Marks caused by an assailant are often vertically or obliquely placed, while defensive marks from a victim trying to remove hands from their own neck are typically horizontal.
In many myths, fate is spun by hands. The Stranglenails represent the moment the thread becomes a noose. handsmother stranglenails
He watched his fingers flex slowly. They were capable and steady, molded by years of her lessons and the high expectations she had set. He felt the weight of that legacy now, a heavy anchor in the sea of dusty light. Marks caused by an assailant are often vertically
: She may serve as the "Muscle" or the "Stalker" within a coven of hags, specializing in retrieving specific items or individuals from the material plane. handsmother stranglenails