THE DRAGON, THE RATS, THE HONEY

 Here we have an allegory or parable that has been told since the dawn of times. It appeared first in the Hindu Mahabharata and in the sayings of the Buddha, and made its way westward with the Silk Road. Through the ages, it has been told by grandmothers, Brahmin, Jesuits, Buddhist monks, jesters, teachers, you name it: Here is a Dutch Baroque illustration!

Emblem XLVI, Doot-Kiste voor de Levendige of Sinne-Beelden (Coffin Before the Living, of Emblems).

A traveller lost in the jungle (of life) is pursued by a ferocious beast (here a bear, a fierce bear: no cuddly Winnie the Pooh). The traveller finds themself suspended from a thin branch (or root) high above a pit, where a dragon waits with an open maw, ready to swallow them up. To make things even more complicated, an even number of rats, half of them black half of them white, are cutting the root or branch from which the human character is hanging. Ever tantalizing the human's mouth, there are apples (or honey) within and yet without reach, always on the treetop.

In the Mahabharata, the enemy at surface level (replacing the bear here) is an ogress, or rakshasi in Sanskrit (a common villainess in Eastern tales) but the gist is the same: dragon in the pit, rats (an even number, half black half white) eating away at the branch, honey in the traveller's mouth (in this Sanskrit version, the human hangs upside down, like the Hanged Man in Tarot, "like a ripe jackfruit hanging from its stalk"). The Balavariani version (told by the mentor sage Balavar to the young prince Jehosaphat, ie Latinized Boddhisattva, or Future Buddha) the story is exactly the same but with a wild unicorn (a fierce beast, as much to do with our unicorn piñatas and plushies as the bear in the Dutch version has to do with Winnie the Pooh). The story also appears in the Gesta Romanorum, the collection that supplies the sources for Shakespeare's King Lear, Pericles, and Merchant of Venice, also with a fierce unicorn in the Gesta. Another version, closer to the Mahabharata, is told in the Sanskrit Panchatantra and in its Andalusi version, Calila e Dimna. In nineteenth-century Russia, Tolstoy retold the same story, dragon in the pit and rats and all, even with the drops of honey, in A Confession. Most recently, a Bollywood film in Tamil has revisited the age-old allegory.

The ogress (or beast) at the top and the dragon at the bottom are heavily inspired by Scylla and Charybdis, while the rats and the honey (or fruit) are self explanatory:

The jungle, as we have said before, is life. The monster at surface level, whether ogress, bear, or unicorn, is Death, always on the prowl, and the dragon at the bottom is also Death (compare the Hellmouth of the Passion Play), ready to swallow us all with an open maw. The traveller is trapped between two aspects of Death, ie between Scylla and Charybdis. The branch to which we cling is also life, and that even number of rats (either two, for night and day in general or the Sun and the Moon, four, for the seasons, or 24, for the hours) represent time, the daylight and nighttime moments eating away at our precarious existence. The tantalizing honey or apples are the pleasures or positive emotions, and though the Baroque was a cynical period (Marvell: "the cramp of Hope does tear," "the pestilence of Love does heat," and "Joy's cheerful madness does perplex"), it also supplies a chipper counterpoint of carpe diem, of enjoying these pleasures and positive emotions (the same applies to this very century, but saying YOLO instead of carpe diem), a counterpoint to the allegory of the dragon in the pit and to other broadsides exploring the same themes (the Dance of Death, Death and the Maiden, the Three Quick and Three Dead, etc.)

PS. Western versions, starting with the Balavariani, also say the traveller's feet are resting on four snakes (nagas in Sanskrit, echidnae in Greek) of different colours, these reptiles symbolize the four elements of Nature and the four fluids of the human system (air/blood, fire/choler, earth/melancholy, and water/phlegm). These elemental snakes, however, do not appear in all versions of the allegory.

STARXGLOVE: ROMEO & JULIET GL

 So I have a Romeo & Juliet magical person mafia GL/yuri retelling: #StarXGlove (read Star-Cross-Glove)

Welcome to fair Veroncia; but steer clear of the glass tower on the West riverbank and of the old estate on the East bank...

