Kesil Face

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Kesil Face

0 Armor Value 3 Dodge Value $ 10000.00 Commerce Value 1 lb. Weight
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	The Kesil Face
	Face
	1 Strength 1 Agility 1 Toughness 1 Intelligence 1 Willpower 1 Ego
	10 Acid 10 Electrical 10 Cold 10 Heat
Extra Info: Cannot be replicated by metamorphic polygel
Infobox data from game version 2.0.207.72

Kesil Face

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Shining jewels are scattered across the contours of a galactic visage, and edges drawn between them sketch the outline of a sashed Fool. Far away at the chrome crest, beads of bright and searing light suggest the shape of a medial ewer, and beyond its spout, a vast and timeful structure. The inside of the mask is ribboned with burnt tracery from where it was molded on a gallium lathe, then dyed with the milked irises of shedim and set to dry in a pool of warm static.

+10 Heat Resistance
+10 Cold Resistance
+10 Electrical Resistance
+10 Acid Resistance
+1 Willpower
+1 Ego
+1 Agility
+1 Toughness
+1 Strength
+1 Intelligence
+10 Quickness
Grants you Telepathy.
+1 to all mutation levels
+6 to cybernetics license tier

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The Kesil Face is a sultan relic, one of six sultan masks located within the Tomb of the Eaters. It corresponds with the sultan of the first sultanate, whose identity and history is randomly-generated each playthrough.

It can be found in a reliquary located next to the tomb of the sultan belonging to the 1st period, potentially alongside other sultan relics. This reliquary will be guarded by organic cherubim of the sultan's allied factions which must be defeated before the Kesil Face can be removed from the reliquary. As with all sultan masks, removing the Kesil Face from the reliquary will cause the tombs and reliquaries of the other sultans to disappear, preventing the player from accessing their contents.

In addition to the stat bonuses listed here, the Kesil Face will have additional effects based on the history of its sultan; it will grant +200 reputation with any factions the sultan was favored by, and -200 reputation with any factions they were disliked by. It will also have a tier 7, armor-based relic effect based on the sultan's theme.

Etymology and History

This section is opinion-based. Your mileage may vary.

The Kesil Face's name is likely a reference to the Orion constellation, referred to three times in the bible as "Kesil" (and with a fourth indirect reference). The imagery upon the mask references a sashed fool, one of several valid interpretations of the constellation's shape. This seems to imply that at the time of the first sultanate, it controlled a vast region of the Milky Way galaxy, i.e. the Orion arm.

Kesil is a term found in the Hebrew Bible, often translated as "fool" or "foolish" in English. The word appears in various contexts, primarily in the wisdom literature, such as Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, where it is used to describe a person who lacks wisdom, understanding, or moral insight. The term is derived from the Hebrew root "k-s-l," which conveys the idea of being dull or sluggish in understanding.

Shedim, mentioned in the description, are spirits or demons in the Tanakh and Jewish mythology (Reference: Wikipedia)

Biblical references:

Job 9:9 Hebrew text

Amos 5:8 Hebrew text

Job 38:31 Hebrew text

Isaiah 13:10 Hebrew text