Lyk

The Kanohi Lyk, also known as the Mask of Zombification, is a rare Mask of Power which grants its user immortality.

Description
The Lyk has an appearance similar to a skull. When a user dons the mask, he is granted immortality, allowing the wearer to survive any injury, as long as the mask is not badly damaged. However, the mask greatly slows healing, so if the wearer has a disease, a fatal wound, or any other kind of serious injury, taking off the mask will kill them.

The Lyk are very rare, as they are formed from two rare elements: death and twilight. Forging the mask is also very dangerous. If mishandled, the forger can die from the mishandling of the death element.

The noble variant of the Lyk is much weaker, only lengthening the wearers lifespan by a moderate amount.

Not many beings are known to wear the Lyk. Those who do are generally in bad shape, with missing limbs, holes in their chests, and with many broken limbs.

Trivia

 * The mask was originally called the Kanohi Corpus, but the author, Pitcat, changed the title after learning the word means a collection of written texts, especially the entire works of a particular author or a body of writing on a particular subject. It's also Latin for body
 * "Lyk" is Afrikaans for corpse