The Five Energies
Every act in Kaaval is fuelled by one of five sacred symbols of Tamil Eelam. Together they form the grammar of the game. Apart, each refuses what its tradition refuses — the tiger will not revive the dead, the vagai will not gamble on a one-shot, the coucal speaks omen but not force.
Cited to the national-symbols corpus and the Chola imperial standard tradition. Every quote sourced. Every source printable on the card back.
Role locks are non-negotiable. Coucal cannot power damage. Eelam Chiruththai cannot power area-of-effect. Karthigai cannot power healing. Vagai cannot power one-shots. Tiger cannot power revive. The tradition refuses at the mechanic layer, not just in flavour.
Each energy prints on a 63×88mm card at 300dpi with 3mm bleed. In physical form they are the workshop's most repeatable object. In digital form they are the fuel of every attack, every guard, every testimony.