Fortune Arcana



Fortune Arcana is a recurring Arcana revolving the Persona series. Portrayed as a wheel with different animals wearing wealthy and beggarly clothes up and down the wheel, the Fortune Arcana symbolizes of fate and varying luck, fortunes and opportunities. What goes up will go down, what goes down will go up. Gameplay-wise, the Personae of the Fortune Arcana is associated myth-figures related to Fate and Time, notable with the Norn Sisters.

Appearances

 * Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
 * Persona 3
 * Persona 3: FES
 * Persona 4

Persona 3
The Fortune Arcana Social Link is represented by Keisuke Hiraga, a senior of the Protagonist in Gekkoukan High. The Social Link can be initiated when the Protagonist joins the culture club after choosing between the two of them, Art Club or the Orchestra Club.

The Fortune Arcana powers up everytime the Protagonist interacts with the Keisuke, where he helps him to understand what he truly wants and his conflicted feelings to choose between his hobby or his father's wishes. Upon completing the Social Link, Kesuke will give the Protagonist a his Offer Letter of getting a scholarship, bestowing the Ultimate Form of the Fortune Arcana, Norn.

Persona 3: FES
The Fortune Arcana remains relatively the same as Persona 3, however, an exclusive Persona, Empusa was added in the Fortune Arcana repertoire.

Persona 4
The Fortune Arcana Social Link is represented by Naoto Shiragane in Persona 4. The Social Link is available to be created after October 20th, however, the Protagonist must first max-out his "Knowledge" and "Courage" status parameters before creating the Social Link.

The Social Link can be created after the Protagonist talks to a suspicious looking person in the North-side of the Shopping Street in Yaosinaba, where he obtains a letter to be sent to Naoto. After receiving the letter, the Protagonist must then return to Yasogami High Schoo and speak to Naoto, initiating the Social Link. In the events of the Fortune Arcana Social Link, the Protagonist teams-up with Naoto to investigate a challenge given to the Shirogane family by a "Phantom Thief".