"Van'aerelrahd, though most simply call me Vanaer."  She shrugs a little, looking back to him, "I recently left my caravan to make a life here, but...it didn't seem to work out the way I hoped it would."<br/><br/>She picks up the card again and flips it so the unicorn is up, "The Unicorn..." one can hear the capitalization of the word in her voice, "chaotic good card of the suit of charisma."  She sets it down again, pondering for a moment to herself.  "Depending on its place in the spread can mean either a benevolent offer of that which you seek...or betrayal and false kindness.  Without the whole spread and its placement its nigh impossible to infer how it was our host intended its meaning.  Perhaps its simply a role card?"<br/><br/>She thinks to herself again for a moment before reaching into a small case on her belt and pulling out a well worn, slightly faded deck of her own, carefully shuffling them as she thinks to herself and then quickly lays them out in a three by three grid on the table.  She giggles a bit as she turns them over and shakes her head.<br/><br/>The first row shows The Dance, The Survivor and The Forge.  She nods to it a bit, "The Dance...A true match in the good past position.  Its symbolizes a careful and delicate construct that will fall to pieces if individuals don't follow the rules laid down.  Much like a festival dance, one misstep and the whole display falls apart, but so long as each does as intended, can create a beautiful display."<br/><br/>She flips over the next row and smiles even more.  The Paladin, The Unicorn and The Hidden Truth.  "And The Unicorn shows itself again.  In the neutral present, no less, showing its meaning is true...perhaps some good will come of this little get together?"  She tilts her head and looks to The Paladin, "a partial match in the good present...implying staying true to ones principles and guidelines though it might take its toll in the long run."<br/><br/>She shows the last row, The Peacock, The Winged Serpent and The Juggler, frowning a touch.  "The future shows...well, not much."  She tips a finger to the Juggler, carefully hand painted on the card, "he represents a force that meddles in the lives and affairs of others.  If he can manage to keep the act going, great things might be accomplished, but...he's misaligned in the negative future, implying he falters and fails, leading to catastrophe and tragedy."  She sighs a bit, looking back to the guard before putting the deck away again.<br/><br/>"There are a few ways to read the whole spread, but...the what comes to mind at the moment is that, per the Dance, we," she looks at the assembled group in the room, "have come together as part of some carefully orchestrated maneuver, each playing our part to bring us here, though I cannot say what part it is you play.  Where my role card came, it suggests that perhaps I will gain what I need from this, acting in some form of mediatory capacity.  But the last is concerning...it seems to imply that whomever it is that is manipulating things to bring us together is bound to failure in some way, suggesting that we should be on guard and wary of what will happen."  She shrugs again and takes another sip of the wine.  "I suppose we'll find out soon, I hope."