Harmony Mark

A **Harmony Mark** (Japanese: **ハーモニーシンボル** *Harmony Symbol*) are what make all of CheerfulSteekip's OCs and canon character counterparts very special. The term is a play on "beauty mark", and it is also reminiscent of "quarter mark". The mark itself is usually positioned on someone's clothing, usually on the bottoms or skirt, but some characters have them on their top instead. Unlike Cutie Marks, Harmony Marks are *not* related to the personality, proclivity, or talent of their owners, but rather their owners' *powers*.

## Depiction

Harmony Marks are obtained when potential humans discover a unique kind of magic that sets themselves apart from normal people. The meanings of Harmony Marks are not always literal.

Harmony Marks typically appear on somebody's pants/skirt/bottom edge of dresses or on the bottom edge of outer clothes such as jackets or costumes if they're currently wearing them. Some characters (such as Nicole and Alessandra), however, have them on the chest of the current outfit they're wearing, while others such as Elizabeth have them on the bottom edge of the top they're wearing or on their waist for outfits like dresses. This makes it impossible to conceal a Harmony Mark using clothing as they will always appear on the outermost visible layer of the clothing the person is wearing. If somebody is not wearing clothes, such as if they're bathing, the mark will always be placed on their thigh regardless of where it's normally placed on their clothing.

Even after a Magic Warrior retires from heroics or has their transformation item destroyed, their Harmony Mark remains for life, and their ability to learn and perform spells remains as well. The Harmony Mark acts similar to the Mankai Gauge (the Elemental Gauge) when its host is transformed.

## Design

Harmony Marks come in a wide variety of shapes and colors, and unlike Cutie Marks, are very detailed in design.

One of the things they are *not* permitted to be of, however, are faces of any kind due to them looking creepy when used as a Harmony Mark - if a Pokémon's head, for example, is used as a Harmony Mark, it must be a silhouette and not include the face. Emojis, however, can be used as long as they're simple and styilized enough to actually look like an emoji and not a detailed face, as shown with Sakura Gumball whose Harmony Mark is an emoji blowing a bubble of gum.

## Removal

A few spells and accidents can cause a Harmony Mark to be removed from their owner, and sometimes their magic too. If turned evil or brainwashed, the mark will be removed and the magic will be corrupted, as shown with characters such as Event Horizon.

## Acquisitions

*For a full list of acquisitions, see here.*

## Trivia

* Some characters gain magic *without* the Harmony Mark and sometimes even the *other* way around.

* The Harmony Mark reappears whenever a character changes clothes. If somebody with a Harmony Mark on their bottoms (the most common place), for example, wears a two-piece swimsuit, the Harmony Mark will move to the bottoms, and if they wear a jacket or costume covering where the Harmony Mark is, it will move to the closest equivalent place on it.

* Not all Harmony Marks have literal meanings, and are often metaphorical instead:
	+ The MHA Elizabeth's Harmony Mark, a sun peeking out from behind a cloud, represents hope and "seeing the light."
	+ Julia's Harmony Mark is a perfume bottle with perfume spilling out.
	+ Mallow Blanc's Harmony Mark, two flaming marshmallows on sticks, symbolizes her refusal to let anything, even the freezing cold on a winter day, put out her fire.

* Whenever somebody is not wearing clothes for whatever reason (such as if they are bathing), their Harmony Mark does not just disappear, but is instead placed on their thigh (whether it is on the left or right matches their dominant hand) like a pony's Cutie Mark, even if their Harmony Mark normally appears on their top rather than pants/skirt.

* Twin characters (even identical ones) do not necessarily have to have the same Harmony Mark at all.

* Spirits retain their Harmony Marks when they die or lose their physical forms, which is weird.
	+ This confirms that anyone who is a deceased Magical Warrior can still transform, but only for a limited time, mainly when summoned.

* Molly's Harmony Mark doesn't glow in response to romantic love, as she is specifically the Angel of *platonic* love.
* A few characters' Harmony Marks have additional functions. Ella Ticcster's Harmony Mark (an analog clock), for example, actually has the hands move like a real clock to tell the time, Molly's Harmony Mark (a trio of white hearts bordered in pink with gold halos) lights up in response to very strong feelings of non-romantic love, and Elizabeth's Harmony Mark (a rainbow flower) can be used as a timer for how many minutes Dragonet has left of her powerup after using Return (there are 5 petals and one petal equals one minute.)
* Nicole is the only character to transform for the first time without previously posessing a Harmony Mark, as she only earned her Harmony Mark *after* transforming for the first time once she became an organic human, not before.
* Only humans, as well as demihumans such as natural (as in not just humans that are transformed - for example, Nanette is a human while Bloom is a natural fairy, Kylie is a human while Laura is a natural mermaid, and Bailey is a human while Nijimia is a natural angel) mermaids, fairies, non-evil or reformed humanoid sapient robots such as Ruru, angels, etc, can posess Harmony Marks. Pokémon and other creatures except ponies and zebras (who have Cutie Marks), even if they're connected to an Elemental of Harmony, cannot.
* Reformed villains can earn Harmony Marks, but only if their change is genuine. This is shown with Higashi Setsuna (formerly Eas), who in her flashback did not gain a Harmony Mark at first since she was only pretending to befriend the others, but after reforming for real has a Harmony Mark of a red cross with two angel wings. After Ruru and Necrosis reformed (the former in a flashback) after being directly taught by the heroes what friendship and love mean and the latter became human, they respectively gained Harmony Marks of a purple heart bordered in lace and adorned with a white bow, and a surgeons' scalpel. The same situation as Setsuna was used again for Tsukiko and Honoko, who didn't get Harmony Marks since they pretended to befriend Amber and friends under civilian disguises like Setsuna, but after they genuinely start to enjoy their new life, they gained Harmony Marks. Like Elizabeth before them, however, this makes Tsukiko and Honoko messiahs/part-time Harmony Warriors.