The Sixth Gun Almanac, Part Three

Tarot de Lamarliere

In the wrong hands, this deck of strange fortune-teller's cards might very well be one of the most dangerous artifacts in the west … and it originated in Revolutionary France of all places. These lavishly illustrated tarot cards (some, like The Lovers, so lavishly illustrated as to make a grown man blush like a choir boy) were created by an artist and mystic who was down on his luck. Someone who knows how to use the cards can work amazing feats. I'm not sure how it works—something to do with how the cards are positioned and the amount of space between the cards when they are placed on the table—but not only can the user divine the future, he or she can control fate and probability. There are stories of people using the cards to grow wealthy, find love, kill enemies … and, I'd suspect, start revolutions. The Tarot de Lamarliere was last seen in the possession of a fortune teller out of San Francisco. The man was recently found dead, though, and the cards were not found amongst his possessions. I shudder to think of who has the cards and what they might be doing with them.

                                                                                                                                                (Appears in The Sixth Gun #1)