While the Faceless Men operate as assassins, they also follow strict religious practices that can lead them to rejecting commissions that clash with their tenets. The Faceless Men are based out of the House of Black and White, a temple in Braavos dedicated to a death deity known as the " Many-Faced God." At this temple, those who wish to end their own life can drink from a poisoned fountain, which grants them a quick and painless death. The Faceless One when he was still human.They are known a guild of assassins who command exorbitant fees, but have a reputation for competence that is unmatched by any comparable organisation. The Faceless One first appeared as an articulated action figure in 2011 as part of Mattel's Masters of the Universe Classics toyline.
The Faceless One gave them directions to the remains of the Oracle's temple, and wished them luck. Later, He-Man and Orko came to the Faceless One for help locating the Oracle of Zalesia, so he could aid the Trollan in returning home. He would again summon Serpos under his control, until He-Man turned the god to stone once more. But in saving her, the Faceless One had given Hsss what he wanted. Though the Snake Men betrayed him towards the end, and would have killed Evil-Lyn if not for He-Man's aid, he managed to convince Skeletor to use the staves and his power over Despondos to save Evil-Lyn and take her back with him to recover despite her treachery. The Snake Men stole her from an Eternos infirmary and used her to make a deal with the Faceless One: they would bring her and Skeletor to Zalesia, allowing the Faceless One to use him and their two magic staves to heal her, and he would give Hsss the power to control Serpos again. She called out to him for help when Skeletor tried to sacrifice her to the Pool of Shadows, but as he was bound to Zalesia, he contacted He-Man to save her instead.Įvil-Lyn's failed attempt to summon Hordak gave her a fatal case of Despondos poisoning. Now the only thing of value the Faceless One had left to guard was his daughter. In recent times, the Ram Stone was twice stolen from the his keeping under Skeletor's orders: once by Evil-Lyn, who returned it soon afterwards, and later by Count Marzo, after which it was destroyed by He-Man. The Faceless One was charged with guarding the Ram Stone. The Council of Wisdom petrified Serpos back into Snake Mountain, then punished the Lord by transforming him into a formless shadow doomed to haunt the ruins of Zalesia forever. Even with the Ram Stone, he could not stop Serpos from reducing Zalesia to ruins.
Before Serpos could hurt his daughter, Keldor offered to take her someplace safe from Hsss where he would raise and safeguard her, but only if he was given the Havoc Staff in exchange, and the Lord agreed. Serpos laid waste to many lands in Eternia, including Zalesia. The Lord tried to stop Hsss, but he became protected by Keldor, who had time-traveled to Preternia to retrieve the Havoc Staff. But the Lord did not give him the power to control the snake god, causing Serpos to attack his own people, until Evelyn was safely returned to him. So in order to save his daughter, he was forced to give Hsss the power to summon Serpos. So when King Hsss kidnapped the infant, their treaty with him prevented them from taking action. By taking a mate, who died giving birth, and bearing a daughter, Evelyn, he broke the sacred oaths all council members took.
The Lord of Zalesia was once the wielder of the Havoc Staff and a member of the Council of Wisdom. The 2004 MVCreations comics, which preceded The Faceless One's 2011 Classics bio, gave him a slightly different origin. There, with his immortality, he hoped to raise her away from the terror of the Great Wars.Īfter being raised by her father in the ruins of Zalesia, Evelyn Morgan Powers left in a fit of teenage rebellion and took the name Evil-Lyn.Ī young Keldor fought the Faceless One for the Havoc Staff until he received a vision that Keldor would progenate a member of his own bloodline, Skeleteen, who would rightfully inherit the staff, and so surrendered it to him. Now called "The Faceless One", he asked the wizard-warrior He-Ro to use the power of Central Tower to send his daughter, Evelyn into the future. Powers was stripped of his humanity, condemned to never leave Zalesia and forced to watch his beloved city destroyed by Serpos.
But by marrying and having a daughter, he broke the Elders' treaty with King Hiss to not produce any heirs. Powers was a core member of Grayskull's Council of Elders, great mages from across Eternia who had the wisdom to tap into the planet's hidden magical secrets.