History Main / ClaimedByTheSupernatural

* In ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', when the Eclipse goes down, the Band of the Hawk are all marked with the "Brand of Sacrifice", denoting their terminal role in Griffith's ascension ritual. Only Guts and Casca escape being eaten by demons, because the Skull Knight pulls a [[BigDamnHeroes last-minute rescue]]. Henceforth, still marking them as sacrifices, the Brand attracts demons to the two and bleeds when they come near. Guts is hounded every night by the monsters, which attack him in all kinds of ways, forcing him to fight or die. However, the Brand is also known to afford some advantages to Guts: he has some warning before demons appear, so they can't sneak up on him, and being branded shifts him slightly into the spirit realm, which allows him to do harm to non-physical beings, at least to some extent, a situation that Guts takes [[DemonSlaying full advantage of]].

** The most favored servants of the [[UltimateEvil Dark One]] are spiritually bonded to him; for the legendary Forsaken, this allows them to command Shadowspawn and insulates them from the Dark One's [[ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil corruption]] on the male aspect of the True Source that fuels magic. [[spoiler:On one unique occasion, Rand is able to identify and sever those bonds, to the horror of that Forsaken.]]

* In ''Podcast/TrialsAndTrebuchets'', Mira gains a spiral tattoo on her left arm after completing the Trial of Power at the Sunken Hatch. [[spoiler:Said spiral is the symbol of the royal family of the ancient civilization of Sheora, and Mira soon starts being visited by the ghost of the Sheoran Empress Terassis in her dreams, who later magically replaces Mira's left arm with an identical arm that can turn into a snake as a blessing.]]

--> '''Sokka''': [[ARareSentence My girlfriend became the moon.]]\\

* ''Manga/FantasyBishoujoJunikuOjisanTo'': The heroes chosen by the fantasy world's gods have a mark on them identifying which god they are associated with. The Goddess of Love left her mark on the back of Tachibana's neck, marking him as her chosen one. Jinguuji, brought along with Tachibana, does not have such a mark since he is technically Tachibana's weapon/champion, not the goddess's.

May overlap with TouchedByVorlons or CursedWithAwesome when the claim grants the marked person a power-up or new ability. Inversely a backfiring mark could be BlessedWithSuck. May also overlap with MarkOfShame if it was applied against their will or they have since changed their mind, especially if they are a HunterOfMonsters. Compare SlaveCollar and SlaveBrand for the mundane variations (although they are not mutually exclusive).

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* In ''Webcomic/WildeLife,'' [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Cliff]] turns out to have a Mark on him, a fact that he didn't know until [[MagicKnight Eliza]] made it visible. It's some glowing writing that none of the good guys can read, but seemingly relates to why [[BigGood the White-Faced Bear]] is protecting him, and/or his father's [[spoiler:[[DealWithTheDevil history with Sheol]]]].

* This has happened to ''two'' main characters in ''Webcomic/{{Aurora}}'': Alinua has a birthmark in the shape of a Life rune on her arm, which seems to be [[spoiler: an attempt to manifest on the part of the Life Primordial]]. Erin receives a large, ominous chest brand when he is [[spoiler: possessed by the Void Dragon]].

* ''Film/DemonKnight'': As shown in flashback, when Dickerson passed the Key on to Brayker, making Brayker the new Demon Knight, a pattern of seven stars were burned into Brayker's palm, and then rearranged themselves.

** Valten was born with a [[CometOfDoom twin-tailed comet]] on his chest, a symbol that he is TheChosenOne of [[CrystalDragonJesus Sigmar]]. The village where he grew up initially believed that it was a PortentOfDoom, presumably because the last twin-tailed comet destroyed {{TabletopGame/Mordheim}}.the Dark Gods from birth, such as the mark of Slaanesh on Sigvald's neck or Wulfrik being born with wolf fangs.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'': Valten was born with a [[CometOfDoom twin-tailed comet]] on his chest, a symbol that he is TheChosenOne of [[CrystalDragonJesus Sigmar]]. The village where he grew up initially believed that it was a PortentOfDoom, presumably because the last twin-tailed comet destroyed {{TabletopGame/Mordheim}}.

* In the ''Literature/LeftBehind'' series, it's both the 144,000 of the twelve tribes of Israel ''and'' the Tribulation saints who have put their faith in Jesus Christ that are sealed with a cross on their foreheads that only other believers can see. This mark means that they forever belong to God and nothing and nobody can remove them from His protective hand. Chang Wong, who was already a believer when the MarkOfTheBeast was forced upon him, had both marks during the time he operated as a mole inside New Babylon. During the Millennial Kingdom, "naturals" who become believers before their 100th birthday belong to God forever and are supernaturally protected.
* ''Literature/ShadowsForSilenceInTheForestsOfHell'': {{Silver|HasMysticPowers}} can reverse the effects of a Shade's TouchOfDeath, but people who are treated late are left with characteristic patches of withered flesh. Downplayed in that the Shades don't seem to care either way, but the living see it as a sign of ill fortune and tend to ostracize people who are so marked.
* ''Literature/SteelCrowSaga'' has a consensual version when a human and an animal form a [[{{Familiar}} Shadepact]] bond: they both manifest a unique symbol at a random, identical spot on their bodies. Xiulan wears PeekABangs because her and her Shade's are on their left eyes.

* In ''{{Discworld/Thud}}'', Vimes becomes host to the Summoning Dark while investigating a murder, a primordial spirit of vengeance and wrath. Its tailed-eyeball symbol doesn't appear on his body [[spoiler:until after he expels it from his mind]], but random objects around him start 'coincidentally' forming it when jostled (such as a turnip falling onto a partly-uncoiled garden hose, or knocked-over game pieces rolling around on a board). The mark is so widely known and feared by dwarvenkind that even the Low King fears it. [[spoiler:Vimes' own inner sense of justice, the Guarding Dark, is all that forces it to relent from making him murder the dwarves responsible rather than bring them to justice.]]