Dark Carnival

Joker's Cards
[edit]First deck
The first Joker's Card, Carnival of Carnage, is a representation of the ghettos and the violence that occurs within them.[5][6] It takes the form of a travelingcarnival which releases the same brutality on those who have ignored the inner cities' cries for help.[6] The Card issues a warning against the upper-class and government's negligence toward the lowerclasses.[5][6]
The Ringmaster, the second Joker's Card, is the overseer of the Carnival of Carnage.[7][8] He leads "the phantoms of the dead" that take the form of the Carnival. The creatures fiercelytear doomed souls from their living bodies and drag them down into Hell.[7] The Ringmaster himself is created through one's own sins, and is one of several who will judge whether a soul is worthy toenter heaven or doomed to eternal hell.[7][2]
The third Joker's Card, the Riddle Box, is another entity used to determine fate.[9][2][5][8] Upon death, a soul enters a dark chamber containing ajack-in-the-box on an old wooden table. The front of the box has a "painted question mark faded with time," representing the mystery of your own afterlife.[9][2] As the handle is turned, a melodic tune beginsto play, and when the music stops, the choice is made. The pure see a vision of God, warming their souls as they enter eternal peace.[9] The wicked see an immense fog seeping from the box, "strippingtheir sanity, as they witness an image of hell, spawned and formed from their own evil; a hideous reflection of their demented souls."[9] The floor falls from underneath them, casting the doomed intothe bottomless pit of Hell.[9] The fate determined by the Riddle Box can be found by looking deep within yourself, and can be changed with righteous actions.[9][5][8]
The Great Milenko, the fourthJoker's Card, is an Illusionist and a Necromancer, though acting on dead minds rather than dead spirits.[10][5] His purpose is to try and trick individuals into greed and other such sins.[10] He...