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This mask wasn't created by a mere craftsman but forged from the melted armor of a fallen warlord who made a final pact with yokai spirits. For centuries, it passed between samurai families, worn only on the eve of impossible battles. Those who don it gain supernatural strength but lose a memory with each enemy defeated – a fair exchange with the spirits. The golden swirls aren't decorative but actual yokai script, naming the 108 demons bound within. During blood moons, witnesses claim the mask weeps crimson tears for warriors who died wearing it. Most remarkably, family shrines housing the mask report that when ancestral names are spoken nearby, the mask's expression subtly shifts – appearing kinder toward honorable descendants and fiercer toward those who bring shame to the bloodline.