The Shattered Tower

“What was built on falsehood must fall.”

Realm: Whisper & Flame
Symbol: A crystal spire struck by a serpent of lightning
Meaning (Upright): Revelation, upheaval, destruction of illusion
Meaning (Reversed): Denial, delayed collapse, fragile rebuilding

Lore:
When mortals crowned themselves gods, they built a tower to pierce the heavens.
At its height they found only their own reflection - and in that moment the sky struck them down.
The Shattered Tower fell across all realms, scattering pride like glass into the sea.

Its card brings ruin that is also release, the sudden truth that shatters delusion.
Reversed, it warns of holding to crumbling walls, of fearing the clarity that follows the falls.

Prophecy Verse:
"Let the tower break; that the eye may open.
Better ruin than blindness eternal."