The Alchemist

“He who balances the fire and the flood becomes more than either.”

Realm: Whisper & Tide
Symbol: A chalice of silver and golf pouring light and shadow into one stream
Meaning (Upright): Harmony, integration, patience, divine, synthesis
Meaning (Reversed): Imbalance, excess, loss of purpose

Lore:
When the Realms first divided, a lone sage sought to reunite them.
He gathered flame and water, day and night, love and grief - and blended them within his heart until neither destroyed the other.
Thus arose the Alchemist, master of the sacred union, who teaches that every contradiction hides a secret truth.

To draw his card is to enter the work of balance - the slow transformation of chaos into wisdom.
Reversed, it warms of forces out of harmony, the impatient hand that spoils the elixir.

Prophecy Verse:
"Mix not to conquer, but to understand.
The purest gold is born from patience."