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sageofthescions · 7 months
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Which card would they be from the major arcana of tarot cards? (If you're more well read in tarot, you could also do minor arcana.)
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((Realistically the answer to this would be "what point in his personal storyline are we talking about?"
As a general theme you could probably make a strong argument for the Hanged Man, as he often struggles with the notion of sacrifice and letting go, and often gets mired in indecision, but he's also had to deal with seeing things from new perspectives.
You could also make a strong case for the Hermit, as that deals with introspection and soul searching, which he has absolutely had to do a lot of especially during the Heavensward storyline.
You could argue that he showed strong elements of Death during the Heavensward storyline, too, as that marked a turning point for him. Especially the reversed meaning of the Death card, namely resistance to change. He spent a good long chunk of Heavensward just... stubbornly refusing to change. Clinging to the things he knew (Haurchefant, the church's teachings—even if he himself always felt like something was wrong there), up until the moment the rug was yanked out from under him and he had to confront the truth behind the Dragonsong War.
As far as minor arcana are concerned, again with the earth theme he'd be strongly connected to the Pentacles/Coins/Diamonds/etc suit. Which is often associated with like, wealth (see: the fact that it's sometimes called the coins suit), which is a much weaker association for Lenar specifically. Going off of the definitions in one of my favorite tarot decks, the 3 of Pentacles is like, almost him to a T: it's listed as "Service," and while obedience is a bit of a stretch for him, "duty, respect, and work" are all very much fitting for him.
At this current point in time in his storyline, 4 of Pentacles is also especially fitting, for similar reasons as the Hanged Man: it's listed as "Barriers," and the little quote for it is especially fitting: "We carry the cruelest chains inside of us."
After all, Lenar tends to be his own worst critic.))
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