Heritage Tattoos

Heritage Tattoos are a practice common to the blended culture of eastern Elemnakos, influenced by the tribesmen of the eastern plains.

Description
At a coming-of-age ceremony around age fifteen or sixteen, warriors or members of prominent clans would gain a specific tattoo marking them as a member of their clan or guild, linking them for life. This tattoo would bear a pattern recognizable as that of their home, and in certain circumstances would include any great deeds the wearer had performed.

They can also be passed down as a non-blood-related manner of a chosen successor/adopted child. Emmen of Cloud Mountain, due to his lover being male, passed down his tattoos and therefore heritage to his only student.

Examples
The Yakur Clan bears chain-like dark blue tattoos over the left arm and shoulder, as well as a signature from the parent indicating their lineage.

Emmen of Cloud Mountain has a twisting red pattern over the right arm, which he passed down to Serha Yakur.