Promise mark
After novices graduate from school, they receive a
promise mark as a sign that they've finished their training. When
Rose dropped out of school to hunt
Dimitri and met
Viktoria, Viktoria mentioned that those without a mark were the "unpromised." It was so unheard of that there was no term for it. Rose describes it looking like a "twsting line, sort of like a snake." In the 5th book,
Spirit Bound, Rose describes her Promise mark as a stretched out S in the middle of the back of her neck with curling ends that wrap around her
molnija marks "like an embrace"
Molnija mark
Guardians get the
molnija mark (Russian молния for
lightning) tatooed on their necks to mark how many
Strigoi they have killed. They look like two streaks of jagged lightning crossing in an X. When
Rose meets
Dimitri for the first time in
Vampire Academy, he has already six
molnija marks, meaning that he has killed six Strigoi. At the end of
Frostbite Rose gets her first two
molnija marks for killing
Elena and
Isaiah. There is another tattoo that looks like a
star that means the bearer has been in battle if they have fought too many Strigoi to count.
Zvezda mark
The
Zvezda mark (Russian звезда for
star) is a tattoo that is given when the bearer has been in a battle and killed too many Strigoi to count. Rose gets a
zvezda mark after the battle at the
Academy in
Shadow Kiss.
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