Even though peace was achieved over a decade and a half ago with a rendezvous on the bridge over the dry riverbed, fair Veroncia is becoming a pow(d)er keg. The eccentric one-eyed aerialist who lives under that same bridge like a homeless swings to and fro from the middle of the structure like a pendulum, often upside down. Who is he, and why is he our narrator?

(if you wonder, he's the Hanged Man from the West Bank Tower, who defected from decadence - The Hanged Man stabbed his left eye out -the "moon" of his microcosm- in exchange for the gift of insight by drinking from the waterfall curtain in the High Priestess's sanctum in her bunker underground beneath the Glass Tower (a reference to Odin and the Spring of Mimir!)

The pendulum swings east towards the old gothic estate with the pointed windows and dark furniture and black and white checkered floor tiles.

This is the home of those who rule the East Bank, half of Veroncia, with a heavy hand; of Lord Arsenic and Lady Strychnine, whose daughter Foxglove turned eighteen half a year ago. Foxy is betrothed to Polonium, an important ally of the clan and their unusually young advisor, but completely uninterested in the engagement.

Other members of note incluye Chlorine the female executioner, Fugu the male ninja, and especially Mercury, the whimsical non-binary messenger and Foxglove's best friend and confidante... (Polonium comes over from an outpost after Mercury is killed in action, partly to meet his fiancée, partly to fill Mercury's vacancy)

They all wear black and white, the males wear suits, the females wear what you expect a dowager to wear, and Fugu wears ninja getup. Those who take codenames from the periodic table wear their atomic numbers on their neckties.

The pendulum swings west towards the modern glass tower with the brightly coloured furniture and matching curtains and oversized plasma screens.

This is the home of those who rule the West Bank, half of Veroncia, with a velvet glove; the Empress and the Emperor and their only daughter the Star, whose eighteenth birthday is forthcoming and about to be celebrated in the Glass Tower with a grand masquerade.

Other members of note include the Hierophant the oldish advisor, the High Priestess the mysterious soothsayer or oracle, the Sun and Moon the Empress's twin maids, the Chariot the hot-blooded male executioner, and especially the Fool, the whimsical female jester and the Star's best friend and confidante.

They all wear bright colours and punk/psychedelic fashions, think the Capitol in THG.

Foxglove's favourite story is actually a subplot within a novella-length fairytale: "Fourth Story: Prince and Princess" within H.C. Andersen's The Snow Queen. She enjoys the idea of intellectual equals and kindred spirits finding one another and dreams of finding THE ONE in her life herself, no matter their gender (Even though she has to read the tale from a bookmarked fairytale compilation in secret, only with Mercury for an audience, since her parents want her to focus only on her training as she is next in line).

Star's favourite story is exactly the same as Foxy's for exactly the same reasons. She is also in love with the idea of intellectual equals and kindred spirits finding one another and dreams of finding THE ONE in her life herself, no matter their gender (her parents, however, are more permissive than Foxy's, but she's read the story more often to Fool than to them!).

(If you wonder, my own favourite fairytale in canon is "Fourth Story: Prince and Princess" within H.C. Andersen's The Snow Queen; because I myself enjoy the idea of intellectual equals and kindred spirits finding one another!)

It all begins when Mercury and Fugu take Foxglove across the bridge on their heist assignment infiltrating Star's birthday party in the Glass Tower. Merc is dressed as the Mad Hatter (but with atomic number on the price tag of the hat), Foxy as a Kitsune (vixen spirit), and Fugu wears his ninja garb; two of them trading their usual dark ensembles for something brighter.

At the party, Foxglove falls for a girl dressed as a nymph, and both drink and dance together... Too bad that in the end the nymph is revealed to be Star, and a pow(d)er keg that had remained inert since their infancy is about to explode due to their young love... But didn't the aerialist of the bridge, who called himself the Hanged Man, say that their love holds the key to peace as well?

And the three Cardinal Virtues?

