Princess Charta Ministrali Deck (Negima crossover)

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How's it been? Something very interesting I came across today: a deck of detailed Princess Charta Ministrali (Minister's Cards) by Appolionos using a maker by thomas999 - if you're familiar with Negima! Magister Negi Magi (Magical Teacher Negima!/Maho Sensei Negima!), I can only imagine you'll love this.

Here is a quick bit of info of Charta Ministrali and Pactios (Contracts) for those who are not familiar with Negima courtesy of the Negima wiki (here's the full entry: negima.wikia.com/wiki/Pactio):
The "pactio" system, which is commonly used among Western Mages, has two components comprising it: The "Magister Magi" and the "Minister Magi" (respectfully "Magistra Magi" and "Ministra Magi" if female). "Magister" is the original Latin form of "master", and "minister" is Latin for "servant"; "magi" is the plural form of "magus" "magician", since you need both a Magister and a Minister to form a "pactio" of Magi. The traditional purpose to this system is to give the Magister a kind of support during battle. Normally, the Ministra's duty is to protect the Magister with physical abilities and his/her artifact, while the Magister is given time and space to cast offensive and defensive spells. One might compare the Ministra like infantry, while the Magister is like the long-range artillery. The Magister fighting alongside the Ministra with combat spells and physical attacks is another version of this system. In this case, the Magister is also referred to as a Combat Mage or "'Magic Swordsman"'. Negi had decided to be a Combat Mage. Interestingly, although "Ministra" refers to females and "Minister" to males, all cards shown so far has "Charta Ministralis" (Ministra's Card) written on them.This is due to the inherent gender of the word Charta that carries over into the modifier Ministralis.

The "pactio" enables the magician casting the spell, the Magister, to transfer some of his/her magic power to the other person involved in the "pactio", the Ministra, improving the Ministra's natural capabilities, by an average of ten times their normal capacity, according to Chamo. Another advantage included in having a "pactio" is the ability for the Ministra to summon a "magic artifact". Each magic artifact reflects the Ministra summoning it, and as such, the vast majority of magic artifacts will be quite different. In the case of Nodoka, she received a magic picture diary, which reflects her title as a librarian. With Haruna, she received a magic quill and sketchbook, which ties in with her personality as an artist. As Chamo (Negi's familiar) stated, there is no real way of determining just what kind of artifact is given to each new Ministra, but one can assume that the artifact will reflect an aspect of the Ministra's personality.

When a "pactio" is established, a card is created as proof of the contract. Copies can be made (the Magister keeps hold over the originals), and these cards allow for telepathic communication between the Magister and Ministra (with the Ministra being able use the card to communicate telepathichally not only to just the Magister, but also with any other person who also has a Pactio with the same Magister).


Because Temporary Pactios are the only ones with publicly revealed details, every Charta Ministrali in this deck is designed as a Temporary Pactio. Each also names Walt Disney as the (original) summoning Magister and numbers the Princess it depicts based on the order in which she was inducted - and is also entirely in Latin! I've managed to at least loosely translate just about everything, though, so I'll include my English translations.

Disclaimer: As far as I know, neither Appolionos nor thomas999 own any trademarks related to Disney or Kodansha.

Here is the format that I'll list the info in along with the links:
Princess name: Specialization/Description (Translation from Latin) - [link]
Tonum/Astralitas/Virtus/Directio (Color/Astrology/Virtue/Direction)

I: Snow White: Ad Omnium Pulchellus (Fairest Of Them All) - fav.me/d45twjj
Aurum/Terra/Fides/Centrum (Gold/Earth/Faith/Center)

II: Cinderella: Juvenis Somnians (Young Dreamer) - fav.me/d4630ls
Argentum/Luna/Caritas/Septentrio (Silver/Moon/Charity/North)

III: Aurora: Dormientium Gemma (Sleeping Beauty) - fav.me/d45tx4u
Rosae/Venus/Fides/Septentrio (Rose/Venus/Faith/North)

IV: Ariel: Aqua Collectrix (Aqua Collector) - fav.me/d46309c
Rubor/Neptunus/Audacia/Auster (Red/Neptune/Audacity/South)

V: Belle: Captivae Gloria (Captive Glory) - fav.me/d45q7v8
Flavum/Sol/Sapientia/Septentrio (Yellow/Sun/Wisdom/North)

VI: Jasmine: Nobilis Suspendisse (Welcoming Noble) - fav.me/d4630sl
Caeruleus/Mercurius/Caritas/Auster (Blue/Mercury/Charity/South)

VII: Pocahontas: Liber Spiritus (Free Spirit) - fav.me/d45tx1f
Luteum/Uranus/Temperania/Occidens (Yellow/Uranus/Temperance/West)

VIII: Mulan: Lorem Bellatrix (Our Warrioress) - fav.me/d46302n
Purprura/Mars/Audacia/Oriens (Purple/Mars/Audacity/East)

IX: Tiana: Vistebulum Ante (Forward-Looking Servant) - fav.me/d4630eb
Viride/Pluto/Spes/Occidens (Green/Pluto/Hope/West)

X: Rapunzel: Intonsum Medicans (Long-Haired Healer) - fav.me/d45twu5
Viola/Mercurius/Spes/Centrum (Violet/Mercury/Hope/Center)

That said, two questions:
-Which Princess(es) would you want to create a Pactio with the most?
-What artifact(s) would you impart to them?

Hope you like it! I'll be interested to see where this goes!
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I would create a Pactio with Belle and Rapunzel!!!