INCRIMINATING SKULL
Value: 5
Secrets • Ravens • Books • Flame
Meanings: Disaster, discovery, evidence, connections, friends/family
The skull is uncovered, revealing a long-buried wrong. It is evidence of a crime. However, the skull was once a person, and that person’s family and friends miss them. They wonder what happened to them, and discovering the remains of the victim actually brings them some comfort and closure on the situation.
The evidence that is uncovered might be the result of a long investigation, or it might be entirely accidental and inadvertent. It might be something that people have long searched for, or the remains of someone or something that no one even knew was missing. Last, it might be something that someone was trying to actively conceal, or it might just be the remains of some past event covered up only by time.
Divination: Incriminating Skull tells us that there’s a deeper, darker meaning to the matter at hand. It presages failure, particularly being caught at wrongdoing. However, if the context is right, it might also simply indicate that a friend or relative—particularly one that has been long estranged—is involved in some way.
Game Narrative: Something that should have remained hidden becomes evident. A friendly NPC, particularly one with a bond to the PC, makes an appearance or something happens that suggests a connection with them.
Joy: The PC makes a new friend, or reconnects with an old one.
Despair: Someone discovers something the PC did in the past that they would have preferred remain secret.
The raven remembers your sins.