wits + wyrd: Contract of Omens 3, Reading the Portents

There have been some very radical shifts in self concept recently, which I'll talk about (probably at great length) later.

But I wanted to note that when I was making my starting stats, I realized that my Court had shifted.

For years, I identified as Summer Court. I have a Summer Court wreath tattoo.

But when I was writing this up, I came to understand that I'm really not driven by anger, or the kind of passion that fuels Summer.

Really, the Court of the South, the Court of Song, or the Court of Ecstasy was a much better fit.

"Life is chaos and passion. Life is also art, and art needn't be comfortable. The Lost of the Vermilion Court do not try to connect with humanity, but instead exult in being changelings. They do not deny any emotion, whether it be love or hate, hope or despair. Instead, they endeavor to feel it so keenly that it nearly destroys them."

I went to look up the wreath for South, and, well...

I got my Phoenix tattoo almost 5 years ago. Before everything. Some sort of fate had an eye on me even then.

When I saw the Southern wreath, I thought it looked really familiar. I'd actually brought the phoenix portion into my tattoo artist. I hadn't realized it, because the phoenix had been snipped out of the wreath in the picture I used.

I guess the Ink Brush Court had its mark on me back then as well. Fascinating how omens work.