The Alouette Tarot
The Alouette Tarot (Montréal) is a long-term project created with the assistance
of a very special group of Canada at Midnight (C@M) VtM roleplayers in Montréal.
A Malkavian named 'Lark' has come to the city to create a tarot deck for her powerful and terrifying Sire.
Each card represents a person, event, relationship, location, or major
political occurrance within the city during Lark's time there.
The deck is unusual, consisting entirely of unique major arcana.
The cards are 5"x7", the ink is archival pen, and the paper is handmade linen.
When the deck is complete (approximately 56 cards), the art, names and meanings will go through final review,
digital editing, and layout, and a limited number of these very special decks will be put into print.
....that is, if Lark survives long enough to finish her task.
The design for the card back was the first created for the deck. It holds the image of the Montréal Island, within a
patchwork quilt of Montréal's coat of arms and founding peoples: the white pine for the indigenous presence,
the fleur-de-lis for the French, the rose for the English, the thistle for the Scottish and the clover for the Irish,
all within a border of thorned roses, elevated by the crown of Canada.
I. The Eternal Empress
(L'Impératrice Éternelle)
Hierarchy, Authority
R: Stasis, Antiquity,
Cronyism & Nepotism
II. Styx
(Styx)
Death, or a Critical Error
R: Recovery, Necromancy,
or Avoiding Death
III. Three
(Trois)
Hope, Kindness, Integrity
R: This card has no reverse.
IV. Ivy
(Lierre)
Endurance, Tenacity
R: Lethargy, Idleness
V. Queen of Thorns
(Reine des Épines)
Ambition, Joy, Beauty
R: Vanity, Cruelty
VI. Vigil
(Veillée)
Watchfulness, Loyalty
R: Indecision, Doubt
VII. The Protagonist
(Le Protagoniste)
Revelry, Excess, Materialism
R: Hidden Motives, Chaos
VIII. The Manticore
(La Manticore)
Unity, Friendship, Alliance
R: Bullying, Domination
of One Individual by Another
IX. West
(Ouest)
Divisions, Fragmentation
R: As before, but enflamed:
A Feud, Battle, or Poison
X. The Willow
(Le Saule)
Medicine, Healing, Growth
R: Blind Obedience
XI. Eclipse
(Éclipse)
Good Luck, New Opportunity
R: An Omen of Ill Fortune
XII. Crimson Mist
(Brume Cramoisie)
Danger, Mortal Threats
R: Desperation, Loss
