Nevara, the Albino MagicianAnd who says the Magician must be a man? Nevara, the magician of the Baug Balar circus is not only the archetypal "magus" she is the "fictional" inventor of the tarot in the always-fascinating historical epic The Last Troubadour.
History
The Baug Balar circus is referenced as a travelling troop of entertainers, most popularly noted in Italy. Nevara is pure fiction on my part, although almost certainly entertainment troops such as the Baug Balar would have their "magician" and their "fortune teller." I have taken grand liberties with this wonderful character, transforming the magician into an albino temptress with her white "snow owl" familiar. Of course, all the other archetypes are based on the tarot, from her "tools of power" to her methods.
As Described in The Last Troubadour
Soulless eyes, it seemed, as if some manic portrait artist had not taken
the time to color her pupils. And her hair was pure white, like her
gown. An albino temptress, almost certainly the Devil’s own mistress.
Her delicious love-bags spoke of youth, a strange contrast to the
hag’s hair. The locks were shining and wavy, like the foamy white of
a mountain waterfall, cascading around a magnificent face with high
cheeks and no lines. And no color at all.
Magician on the "Fool's" Quest
Ramon Troubadour has returned to his home city of Carcassonne, 12 years after the Inquisition condemned his mother for heresy on the pyre.
Now a man, a fool, a jester and the last surviving troubadour, he must rescue the Holy Dame of the Christian Cathars from a similar fate. Against him is an entire army, the Inquisition, and the terrifying Diableteur. But with is Nevara and their merry friends, characters straight out of the tarot:
Adelais, the unpredictable "Fortune"
and more. Meet them all, in The Last Trobuadour!
In the Cards
From A. E. Waite, Key to the Tarot
"This card signifies the divine motive in man, reflecting God, the will in the liberation of its union with that which is above. It is also the unity of individual being on all planes, and in a very high sense it is thought, in the fixation thereof..."
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