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The Collective:
Death: Goes by simply Death, the most feared Arcana, with a permanent place in the minds of all humans. Although, in reality, he is more about transition and transformation. He transitions souls from life to the afterlife. He can transform the state of people as well. Decomposition was his idea. So was turning the Lovers into stone. He's really only all powerful when paired with complimentary Arcana.

Judgement: His name is Israfil. He judges souls and he can sort of condemn people to be seen as bad (or good) no matter what they do. He fathered the Karma system, allowing humans to direct their own fate, and resist the influence of other Arcana in their lives, based on their good and bad deeds. He is a check to the power of many of those Arcana who would direct the fate of humans, preferring that humans decide their own fate. However, it is when humans fall in the grey area when they are able to be controlled.

The Hanged Man: Known as Caspar, he is the check to Death's and the Devil's power. He is a symbol of resurrection and can return one to their original state. He can give peace to troubled (crazy) people and bring people back from the dead. But they're often not the same when they come back. It's not a perfect system, lots of kinks.

The Devil: Another fellow whose image has persevered through history. He has many names, but we'll use the Devil, and is responsible for inspiring hate and ignorance, making humans do terrible things to each other. He can make people go crazy through voices in their head...etc. The check to his power is the Hierophant.

The Fool: His name is Kesil. He is a pathological liar with a silver tongue. His lies, no matter how ridiculous, can often pass as truth. How else do you think the Trojan Horse was so successful?

The Emperor: His name is Cepheus. He is a balance to the Empress and the reason the Magician isn't quite as open with his own relationship with the Empress. He controls the more destructive forces of nature, being tornado, forest fire...etc. Also, he acts as a buffer for other people's powers, neutralizing them for at time. He's also super sneaky in that he can shape shift, but not without retaining one key feature, like his bright violet eyes.

The Hermit: His name is Absolon. His ability is to conjure up doubt in the people he encounters.

Incapacitated:
The Lovers: Sophia and Rico. These two are so inseparable that they are one unit. They amplify emotions, romantic and otherwise and can alter alliances. They were turned to stone to imprison them after they attempted to dissolve the Collective.

The Tower: A fortress in which the Arcana based themselves. Sort of a Mt. Olympus deal, but it moves around depending on where it is directed to be. It's allegiance lies with the strongest alliance of Arcana.

The Empress: Her name is Cielle. She is a guardian of nature. Without her, nature becomes chaotic instead of harmonious. Currently she's captured by the Collective at the bottom of the ocean.

The Hierophant: Her name is Vidya. She inspires logic, reasoning, and understanding. She is a whiz with technology of any era and also very good at understanding how systems work. She's super intelligent. She sees the Major Arcana as being a logic puzzle and understands how each member fits into the balance. If she weren't ironically trapped in a labyrinth she would be of major help to the last 7. However, the labyrinth won't hold her forever.

The Chariot: A pretty awesome mode of transportation. It could also be time traveling machine.That's all I've really thought of for now.

Fortune: Her name is Fortuna. She's blind, She has the power, if she wants to, to be able to change one's destiny or fate. She can only do that, however by going into someone's mind, and the High Priestess is the only one who can do it in a way for her to use her power. She is always the one to think of any plan or anything, because opportunities are right up her alleyway.

The World: It's name is Asha and it is an androgenous, gender-neutral person who facilitates the cycles in the world. Asha can assist in completing all cycles as well as strengthens the bond between humans and the earth. The Emperor is the check to Asha's power. And as you can tell by freak hurricanes and global warming, Asha is indisposed, floating endlessly in orbit around the earth because without thrust in space, you go with the flow. There's irony for you.

The Sun: Her name is Aurora. She controls fire and light. She was the one who made the oh so wise decision to give humans fire. She can give inanimate objects a temporary "spark," life. Also makes people focus on practical and realistic things and allowing them to enjoy what is rather than focus on the past or worry about the future.