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Antioch needs to be the Knave of Occulatrsmsrg. Or of Obelisks, but definitely a jack and not a king.

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- Antioch needs to be the Knave of Occulatrsmsrg. Or of Obelisks, but definitely a jack and not a king. After all, I think he's the picture of material rather than magical success, despite being the first of the three eventual unlockers. He was not a wizard at all, but rather a rogue - brilliant and ruthless, not enlightened. He took over a powerful guild, then leveraged that success. He didn't use wisdom to unlock, he cheated - he had (literally) Epic levels of UMD. Once he gained that power, he used it to establish a temporal realm, and there is no indication that his quest to fulfill the prophecies was done on or for anyone's behalf but his own. After all, the prophecies alternately paint the Conquerer as savior and destroyer.

I'm so thrilled that someone read this again. I had a note in my mind to try to get you to incorporate these when we went to the Dark Carnival. Should we move Arek to the Knave of Pentacles? Pentacles usually represent spiritual foundations and success. --Msallen

- 6 of Hearts: Bodyguard/Blackguard - I imagine it typically would be a double bust type card, with the up side being a goodly knight and the reverse side being a blackguard. In the alexandria story, they would represent the oracular bodyguard, who willingly took an oath of darkness in order to stay by the side of the children they were sworn to protect.

I'm so thrilled that someone read this again. I had a note in my mind to try to get you to incorporate these when we went to the Dark Carnival. Should we move Arek to the Knave of Pentacles? Pentacles usually represent spiritual foundations and success. --Msallen

Absolutely, I agree with this on 100 levels. My god, things are moving now! -gm

I like it. In the spirit of making key relics "characters" in their own right, the Jack of Octacles could be Entropy's End, Alexandria's Sword, or something like that. Queen of Hearts could easily be the Quicksilver Dragon, as young men falling in love with their dragons is old trope, and makes their inevitable death more tragic. I assume the +1 card would be something like The Omnity, as a singular "joker" type card? -d

Yeah, I filled some of this in after our email before seeing this. I like the dragon as the queen of hearts. I'm not sure I like the jacks right now... especially the jack of octacles, which is supposed to be Sayid's misplaced faith in 'Fate'. I would like for them to be the 'bad' noble--something with strong negative connotations, although not necessarily evil (maybe Kivan?). Right now that means 3/4 have to do with Sayid :( Also, ideally the nobles would all be people (or dragons--living things), and we can move the objects and events down to the pip cards. Any thoughts? --Msallen 15:01, 19 March 2009 (EDT)