The Sign (Hangul: 표지, pyoji) is a mysterious symbol which manifests on the wearer's forehead, granting them supernatural powers not too different from E.G.O.
According to Demian and Sonya, this mark is a symbol of those that are "special", distinguishing them from others and allowing bearers to see "the new world to come".
Appearing as a red symbol consisting of two strokes surrounded by one crooked stoke, the Sign is a miraculous mark engraved on one's forehead signifying them as "special". This marking seems to be invisible to most people and can be latent in manifestation, remaining unknown to bearers themselves until awakened. Those with the Sign are able to to perceive this marking on others with it too, as Sinclair was still able to vaguely see it on Demian when he first arrived to school despite being unaware of his own potential. Furthermore, the Sign can be hidden and revealed seemingly at will, as Rim keeps his hidden.
The true nature of the Sign is unknown and largely shrouded in mystery, being distinct from E.G.O in some way.
Known Bearers[]
Demian — manifests the mark on his forehead when he uses his powers.
Sinclair — bears the mark. While not visible to himself, it was seen by Demian.
The One Who Shall Grip Sinclair — the Sinclair from the N Corp. Mirror World only managed to manifest two out of the three strokes needed to complete his Sign, mostly likely due to his cowardice.
Rim — the mark flashes briefly on his brainlike organ when he discusses the group that he and Demian are members of.
Implied[]
Sonya — implied to have it himself given his ability to see it latent in some Sinners.
As noted by Sonya in Canto II, several of the Sinners in Limbus Company bear the Sign the same as he does. Notably, he remarks that Rodion does not bear this mark unlike some of her peers.
Dungeon[]
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Sinclar's determination to stand up to Kromer. Once 3 have been drawn...
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Appearing as a Wrath-affinity E.G.O Gift in Branch K-02, the Sign is obtained from various Events found throughout the dungeon:
Gate #1, regardless of choice
Torture Chamber by choosing to intervene and allowing Sinclair to block
Choosing to free the Prosthetics in Room of Echoing Screams and winning the battle
Passing Gate 3 through combat or the three Tokens
After gaining 3 stacks of A Sign, the E.G.O gift will debuff the final boss at the end of the dungeon and will additionally buff Sinclair if brought into said battle.
The Curse and mark of Cain was a sort of geas (depending on perspective, a blessing or a curse) given to Cain by God after the former murdered his younger brother, Abel, in a fit of jealousy. Because of the mark, if someone were to kill Cain, the damage inflicted would be dealt to his assailant sevenfold. God engraved this mark so that no one would wreak vengeance upon Cain and slay him so that he shall properly serve his punishment and atone for his sin of siblicide.
Abel, an iteration of Ayin in Lobotomy Corporation.
According to Demian in the novel, he sees the “mark” as one of distinction rather than one of shame as it is in mainstream culture in his view of the story of Cain and Abel. Demian believed that awarding a mark that inspired the fear of God to others to a “coward” that most thought Cain was to be illogical. Rather, Demian reasoned Cain was a “superior” being compared to his fellow man, and because of this difference, was ostracized by others who concocted fictional stories of him instead of admitting their own shortcomings and inferiorities.
Demian himself has this mark and is implied to be the reason as to why he has the supernatural and almost godly or even demonic psychic powers he appears to have. He saw the same mark on Emil Sinclair, reasoning that he too is “special” and that they with others bearing the Mark of Cain will one day see the “rebirth of a new world”. This "new world" being a reference to World War I, as the novel's finale takes place in 1913 — one year before the First Great War.
Because of these counter-cultural ideals, this shook Sinclar’s Christian beliefs and his view on his world. The mark become an important motif in the book’s criticisms of antiquated social structures and themes surrounding individualism.
Appearance[]
There is no consensus on what the “mark” exactly was, either interpreted as metaphorical sign or a literal physical mark inflicted upon Cain (ex. a horn growing out of his forehead). Some interpreters even believed that the physical “mark” was passed down to Cain’s descendants, with this belief acting as the justification for the subjugation and oppression of various minority groups.
Interpreters such as medieval French rabbi, Rashi, took the line "and the Lord placed a mark on Cain" (Hebrew: וַיָּשֶׂם ה' לְקַיִן אוֹת) of Genesis 4 to mean that Cain’s mark was one of the Hebrew letters of the Tetragrammaton: that God engraved part of his name onto Cain to protect him from those that swore vengeance upon him.
In the KabbalisticZohar, the mark of Cain was thought to be one of the Torah’s twenty-two Hebrew letters, but the text doesn’t specify what the identity of the letter actually was.
The Sign appears to be a stylized ‘he’ (𐤄), the Phoenician letter where the Hebraic ‘he’ (ה) derives from, the namesake of the HE classification given Abnormalities.
The standalone ‘𐤄’ appears to a clipping of the Tetragrammaton, ‘YHWH’ (יהוה), otherwise written in its Paleo-Hebraic form: “𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄”.
“YHWH”, was one of the seven sacred names of God and saw use in the Hebrew Bible, meaning "to be, become, come to pass". The name is often transliterated as Yahweh or occasionally Jenovah.
“יהוה“ was not to be pronounced out loud nor erased upon being written according to Talmudic Jewish traditions because of its immense sacredness. Multiple epithets and shortenings related to God’s name were invented to circumvent these restrictions to properly respect the Lord’s name.
The Mark of Cain as it appears in Supernatural, manifesting on its bearer's right arm.
The Sign also seems to be a reference to the American television series Supernatural, specifically in its own depiction of The Mark of Cain; it's appearance based on the The First Blade used by Cain to murder Abel in show.
The two depictions of the mark are almost completely identical, with the key differences being the Sign in Limbus Company slanted counter-clockwise and located on a wearer’s forehead in contrast to the Mark appearing on the right arm of its bearer in Supernatural.
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