Of course Justice, Strength, and Temperance existed and had a floor in the Glass Tower all to themselves, mentored by the Hierophant - over a decade and a half ago. Three sterling girls, the eldest in her thirties, the middle one in her twenties, and the youngest but seventeen or eighteen; all three wearing Saint Seiya-esque protective suits with the zodiac sign associated with their card emblazoned upon their chest (it was also their respective Sun sign).

Unfortunately, they were casualties of the last war over a decade and a half ago; in a confrontation for the ages, while defending the Tower and keeping the bridge across to it, when Miss Chlorine killed Justice (34), Miss Strychnine (then single) killed Strength (26), and the leader, Lord Arsenic himself, took the life of innocent young Temperance (18).

Ever since then, the Hierophant has been in mourning and secretly thirsting for revenge and looking for the opportunity to scheme to start another war in retaliation... No matter if the rest of the Glass Tower looks up to the Cardinal Virtues as war sheroes.

The mooks (foot soldiers):

Both sides accept male and female mooks from 17 years upwards.

The mooks at the Nightshade Estate wear all-black uniforms and helmets, and look like chess pawns; the higher-ups call them "Pawns" (aside from the chemical/poison motif, the East Bank Clan also has a chess motif; but only the black pieces). There are eight ranks. Pawn ranks are divided into elite pawns and ranker pawns.

Elite Pawns can be King Pawns, who answer directly to Lord Arsenic, or Queen Pawns, who answer directly to Lady Strychnine. They serve as a sort of pretorian guards.

Rankers are divided into Bishop Pawns, who answer to Mercury (and later to Polonium after Chariot kills Mercury), Knight Pawns, who answer to Fugu (and before that to Fugu's predecessor Thallium, a brisk young lad prodigy killed by the Cardinal Virtues in self-defense, regarded as the war hero of Nightshade Estate - and Polonium's role model), and Rook Pawns, who answer to Chlorine. These Ranker Pawns in turn can be King Rook Pawns or Queen Rook Pawns, and the same for the other officer designations.

The mooks in the Glass Tower are divided into four squads, all with ten ranks and each with a different colour scheme uniform and a card suit symbol:

Swords: spades, shades of blue (recon)

Cups: hearts, reds and pinks

Wands: clubs, shades of green (Tower guards)

Pentacles: diamonds, yellows and orange (elite/pretorian guards)

At the start of the story, Ten of Swords (youngish male) has been taken prisoner by two Pawns and is brought hand-tied to the Nightshade Estate study before Lord Arsenic; who calls for Miss Chlorine (by ringing a bell) and she takes him to her dungeons in the Estate cellar. I have the mental image of the scene; the bright cyan uniform standing out in the dark ominous study, the prisoner with an auburn ponytail wears a 10 and a sky blue spade on his uniform (pretty much like a Power Ranger taken captive by the bad guys), the Wallenstein-looking leader in a suit behind his desk with number 33 on his necktie ringing the bell, and enter a tall strong girl in a black power suit with nearly white hair and green eyes and number 17 on her necktie, and she grabs the prisoner by the hand-ties and ushers him out of the study while saying: "We're gonna have a great spree together..."

Definitely an improvement from the squabbling mook servants in the opening scene of Shakespeare's original, eh?

Spoilers about the end: In the end, not only Star and Foxglove are dead; for the Emperor led the Swords and Pentacles on a charge against the enemy to defend the tower and was gruesomely killed by Lord Arsenic and some of his King Pawns; at which the Empress cried so much that her makeup was running - the Sun remarked that and the Empress replied: "No matter, for the better, it's just become WAR PAINT..." and she led the survivors of the charge and set a trap that offed Lady Strychnine and several Queen Pawns in retaliation - so both leaders did not only lose their child, but also their marital partner, at the end of the day. So we find both Empress and Arsenic on the bridge with tears in their eyes - she says I'm sorry, he says Forgive me... and in the end both of them pull one another into a tight embrace and dry up one another's tears as the Hanged Man surfaces from under the bridge to compliment them - in an epilogue he explains they started a relationship and commuted between the Nightshade Estate and the Glass Tower and merged their respective cohorts as they signed peace, aware of the high price that both had had to pay.

