Tarot Deck

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## OFFICI**Λ**L DESCRIPTION

The **Tarot Deck** and the **Journal of the Arcana** are items belonging to Indirah Alnazar, and now sometimes Illias and Kellan Xalvador. This is a deck that provides the teller and the person with genuine answers. Khaleesi Rosales has spent years teaching Indirah how to listen when the archetype spirits speak even if they don't use words. Indirah's reputation as a fortune teller is due to her skill with these cards taught by both her parents and Khaleesi.

The deck has 78 cards in total; the **Major Arcana** (also known as trump cards) has 22 cards which are numbered from zero (the Fool) to twenty-one (the World), the **Minor Arcana** has 56 cards which are then divided into four suits- the **Suit of Wands**, **Pentacles**, **Swords**, and **Cups**, labeled from ace, two through ten, a page, knight, a queen, then a king.

The **Journal of the Arcana** provides a spell list that Khaleesi wrote in Latin, English, and **Astraean**. It also includes a guide of the arcana meanings (both upright and reversed), Zodiacs, and Wiccan symbols.

## SPELLS

* **Aquam Imperia** (p: akwam imperya)- summons, controls, or manipulates water [Used by Kellan in *The Magician* to part the fountain]
* **Ascendo** (p: asendo)- levitates objects; opposite of **Descendo** [Used by Kellan in *The Empress* to levitate Illias and Diether's weapons]
* **Aura Imperia** (p: ora imperya)- summons, controls, or manipulates air
* **Cincinno** (p: sinchino)- locks doors; opposite of **Recludo**
* **Clarucio** (p: klarusho)- makes people speak up; opposite of **Silencio**
* **Clypeus** (p: klaypeyus)- creates an invisible shield to protect the caster from a spell (except **Libitina**)
* **Descendo** (p: desendo)- descends objects; opposite of **Ascendo** [Used by Indirah to drop a tin pail onto Kellan's head in *The Magician*]
* **Evanescent** (p: evanesent)- makes objects disappear; also used on the caster themselves to be invisible; opposite of **Existencius** [Used by Lucio in *The Empress* to hide from Kellan, Diether, Sapphire, Illias, and Indirah]
* **Existencius** (p: existenshus)- makes objects appear; also used on the caster to stop being invisible; opposite of **Evanescent** [Used by Kellan in *The Empress* to reveal who's spying on them in the forest]
* **Glacialis** (p: glachalis)- freezes the target; also stuns and paralyzes them; can also be used to freeze time [Used by Kellan in *The Empress* to paralyze and stop Illias' movements]
* **Illumino** (p: ilumino)- used to light the end of the wand
* **Imperio** (p: imperyo)- places the target under the caster's control
* **Libitina** (p: libitina)- the killing curse; irreversible and the only spell that couldn't be broken by **Clypeus**
* **Memoria** (p: memorya)- makes the target remember; opposite of **Oblivia**
* **Oblivia** (p: oblivya)- makes the target forget; opposite of **Memoria**
* **Pyro Imperia** (p: payro imperya)- summons, controls, or manipulates fire
* **Recludo** (p: rekludo)- unlocks doors; opposite of **Cincinno** [Attempted by Kellan in *The High Priestess* in hopes to open Indirah's bedroom door]
* **Refectio** (p: refeksho)- repairs broken objects including healing wounds, be it major or minor; only physical
* **Revelare** (p: revelare)- used to reveal the real identity of the made-up appearance of someone; opposite of **Transfiguro** [Used by Kellan and Diether on Kellan in *The Emperor*]
* **Servus** (p: servus)- makes the target attack another being using their magic or skills
* **Silencio** (p: silensho)- silences people; opposite of **Clarucio** [Used by Indirah on Kellan in *The Magician*, used by Sapphire on Diether in *The Empress*]
* **Tellus Imperia** (p: telus imperya)- summons, controls, or manipulates earth
* **Transfiguro** (p: transfiguro)- used for the caster's own appearance to transform and disguise them; opposite of **Revelare** [Used by Kellan on himself in *The Emperor*]
* **Transvectio** (p: transveksho)- used for the caster's own teleportation [Used by both Sapphire and Indirah in *The Empress* to teleport them from the forest to Khaleesi's cabin]

## T**Λ**ROT C**Λ**RDS

Each of the major arcana has a unique animal figure as the subject. The main characters all have specific cards associated to them through zodiac signs and animal symbolism.

