The participants receive the first clue when they enter the game it leads them to their hotel, La Serpiente de Cristal, where they find an envelope with a message about how Legend has kidnapped Tella, the other clues they must follow to find her, and a key to her room. Many of the actors in the game help and challenge her along the way. The game isn’t entirely logical but rather structured around symbols and signs as Scarlett interprets them. Scarlett follows a series of five clues that lead her to her sister. Wishes are a rare kind of magic that can make any dream come true if the wisher “wants something more than anything, and they can find a bit of magic to help them along” (41), and as such, it is a coveted prize.
Whoever finds Tella first will be granted a wish. If they participate, they must follow a series of five clues to find Tella, who Master Legend has kidnapped. Then, she decides to stay for a day, which turns into staying for the whole game.Ĭaraval offers invited guests two options: to participate or watch. Scarlett just wants to find Tella and leave at first.
Tella and Julian have planned to lure Scarlett out, take her to the isle, and stage a kidnapping so Governor Dragna doesn’t get angry with them. Scarlett rushes to find Tella and share the news of Master Legend’s reply, but when she stumbles on her sister, she is with a boy, Julian, in the cellar. She has no idea Tella has concocted this whole situation and will not find out until Caraval ends that it was all an elaborate ruse. When Scarlett receives a reply from Master Legend after seven years of unsuccessfully writing to him, she is excited but knows she cannot attend, since she’s getting married soon. She writes to Master Legend with her own idea for a game to help her older sister, who is so burdened by responsibility and trauma, discover that there’s more to life than safety and that some things are worth the risk. Scarlett does not know the identity of her fiancé, but he writes her wonderful letters and promises to take her and her sister away from their abusive father. He plans to marry his eldest daughter, Scarlett, to Count Nicolas d’Arcy. No amount of trade or production has granted him equality with other leaders, so he sets his sights on legitimacy through diplomacy. Since Governor Dragna rules a conquered isle, Trisda, he seeks to expand his power by gaining legitimacy in the eyes of other rulers. He sees his daughters only as objects in his political endeavors.
Her father becomes manipulative and abusive. However, when Scarlett’s mother, Paloma, leaves her and Tella alone with their father, Governor Marcello Dragna, Scarlett’s whole life changes. Her Nana Anna always told her and her younger sister, Tella (Donatella), stories of the enchanting world of Caraval. As a child, Scarlett Dragna dreams of attending Caraval, a magical performance led by Master Legend.
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