PERSONA RAGNARÖK (LES MIS AU)

So I thought... Persona Les Mis AU much? With a boarding school setting and a Norse myth theme, to boot? Like, all the Friends of the ABC representing deities who are fated to die at Ragnarök, and Marius and Cosette as the survivors, Liv and Lifthrasir?
And then I thought... why not?

Líf ok Lifþrasir, 
en þau leynaz muno 
í holti Hoddmímis; 
morgindöggvar 
þau sér at mat hafa; 
þaðan af aldir alaz.  

(Liv and Lifthrasir
will lie concealed
in the grove of Mimer;
the morning dew
will be their food,
from them generations will spring.)

Se så! nu begynder vi. Når vi er ved enden af historien, ved vi mere, end vi nu ved...

(Allons-y! Let us begin. And, when we have reached the end of the story, we shall know more than we already know...)


PERSONA RAGNARÖK
An overview of leading characters, their Arcana and Personae


Enjolras - Arcana: The Star, Personae: Frey-Freya (two personae, one offensive and one defensive)
Combeferre - Arcana: The Hierophant, Persona: Odin
Courfeyrac - Arcana: The Chariot, Persona: Thor
Jehan Prouvaire - Arcana: The Empress, Persona: Idun
Jolllly - Arcana: The High Priestess, Persona: Eira
"Lesgle" Bossuet - Arcana: The Magician, Persona: Kvasir
Bahorel - Arcana: Justice, Persona: Tyr
Feuilly - Arcana: Strength, Persona: Skadi
Grantaire - Arcana: Judgement, Persona: Heimdall
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Gavroche Thénardier - Arcana: The Sun, Persona: Magni
Éponine Thénardier - Arcana: The Hanged One, Persona: Loki
Montparnasse - Arcana: The Tower, Persona: Surt
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"Ultime Fauchelevent" Jean Valjean - Arcana: The Hermit, Persona: Mimer
Marius Pontmercy - Arcana: The Fool, Persona: Lifthrasir
Cosette Fauchelevent - Arcana: The World, Persona: Liv


*****

Der sad de begge to voksne og dog børn, børn i hjertet, og det var sommer, den varme, velsignede sommer.

(There sat both of them as adults and yet children, children at heart; and it was summer, warm, blessed summer.)

REELING AND WRITHING VIII: A FOOL'S PROGRESS

REELING AND WRITHING
or,
Miss Dermark's 2015 Advent Calendar

DAY EIGHT

A FOOL'S PROGRESS
or
THE MAJOR ARCANA AS A MAP OF THE QUEST

The twenty-two Major Arcana of the Tarot deck, numbered from 0 to 21, portray archetypes of characters and scenarios that have reoccurred through the ages and across cultures in myth and fiction. When read in ascending order (from 0 to 21), these cards map out the structure of the quest story pretty well, as the journey of self-discovery of the youthful, androgynous Fool on the card numbered zero. The Fool stands for any innocent young person who ventures into the wide world to fulfil a mission, but also winds up discovering themselves. In my original writings, the Fool's Journey is the blueprint I follow most usually for describing my characters' quests. More than one character in the same story, since these have ensemble casts, embarks on a different Fool's Journey at the same time. In this article, we will discuss the motifs of the Major Arcana in The Stars' Tears, the first and second arcs of the Ringstetten Saga, and my latest project Pleasure Past and Anguish Past.

