Blackfeather Woods Ward of the Shadows

The hybrid shrugged, but that was not even close to being enough information for Damien. The only way Damien thought this could be explained was that Quiet, unknowingly, had been taught the marks by someone from Nightmare Elm, perhaps the shadow king himself. There were a lot of questions bouncing in his head, but he decided not to voice them.

"There are definitely other branches of the brotherhood," Damien clarified, "Potema left looking for one that could teach her the ways of our priests, without Mother we don't have that knowledge," he said fighting back the melancholy for the sake of the conversation. "But these are not property of the Dark Brotherhood. They were brought to Blackfeather Woods by one of the first wolves my mother named a Dark Brother. His name was Slade, and I believe he was the only one with knowledge of the shadowmarks." he said, looking at Quiet suspiciously. Could her mentor have been Slade? They would probably never know.

"There's nine of them," Damien said putting his questions aside once again, and one by one he drew them in the ground with one of his sharp claws as he explained their meaning...

I'm lazy, see here!

... "There are still some of them drawn around the forest, but I'm afraid no one besides me and my brother, and maybe Kove, know their meaning." finished Damien with thoughtful eyes. "Perhaps it is time to bring them back..."