Lore: Masks of Dii Consentes

Secondary Abilities

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 Lexu

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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.

Rumor has it that the Masks were made by the sculptor Phidias.

It is believed that Masks were discovered in Pompeii by Octavio Cassano.

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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You have heard of the Magus Ars Lexus.

You know that Phidias was a Mage.

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 millenia 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

You think that the Masks all have latent psychic abilities to speak to their wearer.

You have heard that a sculptor by the name of Torenus created a series of Masks based on the Titans.

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You know who makes up the Maiorem Quattuo.

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 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.

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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.

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You know that a Bastet was sacrificed to Apollo's Mask, and that is what created it's powerful personality.