Mysterious Rune
Value: 9
Secrets • Ravens • Books • Flame
Meanings: Magic, mystery, wordless communication
Words are spells, and spells are words. Runes encode words. They hide them—in plain sight. Store them. If you can decipher the rune, you gain its meaning, and thus its power. Those who scribe a rune, or even those who hold the book or other object the rune marks, are its masters.
The Secrets family holds the mystery of a rune along with all its hidden meanings. It is not an Unknowable Truth, but a secret that can be learned—though it’s likely a difficult and dangerous one.
Divination: Generally, this is considered a card of good fortune by vislae, and bad fortune by nons. There’s mystery afoot—there’s something important that can be discovered if the person in question looks for it. Specifically, looking for something in a book is a good idea after this card is turned.
Game Narrative: Something unexpected is revealed to be magical. A mystery arises. Something significant is found in a book.
Joy: The PC comes upon a wondrous secret in a book or similar media. The PC’s magic works better than expected.
Despair: Important magic falters or fails. The PC reads something that carries a terrible meaning for them.
Can you decipher what the book holds?