My father once told me a story about a warlock who bound his bodyman to him with blood magic. I remember that the servant rebelled anyway and tried to kill his master. He failed in the attempt; the master killed the servant for his betrayal, and then the master died himself, moments later.
He also told a story about two friends, so close they decided to bind themselves as blood-brothers when they went to war together. They survived the battle but later fell out over a woman. One of the blood-brothers came close to killing the other, but couldn't do it at the last moment and walked away instead. Years later, his blood-brother fought a duel and lost. Hundreds of miles away, the other warlock died instantly.
They were cautionary tales, he said, about why this type of magic is not to be trusted.
I don't half suppose Carrow's bright enough to realise how dangerous it is.
But I dunno. There are lots of different spells he could have used. Carrow doesn't seem the type to have made Terry his equal by exchanging and sharing blood.
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He also told a story about two friends, so close they decided to bind themselves as blood-brothers when they went to war together. They survived the battle but later fell out over a woman. One of the blood-brothers came close to killing the other, but couldn't do it at the last moment and walked away instead. Years later, his blood-brother fought a duel and lost. Hundreds of miles away, the other warlock died instantly.
They were cautionary tales, he said, about why this type of magic is not to be trusted.
I don't half suppose Carrow's bright enough to realise how dangerous it is.
But I dunno. There are lots of different spells he could have used. Carrow doesn't seem the type to have made Terry his equal by exchanging and sharing blood.