Raven
Value: 6
Secrets • Ravens • Books • Flame
Meanings: Jealousy, sight, trickery
Companion to the Secrets family, the Raven sees everything and tells nothing. The Raven is smarter and wiser than it ever lets on. Its intelligence, however, manifests in its crafty solutions to problems. Some might use the word “cheating,” in fact.
The Raven’s weakness is greed and jealousy. It wants what you have, and that probably means your secrets. Can you keep them from its watchful eyes? Is it even worth trying?
Divination: The Raven has both positive and negative connotations. Most commonly, it indicates that someone is watching, jealous—usually someone unexpected. It’s also a warning to beware of greed and trickery. On the positive side, however, it advises vigilance or suggests that there’s a trick involved in what one must do to succeed. Either means that there’s a problem that can be overcome.
Game Narrative: A jealous NPC takes action. An NPC turns out to be a con artist. An NPC notices something or sees a solution to a problem.
Joy: An NPC falls for the PC’s deception. The PC sees something they normally would have missed.
Despair: An NPC reacts badly to a PC due to jealousy. An NPC ally falls for a trick.
The sights seen by the too-many eyes of the Raven are beyond anyone else’s ability to cope.