Bloodmarked

Content Warning: This section of the guide discusses anti-Black racism, violence, rape, enslavement, and nonconsensual medical experimentation.

King Arthur’s “Awakening” in Bree coincided with the full inheritance of her power from her maternal foremother, Vera, an enslaved women who was raped by a Scion of Arthur. Vera used root magic to make a pact to protect her descendants, giving Bree both Arthur and Vera’s power. Because Bree is a Medium, she keeps sliding into her ancestors’ memories. Her ancestors ran so she wouldn’t have to, and now Bree fights in their honor.

After Arthur awoke within Bree, signaling the ancient war known as Camlann, her boyfriend, Nick, was kidnapped by his father, Lord Davis. The Order’s Regents command the Legendborn to wait in silence while they investigate.

For her safety, Bree is kept inside when the Legendborn patrol. She sneaks out and is caught by William Sitterson, the Legendborn’s healer and Scion of Gawain. They discuss the need to keep Bree safe: If an Awakened Scion of Arthur dies by a Shadowborn demon’s hand, the Legendborn lines end forever.

William begins teaching Bree how to call aether. Bree can’t craft her aether weapon with her Legendborn lineage’s power, and her root is meant to be defensive.