Mask of V'ei'ka

"The Mask of V'ei'ka, the mask our heavenly mother wore to let us see! Without her wearing the mask and piercing her eyes we would all be blind, we owe her our eyes! The mask is possibly the most important object on Ingza prime, it is sacred, it is priceless!"

- The Master of the Mask, creator and keeper of the Mask of V'ei'ka, on the mask

The Mask of V'ei'ka was an extremely important Ingzan religious artifact and was used in the Blinding Ceremony to create the V'ei'ka, the mortal representation of V'ei'ka and leader of the Ingzan religion. Each mask was carved by the Master of the Mask just before the Blinding Ceremony was to take place.

The mask was sacred as the goddess V'ei'ka, most important deity in the Ingzan religion and creator of everything wore the mask and blinded herself to ensure living things, her children, could see. When V'ei'ka mothered life she found life was blind, in order to give them the gift of sight she used her divine power to create a special blinding mask which would give her children the gift of sight by sacrificing her own. She applied the mask to her own face, piercing her eyes and letting life see.

Behind the scenes
The Mask of V'ei'ka is the Blinding Mask from Project Zero, and the mortal representation of V'ei'ka is the "Blind Woman".