It wore on its torso what anyone with a passing interest in Chinese history or Dungeons and Dragons would recognize as the scale armor worn by the terra-cotta army—a tunic constructed by fastening together rectangular plates the size of playing cards. Only in this case each plate had a face sculpted onto it. Each of the faces, while simplified to a shape with a mouth, slits or dots for eyes, and the barest hint of a nose, was clearly individual and carved into a distinct expression of sadness and despair.
