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Essence Marks are the most difficult type of soulstamps to create, typically requiring years worth of development and construction. is required to be attuned to a specific individual in order to function.{{ref|b|tes|day|2}} When a human is soulstamped, the transformation lasts a relatively short period of time, and the best crafted stamps last approximately a day. This is due to the fact that the identity of a person, as opposed to an object, is constantly growing, changing and shifting.{{ref|b|tes|day|30}} It may also be due to the fact that all humans are naturally invested with a small amount of investiture, and soulstamping utilizes relatively small amounts of investiture to work.{{ref|b|tes|day|12}}{{ref|?|1047|12|Rank me the investment in objects.}} According to [[realmatic theory]], reinvesting an invested object requires enough investiture to overcome the initial amount, plus enough extra to effect the change.{{ref|?|593|10|Who would win between Szeth and a Mistborn?}}{{ref|17s|7267|text=Do all the humans have innate Investiture?}}
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Essence Marks are the most difficult type of soulstamps to create, typically requiring years worth of development and construction. is required to be attuned to a specific individual in order to function.{{ref|b|tes|day|2}} When a human is soulstamped, the transformation lasts a relatively short period of time, and the best crafted stamps last approximately a day. This is due to the fact that the identity of a person, as opposed to an object, is constantly growing, changing and shifting.{{ref|b|tes|day|30}} It may also be due to the fact that all humans are naturally invested with a small amount of investiture, and soulstamping utilizes relatively small amounts of investiture to work.{{ref|b|tes|day|12}}{{ref|?|1047|12|Rank me the investment in objects.}} According to [[realmatic theory]], reinvesting an invested object requires enough investiture to overcome the initial amount, plus enough extra to effect the change.{{ref|?|593|10|Who would win between Szeth and a Mistborn?}}{{17s ref|7267|text=Do all the humans have innate Investiture?}}
   
 
To create an Essence Mark, one must make hundreds of stamps, each one representing a small portion of the history or personality which you would wish to change.{{ref|b|tes|day|2}} These stamps must be tested individually to make sure that each will take, and then networked together into a lattice on some external object. The lattice will be connected to the final stamp, which will act as a keystone for the other stamps, and will be the only one necessary to stamp. The lattice must maintain in contact with the skin of an individual to maintain it's effects.{{ref|b|tes|day|58}} A deep knowledge of the individual and the new history you wish to write is necessary to create the stamps for an Essence Mark.{{ref|b|tes|day|2}}
 
To create an Essence Mark, one must make hundreds of stamps, each one representing a small portion of the history or personality which you would wish to change.{{ref|b|tes|day|2}} These stamps must be tested individually to make sure that each will take, and then networked together into a lattice on some external object. The lattice will be connected to the final stamp, which will act as a keystone for the other stamps, and will be the only one necessary to stamp. The lattice must maintain in contact with the skin of an individual to maintain it's effects.{{ref|b|tes|day|58}} A deep knowledge of the individual and the new history you wish to write is necessary to create the stamps for an Essence Mark.{{ref|b|tes|day|2}}
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Essence Mark
Creators Forgers
World of Origin Sel

An Essence Mark is a particular type of soulstamp that is designed to Forge a person's memories, history, and soul for a brief period of time.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content Essence Marks are among the most powerful and most complex soulstamps a Forger can create.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content In realmatic terms, an Essence Mark reforges the spiritual aspect of an individual to match the new history.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

Essence Marks are considered blasphemy by a number of cultures, including the Grands of the Rose Empire, the Mulla'dil Strikers, and the Dzhamarians.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have contentCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

Construction & Use

Essence Marks are the most difficult type of soulstamps to create, typically requiring years worth of development and construction. is required to be attuned to a specific individual in order to function.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content When a human is soulstamped, the transformation lasts a relatively short period of time, and the best crafted stamps last approximately a day. This is due to the fact that the identity of a person, as opposed to an object, is constantly growing, changing and shifting.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content It may also be due to the fact that all humans are naturally invested with a small amount of investiture, and soulstamping utilizes relatively small amounts of investiture to work.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have contentCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content According to realmatic theory, reinvesting an invested object requires enough investiture to overcome the initial amount, plus enough extra to effect the change.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content[1]

To create an Essence Mark, one must make hundreds of stamps, each one representing a small portion of the history or personality which you would wish to change.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content These stamps must be tested individually to make sure that each will take, and then networked together into a lattice on some external object. The lattice will be connected to the final stamp, which will act as a keystone for the other stamps, and will be the only one necessary to stamp. The lattice must maintain in contact with the skin of an individual to maintain it's effects.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content A deep knowledge of the individual and the new history you wish to write is necessary to create the stamps for an Essence Mark.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

Known Essence Marks

Notes

  1. Broken reference - Missing date declaration: [[17s-7267:{{{2}}}|Do all the humans have innate Investiture?]]
    17th Shard forums - {{{date}}}[[Special: WhatLinksHere/Cite: 17S-7267/{{{2}}}|#]]
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