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The [[Trope Maker]] comes from folklore stories about Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Bathory, who is said to have bathed in the blood of young women and/or [[Virgin Sacrifice|virgins]] in order to restore [[Fairest of Them All|her beauty]] and [[Fountain of Youth|her youth]].
While the ''real'' Countess Bathory has been accused of ''many'' unpleasant, cruel things, it's certain that her baths in blood are ''only'' the stuff of legends. However, the
Characters who bathe in blood occasionally exhibit qualities associated with [[Vampire|vampirism]], especially when alluding to blood being rejuvenating or how they come to acquire their blood in the first place; [[Blood Lust]] and [[Fangs Are Evil|fangs]] can be commonly noticed as well. In cases not involving vampires, characters may be dabbling in [[The Dark Arts]], especially [[Blood Magic]]. The trope itself can also follow the [[Rule of Symbolism]] to deliver [[An Aesop]] about [[Fairest of Them All|the evils of vanity]] and [[Immortality Immorality]].
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* In the Korean [[Manhwa]] ''Horror Collector'', the protagonist seeks to resurrect Elizabeth Bathory from a doll that she had apparently sealed her spirit inside of through one of her blood bathing rituals. Bathory herself is shown to be surprisingly compassionate, despite bathing in the blood of her victims.
* In ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', it's revealed in a flashback that the {{spoiler|Black Book Club}} bathed in the blood of the [[Dark Is Not Evil|innocent demons]] they had slaughtered, mostly [[For the Evulz]]. The discovery of this (as well as several other factors) {{spoiler|[[Start of Darkness|drove Shinobu Sensui]] [[Sanity Slippage|batshit]] [[Split Personality|insane]]}}.
* Alpha Siegfried of ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' (Anime only) shares his [[Achilles' Heel]] with his namesake from the ''[[Nibelungenlied]]''
* In ''[[Voltron]]'', the evil witch Haggar bathes her cat in blood (although [[Bowdlerised|it's called a "lava bath"]] in the English version).
== Comics ==
* [[Nikolai Dante]]'s invitation to a gathering of the Cadre Infernale led to him meeting the High Priestess of the order, [[Carmilla|Camilla]] [[Shout-Out|Le Fanu]], bathing in what Nikolai at first thought was red wine. She alludes to the rejuvenating effects of
* Readers first meet Solomon Ravne from ''[[2000 AD]]'''s ''Caballistics, Inc.'' in the middle of one such bath, surrounded by the naked, bleeding corpses the blood had to have come from. {{spoiler|Because Ravne is suggested to be [[Really 700 Years Old]]}}, it may be that such a bath is needed to maintain his age and appearance or prolong his life.
* [[Garth Ennis]] once wrote a ''[[Batman]]'' comic where the villain was a drug lord who got people hooked on a drug so he could kill them, fill a pool with their drugged-up blood, and get high by bathing in it.
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* The album cover for [[Kamelot]]'s ''Karma'' depicts a woman in a nightgown waist-deep in a pool of blood. The last three songs on the album, "Elizabeth I, II, & III," are about [[Elizabeth Bathory]]'s life.
* The metal band [[Bathory]] not only shares its name with the [[Trope Maker]], but has also written a number of songs about her that also hint at this practice - notably, "Woman Of Dark Desires".
* [[Yoshiki Hayashi]] took a
* [[Venom (band)|Venom]]'s song "Countess Bathory" from their album ''Black Metal'' is obviously about the [[Trope Maker]] and makes mention of this practice.
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* The female villain in ''[[Ninja Gaiden]] II'' for the [[Xbox 360]] is seen bathing in a pool of blood at one point and is even named "Elizabet" as a [[Shout-Out]].
* One monster in ''[[Diablo II]]'', dubbed "The Countess", is described as having "bathed in the rejuvenating blood of a hundred virgins" in the tome that initiates her quest.
** She can refer to this trope when you meet her, too. "Here for a
* An old magazine ad for ''[[Blood]]'' featured some dude, presumably Caleb, in a bathtub full of blood with the tagline "Blood? You're soaking in it."
* The ''[[Warcraft]]'' user map ''[[Defense of the Ancients]]'' has the Demon/Orc hybrid [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Strygwyr the Bloodseeker]], who bathes in the blood of his slain victims to heal his
* The final boss chamber in ''[[Blood Rayne|BloodRayne 2]]'' has a bath full of blood that can regenerate the main character's health and blood meters. Standing in the pool using Rayne's [[Time Stands Still|time stopping ability]] [[Game Breaker|makes this the easiest fight in the game.]]
* ''[[Ōkamiden|Okamiden]]'' sees the player travel through time to prevent Akuro from becoming perfect through bathing the vessel he wishes to possess in Orochi's blood.
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