The Unfortunate TRUTH Behind The Sun Pirate's Mark

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The point was to change the mark into something they can be proud of. Even if it wasn't to cover the mark of a slave, it would still represent a pirate crew that rebels against them, so the government would hate them either way.

[@twistedwolf8422]

Another similarity you can make is because Nika is the warrior of liberation and god of the sun they used his marking of the Sun to give them freedom from the pain the Celestial Dragons placed upon them