Zellara raised an eyebrow at Bennett as she answered, "And you would be comfortable taking a common farmer into battle at your side?  I am not a warrior of any type, and if you move within a short time of leaving here, Gaedren will have no chance to get to me.  I had planned to do a reading for your entire group, but perhaps one at a time would be best.  First is you, Van'aer.  Your Role Card is The Unicorn, as you can imagine."<br/><br/>She effortlessly slips the card out to show Van'aer.  Identical to the one that the elf had found summoning her to the meeting, save for the lack of any message, it shone glossily, but was obviously old.  It was at that point that Van'aer might note that the card she'd had was missing.  Zellara shuffles again, and lays down three columns of cards, each of three themselves.  She flips over the first column, revealing an owl, a dancing bear, and a cyclone.<br/><br/>"The Owl, The Bear, and The Cyclone.  Of them, the last applies to you the most, Van'aer.  It signifies disaster in your past.  A disaster that destroyed much of your life at the hands of intelligent, thinking beings."<br/><br/>The next three cards are flipped, revealing a child in a carnival, a cyclops bartender, and a man being released from chains against the backdrop of the sky.<br/><br/>"The Carnival, The Publican, and The Big Sky.  At present the last, again, is what is most important.  Some have been free for a time, but now they have been shackled, deprived of the freedom they value so much.  The Big Sky normally represents freedom, but in this position it is reversed."<br/><br/>She turns over the last column and reveals the cards with a wince.  They show a man being drug down by arms from within the earth, a midwife, and a fire and water elemental, as well as their child.<br/><br/>"The Beating, The Midwife, and The Marriage.  All are important.  The Beating is misaligned, indicating hard times are ahead, but undiscovered strength will be found in the coming times.  This could include all of Korvosa, as a matter of fact.  The Midwife indicates that this may be the conduit to the creation of a new, better time, for which we can all hope.  The last, The Marriage is dangerous.  It is the card of permanent change, but the union of common skills might be your only chance at survival.  But once done, nothing will be the same again.  This is the current time, and what may be, all of you.  But this, Sarianna, is a harrow reading.  My cards rarely are wrong, and they led me to Gaedren."