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Masquerade

Nora Rabe von Queef

"Canon clarification: Nora Rabe von Queef was previously seen in the Queefdom when she visited Maine, but she is not actually present for the Castro strike; the rumor of her presence is useful misdirection."
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Bio

Nora Rabe von Queef, known as Masquerade, is a shapeshifting noble, political architect, and co-founder of Centrum whose greatest weapon has always been identity. Wife to Magala and mother to Baron von Queef, she helped shape Jericha’s post-war order through strategy, infiltration, negotiation, and carefully chosen lies. Nora defeated Baron Fangapor, later revived her son through the Phoenix Circuit, and ultimately polymorphed Albert Rallus into a rat during Centrum’s collapse. Whether appearing as ruler, ally, enemy, or stranger, Nora survives by understanding that power is not only held—it is performed.

Session Appearances

7 linked appearances

Unknown / Pink Pony Act 1

Pink Pony Act 1 Episode 3

Queef Tower / deeper threads

Missing or captured thread / staff target

Has her thread deepened through the masquerade fallout, including Gertie’s larger plan to steal Nora’s staff.

Status: Nora/Gertie/VQU thread becomes part of Pink Pony stakes

Knowledge: Players know the masquerade is connected to more than the immediate murder.

2026-05-14

Act 5 Episode 6 Scene 5

Maine's prison cell

Visitor / legal-process validator

Visits Maine through the door slot, shifts into a relaxed rogue-like form, praises him for going through the process, and explains laws were built into Centrum because powerful people abuse power.

Status: Nora validates Maine's trial path while challenging his abuse of power

Knowledge: Players know Nora and Magala helped build legal constraints into the post-VQU power structure.

2098 MB

Act 1 Episode 5 Scene 6

Ruins of VQU / library threshold

Surviving authority / searcher

Orders the group to flee through the sewers while she stays to search for survivors and her son.

Status: Nora remains behind in ruined VQU

Knowledge: Players know Nora stays behind and may soon disappear.

2098 MB

Act 1 Episode 5 Scene 5

Void Realm / collapsing stitched terrain

Duelist / institutional defender

Fights Albert after Magala creates an opening and casts Absolute Polymorph to turn him into a rat.

Status: Stops Albert but fails to capture him

Knowledge: Players know Nora survives this beat and remains active immediately afterward.

2098 MB

Act 1 Episode 3 Scene 1

Unity Festival / VQU campus

Institutional authority / anxious founder

Presses Magala about whether Albert will appear during the festival.

Status: No direct status change

Knowledge: Players have partial knowledge that Nora is tracking Albert’s threat.

2098 MB

Act 1 Episode 2 Scene 1

Top of VQU / Nora’s Tower

Institutional authority / opposed to Albert

Confronts Albert and recognizes cruelty as part of his design.

Status: No direct status change

Knowledge: Players may not know the full confrontation details yet.

2098 MB

Act 1 Episode 1 Scene 1

Von Queef University campus broadcast

Institutional speaker / VQU founder figure

Gives the Centrum-approved welcome announcement framing VQU as the future of Jericha.

Status: No direct status change

Knowledge: Players know Nora publicly presents VQU as institutional progress.

Related Story Posts

Act 1, Episode 1, Scene 1

Cold Open – From the Desk of Nora Rabe von Queef

2098 MB / Von Queef University campus broadcast

Recap StoryCurrent Campaign2098 MB

The voice arrives without warning — a magically-encoded announcement projected across the old stone of the university like a sermon echoing from the walls. It crackles with prestige and polish, stitched together with Centrum-approved optimism and played on loo

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Act 1, Episode 2, Scene 1

The Tower Argument (Cold Open)

2098 MB / Top of VQU / Nora’s Tower

Recap StoryCurrent Campaign2098 MB

[NARRATION]At the very top of Von Queef University, above the sigil gates and the winding spellglass staircases, there stands a tower that shifts when no one’s looking. Its stones ripple. Its windows twitch. Its silhouette warps subtly with the moods of those

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Act 1, Episode 3, Scene 1

The Unity Festival

2098 MB / Unity Festival / VQU campus

Recap StoryCurrent Campaign2098 MB

The Unity Festival had started as a sacred tradition — a celebration of harmony among the followers of the Power Nine. It had survived the centuries, adapted to the Centrum era, and now wore the hollow smile of an event too polite to mention the cracks in the

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Act 1, Episode 5, Scene 5

The Void Duel

2098 MB / Void Realm / collapsing stitched terrain

Recap StoryCurrent Campaign2098 MB

Crossing the threshold was like stepping through the surface of an empty ocean — no splash, no resistance, only the cold press of endless depth.

