Rota Taro

Well, as most people might know by now, I know a little about astrology and tarot... As the Zodiac Signs are rather prominently featured in Saint Seiya, it occurred to me that it might be interesting to write a story that combines both the imagery of astrology and of the tarot.

Rota Taro will lead our cute Saints into a row of fights that might be more difficult to win than those against their former enemies - they will have to master the tests of the Arcana which can not simply be overcome by supreme power or even the 7th sense - they have to overcome their personal weaknesses and failings.

The story is set after the Hades Chapter and continues the Saint Seiya Saga where it was cut short by The Powers That Be.

As my stories all fit together, I probably should give a little overview about what belongs where. In my universe all of the stories cover several time periods: To Serve Sanctuary, Price of the Cloth and The S-Files take place before the Saint Seiya TV series while Rota Taro, Dancing the Shadows, Path into the Light, The 13th Zodiac Sign, and S-Files: Next Try are set after Hades.

* To Serve Sanctuary is about the normal life in Sanctuary and how the Gold Saints originally were chosen (if I ever get there, that is XD)
* Price of the Cloth describes how the Goldies attained their Cloths and at which price
* The S-Files is just a fun story about two Graude Foundation scientists examining Cloths & Saints (to help Professor Asamori later with the Steel Cloths ^_^)
* In Rota Taro Athena has to face Gaia and justify herself for the wars - and there the dead Saints get revived.
* Dancing the Shadows takes place after Rota Taro and deals with Persephoneia's wrath because of her husband's defeat.
* Aftermath - Path into the Light was originally the epilogue of Dancing the Shadows, but due to the somewhat adult content I decided to treat this as a side story to DtS. It's about DeathMask and Shaina's relationship.
* The 13th Zodiac Sign ist about a new Gold Saint among the Saints of Athena.
* Finally, S-Files: Next Try is another take on an examination of the Saints, this time with interviews about their childhood and past.