No one should see this.: The Witcher Pentacles Suit

The pentacles suit is done! I had a lot of indecision with this suit but after making multiple versions of cards I was able to come back and cut out the extra one so I don't have a bunch of extras. I think it went pretty well.

The pentacles suit gets the Scoia'tael banner and the siege row icon.

I was happy to get Avallac'h in at the ace, even if it's with his mask on. I was having trouble finding a good place for him. The portal and his offered hand definitely speak of new opportunities to me.

I really fought with the 2. I had a nice image of a random street performer girl juggling daggers which did match the meaning, but I have so many characters that I want to get in the deck I wasn't happy with having a card with a literal non-character, not even a minor character from a small side quest, she's literally just no one, just a random member of a performing troupe. I had trouble finding another option and at first I wasn't super comfy with Orianna in this place. But I would definitely say Orianna is juggling many things that she needs to balance, there's a significant amount of careful balance and give and take in her life. And her situation is an interesting one. So she goes here. It might not be the most perfect fit ever, but I'm satisfied with it as I've thought about it more.

The 3 also had two options because I had a neat picture of Geralt and Iorveth fighting together that worked well for teamwork, but I plan to put Iorveth on the 4 of swords so I didn't really want to put him on another card. And this is kind of a great picture of Triss and Yennefer working together, from the end of the last book I believe. And I'm a big fan of girl teamwork.

The 4 is just funny. Man I love that part in 2 where the troll tries to keep Triss. It's hilarious. The trolls are so great in these games, man.

For the 5 I had a nice picture of the crazy guy you find in Skellige in the boat where the ice giant lives who talks to the skulls of his dead companions. Seemed a good match. But it was very important to me to get Vivienne into the deck because her story had a pretty strong affect on me and I realized her curse worked beautifully here. So, sorry crazy Skellige guy, you got cut.

6 I had planned for ages, Nenneke is perfect for this card and I love this picture.

For 7, hilariously enough after reading the description on the artist's page this drawing is not actually meant to be Vernon Roche, but damn, coulda fooled me. And I decided to ignore that. It's totally Roche, waiting for the restoration of Temeria.

The 8 had a few good options, I had this one of Yoana, a good picture of Eibhear from Novigrad and one of the runewright from the DLC, but in the end I just love Yoana and I support women in blacksmithing.

I'm not sure if Uma really represents luxury and success, but I really wanted him in the deck, and doesn't he look happy here? It's close enough.

The 10 is Hjalmar and Cerys celebrating her coronation, I think it's perfect.

Cahir is my page, he was definitely a bit naïve and eager. Eskel always struck me as the responsible, methodical one of the wolf witcher boys, so he works well here. And Cerys of course is my queen. And as promised, Vesemir is here in his proper king spot. Used a different picture though.