Editing Tarokka (section)

===The Fortuna Magna===
The Dark Master
::Standard: A powerful evil being is in a position of strength.
::Reversed: A powerful evil being is in a position of weakness.
::Imagery: A cruel, imperious man wearing a spiky iron circlet sits in a tall throne, clutching a scepter with one hand and petting a wolf with the other. A raven perches on the throne's back, a snake coils his wrist, and a rat sits in his lap.

The Artifact
::Standard: Something vitally important or necessary.
::Reversed: A falsely important object, something is being given or will be given unneeded significance.
::Imagery: A golden and bejeweled crown decorated with the symbols of glyph, star, sword and coin sitting on a velvet pillow.

The Horseman
::Standard: Death, irredeemable loss.
::Reversed: A terrible fate, a crippling accident, a major defeat.
::Imagery: A [[scythe]]-wielding skull-faced rider sits astride a rearing skeletal steed that spews fire from its nostrils, illuminating the decapitated corpse at its feet and the field of tombstones behind them.

The Hangman
::Standard: Exposure of a guilty person.
::Reversed: Someone is being punished of a crime they didn't commit or were falsely accused of.
::Imagery: A muscular, hooded figure in black leather stands on the gallows beside a dangling hangman's noose.

The Spirit
::Standard: A negative influence from the past, a literal [[ghost]].
::Reversed: A positive influence from the past.
::Imagery: An old man kneels in a mausoleum before a bier bearing a young knight, clad in armor. The youth's ghost rises from the corpse and reaches a hand down towards the old man, either to help or harm.

The Broken One
::Standard: Something vital either has been destroyed or will be destroyed, evil supernatural beings, someone broken by failure or lost in despair.
::Reversed: Healing of something or someone broken, curing a deformity, cleansing madness.
::Imagery: A distraught, malformed humanoid sits alone amongst swirling mists.

The Raven
::Standard: Beneficial forces (source of information, trusted ally, magical assistance, holy blessing, etc).
::Reversed: Betrayal by a trusted source, an unexpected weakness.
::Imagery: A raven-headed man in the garb of a [[Vistani]] spreads his arms wide, as if in a welcoming embrace.

The Innocent
::Standard: A pure or defenseless person of great importance.
::Reversed: A person with hidden strengths that may be important or necessary to the cause or quest.
::Imagery: A gentle young blonde woman dressed in white sits in a beautiful garden, studying the butterfly that has alit on her finger, ignorant to the cobra lurking in the grass at her feet.

The Marionette
::Standard: A minion or pawn, divided loyalties amongst allies or friends, mental domination or possession (especially by outsiders/incorporeal undead).
::Reversed: As above, but the minion is unaware of who is controlling them.
::Imagery: A simple marionette wearing a paper crown dangles from taut strings.

The Prison/Donjon
::Standard: Imprisonment, banishment, isolation, confinement, seclusion, a closed mind, a prisoner, a darkling.
::Reversed: Freedom, breaking out of closed thought patterns, return to family, literal jail break.
::Imagery: A silhouetted man looks out of a high tower's barred window at a night-time sky, denoted by the stars and crescent moon.

The Temptress
::Standard: Physical temptations, someone whose values are compromised by desire or seduction, someone subconsciously drawn by temptation.
::Reversed: A deliberate surrender to temptation.
::Imagery: A voluptuous [[Vistani]] woman clad in nothing more than silky scarves and a single golden earring strikes a seductive pose, one hand forward and beckoning the viewer.

The Mists
::Standard: Mystery, the unexpected.
::Reversed: An unexpected journey or heretofore hidden path leading to success.
::Imagery: A [[Vistani]] wagon trundles along a dark, mist-choked path, its lanterns barely piercing the gloom.

The Beast
::Standard: Animal impulses and passions, rash acts or decisions, instinct ruling over reason, werebeasts, shapeshifters.
::Reversed: A steadying influence, somebody or something that is table and dependable.
::Imagery: A bloody-muzzled wolf stands over the corpse of a deer with a torn-out throat, snarling at some unseen interloper.

The Hero
::Standard: A powerful and unexpected ally, influential ally, loyal friend, the blessings of fate, certain victory.
::Reversed: Ill luck is certain.
::Imagery: A handsome, confident knight clad in fullplate, bearing a sword held at the ready and a shield, quartered with the wolf, raven, snake and rat.

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