King of Swords

You find yourself in the walled city of a wise king, who bombards you with questions about your travels. He speaks eloquently of the customs of the lands through which you have journeyed, easily reasoning his way to better solutions to the troubles you have endured.

An eyeball, held aloft on his sword, peers around you as if to gain a better understanding of your motivations. You find yourself admiring this man’s clear-headed arguments, but you are not quite able to trust him.

Upright

• Logic
• Quick wit
• Intellectualism

The King of Swords is a companion of great charm, entertaining you with his brilliant mind. Give this man stimulation in return and you will be rewarded with an intelligent, rational companion who will ease your journey.

Do not look to this man for emotional connection, for feelings are a mystery to him. The innermost truths you confess to him cause only embarrassment.

Inverted

• Destructiveness
• Silver tongue
• Intellectual traps

The devil needs no advocate; have no patience with those who offer their services to him, for they are not to be trusted. The King of Swords Inverted uses words as a knife with which to pry open cracks of uncertainty and division, and he will easily outwit you.

Interrogate contracts carefully, whether written or spoken, for they are riven with pitfalls and their author is malicious. Be on your guard.