The Black Mask is a very interesting mask worn and dropped by the Cave Horrors on Mos Le'Harmless. It also has a chance to lower monsters defence levels. Most people would assume that is all there is to know about it, but that is FAR from the truth. Why do the Cave Horrors wear the mask in the first place?
Cave Horrors not only drop, but also wear the Black Mask. Cave Horrors are nearly identical to the Jungle Horrors that inhabit the surface of Mos Le'Harmless, with the main differences being that they wear Black Masks and have a terrifying scream that can only be repelled with Witchwood.
Tiles with pictures resembling black masks on them.The caves on Mos Le'Harmless contain more references to the Black Mask then just the Cave Horrors, they also contain strange tiles with pictures of Black Masks on them, some of them match the mask exactly, while others look like unfinished black masks, with the rest having not been carved yet.
The Slab is a black stone found outside the Mos Le'Harmless caves that has a picture of the Black Mask on it. It is used to revive the Ex-Ex-Parrot, and fragments can be chipped off of it which are used to feed the Parrot. When anything is used on the slab, a message appears saying "Something sinister happens somewhere far off, but for all intensive purposes, nothing interesting happens."
The Ancient Pillar. ALL HAIL THE PILLAR!The Ancient Pillar is a pillar found next to Mikes shop in Mos Le'Harmless. It is made of similar materials to The Slab, and when Mike is asked about it, the following conversation ensues:
Player: Where did this pillar come from?
Mike: Dunno. There are a load of islands out this way, and a lot of them have little bits and pieces like this scattered around.
Mike: The way I see it, there must have been some more people out here at one point, then they went away.
The Skeletal HorrorAccording to the Old Diary, the Skeletal Horror lived in the late Third Age, and the Black Mask worn by the Cave Horrors is modeled on his skull. The Black Masks seem to have been created to try and imitate the Horror, which possibly means that the Horror was worshipped, as some kind of god-like being.
The Black Mask was created by a civilization in the Third Age, based on their Leader/God, The Skeletal Horror. At some point or another the Horror was killed, and the civilization was destroyed with only a few things to remind people of their history, such as the Ancient Pillar and the Cave Horrors, who may have been "pets" of the civilization, or maybe even be the civilization itself, reduced to living like animals due to the death of their leader. The Black masks were carved from stone, and are possibly the source of the Cave Horrors powerful scream.
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