Tarot
The Tarot Cards are split into five suits of four: the noble eight, the profane eight, the noble surviors, the profane survivors and the elementals, with two wild cards, the Wandering Moon and Salsabil.
Item type
Religious / Ritualistic
The Profane Eight
The Noble Eight
The Profane Survivors
The Noble Survivors
The Elementals
The Wild Cards
Interview Excerpts: Do you believe in destiny?
RESPONSESMasons
"The word evokes a romanticised notion which fails to exactly describe the reality in principle, but it is true that any system, no matter how complicated, can have its eventual output calculated from the substance and arrangement of its components, if only one has access to a processing power great enough to calculate."-- Subvizier Aloysius Mason.
Dargent-Laureats
"I certainly believe in my own."-- Vizier Victor Dargent-Laureat.
"Yes? That’s a big question."
-- Viziera Satine Dargent-Laureat.
Ironsides
"Great men choose their own destiny - and for this reason destiny chooses great men!"-- Vizier Balthazar Ironside.
"I have no doubt in mine."
-- Subvizier Agamemnon Ironside.
"I don’t believe it matters either way."
-- Katib Menelaus Ironside.
"Hey man, somebody blessed my family. Although, when I look at my brothers, I do get less sure."
-- Katiba Britomart Stargazer-Ironside.
Stargazers
"The Sailor must have chosen me for good reason."-- Vizier Leopold Stargazer.
"Not as most understand it."
-- Viziera Andromeda Stargazer.
"Well, there’s eight divine constellations watching over the city at all times so it would seem foolish not to."
-- Subvizier Pollux Stargazer.
"Hey man, somebody blessed my family. Although, when I look at my brothers, I do get less sure."
-- Subviziera Britomart Stargazer-Ironside.
"Everything is written in the stars, if only one can find the right way to read."
-- Katib Castor Stargazer.
"I can’t rule it out, but I’m always hopeful it’s not a real thing."
-- Katiba Cassiopeia Stargazer-Greenskin.
"Oh goodness no."
-- Bartleby.
Dargents
"Destiny is for the poor."-- Vizier Richard Dargent.
"I will when I forge it."
-- Viziera Guinevera Dargent.
"I certainly believe in my own."
-- Subvizier Victor Dargent-Laureat.
"Yes? That’s a big question."
-- Subviziera Satine Dargent-Laureat.
"Whose destiny?"
-- Katib Hugo Dargent.
"Yup, that’s me: just doing what I’m supposed to!"
-- Katiba Scarlett Dargent.
"Who’s Destiny?"
-- Lindie Asklepa.
"Bramble knows what he's doing. And what he's asked of us."
-- Connie Furr.
"No, just deals."
-- Voltaire.
Carterholds
"Ha! Not unless it’s got a really wild fucked-up sense of humour."-- Katiba Rouge Carterhold.
Bakerstreets
"Everything in the world is part of the Beggar Man’s Gambit, even me."-- Vizier Cobbler Bakerstreet.
"...[nod]..."
-- Subviziera Diana Bakerstreet-Underhand.
"NO GODS NO KINGS ONLY CODYYYYYYYY"
-- Katib Cody Bakerstreet.
"Sounds like a bad excuse for suspicious coincidences to me."
-- Katiba Wiggin Bakerstreet.
Underhands
"...[nod]..."-- Katiba Diana Bakerstreet-Underhand.
Baharats
"I do. But I do not believe I shall ever know my own."-- Ex-Subvizier James Baharat.
"The lady who cuts my hair? I think so. But I guess she could be a very good fake."
-- Beautiful Baharat Guard.
"I did. I got less sure when James disappeared. I’m starting to again. Brambleson seems to keep putting me in a position to help interesting people."
-- Martini.
Brasseyes
"Not for me."-- Katiba Grimoire Brasseyes.
Darktusks
"Sure, whatever."-- Mirze Rifi Darktusk.
Greenskins
"Yes."-- Vizier Kronk Greenskin.
"I can’t rule it out, but I’m always hopeful it’s not a real thing."
-- Subvizier Cassiopeia Stargazer-Greenskin.
Jackalslicers
"I do not. The world is seldom so convenient."-- Viziera Atkin Jackalslicer.
"Only as something you forge."
-- Katib Fennec Jackalslicer.
"Nonsense philosophising. Head in bumhole."
-- Stubby.
Shajaras
"Some ancient elven wisdom teaches that everything is written in the song of the stars."-- Vizier Hali Shajara.
"Oh yes, but I don’t know that it’s for us."
-- Viziera Cassilda Shajara.
Brambleites
"My blessed liege has preached a cunning design for even the smallest and most unassuming of creatures within the great games of Brambleson the Prince of Rabbits. I would not presume any to know such matters better than he!"-- Bugsby Cottontail.
"Bramble knows what he's doing. And what he's asked of us."
-- Connie Furr.
"I do. But I do not believe I shall ever know my own."
-- James Baharat.
"I did. I got less sure when James disappeared. I’m starting to again. Brambleson seems to keep putting me in a position to help interesting people."
-- Martini.
"I’ve got an extremely illegal stash of bramble artefacts and pieces of god soul that it would be remarkably unwise to hold onto if I didn’t believe it was all leading towards something important."
-- Vulpix.
"I trust the Bramble Church when they tell us to follow the Prince of Rabbit’s path through the thicket."
-- Warren Furr.
"If the Bramble Matriarch or any of the Brers have religious insights, who am I to question it?"
-- Winnie Furr.
Patchwork Empire
"I’ve lived through two apocalypses and it looks like they weren’t the first. I’ve also seen enough of desperate vicious cycles that people are too flawed to break out of to know the signs. Call it what you like; we’re all doomed by our failures on every level there is."-- Pairaka.
Undergazette
"Maybe the rich and powerful have destinies; I wouldn’t know. Down here, there’s just us."-- Krona Tailfeather.
"Who’s Destiny?"
-- Lindie Asklepa.
"It’s all connected, man. Everyone’s a thread in a tapestry. You just gotta broaden your mind before you can see the pattern."
-- Tito.
Yvette & her Handmaidens
"I prefer to think we have the freedom to make our own choices, and our own mistakes."-- Yvette, the Courtesan.
"Not for me."
-- Yvette Vixois.
"I’ve lived through two apocalypses and it looks like they weren’t the first. I’ve also seen enough of desperate vicious cycles that people are too flawed to break out of to know the signs. Call it what you like; we’re all doomed by our failures on every level there is."
-- Pairaka.