toh theory: eda’s destruction/decay magic can be used to destroy coven sigils—and she destroyed darius and eberwolf’s sigils during eda’s requiem
that’s why darius thinks that eda can be used to counteract the draining spell on the day of unity—he knows for a fact that she can get rid of the coven brands, which would ruin belos’s plan.
darius was completely covered by eda’s magic, and we don’t see it clearly, but eberwolf’s hands/arms (where their coven brand would be) were likely also hit
meanwhile raine ended the spell before it could get to their arms, hence why their brand wasn’t destroyed and kikimora was able to use it against them later
Cool Aunt Lilith doesn’t seem to have a coven brand either, even though she was the head witch of the Emperor’s Coven, and I doubt he just like. removed her brand after she betrayed him. so her brand could have been destroyed when she took half the curse from Eda.
and this might be an animation error, but guess who else had bare forearms in a recent ep?
(murdered by the last ep and raeda specifically) (ID: First image shows Eda and Raine with their foreheads pressed together. Eda has her hand on Raine’s cheek and both of them are smiling gently. The second image shows Raine in the same position, but Eda is gone and their expression is somber. The third shows Raine standing alone on the parapets of the Emperor’s castle, staring up at a starry sunset.)
