#ravenmask

[quaelgeist333]

it's 1 am but I got beamed with an idea and had to do it

do we fw raven with longer hair?

og for ref

[quaelgeist333]

Sometimes i forget ravenmask is canonically transmasc and they weren't just popped out non binary

Like this plague doctor esque character who makes new medicine mixes by using pret blood whose actually really chill makes his own kitty cat hrt

[shug-the-gawd]

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[zespheus]

I’m sorry I haven’t posted in such a long time 😭😭

[the-masked-lands]

The Worship of Multiple Gods

   Whilst many people devote themselves to one god, no god is truly all-encompasing of anyones life. It doesn’t matter how much of a mercenary you are, you’re still touched by the laws of the Lion, it doesn’t matter how grand your line or how noble your house, even the lion is housed by the architecture of the bug.      However, rather than simply paying homage to or having a respect for other masks which simply have a place in their life, some people actively worship mutliple masks, a potentially fraught existence. When you not only respect, but truly WORSHIP multiple gods, you must pay respects to them and wear their mask on holy days and during celebrations. However, to snub one in favor of the other is a potentially lethal mistake, and definitively a grave one.     So, rather than simply wearing one mask or the other, you need to create and wear a mask that celebrates and has features of your multiple Masked Gods, for instance if you are a devotee of both the moth and the raven, perhaps a tailor who creates enchanted clothing, you would need to have elements of both the Raven Mask and the Moth Mask in yours. One possibility is to a black beak with feathers white feathers, or black feathers made out of silk.       However, it is also known that wearing a mask is no simple thing. It is not like wearing a necklace with a metal symbol attached, when you wear a mask of a god you are wearing a Direct Conduit to that god, they will see what you see, and hear what you think. And they will know who you are. And, if you are wearing the mask of a god you do not worship, or if you are wearing a mask your god finds to be insulting, you are wearing a Direct Conduit of their Wrath on your face.It is not illegal to wear another gods mask, specifically because no mortal court is faster than an angry deity with a direct connection to the source of their anger.     Another thing of note however is that not all gods are accepted, and whilst it is not always illegal, it is almost always dangerous  to wear a mask dedicated to the Vulture Masked. And it is known that there are those who worship them within society, somehow staying a secret. How they manage to do such a thing when the gods would punish them for wearing a false mask and the people would punish them for wearing a true one is a mystery.

[the-masked-lands]

Thurgeons and the rise of Arcanists

Before the War of the Masks, and even throughout most of it, arcane magic as it is practiced by Wizards was extremely rare, and magical understanding was quite rare. However that doesn’t mean there was no arcane magic.  Thurgeons practiced an Art somewhere between wizardry, alchemy, and technology. They would combine certain materials with rituals and bronze machinations to create potent magical items, different from what magic is made in the modern day.  Thurgeons would practice openly, sharing their secrets in stadeums with audiences watching them perform their rites and rituals, but still the level of precision necessary to create their magics was beyond what most could do, to the point that most who would become wizard had been unable to practice their Art. 

Thurgeonic Artifacts: Spell-flinger: A bronze aperatus which was filled with Magicked glass plates. It would feel the vibration in the stone or wood beneath it and if it were not similiar to the vibrations caused by the footsteps it had been set for it would fling a Magicked glass disk, which would either cast a potent spell or simply slice into them, depending on the preference of the crafting Thurgeon.  Panaceac Filter:  A series of silver filters placed in a geometric patter inside of a flask, which has runes placed on the inside of it, it would purify any liquid placed within, turning almost anything into pure water, though it does not destroy the toxic or poisonous substances, it simply congregates them to the bottom of the flask, meaning that eventually they become useless as they have no more room for new stored liquids.  Mirror of Mana: A simple looking silver hand-mirror, backed with Bronze. Anything reflected by this mirror will have its magical auras made visible, though certain individuals will have their image within the mirror distorted for unknown reasons. 

Milton’s Menagerie of Metal Men: a chess set made out of bronze and black bronze, when the moves are said aloud by the one sitting on the respective side the pieces will move on their own, and a piece that is captured will sink into the board. When a game is completed through a victory (not through a forfeiting or any other form of the game ending) the pieces that are sunk into the board will rise back out of it, and all the pieces will return to their original places.

Rise of the Arcanists: During the War of the Masks the champion of the Raven Mask began to codify the laws of magic, and managed to simplify the Arcane to the point that spells could be cast through gestures and with relatively common material componants and simple and short utterances.   Arcane magic used in this manner allows for the useage of cantrips and low level spells, and allows their use relatively often, but while it lowers the threshold necessary to use it, it also lowers the heights you can reach.  

Thurgeons, for a time, resisted the simplification of their practices, but when it became clear near the end of the war that they were outnumbered they slowly began to give in.  In modern times it is rare for anyone to practice Thurgeonic magics, but the Art is kept alive by the Hiigh priests and priesesses of the Raven Masked. Do to their rarity Thurgeonic artifacts have become extremely valuable.

[the-masked-lands]

The Raven Masked

The god of magic, knowledge, fate, and strategy. They are the god most commonly worshipped by wizards, scholars, generals, and those members of the nobility who set themselves apart as intellectuals, rather than through feats of honor or combat. They have a position of prominance in them asked pantheon, and whilst they are not beloved by the other masked gods, they are universaly respected, though it is uncertain if they are bound to fate while able to see its paths, or if they can see the pahts of fate and nudge which one comes to be. When one of the gods requires council on what course of action to take, they go first to the Raven Masked. 

Favored Race: elves, half elves Favored Class: wizard, sorcerer Favored Oaths: Ancients, Vengeance Domains: Knowledge, Arcane, light Favored weapon: Wand, staff Favored Stat: Intelligience, Wisdom.

The Raven Masked god played a confusing role in the War of the Masks, and it is known that their First Champion was able to see paths of fate even without their guidance. In some battles the Raven Masked would send their magic in aide of the Lion Champion’s armies, and in others they would give wise council and strategy to the Vulture’s champion, or give false information allowing them to escape.

[embercraftcreations]

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