Lore: Masks of Dii Consentes
This lore deals with the Masks of Dii Consentes, and their various personalities and powers.
Possessed By: Exotic Arcane Art Dealers, Tremere, Followers of the Path of Lilith, Mage Scholars of Roman History
Possible Specializations: Masks by Phidias, Masks by Torenus, The Maiorem Quattuor, Magus Ars Lexus
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You have heard that there are Masks fashioned with the likenesses of Gods that grant abilities to their wearers.
Most references about the Masks say that they date from the Early Roman Empire.
It is believed that each Mask is tied to a separate God.
It is said the Masks are made of valuable substances.
You know that the Masks grant powers to the wearer.
It is believed that Masks were discovered in Pompeii by Octavio Cassano. (After 1858)
You have heard that there are Masks of Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Ceres, Minerva, Apollo, Dianna, Venus, Vulcan, Mercury, Vesta, and Bacchus.
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Rumor has it that the Masks were made by the sculptor Phidias.
You know that the Masks grant not just powers to the wearer, but a link to the deity it was made for.
You know that the magic used by the Mask is finite, and must be replenished.
You know that several groups have spent millennia looking for the Masks.
You know that the Masks Cassano discovered vanished when he died.
You know that the there was a vampiric group in Pompeii known as the Keepers of the Masks.
You have heard of the The Altar of Di Consentes.
You have heard that there are four Masks more powerful than the others. They are known as the Maiorem Quattuo.
You think that the Masks all have latent psychic abilities to speak to their wearer.
You have heard rumors that a sculptor by the name of Torenus created a series of Masks based on the Titans. These Masks are of Hades, Rhea (The Magna Mater), and Saturn.
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You know that Phidias was a Mage.
You have heard of the Magus Ars Lexus, authored by Phidius.
You know who makes up the Maiorem Quattuo. (Apollo, Iannus, Vesta, and Juno)
You have heard the names of the Keepers.
You know that the conjunction of three Masks in the same place caused the eruption of Pompeii.
You know that Phidias wrote the Magus Ars Lexus in a diary or history fashion of his experiment in creating the Masks.
You know that there were Masks not created by Phidias.
You know that blood sacrifice strengthens the personality of the God linked to the Mask.
You know that the Altar Di Consentes was created to charge the Masks without strengthening the God who it is linked with.
You know that the Masks all have latent psychic abilities to speak to their wearer.
You know that Vebronus Alexus Torenus created a series of Masks based on the Titans.
You think that the Masks can be destroyed.
You think that the Masks can Possess their wearers with time.
You have heard that the Masks of Phidias have ties to the Wyld and the Fae.
You believe that the Masks create ways to return to the hands of mankind. Not only are you thinking that the Masks have links to the Gods, but that the Gods use them to achieve unknown ends.
You have reason to believe that Phidias was accused of having consort with agents of the Titans. Records exist that show he was accused of being a senior procurator tenebris. His final fate was to be knocked out and drowned in full daylight.
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You know that Apollo actually works against Vampiric rule.
You surmise that the goal of the Masks is to bring back the Old Religion.
You think that the Masks use their link to create Scions, children of the Gods.
You know that Blood Sacrifice will repair damage to a Mask.
You know that the Original charge of the Keepers of the Masks was to hide them in various places around the world to keep mankind controllable.
You surmise that anything stronger than a human sacrifice causes truly unpredictable results from the Mask.
You think that the Masks also have connections with the Fae.
You think that any vampire the wears a Mask does not remain a vampire. They are fundamentally changed. As dynamic agents of change, the effects are varied and unpredictable.
You know that when Phidias was killed he was trying to get each Mask to the Altar in order to break it's tie to Olympus.
You have reason to believe that the Keepers of the Masks had Phidias arrested and killed.
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You know that a Bastet was sacrificed to Apollo's Mask, and that is what created it's powerful personality.
You know that the Magna Mater has not only given life back to it's host, but that the host has conceived Scions.
