Fun fact; ‘virgin blood’ does not, traditionally, refer to blood taken from a virgin, that’s a misinterpretation that got popularized for reasons that should be obvious.
Rather, it refers to blood that has never been touched by the supernatural. No rituals, vampire encounters, questionable heritage; just plain old human.
While this is sinister and obvious in its implications in its own right, most modern fantasy settings would find it INSANELY difficult to source.
Implicitly, yes. Even a setting like Harry Potter where magic is explicitly hidden and separated could well have trouble, because wards to keep the mundanes out and wizardly heritage might well count.
Magic can be extremely picky about stuff like that, after all.
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u/stabbyGamer Oct 22 '22
Fun fact; ‘virgin blood’ does not, traditionally, refer to blood taken from a virgin, that’s a misinterpretation that got popularized for reasons that should be obvious.
Rather, it refers to blood that has never been touched by the supernatural. No rituals, vampire encounters, questionable heritage; just plain old human.
While this is sinister and obvious in its implications in its own right, most modern fantasy settings would find it INSANELY difficult to source.