Story

Ithaca the Illusive tarot reader; Ithaca is one of the most known women in the marketplace of the capital. Many Shataris have visited her tiny shop that at first sight, seems to be nothing more but a small shack. That is the place where all the secrets of the future and the past may be revealed to anyone who is willing to spend a few of their coins. Other fortune tellers go and visit Ithacas place for they know, she is the only one who can reveal the full truth to the customers without the slightest struggle no matter how great or terrifying the truth might be. Her fortunes have always come to be true and while some may take this as a blessing, others may find themselves leaving Ithacas place with fear in their hearts. Ithaca is respected amongst the people of the capital as almost every Shatari wishes to know what awaits them in the future. However, this hasn’t always been that way. Ithaca was born into a family with no home. As she traveled around with her sisters and brothers side by side, she many times had to watch her family work hard in any way possible to get the very little food and water they needed. She was a curious child and so she tried to get to know and see as many Shataris along the way of her life as she could. She has heard the songs of a beautiful bard and heroic stories from the leader of the Shatari army. Only later she had realized that her dreams started to tell her about the futures of the ones she had met. It did not take too long before she learned how to make a fairly good profit out of her new talent. Ithaca's brothers and sisters have tried to learn this skill very hard but it seemed that Ithaca only was able to use this kind of power. She felt pity for them for not being able to earn their living the same way she could but instead had to work hard from day to night. All of her senses were telling her how her family will never be able to afford to live in comfort and safety as she could. This was the curse of her blessing as every time she had been around her siblings or parents, a terrible sense of pain struck deep within her heart. After the next few months of her learning to use her magical powers, she decided to leave her loved ones behind as she suffered for not being able to help them in changing their destinies of a hard and tragic life. She learned that caring for the ones that destinies are revealed is the thing she hates the most. That the destiny cannot be changed for another Shatari being by her own words or hands. Ithaca promised to herself to never let anyone get close to her again. To keep herself less lonely throughout her life, she learned how to bring a piece of life back from the dead by studying the old books of magic. She knew that the dead could not reveal any of their future to her as only the past remained. For this, she has picked one of the skulls being sold in the market of the capital. Her new friend's name was Mr. Diratom and to this day, he is telling her about the stories of his past life and helping in the business by greeting new customers at the entrance of her now fortune teller shop.