Masque

## Masque, The Puppeteer

An artists rendition of the Masque's humanoid form.

### Power(s)

Innate Darkwraith, Transformation, Regeneration, Camouflage, Memory Manipulation, Shape-Shifting, Power Mimicry

## Status

### Affiliation

Archangels, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Himself

## Other

### Character Theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As23YZntpGo

> *"I speak of Masque, Devourer o' Man and Mer! To behold them is to know pain and torment unparalleled!" ~ The Fallen Angels, Litharu Reliquary, c. 775.*
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***Masque, The Puppeteer*** was one of Charlemagne of Mourne's most trusted advisors and generals, having existed long before the rise of Humanity and even participated in and survived the War In Heaven. Masque was ruthlessly and brutal in combat, gaining the moniker of the *Ceaseless Devourer* and *Soul Collector* for their grotesque fetish of consuming living victims whole and storing their essence within their mask. When desired, Masque would choose from their collection of Soul Essence to embody a creature such as a Void Dragon, during the Battle of Roethsburg. They, along with Charlemagne and Charlemagne's brother and son, Vorugal of Mourne and a fourth unnamed Archangel, the Vileblooded Prince. These four beings formed the Four Horsemen of the Anthem. The figures who primarily lead the Archangels under Deus and his angelic forces before their betrayal of the Allfather, brutally executing Dues in an atrocity that would come to be known as The Great Sin.

## Appearance

The Masque's true body is its signature mask, Sin's Visage. The Sin's Visage resembles an antique porcelain mask which boasts extravagant golds and other ornate markings. Though when they desire, Masque manifests as a looming figure draped in black, their bodies wreathed in shadow and malice.

Masque's form is typically dependent upon the host in which it inhabits, though their bodies are not limited to their hosts.

## Personality

Masque takes great pleasure in the act of corrupting minds, bending the soul and spirit to their will. The sickly desire to conquer one's free will drives Masque on

## History

The Gremorian Academy Massacre - Sin's Visage was present during the Academy Massacre, having been worn around the waist of then-unknown Chance as he survived the school onslaught. Chance placed the mask on following the Orphans daring escape to New Amber.

Greenland Excursion - Masque provided

## Items

*Items linked to or associated with the character.*

**Sin's Visage -** A Legendary Artifact, worn by Chance briefly during the Greenland Ark. The vessel in which Masque exists through, originally a large fragment of an ancient dragons horn after *Varik the Furious* had sundered it from atop the beasts brow in a mighty battle prior to the War in heaven. Master Artificer Corinth took the largest fragment of the shattered horn and forged it into a masterfully crafted Venetian styled mask to capture the entity that would become Masque within.

Bestows its wearer with

## Trivia

* Masque and the idea of darkwraiths originated from a character created by Loaf for Darkened Dawn. Masque was originally known as Khelan, and primarily existed as an incredibly powerful mask that could manifest a shadowy form at will. DD Khelan was pretty lit.
* Brought back Darkened Dawn Khelan bitches.

## Statistics

### Destructive Capacity

7/10 (Base) 9.5/10 (Void dragon Empowered)

### Durability

~7.5/11 (Base) 9.5/10 (Void dragon Empowered)