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A small wooden box containing a handwritten note, a coin, and a tarot card. | A small wooden box containing a handwritten note, a coin, and a tarot card. All three items have been stamped with a mystic mark: a spiral with an eye at its center. | ||
== The Card == | |||
The Devil, 15th trump of the major arcana ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil_%28Tarot_card%29 Wikipedia entry]). This is likely meant to signify the Gambler himself. | |||
== The Coin == | |||
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The metal coin is made of a silvery-white lightweight metal. One side depicts the “Goddess of Magic” and gives here name as “Maja.” The letters “A.P.F.” appear at the bottom. The other side of the coin says “ONE FREE ADMISSION” and the words “PARADISE CITY” beveled along the rim, the image of a cityscape taking up the center. | |||
== The Note == | == The Note == | ||
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THE MOON WILL BURN ON YOUR FINAL HOUR <br> | THE MOON WILL BURN ON YOUR FINAL HOUR <br> | ||
[[Category: Diskordia]] | [[Category: Diskordia]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:29, 18 October 2015
A small wooden box containing a handwritten note, a coin, and a tarot card. All three items have been stamped with a mystic mark: a spiral with an eye at its center.
The Card
The Devil, 15th trump of the major arcana (Wikipedia entry). This is likely meant to signify the Gambler himself.
The Coin
The metal coin is made of a silvery-white lightweight metal. One side depicts the “Goddess of Magic” and gives here name as “Maja.” The letters “A.P.F.” appear at the bottom. The other side of the coin says “ONE FREE ADMISSION” and the words “PARADISE CITY” beveled along the rim, the image of a cityscape taking up the center.
The Note
The handwritten note reads as follows:
LISA - SO SOLLY HAD TO RETURN SHOES & GLOVES TO ORIGINAL OWNER
BUT TO COMPENSATE HERE IS SMALL TOKEN OF MY AFFECTATION.
“TO THE RANGER AND HER COMPANIONS”
A POEM BY PHINEAS JOHANSEN
‘FORE NEXT WE MEET AT THE SINFUL SPIRE
MAGUS PLAYS THE FOOL AND THE WITCH ON FIRE
BLACK CROW MUST PAY THE FIDDLER HIS DUE
THEN DROPS THE HAMMER ON THE REST OF YOU
YOU’LL PLAY WITH ME ONE FRIENDLY HAND
THEN FLEET YOUR FATE ON WESTRIVER GRAND
‘CROSS THE TIMELESS SEA OF REASON AND LOSS
WHERE ALL MUST PAY THE FAIRYMAN TO CROSS
THEN OAR THE DARK CHASM OFF HERAS LAIR
LOST HIEROPHANT STEEL AND CRIMSON TIGER SPARE
WHEN CLIMB IN VAIN DOWN THE EBON TOWER
THE MOON WILL BURN ON YOUR FINAL HOUR