"Night Powers & Blood Magic"

Post » Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:01 pm

So, what is the lore behind Blood Magic and Night Powers? From what I see, it does not tie in with the mundane magic we see in the series, if we can even call magic "mundane". From what I've gathered, Molag Bal is much like Hircine in the sense of granting his creation greater powers that do not relate to regular magic.

For example, the Totems of Hircine book says the following about Lycanthropic abilities:
Through these totems, we channel and focus our energies of the beast. While werewolves give up the powers of magic known to men, we can tap into a more direct natural energy at times, and through these totems, discover the abilities that first tamed the world before wrought civilization sullied it.

So from that, we understand werewolves are given supernatural powers in their lupine form. Now what about Vampire Lords? Is it a pureblooded and a half-blood power only? Considering they can openly pick up people using the "Blood Force" or as we know it "Blood Magic" abilities and seemingly choke them from a distance, it is completely restricted to the Vampire Lord form.

"The power of the ancient blood is found in the form of the Vampire Lord. You can wield the power of Blood Magic to raise the dead. You can also call on the power of Night, to turn into a swarm of bats and appear some distance away. Should you run out of magicka, you can descend to the ground and fight as the beasts do"-Harkon

Wait, so are we dealing with magicka or some Daedric-given power from Molag Bal? That part had me confused. In any case, how long has the use of Blood Magic and Night power been in place? The totems of Hircine were given to man in the Dawn era, when no one knew how to even write or speak or think properly.
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Post » Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:32 pm

interesting
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Post » Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:20 am

I've wondered about this as well. Other than Harkon we don't really get that much info on your new abilities.
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Post » Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:18 pm

My take on this is that the abilities would tie to the power of the Daedric Prince. Kind of like artifacts are extensions of their power, creatures would tap into that power as well. I don't think of this so much as a departure from "mundane" magic, but an expounding on the nature of a god-like being's sphere of influence.
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Post » Wed Jan 23, 2013 1:50 am

I was under the assumption that it had something to with the "flesh magic" that Calixto talked about in his journals, but I might just be assuming too much. I mean, that guy was doing some pretty dark things, claiming he was discovering "new magic". Maybe it's some sort of primal magic that's older than the universe? I kinda wish they had some sort of book lying around in Castle Volkihar to explain it a bit.
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Post » Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:21 pm

i think its just normal magic, that only vampires know how to wield. So they call it Blood Magic
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