For game-specific information, see the Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim entries.The last known time Vile offered up the Masque, it was to the Last Dragonborn two hundred years later. At the time of the Oblivion Crisis several years later, the Masque was offered up by Clavicus to the Champion of Cyrodiil in exchange for finding and returning the sword Umbra. The Nerevarine purportedly claimed it from Sorkvild's corpse. A decade or two later, in 3E 427, the Masque was in the hands of Sorkvild the Raven, a Nord sorcerer who had been terrorizing the village of Dagon Fel in Morrowind. He is aptly described as a Daedra who likes souls. Vile himself is depicted as a small jovial fellow with horns protruding from his forehead.

Clavicus Vile can also be summoned in his shrine, if the summoner offered 500 gold.

The summoning date of Clavicus Vile is 1st of Morning Star. While capable of selective shapeshifting, the form it assumes most of the time is that of a dog. Clavicus Vile, whose sphere is the granting of power and wishes through ritual invocations and pact. The Hero of Daggerfall received the Masque in exchange for assassinating a rogue werewolf. Clavicus Vile is the Daedric Prince whose sphere is the granting of power and wishes through ritual invocations and pacts. Twenty one years and one day later, Avalea's daughter claimed her vengeance by slaying the Baron. Although pregnant with his child, Avalea was banished from the Baron's household. A year and a day after her marriage to a well connected baron, Clavicus Vile reclaimed the Masque. Though the Masque did not change her looks, suddenly she had the respect and admiration of everyone. Avalea made a dark deal with Clavicus Vile and received the Masque in return. As a young girl, she was grossly disfigured by a spiteful servant.

The best known story of the Masque tells the tale of Avalea, a noblewoman of some renown. Much like other Daedra and their artifacts, Clavicus seems to retain ultimate control of the Masque and may recall it without warning. The Masque of Clavicus Vile (also known as The Masque of Clavicus) is a helm which makes the wearer more popular wherever he or she might go.

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