Karavan Zorai wearing masks - query

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rushin wrote:your ignorance of our ways and motivations is sad. The mask as you name it is not a burden but a gift from the life giver.

Do not make idle assumptions on the relationship between the Zoraï, the Kami, and Ma-Duk - it is not for you to know or understand.
Couldnt have put it better.

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rushin wrote:your ignorance of our ways and motivations is sad. The mask as you name it is not a burden but a gift from the life giver.
I would have to agree with you =]
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tavenni wrote:I'm new to the game but one thing which I've found odd is; why are Karavan-following Zorai still wearing masks? According to the lore, the masks are a part of identifying with the Kami - so wouldn't it make some sense for the masks to be thrown aside or eliminated when a Zorai renounces?
The mask is genetically sealed to the face of the Zorai. It could not be removed nor more than you could remove a trykers face.
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grimjim wrote:It is odd, but the way I rationalise it is that PC Zorai are raised into the tradition and then reject it later on (if they do) that doesn't help with Karavan Zorai tribes but it helps explain it away a little bit.
That's how I play it... it was done because it was "the way things are done". My character is proud of his mask, for his own reasons, and will never change the pattern on it, also for reasons of his backstory.
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The mask is our culture.
It makes us who we are.
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Zorai tatooist on the adoption ceremony by the Kami

This may be an interesting read for someone with questions like yours.
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what of zorai born outside of the tradition and ceremony?
what of zorai who deny the faith of their childhood, and consider the mask a brand of their former master?
what of the real face that was, does it exist under the mask, or ruined forever?
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What of the matis that like to spend time in the desert?

Where is their suntan? huh? We wanna know!
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aardnebb wrote:What of the matis that like to spend time in the desert?

Where is their suntan? huh? We wanna know!
I do wish we had a little variation in skintone allowed, perhaps got from the cosmetics people in game. I think ganguro Tryker and Fyros with a more deep desert on african complexion would be interesting.
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tavenni wrote:why are Karavan-following Zorai still wearing masks?
Why are Karavan still wearing masks? ;)
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