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It's 1950. Five years into his job at Borgin and Burkes, not much breaks the monotony of Tom’s days aside from a few murders of opportunity here and there. Which is why Tom is immediately intrigued when he wakes up and discovers a mysterious tattoo—shaped in the form of stag antlers—inked into his lower stomach.
There is a pattern of dark ink along Tom’s navel, starting at the crease of his hips and extending up to his lower ribs. It’s a curious kind of twisting, branching pattern, almost like the bare branches of a tree in winter.
Stag antlers, Tom realizes after studying the pattern for a moment more from his upside-down perspective. From the Cervus elaphus species of deer, the largest land mammal in Britain. Crushed into a fine powder, it is often used as a key ingredient in various regenerative draughts and potions that rely on the property of luck.
The artistry is immaculate: every line clean and even, each stroke sharp and precise.