kathrine was born with it and the people didn't have any knowledge of empiremarks and immediately branded it as a curse, she was pushed away until the mark actually contained a curse of lonelyness

shelby wasn't born with magical powers however at the witch academy it's possible for non-magicals to become witches through a ritual, but it usually is very unstable and flimsy if done incorrectly

pix's mark is mostly related to another hc of mine and it helps his mind to not get lost in the past hc below https://t.co/4v8eQUNN2z

this but with sausage, joel and hermes

they're trying their best