Marked Ones
Introduction
Chapter 1
by 
TheProphetOfYargle
This is a story set in a world where certain people are born with special abilities. These abilities manifest themselves as Marks on a person's body, typically looking like a scar that symbolizes what their ability is. A Mark can have almost any kind of ability, but there are never two of the same Marks existing at the same time.
People with Marks are coveted, most people have the belief that if a person with a mark has a child, that child is more likely to have a mark themselves.
Things are not always so wonderful as they seem, because while people with Marks are powerful and treated better than most people, their Marks can also be taken...