0: Innocence
1: Activity
2: Secrets/Mystery
3: The Caregiver
4: The Authority Figure
5: The Mentor/Education
6: The Crossroads
7: Success
8: Strength/Tolerance/Self-Confidence
9: Introspection
10: Turning Point
11: Justice/Responsibility/Cause and Effect
12: Sacrifice/Worldview Turned on Its Head
13: Change/Transformation (Leave-Taking, Metaphorical Death)
14: Patience/Balance/Golden Mean
15: The Id/Unreason/Intoxication/Entrapment
16: Things Fall Apart/Shattered Worldview
17: Hope/Inspiration
18: Dreams/Illusions/The Subconscious/Deception
19: Clarity/Understanding/Enthusiasm
20: Revelation/Resurrection/Awakening/New Beginnings
21: Full Circle/Fulfillment/Accomplishments

So here are the character arcs in question:

Gerhard Wilhelm von Ringstetten:
0: Innocence: Born in Küstrin, a fortress on the border of Prussia and Poland, on a confluence of two rivers, he is born the eldest surviving son of the local commandant and his lady wife.
1: Activity
2: Secrets/Mystery
3: The Caregiver
4: The Authority Figure
5: The Mentor/Education
6: The Crossroads
7: Success
8: Strength/Tolerance/Self-Confidence
9: Introspection
10: Turning Point
11: Justice/Responsibility/Cause and Effect
12: Sacrifice/Worldview Turned on Its Head
13: Change/Transformation (Leave-Taking, Metaphorical Death)
14: Patience/Balance/Golden Mean
15: The Id/Unreason/Intoxication/Entrapment
16: Things Fall Apart/Shattered Worldview
17: Hope/Inspiration
18: Dreams/Illusions/The Subconscious/Deception
19: Clarity/Understanding/Enthusiasm
20: Revelation/Resurrection/Awakening/New Beginnings
21: Full Circle/Fulfillment/Accomplishments


Liselotte von Tarlenheim/Ringstetten:
0: Innocence
1: Activity
2: Secrets/Mystery
3: The Caregiver
4: The Authority Figure
5: The Mentor/Education
6: The Crossroads
7: Success
8: Strength/Tolerance/Self-Confidence
9: Introspection
10: Turning Point
11: Justice/Responsibility/Cause and Effect
12: Sacrifice/Worldview Turned on Its Head
13: Change/Transformation (Leave-Taking, Metaphorical Death)
14: Patience/Balance/Golden Mean
15: The Id/Unreason/Intoxication/Entrapment
16: Things Fall Apart/Shattered Worldview
17: Hope/Inspiration
18: Dreams/Illusions/The Subconscious/Deception
19: Clarity/Understanding/Enthusiasm
20: Revelation/Resurrection/Awakening/New Beginnings
21: Full Circle/Fulfillment/Accomplishments


Alois van Lijd-Ivanovic:
0: Innocence
1: Activity
2: Secrets/Mystery
3: The Caregiver
4: The Authority Figure
5: The Mentor/Education
6: The Crossroads
7: Success
8: Strength/Tolerance/Self-Confidence
9: Introspection
10: Turning Point
11: Justice/Responsibility/Cause and Effect
12: Sacrifice/Worldview Turned on Its Head
13: Change/Transformation (Leave-Taking, Metaphorical Death)
14: Patience/Balance/Golden Mean
15: The Id/Unreason/Intoxication/Entrapment
16: Things Fall Apart/Shattered Worldview
17: Hope/Inspiration
18: Dreams/Illusions/The Subconscious/Deception
19: Clarity/Understanding/Enthusiasm
20: Revelation/Resurrection/Awakening/New Beginnings
21: Full Circle/Fulfillment/Accomplishments


Hedwig Luise von Ringstetten/van Lijd:
0: Innocence
1: Activity
2: Secrets/Mystery
3: The Caregiver
4: The Authority Figure
5: The Mentor/Education
6: The Crossroads
7: Success
8: Strength/Tolerance/Self-Confidence
9: Introspection
10: Turning Point
11: Justice/Responsibility/Cause and Effect
12: Sacrifice/Worldview Turned on Its Head
13: Change/Transformation (Leave-Taking, Metaphorical Death)
14: Patience/Balance/Golden Mean
15: The Id/Unreason/Intoxication/Entrapment
16: Things Fall Apart/Shattered Worldview
17: Hope/Inspiration
18: Dreams/Illusions/The Subconscious/Deception
19: Clarity/Understanding/Enthusiasm
20: Revelation/Resurrection/Awakening/New Beginnings
21: Full Circle/Fulfillment/Accomplishments