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Act 1, Episode 5, Scene 6

The Ruins of VQU

2098 MB / Ruins of VQU / library threshold

Recap StoryCurrent Campaign2098 MB

The world reassembled around them in pieces — smell first, then heat, then light.

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Act 5, Episode 4, Scene 45

Arthur Connects MAI to Malevolus Krane

2026-03-12 / Safe room

Recap StoryCurrent Campaign2100 M.B. / recorded 2026-03-12

Arthur ties the MAI experiments, Malevolus Krane's hoarded void energy, Act 1, Stormcall, and Enemy into one chain.

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Showing 6 of 11 linked story pages. Use the Session Appearances timeline above for the broader appearance history.

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Act 1, Episode 1, Scene 1: Cold Open – From the Desk of Nora Rabe von Queef

The voice arrives without warning — a magically-encoded announcement projected across the old stone of the university like a sermon echoing from the walls. It crackles with prestige and polish, stitched together with Centrum-approved optimism and played on loo

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Act 1, Episode 2, Scene 1: The Tower Argument (Cold Open)

[NARRATION]At the very top of Von Queef University, above the sigil gates and the winding spellglass staircases, there stands a tower that shifts when no one’s looking. Its stones ripple. Its windows twitch. Its silhouette warps subtly with the moods of those

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Act 1, Episode 3, Scene 1: The Unity Festival

The Unity Festival had started as a sacred tradition — a celebration of harmony among the followers of the Power Nine. It had survived the centuries, adapted to the Centrum era, and now wore the hollow smile of an event too polite to mention the cracks in the

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Act 1, Episode 5, Scene 5: The Void Duel

Crossing the threshold was like stepping through the surface of an empty ocean — no splash, no resistance, only the cold press of endless depth.

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Act 1, Episode 5, Scene 6: The Ruins of VQU

The world reassembled around them in pieces — smell first, then heat, then light.

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Act 5, Episode 4, Scene 45: Arthur Connects MAI to Malevolus Krane

Arthur ties the MAI experiments, Malevolus Krane's hoarded void energy, Act 1, Stormcall, and Enemy into one chain.

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Act 5, Episode 6, Scene 5: Maine Chooses Trial Over Revenge

In prison, Maine argues with Nora Rabe von Queef about lawful trial, wartime killing, Enemy, and the unresolved Albert problem.

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Act 5, Episode 6, Scene 6: Krane Speaks Through the Prison Dark

Maine sees a voidling presence and Malevolus Krane in the prison dark, then refuses to engage after Krane says he did not make Maine to be alone.

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Act 5 Episode 6 Session Notes

Session advances two fronts: the party enters New Goblin City through Runner Landing and black market while Maine faces Nora and Malevolus Krane in prison. New Goblin City factions clarified: Dimoggio Clan, Tech Runners, workers, Queen loyalists, and Emrites.

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The Masquerade Makes Nick a Vampire

The masquerade at Queef Manor turns catastrophic: Nick becomes a vampire, Rice Hands dies, and the Von Queef/VQU political threads deepen.

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Rumors on the Road Hide the First Impostors

QUEST joins the road crowd toward Gravenhurst as rumors about MAINE's trial, Krane, Nora, Albert, and Castro infiltration conceal fake Rill and fake Redwave.

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Jade Telescope

Telescope of jade banded with bloodstone. Looking through it shows a strange alien panorama instead of the surrounding world, though the view follows the telescope's motions.

aspect

Shapeshifting

Shapeshifting is an imported aspect from the Jericha Aspect Data sheet. Its full lore and named powers can be expanded here as the canon text is added.

GM / Spoiler Notes

Hidden until revealed.