Elemental Daroka

In Caino, the Daroka was adopted by the Genasi and adapted to their elemental symbolism. The Elemental Daroka is a significant departure from the original format of the Tarokka, instead forming a kind of map of the cosmos.

Imagery

The suits of the Elemental Daroka are elemental - fire, air, water and earth - and are constructed around a common structure.
The ace of each suit represents the cosmic manifestation of the element, its place in the primal cosmogony of Aiaos. Numbers two to four represent three physical manifestations of the element in different states: potential, benign and destructive. The next three cards represent three spiritual manifestations, emotions or characteristics associated with the element. Eight and nine are allocated to personal manifestations, people pr archetypal roles. Finally, the master of each suit represents the genie of the element, its highest expression in the philosophy of the genasi.
The High Deck forms a map and history of the cosmos, from creation to destruction and eventual dissolution.

The cards

	The High Deck
I	Cosmos	Potential; boundless possibility.
II	Firmament	Light; creation; the blank canvas.
III	Primal Wild	Realisation; decisions; narrowing possibilities.
IV	Un	Beginnings; ideas and concepts.
V	Mun	Foundations; objects and places.
VI	Muna	Sorrow; knowledge of doom.
VII	Amuna	Emotion; life; entropy.
VIII	Aiaos	Solidity; the hope of things; sensation.
IX	Grim Plain	Decay; limitations and regrets.
X	Web of Fate	Predestination; traps and snares.
XI	Time	Progression; cause and effect; consequences.
XII	Abyss	Doom; malignancy; destruction.
XIII	Boundary	Protection; ultimate limits.
XIV	Void	Emptiness; endings; unmaking.

Fire

To the genasi who developed the Elemental Daroka, fire represents impulse, emotion and speed. It is warmth and kindness and courage, but also consuming hunger, rage and violence.

1	Spark	Ignition; inception; beginnings; the multiplicity of future possibilities.
2	Ember	Long-nurtured feelings; fire underground; a cause waiting to rise.
3	Hearth	Warmth; family; deep affection and caring.
4	Wildfire	Runaway emotion; destruction; smothering.
5	Passion	Demands of the heart; conviction; desire.
6	Rage	Violence; mistakes and regrets; righteousness.
7	Hunger	Need; unbridled appetite; consumption and loss.
8	Dancer	Agility; beauty; danger.
9	Warrior	Strife; valour; force.
Master	Ifriti	The guardian; the berserker; glory in conflict.

Air

Air is the element of thought, motivation and direction. It stands for movement and action, but also for consequences. Air represents the inevitable flow from cause to effect.

1	Song	Theorem; formulation; setting the course.
2	Pressure	Waiting; potential; the held breath.
3	Breath	Progress or progression; cause and effect; control.
4	Tempest	Unintended consequences; too much potential; confusion.
5	Decision	Choices; branching paths; doors opened and doors closed.
6	Question	Unceertainty; futures in doubt; fear.
7	Ambition	Determination or greed; projected paths; shaping the future.
8	Seeker	Inquiry; searching for answers; deliberation.
9	Traveller	Movement and travel; changes of direction; an important message.
Master	Djinni	The messenger; language and meaning; intention and outcome.

Water

Water is the element of change and transformation, liminality and boundaries. It also stands for time, expression and the mechanisms and processes of exchange.

1	Tears	Birth; comprehension; linearity; remembrance.
2	Ocean	Gathering experience; change of state; anticipation.
3	Tide	Cycles; the passage of time; routine and predictability.
4	Maelstrom	Destructive transformation; unfixed; loss of control and unpredictability.
5	Change	Growth and development; transition; gain and loss; decay.
6	Persisitence	Repetition; erosion; decline in fortunes.
7	Adaptation	Reaction; partnership; acceptance of fate.
8	Artist	Creation; birth; the mutability of forms.
9	Merchant	Give and take; balance; trade and commerce.
Master	Marid	The midwife; master of the guild; acquisition and inheritance.

Earth

Earth is the element of stability and stasis, of patience and endurance. It stands for the rocks of identity, principle and law, and for the ultimate stasis brought about by mortality.

1	Step	Finality; stasis; an ending.
2	Mountain	The sum of experience; the zenith of being; the moment before decline.
3	Wall	Defence; material legacy; the word of law.
4	Quake	Final defeat and decimation; disaster; the failure of certainty.
5	Endurance	Survival; grief and mourning; nostalgia.
6	Stoicism	Resistance and defiance; identity; legend and legacy.
7	Slumber	Sleep and death; awareness and acceptance of mortality.
8	Hermit	Isolation; the self in solitude; learning.
9	Magistrate	Justice; crime; absolute law.
Master	Dao	The judge; divine justice; cosmic harmony.

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Miscellaneous