The next card is the Five of Swords. A woman stands facing a bloodied battlefield, two swords in each hand. Three men are positioned behind her, prepared to drive their own blades through her back. It’s a card of conflict and loss. Of battles that might be ultimately won, but, if so, just barely…and that victory achieved at a great cost. The crowd murmurs with excitement as Kaelis announces the Five of Swords. They suspect this will be the one I throw into the Chalice, and it would undoubtedly make for a good show for all of them to watch. But I have one more card left to read… As Kaelis flips
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