Every scar has a story, and your body tells many tales.
Jagged Scar Running from Eye to Jaw: "A guy at the Rolling Rock Alehouse got in a lucky shot with a broken whisky bottle."
Raking Scars Down Arm and Chest: "Yeah, turns out this girl I was seeing was actually a werewolf."
Huge Halfmoon Scar on Forearm: "Damn shark man got a bite out of me."
Ragged Circle Scar on Stomach: "See this? A salamander stuck me with a flaming spear. You haven't felt pain until you've had a yard of burning metal shoved into your guts."
Serrated Scar on Brow: "The lich said 'run' and I ran - right into its sarcophagus. Knocked me silly, but the pain washed away the fear."
Half-Healed Scar on Palm: "When I grabbed that demon, it burned my hand with hellish cold fire. The damn thing still hasn't healed! Sometimes, when I wake from a nightmare I can't remember, the wound is oozing a strange, green fluid..."
Mystery Scar: "It's something I want to forget and you don't want to know about."
Jagged Scar Running from Eye to Jaw: "A guy at the Rolling Rock Alehouse got in a lucky shot with a broken whisky bottle."
Raking Scars Down Arm and Chest: "Yeah, turns out this girl I was seeing was actually a werewolf."
Huge Halfmoon Scar on Forearm: "Damn shark man got a bite out of me."
Ragged Circle Scar on Stomach: "See this? A salamander stuck me with a flaming spear. You haven't felt pain until you've had a yard of burning metal shoved into your guts."
Serrated Scar on Brow: "The lich said 'run' and I ran - right into its sarcophagus. Knocked me silly, but the pain washed away the fear."
Half-Healed Scar on Palm: "When I grabbed that demon, it burned my hand with hellish cold fire. The damn thing still hasn't healed! Sometimes, when I wake from a nightmare I can't remember, the wound is oozing a strange, green fluid..."
Mystery Scar: "It's something I want to forget and you don't want to know about."
— Dungeons & Dragons, Player's Handbook II, 3.5th Edition
Here, this is where she cut her leg on an ancient barbed-wire fence as a child. This is the mark left over from a shuttle accident when she was just an ensign. Those white lines across Kathryn's back are best forgotten; they're the history of a Cardassian prison where everything is unspeakable.
— A Kiss On The Body Electric, a Star Trek: Voyager Slash Fic by Jane St Clair.
Around 100 years after King Dorephan ascended to the throne, a stray Guardian crossed Upland Zorana into our domain. The Guardian seemed unstoppable. Our best soldiers' spears barely left a scratch on its metal hull. It was then that our King Dorephan, without a thought for his own safety, came out to face the Guardian himself. With supernatural strength, he lifted the Guardian and hurled it into a ravine. The impact of the fall left the Guardian in pieces, and it was never to trouble another Zora ever again. The citizens celebrated the king's valor. From then on, their trust and respect for him grew beyond compare. You can still see the scar he earned that day on his forehead - a token of his triumph.
— "King Dorephan Stands His Ground," The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
And, as you can see, that vicious wound you made with your shield has almost repaired itself completely.
— Herr Kleiser, The Ultimates
Heck, I still can't believe we didn't nail Wolverine, boys. You have no idea how much I've been lookin' forward to takin' that piece o' trash apart for giving me this freakin' ugly scar. You know that girl I been seeing up in Maine still can't kiss me with her eyes open?
— Wraith, Ultimate X Men
Gina: Do you think some day, just once, you could come back in the same shape that you left?
Ray: You don't like my scars?
Gina: (kisses scar) I don't mind the scars...I just don't like the stories they tell.
So many scars, so much history...
— The Sleeper, The Desert Storm
One-eyed veteran: I lost this eye in Haiti. I was drinking a Mai Tai, and I forgot to take the little parasol out.
Abe: That's not a war story! I'll tell ya a war story!
— "Simpson Tide", The Simpsons
Hans: I have stalked and killed a huge rogue elephant, a ferocious Bengal tiger, and once, Mr Smart...once Mr Smart.... [touching the scar on his forehead] Have you ever heard of the great white rhino?
Max: That was done by the great white rhino?
Hans: No. This was done by a small blue convertible.
— Get Smart, "Island of the Darned"
