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“Rashemi witch-masks” (more properly: “face-veils of the Wychlaran Rashemaar”) do vary, but most half-masks are very old (or rather, worn by very old witches). The vast majority are “more than full face” masks: they cover the…
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@TheEdVerse hi! Fleeting thought and question: what do the masks of the Witches of Rashemen look like? Are they full face masks? Eye masks? Plain? Ornate? Colored? The details are important.😊
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…sides of the head (with biteouts in their edges so they can be put into place without fouling the wearer’s ears), are cloth-lined on the inside but a light rigid shell (like baked-hard, lacquered paper mâché, though they’re…
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…actually a hemp-fiber-and-certain-plant-leaves mix) on the “public” side, and have a headband incorporated (you don one by settling it over your head, with long hair if you have it piled up into a top-of-head bun and pinned…
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…pinned there, then pull the pins [which ride in boot sheaths, and are often coated with sleep-poison] and adjust the hair down to cover the headband).
The front or public surface of the mask may be of any hue (and some witches…
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…own and use a “fashion array” of different-coloured masks), has two eye-slits but no nasal slits (the mask “bumps out” along a center line down to the chin to provide not just room for the nose, but ample space for breathing…
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…air circulation), and is usually painted with small adornments, such as family marks, personal badges or sigils, and seniority/achievement marks (a long-axis-vertical-four-pointed-star is a mark of seniority among the…
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…Wychlaran, and a semi-circular “upper half of a human eye” drawing, like a protractor but with a long-axis-vertical-diamond eyeball at the bottom center, is a mark of advanced seniority among the Wychlaran).
Most masks are of…
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…dark or metallic hues (navy blue and very dark green are particularly popular; black is rare because it denotes “angry mourning” [on the road for revenge]), and Wychlaran call them “asatheirr,” which means ‘world-face.’
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Jan 25, 2023 · 2:06 AM UTC
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