Before the Pendant: Origins of the Star-Scar Lands

Long ago, the stars fell to earth. Later generations called that year Year One of the Starfall.

The fallen stars never fully went out. They left wounds in the land that would not heal, and people named them Star-Scars. A Star-Scar is not just a crater: it changes soil, life, bloodlines and fate.

When that power enters a living thing and leaves a sign on them, it is called a Mark. People came to sort Marks into three kinds:

• Bloodline Marks — carried by blood, family and lineage.
• Sky Marks — born of resonance with the stars and the laws beyond them.
• Chaos Marks — born of imbalance, catastrophe and the erosion of ruins.

The story of the Starbound Pendant takes place on this continent's frontier.