This line comes from Shadows of Evil, the zombies map included with Call of Duty: Black Ops III when the game launched in 2015. Set in a rain-soaked, 1940s-inspired city overrun by the undead, the map leaned heavily into occult ritual and doomed protagonists, and the warning about bearing the mark became one of its most recognisable spoken moments. As Black Ops zombies clips spread through gameplay videos and short-form edits, the line was lifted out of its original context and reused as a dramatic sting for bad luck, cursed choices, and doomed runs.