## THE CH**Λ**R**Λ**CTERS' C**Λ**RDS

**0. The Fool - Kellan**

* The fool is the only card without a figure in it, as Kellan usually describes himself as an outcast in school and in the society for being the only mage with human abilities. In the event of the university's Masquerade, he didn't go and would rather stay at home, not sporting any mask. Also, Indirah states that when he was asked, Kellan failed to find an alebrije that he identifies with, that's why the card is left figureless.

**I. The Magician- Indirah**

* Indirah represents the Magician as she is a magician herself, albeit being a familiar. She's the most skilled fortune teller in Belvoire, making her the holder of the cards and its magical properties. Not only does the fox on this card has the color of Indirah's clothes but she also is a fox herself; a nine-tailed fox going by the moniker **Blanca**. She is also the one who drew the figures on the cards.

**II. The High Priestess- Khaleesi**

* The owl on the card has Khaleesi's ruby red eyes, and Chandra is a lilac-colored owl that was mentioned to be Khaleesi's familiar who died due to unknown reasons. She also seemed to be obsessed with the idea of owls and birds and how "free" they can be without hunters hunting them down- a clear metaphor that she, a mage, wants to be free from the mage hunters in Belvoire.

**III. The Empress-** **Kellan's mother**

* Kellan's mother is described to be beautiful, and is very soft-spoken unlike the rest of her peers, matching the archetype to that of the Empress.

**IV. The Emperor- Kellan's father**

* Kellan's father is slightly overbearing and overprotective to his family, protecting them at all costs, just like what the Emperor would do.

**V. The Hierophant- Diether's father**

* He values tradition, and being a teacher of Diether and Illias Alnazar, he matches the description of the card.

**VI. The Lovers- Indirah and Illias' parents**

* Indirah knows her parents love each other, and so she created the card that would match her own parents. She drew the card with her parents as the Warlocks' familiars, which are their last appearance when Indirah escaped the Warlocks' cave.

**VII. The Chariot- Diether**

* Diether is the one who's controlling his own fate, and he knows hunting mages shouldn't be done just because his loved one died. He breaks tradition and like Lucio, rebels against his father's wishes to help everyone despite their blood status or species. He's bound to be successful when he does something or tries something new. In the Masquerade, Diether wears a cheetah pin on the left side of his clothes, the same cheetah on the Chariot card.

**VIII. Strength- Illias**

* Prior to the events of The Arcana, Illias was left by his sister to find their kidnapped parents, although she never returned and went back to him. Standing again with his own two feet, he finds family with the Lozanos that his own family failed to give him at such a young age, he strived to be better and would later be a mage hunter like Diether. Illias is mentioned to have a lion mask for the school's Masquerade.

**IX. The Hermit- The Hermit doesn't have its host character as of now.**

**X. Wheel of Fortune- The Wheel of Fortune doesn't have its host character as of now.**

**XI. Justice- Sapphire's mother**

* Although she was only mentioned several times, it's clear Sapphire's mother has a strong sense of justice, as she doesn't judge others by their abilities or appearances; she cares about personalities and thinking. For one, her dying wish was her husband to stop hunting mages since she is one herself, and that she doesn't want him to discriminate anyone based on that. Also, Sapphire's mother had a pet pig named Salami when she was young.

**XII. The Hanged Man- Sigmund Chauvera**

* Sigmund is willing to sacrifice for his family, and especially for Sapphire. He doesn't relinquish control even if it's against what he wants- he decided which option is best for Sapphire and he goes in that route, no matter if it's going to be hard for him.

**XIII. Death- Warlocks' leader**

* Lucio Damaris' father hates changes, which the Death card represents. He didn't like it when his son went against his back and backstabbed him, resulting in the Warlocks' fall, including his. Also, **Amree Aguinaldo** mentions in a Q&A that she likes to imagine he could ride a horse- a horse is the figure on the Death card.

