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This Masque has a disproportionate amount of Tropes of '''The Dark''' and its ranks are thick with cruel and macabre personalities such as [[Khaine]]'s Wrathful and the Queen of Shards. Yet perversely, almost every Troupe Leader plays a role of The Light. These figures make a great show of dismay at the vicious antics of their followers, acting out exaggerated shock and penitence at the excessive slaughter their Troupes perform. This is in order to remind others of the dichotomy of light and darkness that lurks within their souls.{{Fn|2}}
The Masque went to great lengths to save a group of [[Exodite World]]s, when they were threatened by a splinter of [[Hive Fleet Kraken]] during the [[Second Tyrannic War]]. By utilising illusions, feints and the sacrifice of an oblivious [[Imperium]] [[Battlefleet]], the Masque was able to draw the splinter fleet away from the Exodite Worlds and into the [[Webway]]. Within that mysterious realm, the Harlequins of the Reaper's Mirth were able to destroy the splinter fleet, but payed paid a high price in blood for their victory.{{Fn|2}} Some time after the formation of the [[Great Rift]], the Masque ambushed an [[Explorator Fleet]] in the [[Mockers' War]].{{Fn|4}}
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*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (8th Edition)]], pg. 23 - ''The Second Tyrannic War: Death in the Webway''
*{{Endn|3}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/07/23/23rd-july-my-kill-team-john-ashtons-harlequinsgw-homepage-post-2/ Warhammer Community: My Kill Team: John Ashton’s Harlequins (Posted on 23/07/2018)] (Last accessed on 14/02/2024)
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Codex: Harlequins (8th Edition)]] — ''The Dance of the Ages''
[[Category:Harlequin Masques|Reaper's Mirth]]
[[Category:Tyrannic Wars]]
