Mask 017: The Mask of the Abdicosan

NOTE: This is the 17th part of the Thinking Adventures Mask Relay , the first entry of which can be found here . "Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face." -John Updike In the faintest memories of the ancient men, there persists a lingering echo of a face, the shifting outline of an almost-memory in want of a name. All whose lineage bears the mark of the old wizards still remember a flickering…