The Duce of Pentacles

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PROLOGUE: The Opening of the Deck _In the darkened room, a_ *click* _is heard. A high intensity desk lamp turns on. A figure shrouded in shadows places a new deck of cards on the table. The words_ Rider Tarot Deck _can easily be read on the box. Bone-white hands, disembodied by an oval of light illuminating only the tabletop, break the seal on the deck. The deck is placed so a card can be seen._

_A robed figure stands behind a table with a disk inscribed with a pentagram, a sword, a cup, and a green stick. The figure's right hand is raised with what looks like a small white wand of unknown substance. His left hand is pointing to the ground. Over the figure's head, two circles twisted and joined, forming infinity. The card is arrayed with a garden of flowers that overflow its sides._

_After a pause, the deck is turned over. The cards shuffled and cut, shuffled and cut, shuffled and cut. The deck is then placed in the middle of

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