Cost and Blessings
'All I need to know is how to control each mark!'
The moment his thoughts reached this point the pages started flipping to the desired section.
'Blessings,' it read in big, bold letters at the top with tones of information underneath.
But the more Hao Xuan read the deeper his frown became because it was a LOT more complicated than what he initially expected.
The blessings were the abilities or 'gifts' as the book put it, that one got from each individual mark.
Each blessing corresponded to a specific mark and was called as such. Some of the more common lesser blessings were shared across all nine marks with minor differences between them like the blessings of sight, the blessings of minor protection, the blessings of movement, etc.
For example, the Blessing of Sight that was received from the mark of the 'Deep' would allow the user to see underwater.