Dara
"The Knight of Swords is the brave hero who rushes headlong into conflict to defend his beliefs. He is blunt and comes directly to his point. Dissembling is not something he is capable of. This can be seen as a refreshing honesty and true loyalty or a lack of tact and discretion. He does not let emotion come between him and his purpose. An emotionless knight is fearless, invincible, and does not acknowledge the possibility of defeat. He does not back down once he had engaged, for he knows no other option but victory." -Stephanie Pui-Mun Law (little white book)
This card has the image of an armored man with a sword, riding a giant bird in a flock of various birds, through the night sky. We can see some familiar birds that man an appearance elsewhere in the deck such as the humming bird (surrounded by glowing light, reinforcing the idea that the hummingbird symbolizes hope) and the green headed bird that looks very similar to the bird The Sun card was riding. In fact, this card looks very, very, very similar to the sun card in general, excepted at night and of course a different man.
With the RWS depiction, I think SPEED and CHARGING. However, this card doesn't display that so much, and I have more of hard time connecting to this card than others in Shadowscapes. However, I think it does symbol the Knight of Swords very well. The Knight of Swords is a card of air on air, air in its purest personification. Well, he's riding on a flock of birds in the open sky. I don't know how more airy you can get.
And the speed factor, I like to think of it as an airplane. The airplane doesn't "feel" or "look" very fast but if you compare it to the earth bound modes of transportation, it leaves all of them in the dust. This Knight is faster than you realize. The CHARGING aspect in the man has been replaced with this "emotionless" character that Stephanie spoke of. He does seem a bit cocky in his posture. The charging aspecting can, however, be seen in the birds, as some of them look like they are readying to plunge down towards the light (reach the little hummingbird).
His less charging demeanor does illuminate his intelligence more. It seems to contradict the rashness this card can symbolize, but it works better is you equate court cards to the Keirsey personality classifications. The Knight of Swords would be the Inventor and is a devising character. I see that more in Shadowscapes than in RWS.
This card has the image of an armored man with a sword, riding a giant bird in a flock of various birds, through the night sky. We can see some familiar birds that man an appearance elsewhere in the deck such as the humming bird (surrounded by glowing light, reinforcing the idea that the hummingbird symbolizes hope) and the green headed bird that looks very similar to the bird The Sun card was riding. In fact, this card looks very, very, very similar to the sun card in general, excepted at night and of course a different man.
With the RWS depiction, I think SPEED and CHARGING. However, this card doesn't display that so much, and I have more of hard time connecting to this card than others in Shadowscapes. However, I think it does symbol the Knight of Swords very well. The Knight of Swords is a card of air on air, air in its purest personification. Well, he's riding on a flock of birds in the open sky. I don't know how more airy you can get.
And the speed factor, I like to think of it as an airplane. The airplane doesn't "feel" or "look" very fast but if you compare it to the earth bound modes of transportation, it leaves all of them in the dust. This Knight is faster than you realize. The CHARGING aspect in the man has been replaced with this "emotionless" character that Stephanie spoke of. He does seem a bit cocky in his posture. The charging aspecting can, however, be seen in the birds, as some of them look like they are readying to plunge down towards the light (reach the little hummingbird).
His less charging demeanor does illuminate his intelligence more. It seems to contradict the rashness this card can symbolize, but it works better is you equate court cards to the Keirsey personality classifications. The Knight of Swords would be the Inventor and is a devising character. I see that more in Shadowscapes than in RWS.