Granted by Viratas
Positive Marks The ability to absorb memories and skills
Negative Marks The inability to consume anything with blood and wounds won't heal
Positive Mark Appearance Three elegant looking chain link that is added to for each mark.
Negative Mark Appearance Broken chain links that look as though they were cut out of the skin.
Mark Location Anywhere
First mark Only after impressing Viratas
Silakrov is the Gnosis given by the God of Blood, Viratas. At a low level this grants a person access to a persons thoughts and memories by drinking their blood. However with a greater amount of marks, they are also able to absorb abilities. This can be done to any body, alive or dead, so long as it still has blood in its body. The things absorbed are not taken from the victim, just shared and the victim also does not have to be sucked dry.
Viratas is generally pretty picky about who gets the mark, partially because his followers don't seem to be able to agree whether he rewards preserving blood or spilling it. If one has managed to win his favor, a red mark that resembles three chain links appear somewhere on the body. This is mostly because he is also the god of Connection
Mark Progression
Marked [Cursed] - 1 Gnosis Mark
A person gifted with one mark is granted the ability read a persons mind for the duration they are being fed on. If the victim is already dead, the bearer will be able see their last memory. If a person with one mark from Viratas is wounded, they will heal quickly, even more so if they drink blood.
A person cursed by Viratas will be unable to consume any blood without getting severely sick, the most common symptom being repetitive vomiting, but others can occur. If a cursed person is wounded, their injury will not clot easily or heal quickly.
Favored [Despised] - 2 Gnosis Marks
A person given second mark is granted to is given the ability to 5 minutes of any memory of their victim and every now and then be able to absorb a skill point completely at random. The bearer will be able to still be able to read a persons thought a for a few minutes after they finish feeding. Any wound will heal exponentially faster, taking days to heal completely if they would have taken weeks.
A person despised by Viratas cannot eat meat or consume any blood without becoming cripplingly sick for at least a few weeks. If they sustain any cut or laceration, the wound will not clot by itself. Not only that, but it will be easier to make the victim bleed.
Priest/Priestess [Adversary] - 3 Gnosis Marks
A priest or priestess of Viratas will be able to absorb a skill point form each person thy feed on. Even if the victim survive that is all the priest(ess) will be able to take per person. Any wound sustained will heal within minutes, again faster if drinking blood, and the entire memory of a person is avalible to those bearing three marks.
If somehow a person has angered the God of Blood enough to get a third negative mark, any touch with be enough to break the skin and nothing will make these wounds clot. These people are basically doomed.
Champion [Nemesis] - 4 Gnosis Marks
The Champion of Viratas is gifted in a strange way. The bearer will be able to sense those they have fed on (provided they are still alive), be able to continue to read the last person's mind they fed on, and all wound sustained will heal instantly. A champion will be able to absorb up to 5 skill points for every person they feed off of. Champions are really rare.
If somehow a person survived 3 negative Gnosis mark and received a fourth from Viratas, the will instantly begin bleeding from every orphus until thy are complete drained. No one has ever received a fourth negative mark, no one has ever even survived a third one.
Again this is my roughest of drafts!
