Einborn Tattoo Marking System


 
Here you'll find the breakdown of what the different facial tattoos used to mark Einborn slaves, what they mean and how they interact with each other. It's a complex system that is expressed with unique flairs depending on the company or person administering the tattoos.

Purpose

These intricate tattoo marks have significance to display information about a slave's medical, behavioral, criminal, and ownership history as well as identifying any industrial, artistic, or academic skills that might make them attractive to certain professions or private owners. All this complex information is available at a glance to those who can read the marks, making for an efficient labeling system for the slave markets of Dolorn.

Document Structure

References

Every Marked has an ownership title, a document that displays all of the information portrayed by their tattoos plus further, specific details about their ownership history, previous sales, and any complicated medical conditions in their history. The owner owns a copy of the title's most updated version; the original is kept in Dolorn's massive City Archives.

Legal status

These marks can be read by any and, despite being applied to Marked slaves exclusively in Einborg, are recognized and incorporated into sales of slaves throughout Yvard. A Marked outside of Einborg is more appealing to a potential buyer than a local unmarked slave simply because they have been labelled and assessed honestly by the industry leaders. Noblefolk from Barid Hold or their representatives often send caravans to Einborg to purchase Marked slaves instead of taking the unmarked slaves available from the Hold's penal indenturement system.

Historical Details

History

In older days, the Sandsage Nomads were the first enslaved people in the territory of what is now Einborg. The indigenous people used tattoos to mark significant accomplishments or stations among the people, and those who were enslaved were mockingly tattooed in a twisted display of station. The markings began to spread to denote other slaves, originally having no set system. These early slaves were simply called "marked people", and as time went on the tattoos began to adapt into uniformity for displaying information. Constantly referring to somebody as a "marked person" gradually became shortened into the modern slave noun "Marked ".

Public Reaction

In Einborg, Marked are an everyday part of life. Unchained in Einborg are consistently treated like free members of society without bias for their background in bondage.
In Barid Hold, Marked are the preferred slaves of noble houses and are a status symbol among the middle and upper classes. Importing Marked into the Hold is very expensive on top of the cost of purchasing one. Common folk tend to treat Marked better in Barid Hold than in Einborg, but not by much.
The The Quercan Woods are known to allow slavery and slave trades, but their trade economy for slaves is completely domestic. The few wanderers out of the Quercan typically display a superiority complex over Marked similar to the general population of Einborg.
Gehrland and Forelia are nations who abhor slavery, and any Marked in these nations are treated and protected as free people even in the presence of their owners. Gehrland in particular is prone to aggressively demonstrating that the national antislavery policy supersedes the authority of ownership granted by other nations.
Type
Identification, Private
Signatories (Organizations)

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