Is -mask an extinct suffix? What did it used to mean, and what made it fall out of fashion?
-mask is indeed extinct, and it referred to pointed coloring. That particular gene was rare enough at the time, but it became even rarer through the generations - to the point that the Clans stopped using the suffix and eventually almost entirely forgot about it. It's considered archaic, like -branch and -bark, and thus inappropriate for modern use.















