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The wearer of the mask is a craftsman by the name of Degratta, employed at Brill’s Mask Emporium (owned by Madame Cliffson). His job was making custom masks to be worn by the aristocracy at society functions. The BRT gained access to the Emporium and was able to acquire personal items belonging to Degratta, which could be used to track him down magically. This turned out to be unnecessary, as Degratta returned to the Emporium as we were investigating.
The more militant agents disabled Mr. Degratta with minor injuries. The mask he was wearing is odd, although it does not appear to be magical. I will be examining it closely in the near future.
I have examined the mask.
To my great surprise, it does seem to be nonmagical. I do not know what manner of mechanism allows it to function.
The mask is hollow, containing a certain amount of a drug in liquid form, which seeps through a leathery inner surface. Putting the mask on causes this drug to come in contact with the skin, allowing the drug to affect the wearer.
The drug the mask most recently contained seems to be a highly addictive perception-altering substance that amplifies the wearer’s resentment and causes the wearer to abstract the resentment to society. Anyone the wearer encounters may be attacked via brutal and sadistic means, with the wearer believing his actions are justified retribution for past actions.
The mask was stolen from a ship, ‘The Pink Seashell’, which docked in Five Fingers roughly two years ago. I am certain there was more to the story, but Degrata was not forthcoming.