Marking Type: Normal Marking
Rarity: Common
Scorch Marks are natural dark rounded spots that can appear on part or all of the Rukaan's body. These spots are often similar to canine Dalmatian spots or Bend'Or spots in horses.
Scorch Marks can appear as round or slightly irregular ovals with some minor variation in size and shape. All scorch marks must be the same color and opacity, but they do not have to be completely opaque. They do not have to be equally dense over the whole body, and do not have to be symmetrical.
Scorch marks can occur anywhere on the body, though they are less likely to occur on the lower legs.
Scorch marks can occur minimally with only 2 or 3 medium sized spots occurring.
Scorch marks can cover the whole body.
Various Expressions of Scorch Marks
Sharp Edges
Scorch Marks should always be hard edged.
Scorch Marks will always be darker than what they sit above or black. The spots may become slightly more saturated than the base coat but should always be a similar coloring.
All scorch marks must be the same color and opacity. Scorch Marks can be slightly transparent, showing through variations in color underneath them.
Slightly Darker Than Base
Slightly Transparent with Underlying Color Variation Visible
Scorch marks will always be round, oval-like spots. The density and size can vary and do not have to be distributed evenly over the body.
Scorch marks can form clumps, but should not resemble rosettes, animal paw prints or other shapes. Scorch marks can touch but cannot be so dense that they merge or are not distinguishable as individual spots.
This marking has no effect on skin color. Use a normal, undiluted flesh color.
Eye color is not affected by this gene.
Effect on Metal and Gemstone elements: None
Effect on Ancient element: None
Scorch Marks may flow with the direction of the fur on coat types with longer hair.
Scorch Marks on the neck flow with the direction of the longer hairs.
Scorch Marks with Champagne
Color Modifiers
Color modifiers can, but do not have to, change the color of this marking.
Blue can give them a blue color
Wine can give them a lilac purple color
Champagne can give them a brown or golden color
Olive can give them a mossy green color
Grey will affect all lightening and darkening markings and desaturate/lighten them to the same extent that it desaturates/lightens the base coat. Grey can but does not have to fade or soften the edges of hard edged lightening and darkening markings. Darkening markings can be lightened by grey but will remain darker than what they sit over.
Tint can change the color of this marking to a color from any color palette in the species
White Markings usually go over this marking. Optionally, scorch marks can appear over white markings, forming spots like belton markings in dogs or ermine spots in horses. All other markings can go over or under.
Spotted Markings like Leopard Appaloosa, Blanket Appaloosa, Snowflake Appaloosa, Fawn and Dapple can be scattered together with Scorch Marks.
Dark markings can blend together. When combined with sharp-edged dark markings (such as black accents or wilde) or other black markings (like points), scorch marks can blend into these markings at the edges if they are the same color.
Scorch Marks with Black Accents
Scorch Marks with Points
The marking follows the patterns of Dalmation spots in dogs or Bend'Or spots in horses.
When occurring over white markings, the marking can mimic piebald belton spots in dogs or tobiano with belton spots in horses. (Note that the terminology for these spots is variable and not universal.) However, they do not have to be the exact color that lies underneath the white marking.