Uncommon · Funerary Mask (wondrous item) · AttunementIts story
This palm-sized funerary mask is fashioned from thin electrum, with lapis lazuli eyes and a hinged backing shaped to rest against the face. Its features are blank and serene, but in reflected light they seem to shift subtly toward the viewer's expression. A loop of black linen, stiff with age, is knotted through its edge.
Lore
In Serekh, masks were believed to help the dead pass safely through the halls beyond the grave. This one was made for the living, allowing its wearer to borrow a face for a little while. Tomb guides still warn that a stranger wearing a blank silver mask may be no stranger at all.
History
The mask was crafted for a royal tomb-keeper who wished to walk among mourners unseen. Centuries later, a doppelganger stole it from the sealed tomb and used it to impersonate a living pilgrim, though the mask's magic alters appearance rather than revealing another creature's thoughts or memories.