TEN OF SWORDS: deep wounds, painful endings, total devastation.
RE-VERSE MEANING: regeneration, resistance.
This card features one of the characters from my story about the city Forde and those that dwell within it's walls. This character is Teneber, the Merchant of Secrets -- an ill-fated urban wanderer evading a particular destiny. But for all the pain and bloodshed he will endure, in the end, the smoking towers of the city he inhabits will burn uninterrupted.
For the creation of this piece I referenced the work of Frans Masereel, one of MY FAVORITE ARTISTS EVER, whose book The City has altered my soul.