Talk:Zhukov/@comment-30186325-20161009212738/@comment-4035211-20161010000049

Agreed. Zhukov seems to be something of an unreliable narrator. If I recall correctly, he had said earlier in the book that he had dreams over a period of time that lead to instruction from the outsider. What we see later is that he learned how to make bone charms as soon as he found the knife. Given his total reliance on bone charms, and his statement of having carved the mark into his own hand, it seems most likely that he is not marked. Furthermore, it's hard to say if he ever actually encounted the Outsider or not. His powers seem more linked to the Great Burning, which would presumably pre-date the Outsider as the Void's new representative entity.