Mask of Spring

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An enchanted mask forced upon Tamlin and his court by Amarantha's curse, hiding their true faces beneath a perpetual expression of revelry.

Also known as: Spring Court Mask, Amarantha's Gift, The Reveler's Mask, The Porcelain Lie

What They Know

• The mask was forged Under the Mountain by Amarantha's dark magic, woven from stolen power and contempt.
• Once donned, the mask cannot be removed by any force within the Spring Court—not by High Lord's command, not by lesser fae's craft, not by iron or ash.
• The mask displays a fixed, joyful expression regardless of the wearer's true emotion, so that Tamlin and his courtiers appear to be locked in eternal revelry even as their lands wither.
• The masks are directly linked to the blight that consumes Spring's fields and forests; as long as they remain, the land cannot heal.
• Each mask is keyed to its wearer's life—if the wearer were to die, the mask would remain, a ghastly relic of their bondage.

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