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| title = The Mare-Night
| card =
| quote = We call upon the Mare, who [nep complete later pls]slaughters by the hand of Man...
| origin = Nowhere
| titles = MareAssassin-Wielding-BowQueen, Arrow-Mare, Hunter-Moon
| names =
*Mabel, The Fox {{Aspect|Lantern}} {{Aspect|Knock}}
| owners = Nephilim
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== History ==
== Appearance ==
The Mare has taken on many different appearances, with few universal characteristics among them. Mostly horse-like. Her appearance inside the Mansus, however, is -mostly- consistent.
She is an eight-legged centaur, of noble drafter build. Her tail is a centipede, which sometimes holds a mind of its own. Her human side has four arms, and two of them hold her bow. Her skin is grey as the steel of her knife, with freckles and spots in silver, bronze and moss. Her claws are long, thin and straight, sharp like Alastor's needles. Despite looking mostly feminine, she either manifests as both genders at once, or none. Her hoof-steps never make a noise, even with her imposing weight and muscle. Her coat is spotted as her skin, especially around her back legs.
Nobody has ever seen her face. Some traits are visible- Her long, elfin ears which droop to the sides, her mane, colourful as withered copper,which grows from her head to her lower back. Her antlers, resembling those of a moose, permanently tangled in vines and ropes, and her third eye, which is a shard of faintly glowing amethyst and is quite sensitive. A few say they have seen her true eyes, and claim her irises are the colour of oak-wood- But there's no way to verify, as anybody who removes her mask in a dream ends their journey then and there. Only a bit of her face can be seen, when she tips her mask upwards to reveal her beastly teeth.
Her mask is covered in gems- Moonstones, moss agates and catseye. Engraved with markings of flowers and moths. She doesn't like people touching it.
=== Mark ===
# '''Temptation: XThe Hunt''': I have seen the signs through my dreams. Daggers, beasts, horses and dark alleyways...# '''Dedication: XThe Hunt''': She has acknowledged me as one of her own! I've seen her in my dreams...# '''Ascension: X''': # '''Ascension: XThe Call''': # '''Ascension: XThe Thirst''': The heartbeats of wonderful prey sing to my heightened senses. I cannot go in public anymore. Not with these hands, Not with these eyes.
# '''Ascension: X''':
'''2:Tanata, The Vigilante''' - An once-mortal, now under the servitude of the Mare. A justiciera who commits to dark deeds in silence in the dead of night, when the Hunter-Moon shines brightest. She takes only during times of necessity. Her own necessity applies just as well in this case, of course. {{Aspect|Edge}} {{Aspect|Winter}}
'''3:Alastor, The NightBlight-ShaderFather''' - An once-mortal, now under the servitude of the Mare. An elegant, clever, scientific nobleman with an unusual knowledge of the venomous, the bizarre, the unnatural and the incomprehensible. Take no sip of any teas he offers you, or you may find yourself awake in an alleyway with a searing fever and only rags for clothing. {{Aspect|Knock}} {{Aspect|Winter}}
'''4:Vladimir, The Flagellant''' - An once-mortal, now under the servitude of the Mare. A particularly sadistic executioner of the old times, with a particular penchant for cannibalism and starvation. Deeply religious, he would starve heretics by feeding them only their own flesh and blood- And would feast on his own skin when he dared to stray from his path. Inquestionably insane, questionably effective. But the Mare holds his leash with pride anyway. {{Aspect|Grail}} {{Aspect|Moth}}
=== What They Hide ===
'''''Why in the world would you ever trust the testimony of the two-faced, literal incarnation of murder and extermination?'''''
== Relationships ==
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