Weeping Priest
Value: 5
Secrets • Ravens • Books • Flame
Meanings: Betrayal, weakness, turnabout, disillusionment, loss
The priest sits alone, filled with sadness or remorse. What has happened? What’s causing his misery? Happiness, success, and good fortune are fragile things—easily taken away by the cruel hand of fate. This is particularly true when there’s a (probably unseen) weakness in a plan.
As the apprentice of the Secrets family, the Weeping Priest is its weak link. It’s a hindrance at best and a hidden stab in the back at worst. The worst secret of all is the one that conceals betrayal by the one you love most.
Divination: The Weeping Priest is almost always an unwelcome card. It indicates a surprise reversal and it’s almost always bad. It suggests that there’s an unexpected weakness in the plan to deal with the matter at hand.
Game Narrative: An NPC changes their mind about something. Something is lost.
Joy: Something unexpected happens to dramatically alter a bad situation. An ally of one of the PC’s enemies or obstacles betrays them. The PC realizes an opponent’s weakness.
Despair: An NPC suddenly turns on the PC. An NPC important to the PC dies or leaves forever. The PC suddenly finds themselves unexpectedly vulnerable.
Do I weep most for the wrongs I have witnessed? Or those I have committed?