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CHAPTER 4: DRAGONMARKS

A halfling healer touches a dying man; the
mark on her forehead blazes with blue
fire as his wounds close and vanish.
A half-orc bounty hunter reaches out
with the power of his mark to find
his prey. A human artificer touches
a creation forge and the symbol on
her hand flares as the eldritch machine

rumbles to life.

ACH OF THESE PEOPLE

possesses a dragonmark,
a symbol etched on the
skin in colors more vivid
Ethan any tattoo. This
sigil is a source of mystical power. A
dragonmark enhances the user’s ability
to perform certain tasks. The Mark of
Making guides the hands of the smith,
while the Mark of Shadows helps its
bearer avoid enemies. The power of a
dragonmark can also manifest in more
dramatic ways. An heir with the Mark of
Storms can scatter enemies with a blast
of wind, while someone with the Mark
of Shadows can weave illusions. While
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way as spells, the power is drawn and focused and clinics. Only House Lyrandar heirs with
through the dragonmark. the Mark of Storms can pilot airships. Control
You can’t buy a dragonmark, or simply over vital services—medicine, transportation,
choose to develop one. Each mark is tied to communication, manufacturing— gives the
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around adolescence, but not every heir In the past, the dragonmarked houses were
manifests the mark. Long ago the families held in check by the united kingdom of Galifar.
that carry the marks joined together to form But in the wake of the Last War, people
the dragonmarked houses. Over the course of wonder if any one nation has the power to
centuries, the houses have used their gifts to enforce its wishes on the houses. Some say the
establish powerful economic monopolies. House dragonmarked barons wield more power than
Jorasco holds the Mark of Healing, and Jorasco kings and queens.
maintains the vast majority of healing houses

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