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THE MARK OF SHADOW DRAGONMARKED CHARACTERS
Here are a few examples of characters who carry
“The illusions that I weave dazzle and deceive.
the Mark of Shadow.
Sometimes that deception eases your burdens, 0W][M )OMV\ :WO]M You’re a young agent
letting you forget your troubles for a moment. But in House Thuranni. You’ve studied the perform-
I can also ease your burdens by ending your life.” ing arts, but you’re far more interested in the
darker side of the house. At the moment you’re
— Lady Elara d’Thuranni,
building your skills and reputation as an observer
shadow dancer and investigator, but once you prove yourself you
hope you’ll get to be a player in the shadow war.
The Mark of Shadows lets an elf weave illusions *IZL -V\MZ\IQVMZ You’re a rising star. Your
from shadows, crafting sounds and images to performances have already earned you a name
distract or delight. The mark also allows its across the Five Nations, and your fame will surely
bearer to draw on the shadows, making it an only increase as you develop your talents. The
easy matter to avoid detection or even disappear house has helped with your career, and they’ve
while in plain sight. It is a valuable tool for an dropped hints to see if you want to get involved
entertainer, a spy, or an assassin. in the other side of the house, but at the moment
you’re just in this for the music.
THE HOUSES OF SHADOW
MARK OF SHADOW TRAITS
The elves have carried the Mark of Shadow for
thousands of years. The families that carry the If you’re an elf with the Mark of Shadow, you
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out the Mark of Death and established House Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma
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entertainers in the land, giving them access to all Cunning Intuition. When you make a Cha-
manner of places and secrets. But the elves do risma (Performance) or Dexterity (Stealth) check,
more than entertain. There has always been an you can roll a d4 and add the number rolled to
elite force of spies and assassins within the house. the ability check.
Common folk know nothing of this. Only special Shape Shadows. You know the minor illusion
clients—powerful nobles, merchant lords, and the cantrip. Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the invis-
like—have access to these shadow-marked spies. ibility spell once with this trait, and you regain the
Toward the end of the Last War, a bitter feud IJQTQ\a \W KI[\ Q\ _PMV aW] ÅVQ[P I TWVO ZM[\ +PIZQ[-
broke out between the major families of the ma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
house. Known as the Shadow Schism, it resulted Spells of the Mark. If you have the Spellcast-
in a split withinin Phiarlan—and the foundation ing or the Pact Magic class feature, the spells on
of House Thuranni. House Phiarlan continues to the Mark of Shadow Spells table are added to the
WٺMZ MV\MZ\IQVUMV\ IVL M[XQWVIOM QV \PM TIVL[ spell list of your spellcasting class.
west of the Mournland, while Thuranni operates
in Karrnath, the Lhazaar Principalities, and the DÙ» Ê¥ ^«Êó ^Ö½½Ý
eastern lands. As a rule, Phiarlan elves are the ^ƉĞůů >ĞǀĞů ^ƉĞůůƐ
better spies and Thuranni agents are superior ϭƐƚ ĚŝƐŐƵŝƐĞ ƐĞůĨ͕ ƐŝůĞŶƚ ŝŵĂŐĞ
assassins. On the surface Thuranni and Phiarlan ϮŶĚ ĚĂƌŬŶĞƐƐ͕ ƉĂƐƐ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƚƌĂĐĞ
maintain a peaceful relationship, but rivalries
ϯƌĚ ĐůĂŝƌǀŽLJĂŶĐĞ͕ ŵĂũŽƌ ŝŵĂŐĞ
run deep.
4th ŐƌĞĂƚĞƌ ŝŶǀŝƐŝďŝůŝƚLJ͕ ŚĂůůƵĐŝŶĂƚŽƌLJ
ƚĞƌƌĂŝŶ
5th mislead
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