Deep the recesses of history there existed being known as soul crafters human artists who create souls of magical creatures and infuse them into their art. The last of them was a mask maker named ensight who had the power to create demon masks that when put on a corpse revive the body, soul and mind of that person with mystical power.
Said powers based of the demon the mask represented with it's appearance which would come in the form of two components(The base form(what creature/person it would take the weapons/features/form of) And the element it would fuse those natural abilities with).
However this power was not without cost the revived being would find themselves changing over time into full demon form that would corrupt them if they are unable to tame the demon/embrace within themselves. To counter this Ensight would usually base his masks on whom he wish to wear them so that they more easily tame the demon. Ensight traveled the world observing many cultures and creatures for his mask making.
The man would make masks for all sorts of reasons to revive various allies nad even enemies he did not wish to make or break for example the winter wolf for his wife or the plasma chicken for an empress, who threatened earned him the the one of these erm colleagues to him tell your story and how you died and I will come up with a mask and it’s starter abilities for you along with it’s materials then you tell how your character goes about life along with what their full demon form and abilities are.
Sorry if this is scuffed my current devices went through an apparent update that split the keypad in half and it’s made typing on it a pain
