I — The Object
Heavier in the hand
than you expect.
Each card is a single figure — her own name, her own ruin, her own price. Drawn for this deck and no other.
The faces stay covered until the first hundred decks are in hands. What we will tell you now is how they are made, and how few of them there are.
II — The Making
Made slowly,
on purpose.
- Illustration
- Thirteen original figures, drawn for Series I alone
- Stock
- Heavy black core, 350gsm, near-opaque
- Edge
- Foil-gilt, applied by hand
- Finish
- Matte seal — it takes fingerprints like skin
- Numbering
- Hand-numbered on the reverse, recorded once
- Case
- Rigid black box, wax-sealed
III — The Edition
One pressing.
Then the plate is broken.
- 13Original figures
- 100Decks in the world
- 0Reprints, ever
There is no second pressing and no restock. When the hundredth deck is claimed, these figures leave the world and the only proof of them is in someone else's hands. That is the whole point.
IV — The List
Be told first.
The hundred are offered to the list, in the order it was joined. One message when Series I opens. Nothing else, from anyone.