Deck of Sgain

The Wheel is ever turning, and the cards are ever changing.

Used in gaming and fortune telling alike, the deck is a common fixture with taverns, temples, and street corner charlatans. Different games may be favored by the highborn and the low, and a vast array of styles may be employed in the divining of fates. However, the makeup of the deck is surprisingly consistent for something used for such wildly different purposes and reputedly so ancient in origin.

Generally Accepted Compositions

The deck is usually comprised of 8 suits of 7 cards each as well as 4 wild cards.

Common Suits

The suits are generally referred to by one of two sets of names:

Chaos

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Dogs

Rage

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Bulls

Desire

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Serpents

Dominion

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Falcons

Order

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Lions

Honor

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Stags

Charity

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Unicorns

Liberty

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Pegasi

Suit composition

Each suit is almost always comprised of the following 7 cards in the following order of strength or precedence:

Regent

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Crown

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Consort

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Flower

Heir

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Stave

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Priest

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Wheel

Vizier

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Key

Champion

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Sword

Knave

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Flail

In games that follow the list in a linear fashion, the Knave often trumps the Regent to "complete the wheel"
In other games, the cards within a suit are grouped into tiers (represented above by the separations in the list) that put each card within a grouping on equal footing.

The Unaligned

The common four unaligned cards are not always included in decks and games but usually are used as wild cards of some fashion when they are. Other unaligned cards have been known to appear, but none with any popularity or staying power approaching the basic four.


Balance (usually represented by a Hippogryph facing to the left)
Restraint (usually represented by a Hippogryph facing to the right)
Mother Dark (usually represented by a dark crescent)
Father Light (usually represented by a fire)

Item type

Religious / Ritualistic