the Triad gangs in Shadowrun have started swearing blood oaths that are magically binding, resulting in Death of a Thousand Cuts if they violate those oaths (particularly the oath of secrecy). | |
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Madoc of Wake the Sleepers accepts a contract through blood on a bounty, as his crazy Assassin culture requires. | |
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Vampire: The Requiem has the Invictus (a covenant of fedualist vampires heavy on inherited power) and their Blood Oaths, magical bonds with heavy penalties for violation. | |
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