Blue Blood

Blue blood is a magical substance found throughout the world. It appears as a florescent-blue liquid that pulsates with in intensity when acted upon by outside forces. It can be found in various parts of the World, and can be found in various states of matter, with liquid being the most common. Blue Blood plays an important role in the cultures and technologies of present and day and ancient societies.

Usage
Blue blood can be used to enhance magical power, as a spell-casting component, or in the creation of magic items, artifacts, or constructs. In particular blue blood makes for an excellent spell casting component, and can even completely replace other components with the proper knowledge.

Other Forms
Blue Blood can also be found in two other forms: blue stone and blue flame. Blue stone appears a florescent-blue gemstones, with angular veins of color that pulsate with light within them. Blue flame appears as a florescent-blue fire that is cold to the touch and flickers with bright light, and seemingly burns forever. There uses are similar to blood blood, either acting as a spell-casting component or ingredient in magic item creation; however, these two alternate forms of the substance offer slightly different properties when used in this way. Blue stone is highly concentrated in power, and is able to output great power with less material. Blue flame on the other hand, due to it's endlessly burning nature makes it supremely useful in powering magics indefinitely. As with blue blood, the issue these two alternate forms possess is that it is impossible with current understanding to change between forms, and as such they must be found already existing in said forms.

Significance
Being one of the intrinsically magical substances in the world, blue blood in all its forms is highly valuable, being worth far more than its weight in gold. That in combination with its rarity make it a worthy prize for those selling it, and a heavy investment for those buying it; However, there are many who see it as being far more valuable due to it's extrinsic value, as there are many cults and religions around the world it view blue blood as a sacred substance, some believing it to be the blood of the goddess EarthGod herself.

Black Blood
There exists another, far rarer variant of blue blood, known only as black blood. A viscous, tar like substance that can be found deep underground that pulsates with a fluorescent-magenta at irregular intervals. This variant is far more magically-potent that traditional blue blood, in particular as a spell-casting component. Likewise this variant exists in two additional forms: black steel and black flame. Unlike blue stone, black steel is actually metallic in composition and can actually itself be forged like metal, making it highly suited to magic item creation. Black flame on the other hand is also an eternally burning fire, but is however extremely hot, and can actually melt through most substances even Ceramic. Despite its power, the difficulty in both reaching and extracting black blood make it a rare substance; and, just as there are those that view blue blood as sacred, there are those who view black blood as a profane, evil substance: the blood of DarkGod herself.