This is the "Info" section for your Masked Character! These are all attributes you will decide about your character in order for them to be added to the Masterlist: except for their "Title", which will chosen by you and added once your Masked reaches Level 3: Wanderer. These determine a few key points about. For more info on Titles and Names, Read HERE

 

Court: Seelie / Unseelie

Your Masked's court is revealed the moment they are transformed through the color of their Mask, which is an insight into the type of magic that courses innately through their soul and body. Seelie Masked have bright, light, and vividly colored Masks, while Unseelie Masked have dark, muted, and dimly colored Masks. The coloring of the rest of their bodies are not bound by this rule, and there are a few bright-bodied Unseelie and dark Seelie, though fairly rare.

 

The court your fae is a member of determines far more than just the color of their Mask however. It can also provide an interesting insight into their character, affinities, and it determines what kind of magic they can learn to wield, as Seelie fae are the only ones that can awaken Blessings, and Unseelie are the only ones that can awaken Curses.

 

The fae that seals the Masked cannot choose or ever fully know what court the Masked will be a part of, though the very old, powerful fae have often gained a keen insight into which court a particular being of Mundis might fall, and may attempt to use their Seals carefully to gain more powerful Masked to join their own courts.

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Original Form:

The original form of your Masked is what living being of Mundis they were before they were sealed and became fae. Your Masked will always be able to take their Mask off and resume the guise of this original form, though even when transformed, they will always be more, and will retain their magics and powers. They no longer age, but their original form may age, gain or lose weight, or become healthier or sicker in apearance in order to reflect the state of their magic and souls. Other Masked seem ageless despite their long years in both forms.

 

The original form of the Masked can never change. Once the species is determined, that is the form it takes forever. In addition, the Mask that seals them will be present in their original form as well, but not in the place in which it was sealed originally. For example, if their Mask was placed upon their face by the fae that sealed them, they will wear the Mask on their face in their Masked form, but might wear it upon their thigh, arm, back, trunk or any other place on their form. The Mask is always visible for all to see and magically cannot be hidden or stifled from view from any onlooker. When the Masked resumes their Masked form by putting their Mask onto the place where it was originally sealed, any clothing, jewelry, or adornments they are wearing that is not tempered with silver, a potent anti-magic metal, will be sealed by the Mask's magic into their original form until they resume it once more.

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Sealed By:

This is the fae that performed the Masked Seal on your Masked. You can choose to use any NPC that is available to be used as a Sealer. The Seelie and Unseelie King and Queen perform many of these Seals, as they have more magic power than most fae and are always actively seekng to strengthen their courts, and the ranks of the fae in general, to keep the fae courts from crumbling into fraility and eventual extinction. There is info on each NPCs page to help you make this decision and figure out which character you would want to serve as the origin for your own Masked.

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The other option is for you to choose to have your Seal be done by a player owned Masked character. Even if they are not yet of the level where they can perform Masked seals, they can still be your Masked's sealer, because sometimes lower leveled fae are capable of unexpected outbursts of magical power. If you choose this route, contact and get the permission to use the Player's Masked as a Sealer, and you can collaborate your backstory together!

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Date Sealed:

This is the year in which your charcter's Mask was sealed. It can be any year from the beginning of living beings living on earth, to the present. Try to pick an exact year even in the case of extremely ancient years. The year has to make sense with your Masked's Original form and the materials their Mask is made from canonically; a Mask made out of repurposed plastic scraps cannot belong to an ancient sea dwelling mollusk. You have a great deal of freedom here, so go wild!

 

NOTE: The fae that Seals your Masked must have existed before the date in which your Masked was created. For example, if your Masked original form was a dinosaur, you can't have their creator be a Masked that was created from a hippy in the sixties. Masked cannot travel back in time, and can only perform seals on those whose existence they lived to see. HOWEVER, it is okay for the Masked performing the seal to open up and explore their backstory or revise things to allow room for the Seal to have taken place; for example, if the Seal needs to have taken place in the year of 1984, the Masked performing the seal can create an entire backstory with your Masked on what they were doing that year and how they performed the Masked Seal to create your character.

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Favored Ecosystem:

This is the type of ecosystem that is favored by and most comfortable for your Masked character. It may be the ecosystem in which they lived as a creative of Mundis prior to their becoming fae, or it may be a place in which their new fae body is particularly adapted and skilled in navigating. When your Masked character is in this ecosystem type, no matter where they are in the world, they will have certain advantages and will be more skilled in navigating the terrain of that ecosystem. 

 

Pick one ecosystem type, and be as specific as possible, both because it is more interesting, and because ecosystems in general can be extremely broad categories, and only become more clear with specificity. For example, instead of simply choosing "Desert" for your Masked Favored ecosystem, what type of Desert ecosystem do they prefer? A Rain shadow desert? Tropical Desert? Coastal Desert? Polar Desert? Provide specific details to flesh out your character and their preferences.

 

NOTE: You can choose to change your character's Favored Ecosystem whenever you unlock a Transmutation with NYX to change your Masked's fae form in any way, large or small.

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Title:

Once your Masked gains enough EXP to reach Level 3: Wanderer, they will earn their Title. Unlike their name, which sticks with them forever, unchanging and linked irrevokably to their magic and being, a fae's Title is usually given or used by those around them to speak of them without knowing or giving away their true name, though sometimes especially fearless, brash, or foolish fae allow their true names to be included in their Titles. Other times, this is spread by their enemies out of malicious intent, to strip away the very protections the Title was traditionally supposed to offer.

 

The use of a Title in fae society often has a connotation of respect of some kind, even if it is derisive. The Title can be mocking, honoring, disparaging, or communicate fear, hatred, disgust, or awe. A fae can only hold claim to a single Title at a time, but when they hold it, it is theirs and cannot be used by other fae to avoid confusion. Usually Titles consist of multiple words or even entire phrases, though this isn't always the case. A Title can be revised or replaced over time with a new more fitting one as the fae gains levels and renown or notoriety. Choosing your Masked's Title carefully is a great way of considering what the fae say of your character, or else what your character has told others of themselves and is repeated. The fae love using wordplay to communicate something brief yet powerful about others and themselves.