Talk:Zhukov/@comment-30186325-20161009212738/@comment-1500935-20161010001303

Like Mankoi1701 said. He probably never met the Outsider (and never refers to him), but the knife might have enough power within it to grant the ability to mark people.

On the nature of his powers, I'll add that runes can be carved too, and it's possible that what he calls charms can also be runes. One of them "unlocked" his ability to blink through mirrors, "a power that was already within [him], a reflection of [his] own will". The powers of bonecharms are not proper to a specific user.