Gustav Adolf von Ringstetten:
0: Innocence
1: Activity
2: Secrets/Mystery
3: The Caregiver
4: The Authority Figure
5: The Mentor/Education
6: The Crossroads
7: Success
8: Strength/Tolerance/Self-Confidence
9: Introspection
10: Turning Point
11: Justice/Responsibility/Cause and Effect
12: Sacrifice/Worldview Turned on Its Head
13: Change/Transformation (Leave-Taking, Metaphorical Death)
14: Patience/Balance/Golden Mean
15: The Id/Unreason/Intoxication/Entrapment
16: Things Fall Apart/Shattered Worldview
17: Hope/Inspiration
18: Dreams/Illusions/The Subconscious/Deception
19: Clarity/Understanding/Enthusiasm
20: Revelation/Resurrection/Awakening/New Beginnings
21: Full Circle/Fulfillment/Accomplishments

Ekaterina Alekseievna Larina:
0: Innocence
1: Activity
2: Secrets/Mystery
3: The Caregiver
4: The Authority Figure
5: The Mentor/Education
6: The Crossroads
7: Success
8: Strength/Tolerance/Self-Confidence
9: Introspection
10: Turning Point
11: Justice/Responsibility/Cause and Effect
12: Sacrifice/Worldview Turned on Its Head
13: Change/Transformation (Leave-Taking, Metaphorical Death)
14: Patience/Balance/Golden Mean
15: The Id/Unreason/Intoxication/Entrapment
16: Things Fall Apart/Shattered Worldview
17: Hope/Inspiration
18: Dreams/Illusions/The Subconscious/Deception
19: Clarity/Understanding/Enthusiasm
20: Revelation/Resurrection/Awakening/New Beginnings
21: Full Circle/Fulfillment/Accomplishments

István Esterházy:
0: Innocence
1: Activity
2: Secrets/Mystery
3: The Caregiver
4: The Authority Figure
5: The Mentor/Education
6: The Crossroads
7: Success
8: Strength/Tolerance/Self-Confidence
9: Introspection
10: Turning Point
11: Justice/Responsibility/Cause and Effect
12: Sacrifice/Worldview Turned on Its Head
13: Change/Transformation (Leave-Taking, Metaphorical Death)
14: Patience/Balance/Golden Mean
15: The Id/Unreason/Intoxication/Entrapment
16: Things Fall Apart/Shattered Worldview
17: Hope/Inspiration
18: Dreams/Illusions/The Subconscious/Deception
19: Clarity/Understanding/Enthusiasm
20: Revelation/Resurrection/Awakening/New Beginnings
21: Full Circle/Fulfillment/Accomplishments

Kareena Isadora Violet Desdemona Fitzwilliam XIV:
0: Innocence
1: Activity
2: Secrets/Mystery
3: The Caregiver
4: The Authority Figure
5: The Mentor/Education
6: The Crossroads
7: Success
8: Strength/Tolerance/Self-Confidence
9: Introspection
10: Turning Point
11: Justice/Responsibility/Cause and Effect
12: Sacrifice/Worldview Turned on Its Head
13: Change/Transformation (Leave-Taking, Metaphorical Death)
14: Patience/Balance/Golden Mean
15: The Id/Unreason/Intoxication/Entrapment
16: Things Fall Apart/Shattered Worldview
17: Hope/Inspiration
18: Dreams/Illusions/The Subconscious/Deception
19: Clarity/Understanding/Enthusiasm
20: Revelation/Resurrection/Awakening/New Beginnings
21: Full Circle/Fulfillment/Accomplishments

