Overview
Mask is the intermediate god of shadows, thievery, and formerly intrigue in the Faerûnian pantheon, a loner god most often associated with those of ill-repute. The Lord of Shadows was a chaotic neutral or neutral evil deity symbolized with a velvet black mask tainted with red.
Description
Avatars of Mask within his temples usually appeared as slightly built human males wearing soft gray leather armor, a black cloak, and a black mask tinged with red (believed by scholars to be his true or chosen form). He might also manifest as a soft-spoken human female with pale, glowing skin, dark, floor-length hair, and starry white lights for eyes. This form always walked barefoot and was constantly shrouded in a shadow-like gloom. In public however, Mask's form was entirely inconsistent, appearing as members of all races, genders, ages, builds, and capabilities. No matter his form however, his movements made no sound and left no trail.
Personality
Known for his constant scheming, cool head, and oft-reserved biting comment, Mask lost a significant portion of his power, the intrigue portfolio, to Cyric. This, of course, led to two things: an enduring hatred of Cyric, and the Lord of Shadows leading himself to be more direct than he was in his prior, elaborate plots.[citation needed]
He was a manipulator and valued subtle schemes, so artful and light that no one noticed the god's touch. Mask enjoyed eavesdropping, and he could whisper in perfect imitation of a voice he had recently heard. He used this mimicry to purr falsehoods into mortals' ears or talk with voices of recently dead to create an illusion of them still being in the land of the living.