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Soulmate marks. A soulmate mark is said to come when a child first becomes aware but only after their soulmate also becomes aware as well. Becoming aware can be at any age: 6,10 and even at birth.
Becoming aware meant getting the knowledge and understanding of what was around you and being able to understand that concept of life.
Marinette dupain-cheng became aware at 3 years old and with that her soulmate mark appeared showing proof that it was the same for her soulmate.
Her soulmate mark was unique and it intrigued her. Reaching from the the back of her right shoulder to her hip laid a sword with a black hilt and a blazing green blade.
Marinette was special, she knew she was, at a younger age she was to be trained as the next protector of the miraculous. She was the embodiment of creation chosen to care for and protect the kwamis.
The miraculous were magical jewels that had been on earth for many generations, kwamis were miniature gods attached to these jewels and used for good. The order of guardians has protected these jewels for many years.
Marinette is the heir to this order.
Damian Ah-ghul became aware just after he turned a year old, nothing less was expected of him. He never knew what a soulmate mark was and even if he heard about it on mission with his mother he never dared ask.
After all if it was important he would have known by now.
It was a week after the passing of his birth month that a mark appeared on his upper left shoulder, he didn't see it of course based on its location but a member of the league took notice and they're face was something Damian couldn't describe.
When his mother saw it her face was something her never wanted to see again. With reluctance it was brought before his grandfather.
The relentlessly worked trying to peel his very skin in wasted effort to get rid of the mark just so he would have a connection with whoever his soulmate was. It was inevitable that he woke up in the Lazarus pit coughing out the green liquid, his left shoulder pink from the various attempts.
The mark of the black ladybug with bright blue spots stayed like a curse that would follow himself forever.