soulmark

Noun

 * 1)  A mark on a character's body identifying their soulmate(s); the physical manifestation of a character's soulbond.
 * 2) * 2018, Malin Brus, "'I Don't Think We've Been Formally Introduced?": Re-contextualising a Literary Model for First Meetings through Adaptation Theory and Fan Fiction", dissertation submitted to the University of Gothenburg, page 21:
 * In the fan fiction adaptation, Someone_aka_me uses the same lines to forge a connection between Alec and Magnus, both figuratively (putting both characters in the same scene and having them react to and impact each other) and literally (this particular piece of fan fiction introduces an alternative plotline in which Magnus’s words activate a soulbond between them, as they match a pre-existing soulmark imprinted on Alec’s skin).
 * 1) * 2018, Malin Brus, "'I Don't Think We've Been Formally Introduced?": Re-contextualising a Literary Model for First Meetings through Adaptation Theory and Fan Fiction", dissertation submitted to the University of Gothenburg, page 21:
 * In the fan fiction adaptation, Someone_aka_me uses the same lines to forge a connection between Alec and Magnus, both figuratively (putting both characters in the same scene and having them react to and impact each other) and literally (this particular piece of fan fiction introduces an alternative plotline in which Magnus’s words activate a soulbond between them, as they match a pre-existing soulmark imprinted on Alec’s skin).