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Caroc Cards
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The distilled wisdom of the ancients manifesting as prettily coloured pasteboard.
Rincewind once drew the Death card four or five times in succession. He wasn't surprised. However, the woman reading his cards was, as there should only be one Death in every pack. (ref.The Light Fantastic)
Keli drew the Death card 3 times in succession in Mort, which was reasonable, as she was dead at the time (she got better).
Caroc is not organized in exactly the same way as the Roundworld Tarot. It has a Major Arcana (trump cards) and eight suits, different to our four suits. There are Elephants, Turtles, Octograms, Coins, Crowns, Swords, Cups and Sceptres. Each Minor suit goes in this order: Ace, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Knave, Knight, Queen, King.
Other known Caroc cards:
- Importance of Washing the Hands from The Light Fantastic
- Eight of Octograms from The Light Fantastic
- Dome of the Sky from The Light Fantastic
- Pool of Night from The Light Fantastic
- Four of Elephants, referencing Giant elephants from The Light Fantastic
- Ace of Turtles, referencing Great A'Tuin from The Light Fantastic
- Death, referencing Death from The Light Fantastic and Mort
- Star from The Light Fantastic
- Moon from Lords and Ladies
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