Vizier
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Notions • Cats • Clocks • Wind
Meanings: Manipulation, sycophant, power, influence
Lurking in the shadows, the Vizier controls from a distance. They do not sit upon a throne, but instead are the power behind that throne. They don’t make laws, they circumvent them—but they do it to further the ends of the ruler, the land, or perhaps themselves. The Vizier has secret agendas within agendas. Their smooth words manipulate everyone, even the ruler they supposedly serve. Thus, they have much of the real power and influence. Are they acting in the best interests of the ruler, or themselves? How can we ever be certain?
The Vizier is the nemesis of Notions. They cannot be trusted.
Divination: Someone is manipulating things behind the scenes, and that’s almost certainly bad for the person in question. One must look for where the real power is, because this card turn suggests that it isn’t where one thinks it is. The Vizier can also mean that there is a way for one to manipulate the people involved in one’s goals through careful words, clever words, coercion, or extortion.
Game Narrative: A sycophant is manipulating a leader. A person in power is being threatened. A leader is overthrown. Someone is exerting secretive influence upon someone else.
Joy: The PC finds they have more power than they thought. The PC gains influence over an important NPC.
Despair: Someone is undermining the wishes of the PC. An NPC gains leverage over the PC and uses it.
The right words in the right ear can be more potent than any spell.