Talk:Mask of Astaroth/@comment-24912277-20181225043528/@comment-5032898-20181225051902

Yes, the Mask itself is alive with Phyllis' memory and possessing Beatrice when Ara corrupted Beatrice with her sentinence, making her its red herring. That's why the Mask said "which mask is real" stuff. It was actually inspired by Digimon Adventure 01 & 02, particularly how Myotismon revived, first through his mask and energy of his minions, and later through possessing Oikawa and harvesting Dark Spores.

The Mask itself acts like the Stone of Wisdom, albeit having its own sentinence, which is combined by Phyllis' soul and the dark sides of humanity, like the Millenium Ring from Yu-Gi-Oh!.

As for Carl, well, Carl was remold into a Black Demon in Astaroth Hell timeline, since Michael joined Ara and betrayed Moloch, no longer pursuing his original goal of raising the Period of Tribulation once more. In the original timeline, Carl was in fact teleported back to Sleepy Hollow for Dark Arzonia to remold him into the Horsemen of Conquest, but the Mask of Astaroth had summoned him back and turned him into a Black Demon instead.

Thanks, Mistress. :)