Mark of Tiamat

The **Mark of Tiamat**, or simply **The Mark** for short, was the seal created in order to lock away Tiamat. Jehovah gave the Mark to the Archangel Satanel, but it corrupted him into an archdemon, and then it was passed to Lucifer who also became corrupted and led a rebellion in Heaven.

Because of its origin, dating back to before God's creation of the Universe, the Mark has often been referred to as **the first curse**.

## Overview

Jehovah and his archangels defeated Tiamat in a terrible war and after he locked it away, Jehovah created the Mark as a lock for Tiamat in an extradimensional cage. He gave the Mark to Satanel and it corrupted him into becoming the first demon, and then Satan passed it to Lucifer, who was corrupted into being jealous towards humanity. He passed it onto Cain and it corrupted him too. If the Mark is removed without being passed on, Tiamat will be released once more.

## Characteristics

The Mark of Tiamat grants the wielder superhuman strength and attributes, in addition to amplify the wielder's power and the Mark effects can also be manipulated into a limited degree by powerful wielders. The Mark appears to grant a particularly powerful type of immortality, where the wielder cannot be killed by anything while wielding the Mark.

Furthermore, the Mark of Tiamat, because its creator spell is from a very ancient and primordial system of magic, guarantees the wielder immunity to most forms of magic, even the most dangerous and powerful forms of Dark Arts.

As well as the other binding marks, such as the Mark of Therion, the Mark of Tiamat can also be wielded by two or more being at the same time, and can even be completley transfered to another wielder. Satan was able to transfer half of the mark to his brother Lucifer, but it eventually corrupted him and led him to leading the infamous rebellion that would cause the fall and demonization of trillion of angels, Lucifer's half was eventually removed from him when he was locked away in the Abyss and transferred back to Satan, who would eventually share half of it again with Cain, which would corrupt him into the first murderer.

### Effects of Usage

Using the power of the Mark of Tiamat has a side effect, each time the wielder uses the power of the Mark, the corruption accelerates slightly.

Using the power of the Mark of Tiamat also appears to have another side effect, as it appears that the bearer forms a physical, mental and spiritual bond with Tiamat, however, the true nature and extent of this bond, as well as whether Tiamat is aware of it, is not known. The physical signs of the link involve, the Mark deeply stuck to the wielder's skin, being literally impossible to remove. The link's mental signals involve a direct line to Tiamat's mind, where the wielder can interact with her mind, although this is involuntary and usually only occurs when the wielder experiences a strong negative emotion. The spiritual signs of the link involve corruption of the soul, due to Tiamat's evil and chaotic nature, the Mark appears to reflect some of that nature.

Every living being, without exception, has its very essence made up of two primordial elements, Tov and Roa. Tov is the source of all goodness and Roa is the source of all evil, and both are in constant conflict for total dominion over the being in question, and in their midst lives a penumbra called Sivuyon that represents neutrality, the balance between good and evil, light and darkness, however, Sivuyon is not an element in itself, it is created from the conflict between Tov and Roa, therefore, Sivuyon helps maintain balance and tries to restore it when it falls apart.

The corruption of the Mark of Tiamat works by strengthening Roa, and each time the wielder gives in to his dark impulses he feels good, weakening Tov and allowing Roa to prevail, however Sivuyon will still fight to restore the balance, however, if the wielder goes far enough into the corruption, Sivuyon will crumble and will vanish, leaving only Roa, and the wielder will then have become a being of pure darkness and pure evil. The corruption caused by Mark of Tiamat was powerful enoguh to corrupt such a powerful being as Satan, one of the most oldest, powerful and good of the archangels, into the most cruel and evil demon ever created.

It appears that if the Mark is completely removed, the corruption caused appears to be reversed in some way, as when Cain had his part of the Mark removed, his humanity was restored and he demonstrated remorse for his crimes under its influence, even Lucifer has regained his capacity for goodness when his Mark was removed due to he being locked away in the Abyss, although for the most part he is still neutral.

However, according to Metatron, in cases where the wielder is completely corrupted, like in Satan's case, removing the Mark would only restore the wielder's capacity for neutrality and kindness, but to recover from the effects, it would depend from the wielder himself and his willforce to fight its effects.

### Weaknesses

There are only two ways to remove the Mark, share/grant the Mark to another person or remove it with a special spell, but the latter would cause Tiamat's release. Although the Mark of Tiamat grants Magical Immunity, this immunity is not absolute, as some forms of supernatural magic, particularly Enochian Magic and Demonic Magic, can still partially affect the wielder. Furthermore, the Mark of Tiamat will not be able to protect the wielder from the primordial magic that created it.

## Known Bearers

* Satan (originally, currently)
* Lucifer (formerly)
* Cain (formerly)

## Trivia

* Tov (טוֹב) and Roa (רוע) are the Hebrew words to "goodness" and "evilness" respectly, as well as Sivuyon (שוויון) is the Hebrew word to "equality".