The moon will not only absorb organic tissue, it will also absorb parts of the planet itself and it helps make its colossal moon-sized appearance.
The signal however, also serves another purpose alter necrotic tissue on a molecular level and cause the reanimation of corpses into becoming horrific creatures known as Necromorphs.Īfter the Necromorphs have infested most of the planet's population, many Markers will ignite a signal and begin a Convergence event, an event in which living, dead, and Necromorph tissue is merged together to form a single entity and flies into the stratosphere of the Marker where they begin to fuse and ultimately form a new Brethren Moon making Convergence the birthing process for the entire species. Because of the power s of the Markers and how much energy that they individually hold, there's been attempts to replicate Markers and research and harvest them as a means of providing an energy resource to meet high demands such as the Red Marker on Earth following the depletion of natural resources by the 23rd Century. The signal greatly effects the natives mentally and manifests itself in other organic beings as dementia or a complusion and desire to create new Markers through artificial methods, such as the Red Marker created by humanity in replication to the original Black Marker. It's also possible that the Markers themselves were responsible for the evolution of intelligent life on Earth as theorized by Unitologist militant, Jacob Danik.Īfter landing on a planet, the Markers will let out an electromagnetic signal originating from the Brethren Moons themselves and use it to atract the attention of any species native to the planet that they've landed on. It's unknown if the Brethren Moon knew that intelligent life existed on Earth and sent the Markers there or if they simply sent them in any direction across space.
Earth was one such world where a Marker landed on the planet 65 million years ago in prehistoric times and wouldn't be discovered until the early 23rd Century. Markers are created and sent throughout the universe and land on various worlds throughout the known universe. What is known is that they are a species of moon-sized creatures based throughout the known universe that consume all known life on various worlds that they come across using the signals and powers of the Markers. The true origins and source of the Brethren Moon remain a mystery as it remains unknown where they truly came from.