Marks

The marks of a Marked are the naturally developed tattoos that cover almost the totality of the skin of a marked individual. These marks are the main catalyst for a Marked's powers, allowing a Marked to not only use powers, but also develop new ones through experimentation and practice. These marks usually manifest in humans at around the age of ten, over the course of 48 hours, in a process commonly known as Manifestation. Normally, at the age of fifteen to seventeen, Marked develop their first power, in a process denominated Revelation. Through the Revelation, they are able to discover their main Source of power, and from there, they will be able to experiment new aplications of their Source. A Marked's Source is the element or concept their Marks provide them to control. For example, a Source can be heat, electricity, or even time.

Marks can take many forms on a Marded's skin. From the usual black or white patterns on skin, to any other colors and forms. Some marks can be of metallic colors. mirroring surfaces, and even glowing neon colors. A few of them can activate a visual effect, such as shining or smoking, when their Marked is making use of their Source.

Manifestation and Revelation
A Marked's Manifestation is the moment their Marks appear on their skin. Usually a Manifestation will happen at the age of ten years old, without any apparent reason other than sheer chance, though older individuals have manifested Manifestations at the age of up to 54. The Manifestation of the Marks takes two days, effectively 48 hours to complete in a painless, non-harmful process to the body. Though other cases have happened where the marks have manifested faster. If they take less than a day, the body they are manifesting on will fall sick, and will need rest to recover. But if the Manifestation becomes instant, taking place over the course of roughly half a minute, the individual's skin will have a painful sensory overload, making the process an agonizing torture. This is commonplace on older individuals who manifest Marks after the age of 30.

Revelations take a longer time to develop. They are more a byproduct of practice and will, rather than luck. After years of the Marked's body adapting to the Marks, the Source will settle in, and the Marked will feel the marks ready to discharge the handful of years of pent up energy. The marks will react to this phenomena, usually in a visual effect such as smoking or shining, though other effects such as levitation or transformations are possble. Once the Revelation has happened, the Marked will be ready to use their Source to create effects known as Powers.

Source
The Source is the element or concept the Marked is able to manipulate through the mystic forces granted by their Marks. A Marked can normally only control a Source, though cases where a Marked has seen using two or more Sources have been witnessed, such as the case of some Notables. A Source is never an easy concept to grasp and vastily varies from Marked to Marked. Even if two individuals share the same Source, they might use different applications or even different aspects of said Source. Some Sources are simple, yet others are incredibly complex. A case of simplicity can be the Fire Source, where the individual uses Fire for simple applications. Compared to the complexity of what has been denominated Angelic Source, which can summon biblical looking forms of weaponry and constructs. Sources seem to not follow many tenets altogether, becoming a hard concept to gras as they are virtually an endless array of pòssibilities.

Power
A Power is what is considered the practical application of a Source. Sources can be channeled through Marks to create these various effects through practice and training. The relationship between a Power and its Source is not restrictive, meaning that any Power can be Drawn from any Source, with more or less effort. An example of this dissonance is seen in the Fire Source, which can be used to heal biological bodies, despite fire having no healing properties to the human body whatsoever.