Asuka Akizuki:
0: Innocence
1: Activity
2: Secrets/Mystery
3: The Caregiver
4: The Authority Figure
5: The Mentor/Education
6: The Crossroads
7: Success
8: Strength/Tolerance/Self-Confidence
9: Introspection
10: Turning Point
11: Justice/Responsibility/Cause and Effect
12: Sacrifice/Worldview Turned on Its Head
13: Change/Transformation (Leave-Taking, Metaphorical Death)
14: Patience/Balance/Golden Mean
15: The Id/Unreason/Intoxication/Entrapment
16: Things Fall Apart/Shattered Worldview
17: Hope/Inspiration
18: Dreams/Illusions/The Subconscious/Deception
19: Clarity/Understanding/Enthusiasm
20: Revelation/Resurrection/Awakening/New Beginnings
21: Full Circle/Fulfillment/Accomplishments

Catherine Saunier:
0: Innocence
1: Activity
2: Secrets/Mystery
3: The Caregiver
4: The Authority Figure
5: The Mentor/Education
6: The Crossroads
7: Success
8: Strength/Tolerance/Self-Confidence
9: Introspection
10: Turning Point
11: Justice/Responsibility/Cause and Effect
12: Sacrifice/Worldview Turned on Its Head
13: Change/Transformation (Leave-Taking, Metaphorical Death)
14: Patience/Balance/Golden Mean
15: The Id/Unreason/Intoxication/Entrapment
16: Things Fall Apart/Shattered Worldview
17: Hope/Inspiration
18: Dreams/Illusions/The Subconscious/Deception
19: Clarity/Understanding/Enthusiasm
20: Revelation/Resurrection/Awakening/New Beginnings
21: Full Circle/Fulfillment/Accomplishments

Friedl Schönherr (née Friederike von Lieberecht)
0: Innocence
1: Activity
2: Secrets/Mystery
3: The Caregiver
4: The Authority Figure
5: The Mentor/Education
6: The Crossroads
7: Success
8: Strength/Tolerance/Self-Confidence
9: Introspection
10: Turning Point
11: Justice/Responsibility/Cause and Effect
12: Sacrifice/Worldview Turned on Its Head
13: Change/Transformation (Leave-Taking, Metaphorical Death)
14: Patience/Balance/Golden Mean
15: The Id/Unreason/Intoxication/Entrapment
16: Things Fall Apart/Shattered Worldview
17: Hope/Inspiration
18: Dreams/Illusions/The Subconscious/Deception
19: Clarity/Understanding/Enthusiasm
20: Revelation/Resurrection/Awakening/New Beginnings
21: Full Circle/Fulfillment/Accomplishments

Irina Alekseievna Larina:
0: Innocence
1: Activity
2: Secrets/Mystery
3: The Caregiver
4: The Authority Figure
5: The Mentor/Education
6: The Crossroads
7: Success
8: Strength/Tolerance/Self-Confidence
9: Introspection
10: Turning Point
11: Justice/Responsibility/Cause and Effect
12: Sacrifice/Worldview Turned on Its Head
13: Change/Transformation (Leave-Taking, Metaphorical Death)
14: Patience/Balance/Golden Mean
15: The Id/Unreason/Intoxication/Entrapment
16: Things Fall Apart/Shattered Worldview
17: Hope/Inspiration
18: Dreams/Illusions/The Subconscious/Deception
19: Clarity/Understanding/Enthusiasm
20: Revelation/Resurrection/Awakening/New Beginnings
21: Full Circle/Fulfillment/Accomplishments

EXTRA!
KÉTKEDÉSVÁR
Rainer von Waldheim
0: Innocence
1: Activity
2: Secrets/Mystery
3: The Caregiver
4: The Authority Figure
5: The Mentor/Education
6: The Crossroads
7: Success
8: Strength/Tolerance/Self-Confidence
9: Introspection
10: Turning Point
11: Justice/Responsibility/Cause and Effect
12: Sacrifice/Worldview Turned on Its Head
13: Change/Transformation (Leave-Taking, Metaphorical Death)
14: Patience/Balance/Golden Mean
15: The Id/Unreason/Intoxication/Entrapment
16: Things Fall Apart/Shattered Worldview
17: Hope/Inspiration
18: Dreams/Illusions/The Subconscious/Deception
19: Clarity/Understanding/Enthusiasm
20: Revelation/Resurrection/Awakening/New Beginnings
21: Full Circle/Fulfillment/Accomplishments