Brotherhood of Blood

The Brotherhood of Blood is a PvP oriented covenant in Dark Souls II.

Requirements
The player must have succesfully invaded and killed another player. The requirements to join the covenant may vary in the final version of the game.

How to join
The Brotherhood of Blood was one of the three available covenants in the network test. In order to join this covenant, one must talk to Tiny Gren in the Undead Purgatory. He's located in the corridor right after the Executioner's Chariot arena. The method to join the covenat may change in the final version of the game.

Benefits

 * Upon joining the covenant Tiny Gren will be available as a merchant and he will sell various wares to the player including spells, ammunition, armor and most importantly: Cracked Red Eye Orbs.
 * Afer invading and killing another player Brotherhood of Blood members will receive a Token of Spite. It is currently what are these tokens used for, although it could be implied that they are used to gain rank in the covenant.
 * If the members of this covenant have succesfully killed many hosts in a row they will show a distinctive glowing red aura surrounding them while in red phantom form.

Overview
Due to their similar mechanics, the Brotherhood of Blood is considered the spiritual succesor to the Darkwraith covenant from the previous game. Both covenants are heavily focused in the PvP component of the game, encouraging invasions and rewarding those players who manage to kill the host. The main difference between both covenants is that while the members of the Darkwraith covenant are focused on harvesting Humanity, the Brotherhood of Blood members are tasked with accumulating blood from their victims.

Lore
The Brotherhood of Blood is a misterious cult whose members are devoted to the war god Nahr Alma. The members of this bloodthirsty covenant are tasked with collecting blood in order to offer it as a sacrifice to Nah Alma. According to Tiny Gren the members of the Brotherhood of Blood have a feud with the Blue Sentinels, mainly due to the opposite objectives of both covenants.