Ghostly Presence
Value: 7
Mysteries • Rats • Mirrors • Stone
Meanings: The past, guilt, unresolved issues
We all have our ghosts. They haunt us, both metaphorically and—of course—literally. We can become weighed down by our past sins, our unrequited feelings, our unresolved issues. As humans, we crave closure, but is such a thing ever truly possible? The Ghostly Presence suggests that it is not. There’s always something from our past that will arise later to remind us of the wrongs of long ago.
Divination: Something from the past—perhaps something forgotten—arises in the present. The most typical interpretation is that this ghost from the past will give the person in question trouble, but it’s possible that the reminder of the past is not entirely negative.
Game Narrative: Something done poorly in the past affects the present (a poorly made bridge collapses, a well runs dry, or the like). An NPC is motivated by guilt. NPCs wronged in the past demand justice in the present.
Joy: An ally from the past returns. The PC remembers some fact from the past—even a negative one—that is useful in the present.
Despair: Some past wrongdoing on the PC’s part returns to haunt them. An NPC wronged in the past arrives to get revenge upon the PC. A past debt incurred by the PC comes due.
Do you remember? Do you remember what you did? I do.