


The Moon not only absorbs organic material, but appears to absorb fragments of the planet as well. Once the Convergence begins, the necrotic flesh of both Necromorphs and dead tissue within the Markers' reach are flung into the stratosphere, where they begin to form together into a new Moon. However, the signal has another function: it can alter necrotic tissue on the molecular level, causing corpses to reanimate and become Necromorphs.Īfter a Necromorph infestation has claimed the majority of a planet's population, many Markers on the planet will initiate a Convergence Event-the birth of a Brethren Moon. Because of this, along with the fact that the Markers' signal represents a source of apparently limitless electromagnetic energy, intelligent species are driven to create Marker copies-Red Markers-that are then inevitably distributed throughout their territory. This signal manifests either as dementia or as a compulsion to replicate Markers through artificial means. The Markers broadcast an electromagnetic signal, originating from the Moons themselves, that mentally affects intelligent beings. It is unknown if the Moons specifically target worlds that show promise for intelligent life, or, as theorized by the Unitologist leader Jacob Danik, if the Markers are actually responsible for encouraging the evolution of intelligent species. The Moons consume new worlds by sending out Black Markers, which travel through space and impact planets in the case of Earth, the Black Marker was carried inside an asteroid that struck the Yucatan Peninsula around 65 million years B.C.E. The Brethren Moons, though their origins are unknown, are a series of moon-sized creatures throughout the galaxy that consume all organic life that they encounter through the use of their Markers.
