Swan
Value: 6
Visions • Swans • Blades • Water
Meanings: Good fortune, good weather, latent talents
Elegant and serene, the Swan is the companion card of the Visions family. It is a harbinger of luck, and in particular it is said to bring calm, favorable weather with it wherever it goes. But, as someone—many someones—have said, we make our own luck. In this case, the Swan represents that as well. In the midst of a challenge, someone displays a talent, an affinity, or even a magical ability that they didn’t know they had. When this happens, it is sometimes called “a swan event.”
Divination: This is a card suggesting good fortune. The winds of fate blow favorably for the person in question and the path that lies before them. Rarely, however, it is deeper than that. The Swan and its resultant “swan events” can suggest that one might have a talent that has so far been unrecognized, even by the person in question. That talent is the key to moving forward and succeeding at some upcoming challenge. But how does one discover such a thing?
Game Narrative: The weather calms. Someone gets a lucky break. An NPC finds a latent talent or ability previously unknown.
Joy: Something unexpectedly fortuitous occurs to aid the PC. The PC suddenly manifests some new talent or ability.
Despair: An NPC foe experiences some incredibly good fortune. An NPC foe displays a skill or ability the PC didn’t know they had.
The regal swan’s quiet mind conceals wonders.