Legends said the jar contained the ghost of the first king——who had torn off his own face to wear the mask of a god. The mask granted dominion over phantoms, but the price was identity. Thorn became a screaming void inside his own armor, and his loyal court mages sealed his essence in a clay jar painted with eyes that never closed.
He put it on.
Zarath laughed. “You fool. The mask doesn’t hide your face. It shows you every face you’ve ever failed.” Heroes Lore 4 Phantasmal Mask Jar
“I can teach you to seal the mask forever,” Thorn said. “But you must wear it once. Just once. Long enough to look into its void and refuse it. That is the only way to lock its power: prove that a true soul can reject the lie of infinite faces.” Legends said the jar contained the ghost of