Frogs and crickets symphonized around him, not cries for help. Trees, reeds, and muck muddled into a humid soup, and hundreds of tiny bugs flashed tiny green lights in lazy, miasmatic mosaics through that soup. Shallow puddles swallowed his tracks, so he stood at the base of a tree, lost.

Khóru often is an inspiration to other characters because he's a veteran. He knows how to navigate, how to encourage others, and of course how to fight—but if The Star card is reversed, Khóru drowns in the horrific memories of war and feels paralyzed. Can he overcome it and be a beacon?

Dzorash is talented, sure, but the upright version of The Magician is only when he's confident. If he feels desperate or short-handed, he schemes and manipulates others. He might use his healing gifts on the enemy if that serves him.

Same.

Is this a book title with an inspired plot? I'm clicking!!

I have a story in which the greater villain is really an abstraction, like greed. Antagonistic characters can slip too far into their vices and unleash a personification of that vice, perhaps a destructive dragon. This separates the "evil" from a person and into a cultural commentary.

This is a great idea! I have a character who carries around an equivalent of tarot cards.

The Tower... I believe that any main character is a great representation of this card. Great conflict makes for an entertaining central plot 😅