The Masked God embodies dread, different to the more immediate and visceral terror of Malice. It feeds on paranoia, existential fear and the fear of the unknown, making it nearly as incomprehensible as Tzeentch. Its minions, mortal and immortal are adept at blending in with their victims, slowly wearing them down from within, and then striking at their weakest moment. The Masked God smiles upon those who can play mind games with their foes, or make them turn against each other out of fear. Its holy color is dark amber, and its holy number isn't known but is suspected to be theoretical.
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An avatar seen on Hive Eupraxis in M32. Gang warfare, the tension and politics of the underhive and the brutality and oppression of their betters allows a cell of the Masked Cult to invent an avatar of the God, the Skin-Thief, and popularize it as an urban legend. The idea of the Skin-Thief, an unstoppable killer in the Underhive gave birth to an avatar of the God, in the form of a humanoid in aristocratic outfit, stalking the shadows of the Hive. This avatar was notable for draining it's victims of their organs, before wearing their skin and appearing to become them. The entity quickly multiplied exponentially via some form of abominable mitosis. Within months, the planet had torn itself apart in the throws of paranoia, as the Masked God's hand descended as a plague of nearly invisible serial killers. This avatar has been sighted on different hive worlds even in M41.
This unknown contagion, after analysis of the Ordo Malleus, was confirmed to have been a microscopic avatar of the Masked God. Manifesting as a malignant packet of diseased DNA, this plague wiped out several planets before it was caught. Believed to be a collaboration between Nurgle and the Masked God, the disease transforms its victims into flesh-eating sociopaths, though with no outward symptoms, making it very difficult to detect. This disease is believed to be still at large.
An entity manifesting for a very specific purpose, the Blank Maiden must be specifically summoned to do its grisly work. The ritual for its summoning is difficult to perform, requiring the blood of a person who died of fright to coat a full-length mirror. When the arcane poem is performed, the avatar of the Masked God appears behind the summoner's reflection as a gaunt, faceless girl wrapped in sallow, yellowing robes. The Blank Maiden is a death sentence, one that can be inflicted on any other being in the same plane of existence by speaking their name before her. The victim begins seeing her face in reflective surfaces as the entity draws closer and closer in the Warp, before it claims them, body and soul, dragging them into a mirror and devouring them.
Strangers are the Masked God's Lesser Demons, malignant pockets of perversity given life and freedom. Each one is a shapeshifter, and is capable of blending into mortal society, appearing differently to each onlooker. The Daemon always looks subtly uncanny, however, and when they drop their disguise, they look like nightmarish parodies of the onlooker's species, with mishmashed features and elongated, disproportionate limbs. While disguised, Strangers are uniquely capable of surviving for extended periods in the Materium, making them excellent spies and assassins.
Carcosa was once a city, believed to be the first city in which the Masked God was fully summoned. The description of the place is detailed in all incarnations of The Amber King, obviously making it somewhat difficult to recover. After being consumed by a swirling vortex of Warp energy, the city has become the small pocket dimension that the Masked God claims dominion over in the Warp.
The Masked God seeks neutrality in the Great Game, being uninterested in politics or enemies with other Gods of Chaos. Because each god of Chaos is unknowable in their nature, and terrifying to mere mortals, the Masked God gladly lends his support to any God that it benefits from working with. The Masked God and its servants aid all of Chaos evenly, and quietly build power as they harvest fear, with none to stop them.
After finishing up her B.Sc and B.Ed in 2009, Amber moved to the U.S.A from Canada. Drawn in by dreams of climbing perfect cracks and exploring new areas, she found herself in a few new places like Utah, Washington, and Arizona. When getting to the San Juans of Southwest Colorado - she found home. Along her journey she discovered trail running as a new found love. Completing her first half-marathon, full-marathon, and ultra-marathon within one year, she continues her education in becoming an endurance athlete. When taking a rest day, she can be found playing with her pack raft or split boarding in the backcountry. When she is working , you can find her tinkering with experiments as a high school science teacher.
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