Editing Dragonmark (section)

==The Mark of Death==
This is the Lost Dragonmark, destroyed when the [[elf]] family that held it was wiped out by angry [[dragon]]s for having created a [[Half-Dragon]] [[Elf]]. Ironically, that hybrid survived, by becoming a [[lich]], and went on to found the [[Blood of Vol]]. Even more ironically, in her undead state, she can't use the powers of her mark anymore. Weirdly enough, the hybrid, Erandis, is usually depicted as the corpse of a grown woman, despire the fact that she was raised as a teenager, and undead don't age.

The Mark of Death is one of the few "mysteries" of Eberron, in that [[Keith Baker]] has stated that the truth of its nature will never be revealed in an official supplement. Keith has stated that the true nature of the Mark of Death, like that of the Day of Mourning, is for the Dungeon Master to decide. In his opinion it would not kill, because Dragonmarks are almost universally positive/constructive in their effects: hospitality, creation, taming, etc. As such, the Mark of Death would do things more along the lines of speaking with the deceased, raising undead and controlling them (as well as those previously reanimated), or setting undead to rest. He also stated that, in his view, the Dragonmark that Lady Vol possessed was not a Siberys Mark, but even more powerful because of her draconic heritage. Essentially, she is a living Eldritch Machine.