I think there should be an Orb card, and maybe one for Chaos... call it Amorphia, maybe. I'd be in favor of a Horse card as well. Let's see... that's twenty. Two more. The Furnace is a gimme, and... how about Night? In a starless world, nighttime will have its own particular quality. So, one for each house, and the Orb, Chaos, the Horse, and Night. Or the Cycle. That would be a good one. I think, anyway. On 11/16/05, SB Bergquist <sbrwake at yahoo.com> wrote: > > Some help if you are one who would like to try and match houses and > other aspects of the Dragaeran world to the tarot deck. Rion meant to > say we're working on the Major Arcana. To familiarize yourself with > the general purpose behind each card, here is a great link to basic > Tarot card interpretation: > > http://www.angelfire.com/realm2/amethystbt/divtarotmajorarcana.html > > There are 22 Major Arcana but only 17 houses in Brust's world so we > have a translation with 5 additional aspects of Dragaera to make up > the 22 total. But, being you all are the really BIG fans we thought > we ought to see how closely our Major Arcana comes to what some of > you might like to see. > > There is also the minor arcana which has four elements to base its 52 > cards on (like poker cards having spades, diamonds, hearts and > clubs). The common minor arcana elements are the wand, pentacle, cup > and sword. We figured we could keep those elements, except change the > pentacle to coin (that element deals with wealth and success) since > witchcraft is not an accepted craft for Dragaerans. > > We are looking forward to seeing what you all come up with! > > --Sage > > > --- Rion Bergquist <carpovita at earthlink.net> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > According to Steve, most card games on Dragaera are played with the > > Dragaeran Tarot deck - so we intend to release said Tarot deck at > > the 2006 > > Fan summit. > > > > Steve and my partner Sage have discussed what the incarna should be > > and > > various other attributes of the project but we have not, as of yet, > > finalized anything. > > > > At this point we are waiting for three things: > > - the art (see previous mail) > > - final determination of what house and other Dragaeran iconic > > representations should be which arcana > > and > > - final approval from Steve who has the answers to all such things > > somewhere > > in his wondrously creative brain. > > > > So to help us ensure that we have everything in its proper place > > Sage has > > asked me to ask all of you - as you are the foremost experts of the > > world > > next to Steve - what you all think would be in a Dragaeran Tarot > > deck. > > > > Please keep in mind that this deck is to be the deck that > > Dragaerans would > > use, so individuals highlighted in the book will (for the most > > part) be out > > of bounds. A Dragaeran would not use a deck that had a relatively > > unknown > > Vlad as the Death card - they might however happily use one that > > had a > > overdone characterization of an Easterner as the Fool... > > > > Hopefully that gives you an idea of what we are looking for. Just > > like the > > other stuff this project should be going to press Jan 15th. As > > such I need > > your answers, suppositions and conversation on this subject ASAP. > > Please > > copy Sage into the loop on all tarot specific ramblings > > > > If you have any questions about this project or any other part of > > the Summit > > festivities please do not hesitate to ask. > > Sage is the Tarot expert and she may be reached at > > sbrwake at yahoo.com > > I am running the production schedules and may be reached by e-mail > > here > > about half the time, or by phone at 303-359-7073 pretty much all of > > the > > time. > > > > Thanks again for your love of the world and your help! > > > > Rion Bergquist - > > CEO Carpovita Press & Exec Director Opus Arts Festival - > > www.opusfest.com <http://www.opusfest.com> > > --SB Bergquist > Fantasy Arts Enterprises > 397 S. Revere St. Aurora, CO 80012 > Phone: 303-364-6003 > Fax 303-364-6003 > Opus Festival website: www.opusfest.com <http://www.opusfest.com> > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail.yahoo.com > -- ------------------------------------ No animals were harmed in the making of this email. This email is 100% biodegradable and pesticide-free. ------------------------------------ Slowsilver: A site for gamers http://slowsilver.darja.net/ We're so fast, we move backwards! ------------------------------------