Scriptvember Day 3: The Iron Coin of the Faceless Men
Though the iron coin of the faceless man has scant description other than of its composition, I wanted to create a design for it. The officially licensed design (see below) looks cool but of course uses Latin/Westerosi script. It's possible that the iron coin is undetailed, or has only a symbol like the obverse of the official design, but I decided to stick with writing, specifically a Braavosi rendering of the Valyrian glyphs "Valar morghulis" (valar being the glyph on the front, morghulis on the back). I think that Braavos has a tenuous relationship with Valyria and script at best; while other Free Cities draw heavily upon Valyrian writing, Braavos was founded by illiterate slaves and Moonsingers, and used its own script from the outset. Nevertheless I think we would see Braavos embracing more Valyrian influences in limited ways including their script in official circumstances, perhaps something like how China uses seal script today, or Vietnam uses Chu'Nom. Unlike the diagonal, wicked appearance of Valyrian writing, Braavosi Valyrian embraces a curved style in line with its alphabet.
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Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides photographed by Jack Davison from the set of Dune: Part Two (2024) for M Le Magazine du Monde + charcoal drawing by @sergiart5_