Blood Sheep

The **Blood Sheep** are an ancient race of temperamental, magically powerful sheep that demand to be worshiped by the people of Mythland. Mythland has been the only kingdom on *Empires SMP* to revere these animals. They are more than regular red-dyed sheep and have to be born a blood sheep.

## Description

The Blood Sheep's fur is a dark wine-red that covers similarly-colored red skin that fades up into normal beige sheep skin.

They are interdimensional beings of great power. They don't eat grass, they're cannibals, and they eat human souls. According to Mythical Sausage, one must always greet a Blood Sheep with "All hail Blood Sheep," or suffer a violent death. He also insists that Blood Sheep do not spread demonic corruption, instead spreading their own kind of corruption.

## History

Two legends tell of the Blood Sheep's origin. The Blood King Story alleges that dissident wizards turned their vicious king into a red sheep. The Mythland Sheep Story says the sheep of Mythland grew jealous of the animals that provided more, and coupled with the demon's influence they started to spawn Blood Sheep. The fearful people gave the sheep worship to appease them.

In season 1, shortly after declaring himself King of Mythland, King Sausage started to regard Blood Sheep in the wilderness outside the city. He said they were working as sentries for the kingdom. The sheep slowly grew to be an integral part of Mythlandic society.

Sausage's first Blood Sheep sacrifice brought Bubbles into the world, then he started sacrificing them left and right for dark spells and as offerings to Xornoth. He constructed the Church of the Blood Sheep to appease the animals, but he continued to sacrifice them for Xornoth. By sacrificing Blood Sheep for Bubbles, he gave her enough strength to create a new version of herself in the Empires universe. After the demon's release, Blood Sheep disappeared from Mythland entirely, except for a small holdout in the Church.

After Sausage was freed of the demon, Blood Sheep slowly started returning to Mythland. They grew and grew in number, and Sausage briefly considered culling the herd, but he turned that thought away fearing where that path might take him.

In the alternative world, Dark Sausage leveled the Church of the Blood Sheep in his rampage while looking for Mythical Sausage. Back in the familiar world of *Empires*, Sausage started to hear whispers coming from the ritual circle (which would turn out to be Blood Sheep whispers). The moment the Rapture happened, thousands of enraged Blood Sheep poured into the world over Mythland. Sir Carlos said they were upset about Dark Sausage destroying their church.

## Locations

### Church of the Blood Sheep

The Church of the Blood Sheep was constructed by Mythland. It houses the Blood Alter where Sausage baptized his tools to add the Blood Sheeps' power to them.

### Dark Tower of Mythland

Beneath the Dark Tower of Mythland is a Blood Well, a pit full of blood that extends down to bedrock. Its purpose is not well explained.

## Speculation

* The moment of the Grimlands Reactor Explosion, scores of Blood Sheep beneath the City of Eastvale were killed instantly. This mass sacrifice could have been what supercharged the explosion into an earth-shattering cataclysm.
* These beings can possibly be used for inter-dimensional/multi-universal time-space travel.
* The reason that demons may want blood sheep (in Xornoth's case) is because it is a way to have more power in the Empires world.
* At the start of Season 2, Pixlriffs tells a creation myth of the world wherein the blood of titans created magic, which could as well be the origin of blood sheep.
* Blood Sheep are a major deity group whose numbers are in the thousands. They are deities of time and space.
* The Blood Sheep created a portal from their universe into Mythland through the Church of the Blood Sheep.

## Appearances

### Season 1

**Ep. 8** – The first few blood sheep appear near Mythland. Lord Sausage greets them with "All hail Blood Sheep," saying they serve Mythland as sentries.
**Ep. 11** – Sausage again hails a blood sheep in a clearing. He also warns the General not to mess with the blood sheep in his kitchen.
**Ep. 12** – Sausage regards a blood sheep in the intro. He tells fWhip that any animal killings around Mythland are considered sacrifices to the Blood Sheep, and you have to say "All hail Blood Sheep."
**Ep. 14** – The Blood Sheep are slowly becoming an integral part of Mythlandic society. Sausage leads one through the city in the intro.
**Ep. 15** – Sausage sacrifices his first blood sheep, to summon Bubbles. Afterwards, Sausage is fully in the swing of sacrificing blood sheep.
**Ep. 21** – Sausage gifts a blood sheep to Lady Katherine. The Church of the Blood Sheep is erected.
**Ep. 29** – The Blood Sheep vanish from Mythland soon after Xornoth is released.
**Ep. 31** – Sausage finds a few blood sheep hiding in the church.
**Ep. 35** – The Blood Sheep start returning to Mythland.
**Ep. 41** – Blood Sheep appear to be overpopulating
**Ep. 47 (Finale)** – Upset that Dark Sausage leveled an alternate reality's Church of the Blood Sheep, Blood Sheep rain endlessly upon Mythland. Bubbles says the whispers Sausage has been hearing were *always Blood Sheep*.
### Season 2

**Ep. 26** – Sanctuary's first red sheep appears...
### HermitCraft x Empires

**Ep. 48 (xBCrafted)** - XBCrafted saw blood sheep at Mythland when the blood sheep stop raining.

## Trivia

* Mythland is known to spice its food and drink with Blood Sheep skin.
* Blood Sheep skin is very potent, causing potions to explode.

## References

1. ↑ S1 ep. 29
2. ↑ S1 ep. 16 (Katherine), "💙Finding A Cure!"
3. ↑ Ep. 47 (Sausage), THE FALL OF MYTHLAND" (6:26)
4. ↑ S1 ep. 21 (Sausage), "THE CHURCH OF THE BLOOD SHEEP!!!" (5:33)
5. ↑ S1 ep. 21 (Sausage), "THE CHURCH OF THE BLOOD SHEEP!!!" (26:19)
6. ↑ S1 ep. 21 (Sausage), "THE CHURCH OF THE BLOOD SHEEP!!!" (31:01)
7. ↑ Ep. 15 (Sausage), "THE MAGIC SUMMONING CIRCLE!!!"
8. ↑ Ep. 47 (Sausage), "THE FALL OF MYTHLAND!!!"
9. ↑ Ep. 34 (fWhip), "MY BASE BLEW UP"
10. ↑ S2 ep. 1 (Pixlriffs), "A New Beginning!"

## See also

* Blood King Story
* Blood Sheep Story