Persona 6: How a Tower Persona User Could Work
Persona fans are eagerly hoping to see some new Major Arcana taking prominence in the upcoming main series title Persona 6. After three straight games of protagonists represented by the Fool Arcana and accompanied by Magician, Priestess, and Lovers Arcana allies, Persona 6 would be a great opportunity for developer Atlus to shine some light on oft-overlooked Arcana. One such Arcana is the Tower, which is typically downplayed or ignored in Persona games, possibly due to the card's negative associations in tarot-based fortune-telling.
Although no playable character in the series has wielded a Tower Persona, it has been possessed by Persona-wielding NPCs. Kenta Yokouchi, nicknamed «Toro/Chunky,» was a minor antagonist in the original Persona game and a helpful rumor-monger NPC in the Persona 2 duology. He possessed the Persona Mara of the Tower Arcana, which overwhelmed and possessed him in the first game until he learned to control it in Persona 2. Additionally, although the antagonist Tohru Adachi from Persona 4 is considered a wielder of the variant Lust/Hunger Arcana, his Persona Magatsu-Izanagi has appeared as part of the Tower Arcana in later games where his original Arcana was not included.
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The Tower, like Death and the Devil which precede it, is one of the 22 Major Arcana that is typically interpreted as a solely bad omen. Appearing sixteenth among the Major Arcana, the Tower upright symbolizes chaos, destruction, and major upheaval. It is strongly associated with arrogance and the concept of «pride comes before a fall.» Reversed, the Tower symbolizes apathy, vanity, and a dependence on material desires. However, the Tower is not wholly negative, as
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