The Mark

AX.GHW.08.05.04

A Hollow Pact Focus

The Mark is the Shadow-Bound Marked's lineage brand — the physical or metaphysical sign of the compact. Unlike other Traditions' Foci, the Mark cannot be lost, set down, destroyed, or confiscated. It exists as part of the practitioner's body or supernatural constitution. It was there before they formalized the Tradition. It will persist after.

The Mark | Focus | Hollow Pact
Mechanical Effect:
  The Mark provides +2D to all Consuming Dark Expression rolls
  when the practitioner is actively using it as a focus —
  they make the intention deliberate, channeling through
  the compact's established physical presence.
  When using Binding, the Mark reduces the Body Save
  Threshold for Hollow Hold by 1 (from 3 to 2) —
  the compact enforcing through its own sigil is more
  difficult to simply walk away from.
  The Mark is always visible to entities with shadow
  awareness (Hollow entities, other Marked, compact-adjacent
  entities) and to high-level Glamourist or Blood Sense
  practitioners. It cannot be glamoured or concealed
  from these sources.
  The Mark is the Focus. The practitioner does not
  require any additional object. This means they are
  never without their Focus, and never without the
  identification that the Focus provides.
Acquisition: The Mark was acquired with the lineage.
  It does not need to be sought or prepared.

Note: Because the Mark is always present and always functioning as a Focus, practitioners do not need to track Focus availability. The +2D is always available on Consuming Dark applications. The corresponding visibility cannot be turned off.