**XIV. Temperance- Temperance doesn't have its host character as of now.**

**XV. The Devil- Lucio**

* Lucio is a personification of what the Devil card represents- greed, selfishness, and material wants, at least before meeting and knowing Indirah. His outfit is mostly white, which is the color of the goat on the card. Indirah and Illias' parents' familiar forms as snakes are also depicted in the card with chains, mostly because Lucio is the one who's been their master growing up. Lucio is also described to be wearing a goat-shaped mask in the Masquerade.

**XVI. The Tower- Fire Scarabs**

* Because there are red beetles shown in the card of the Tower, its host character (or animal) could be the source of the Crimson Plague, the Fire Scarabs. The Tower represents destruction, and the Fire Scarabs are the reason why Belvoire fell into depression after multiple people die.

**XVII. The Star- Deeana**

* Mentioned to be an Aquarius, Diether's younger sister Deeana has blue eyes (opposed to her brother's dark blue ones) and she radiates off energy from herself to all the people around her. Illias also described Deeana as "the family's star".

**XVIII. The Moon- Sapphire**

* Sapphire listens to her heart more than her head and trusts her gut instincts more than anyone else. She matches the color of her outfit to that of the wolf depicted in the Moon card; with hues of gray, blue, purple, and yellow. Sapphire mentions she likes wolves more than once, although she says the concept and idea of werewolves are dumb. She also sports a wolf mask for the Masquerade in the university.

**XIX. The Sun- Seraphine**

* Sapphire's "other self" nicknamed **Seraphine**, is a more quirkier and more energetic version of her. She claims she doesn't like the dark, and would want her and Sapphire to be successful in whatever they do. She often doesn't care about what other people think of her, be it positive or negative, and she is very outspoken.

**XX. Judgement- The Readers**

* The story's readers are the representations of the Judgement card- thanking the readers for having to come this far on the story. The readers serve as the "judge", expressing their thoughts and opinions on the story to the Narrators or the authors themselves.

**XXI. The World- The Narrators**

* The Narrators, **Elias** and **Airah Salazar**, are shared in representing the World card. The World celebrates the journey come full circle- and the circle is being the story, which means reaching Elias and Airah narrate in the last chapter is leading the "full circle" or the end of The Arcana. **Austin Dy** and **Amree Aguinaldo** are considered to also be the World card themselves as they are the actual authors of the story they're proud of, celebrating the story's finale with their own stand-ins. It's also worth noting that Elias and Airah have a pet turtle named "Peong Peong".

## G**Λ**LLERY

Major Arcana tarot cardsThe Tarot symbols as drawn by Khaleesi in the Journal of the ArcanaJournal of the Arcana and Kellan's wandThe Fool & The Magician (Journal)The High Priestess, The Empress, The Emperor, & The Hierophant (Journal)The Lovers, The Chariot, Justice, & The Hermit (Journal)Wheel of Fortune, Strength, The Hanged Man, & Death (Journal)Temperance, The Devil, The Tower, & The Star (Journal)The Moon, The Sun, Judgement, & The World (Journal)
## TRIVI**Λ**S

* Indirah was the one who created the journal as a guide to tarot reading for Kellan, also applies in real life. **Amree Aguinaldo** has the same notebook full of wiccan topics, mostly arcana. In fact, it was that very same notebook that inspired the writers to include it to the story.
* The tarot deck had been with Indirah and has been working on them since she's 13, supported by the fact that she mentions to Sapphire, "I made them after I turned into a tweenager, thank you very much".
* Some of the writings in the journal is written in a made-up script by Amree and **Parker Trinh**, called *Astraea*, which was used earlier for the short film Fraulein.
	+ The Astraean script is based on zodiac signs, and the letter D, M, N, O, T, U, and V are the most noticeable. The letter D is Libra's scales, M and N look like Scorpio and Capricorn respectively, The letter O is Taurus, T is Sagittarius, U looks like Ophiuchus, and V is Aries.
* The Arcana's chapters are named after the major arcana cards, starting with the prologue named as the Fool, the first chapter being the Magician, third chapter is the High Priestess, and so on.
	+ Since the Fool's card number is 0, Amree assigned it as the name for the prologue instead of having "Prologue" as the chapter title.
* At one point of the story, Indirah admits that she still hasn't memorized all 22 major arcana yet and which number a card is, but she memorized its symbolism and overall meaning.