Flesh Masking

Flesh Masking
Kisiragi Saemon (Basillik) takes the face of Yashamaru
Power/Ability to:	Steal the face and/or skin of others and use it as a disguise.

The power to steal the face and/or skin of others and use it as a disguise. Variation of Doppelgänger Morphing.

Also Called

• Face Stealing
• Face Theft
• Feature Theft
• Mask Morphing
• Skin Walking

Capabilities

The user can take the face and/or skin of their intended target by pressing it to their own face/body they may wear it like a mask perfectly blending in with the rest of their flesh to appear like the said target through molding or other means. The body normally will adjust to compensate the stolen face to take on the full appearance of the victim or they wear their entire skin and allow it to tighten to assume the target's identity. Though blending in the face can be removed or peeled off returning the user to their natural appearance. Many users preserve multiple faces and carry them like masks in order to change appearance at will.

Some users may be capable of transferring the features from others onto their form, rendering the victim featureless.

Applications

• Biomorphing
• Chameleonic Nature
• Disguise Mastery
• Doppelgänger Morphing
• Face Erasing
• Human Disguise
• Malleable Anatomy
• Medical Intuition

Associations

• Animal Morphing
• Gender Transformation
• Identity Manipulation
• Shapeshifting
  • Perfect Doppelgänger
    • Mental Mimicry
• Skin Manipulation
  • Body Shedding

Limitations

• May be limited to appearance alone in their disguise.
• Users entire body may not shift.
• Users limited to shifting only to those who's faces they have taken.
• May have no means to preserve their faces.
• May be restricted to biological creatures.
• The flesh mask may deteriorate over time.

Known Users

See also: Replicant Snatching and Face Stealer.

• Face Thief (Marvel Comics)
• The Faceless Fiend (Marvel Comics)
• Jane Doe (DC Comics)
• Kisaragi Saemon (Basillik)
• Koh the Face Stealer (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• Faceless Men (Game of Thrones/A Song of Fire and Ice)
• Jaqen H'ghar (Game of Thrones)
• No-Face Ghost (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
• Muso (Inuyasha)
• Orochimaru (Naruto)
• Carl King/Thousand (Marvel Comics)
• Diva (Blood+)
• Slitheen (Doctor Who)
• Clara (The Irregulars)
• Warwolves (Marvel Comics)
• Aliens (The Watch)
• Etzali (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
• Xochitl (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
• Tecpatl (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
• Tochtil (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
• Djinn (Wishmaster)
• Madame Ape Face (Dynomutt, Dog Wonder); via ape masks
• Edgar the Bug (Men in Black)
• Balthazar Bratt (Despicable Me 3)
• Ethan Hunt (Mission Impossible Franchise)
• Baal (Ash vs. Evil Dead)
• Madame Visage (Are You Afraid of the Dark)
• T-Bone (Totally Spies)
• Billie Lurk (Dishonored Death of The Outsider) Via Semblance
• Asuramon (Digimon Ghost Game)
• Kairos Fateweaver (Warhammer 40K)

Gallery

Baal (Ash vs. Evil Dead) often uses the flayed skin of other people as a disguise

Koh (Avatar: The Last Airbender) can literally steal the faces of any being that shows any emotions in his presence.

Madame Visage (Are You Afraid of the Dark)

Carl King/The Thousand's (Marvel Comics) primary power is the ability to enter the bodies of humans, devour their innards, and use the leftover skin as a suit.

Orochimaru (Naruto) has the ability to wear another person's face with the Vanishing Facial Copy Technique.

Etzali (Toaru Majutsu no Index) has the ability that allows him to mimic the appearance of the skin's owner by creating a charm and collect samples from his target.

Xochitl (Toaru Majutsu no Index) can replace her appearance using a charm or talisman of the person she wish into using their flayed flesh.

The Slitheen (Doctor Who)

Warwolves (Marvel Comics)

Madame Ape Face (Dynomutt, Dog Wonder)

Muso (InuYasha) was spawned without a face or name...

...but stole those of a monk...

...for his own.

No-Face Ghost (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)