bloodmage

blood +‎ mage

bloodmage (plural bloodmages)

1. (fantasy) Alternative spelling of blood mage.
   • 1996, George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones, illustrated edition, published 2016, page 744:

     “But it is hard, lady, and dark. Some would say that death is cleaner. I learned the way in Asshai, and paid dear for the lesson. My teacher was a bloodmage from the Shadow Lands.”

   • 2003, advertisement for The Hob's Bargain, in Patricia Briggs, Dragon Blood, page 286 (approx.):

     Hated and feared, magic was banished from the land. But now, freed from spells of the wicked bloodmages, magic–both good and evil–returns.

   • 2006, Laura J. Underwood, The Hounds of Ardagh, page 89:

     “It seems that was the event being celebrated at Dun Ardagh when the bloodmage came and put this curse on his family.”