133 First Qwent cards
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"We'd better go upstairs," said Mr. Lovegood happily, leading Ethan and Dobby up the cast-iron spiral staircase.
The room above is a living room and a workshop, so it is messier than the kitchen.
There was all kinds of debris stuffed everywhere, dazzling Ethan, and the room was a standard circle.
There are piles of books and papers on every surface and delicate animal models hanging from the ceiling, all presumably enchanted, flapping their wings or moving their mouths.
A wooden printer made those noises, and Ethan saw several magically turning gears inside.
It looked like a monster crossed between a workbench and many old shelves. The machine was running rumblingly, constantly spitting out copies of The Quibbler.
This machine is a little too noisy, and Dobby's hearing is very good; the sound of it working makes Dobby cover his ears in pain.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Seeing Dobby in pain, Mr. Lovegood immediately strode to the machine.
After rummaging for a while, a filthy tablecloth was pulled out from under the pile of books and papers, and the books and papers rolled to the ground together.
He put the cloth on the printing press, covering up some ping-pong-pong and clack-clack, and Dobby finally felt more comfortable and let go of the hands covering his ears.
Dobby, who was more comfortable, began to look around the house. Suddenly, Dobby screamed, patted Ethan's leg, and pointed to something for Ethan to look at.
Dobby pointed to a large grey spiral horn, somewhat similar to that of a unicorn, mounted on the wall and protruding a few feet into the room.
Mr. Lovegood noticed Dobby's movements and explained, "That's the horn of the Crooked Snorer."
Hearing this, Ethan was a little surprised. Could the crooked-horned snoring beast Luna say to exist?
"It's not!" Dobby said in fear, "That's the horn of a poison horn!"
"Dobby has bought this kind of thing for the owner before! It explodes at the touch of a button, and it is dangerous to leave at home! "
Hearing Dobby's words, Ethan instinctively took two steps back, trying to avoid the terrifying horn.
"The Crooked Snorer," said Mr. Lovegood very clearly, with a stubborn expression, "is a shy, very magical creature with all its horns."
"Mr. Lovegood, Dobby recognized the groove at the base. It's the horn of a poison horn. It's too dangerous—Dobby doesn't know where you got it—" Dobby nervously resumed. He pinched his big ears.
Being in the same room with something like a bomb made Dobby nervous.
"Bought it," said Mr. Lovegood stubbornly, "from a lovely young wizard two weeks ago who knew I liked the wonderful Crooked Snorer, and I gave it to Luna—a Christmas surprise.
"Okay, everyone, sit down." Mr. Lovegood didn't seem to want to dwell on this matter, so he took out a few wooden stools and greeted everyone to sit down around a large wooden round table.
"I'm here to ask Luna to help." As soon as he sat down, Ethan stated his purpose.
"Luna, for help?" Mr. Lovegood was a little surprised that a Hogwarts professor from Ethan had come to ask his daughter for help.
"What is it?" Mr. Lovegood asked Ethan curiously.
Ethan then gave Mr. Lovegood and Luna a detailed introduction to the gameplay of Gwent and his idea for designing Gwent.
Luna and Mr. Lovegood watched curiously with Ethan's Gwent card.
The beautiful characters on the cards fascinated them.
"So you want Luna to help you draw the characters on the Gwent cards?" Mr. Lovegood asked.
"Yes, Luna has an extraordinary talent for drawing, so I want to hire her to help me make Gwent cards; I don't know if Luna would like them all."
"I do! I do!" Before Ethan could finish speaking, Luna called out happily.
"I can give Luna a basic salary of 50 Galleons a month, and of course, there will be dividends for Luna at the end of the year," Ethan said about Luna's salary package.
But neither Luna nor Mr. Lovegood seemed interested in money; they just nodded casually when Ethan mentioned galleons.
At this time, the father and daughter were focused on the exquisite Gwent cards, and the two kept picking up the cards and observing them.
"Dobby will also help you make Gwent cards together," Ethan told the father-daughter duo.
"Hello, Mr. Dobby; it's a pleasure to work with you." Both Luna and Mr. Lovegood stood up and shook hands with Dobby again.
Dobby nervously shook hands with the two, still unused to such treatment.
Dobby and Luna soon practiced drawing Gwent cards; Dobby chose to draw Harry Potter while Luna drew Ethan.
Ethan and Mr. Lovegood chatted while the pair made the Gwent cards.
Only then did Ethan know that painting is Luna's professional field, and Luna has always been responsible for producing the illustrations and cover of "The Quibbler."
During their chat, Luna and Dobby finished making their first Gwent card.
Luna's painting of Ethan appears to be based on a photo of Ethan's first appearance in the Daily Prophet.
In the painting, Ethan is holding a long sword and pointing forward with murderous intent, which looks very expressive.
Ethan was very satisfied with Luna's painting skills and praised her. Luna, who accepted Ethan's compliment, smiled very happily.
And Dobby's work is less satisfying, but it's not a matter of painting level.
House elves are still very talented in art; the problem is that Dobby's Harry is a little bit more heroic.
Harry, drawn by Dobby, is much taller than himself. He looks tall and handsome, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, so he can't see the shadow of Harry himself at all.
Ethan asks why Dobby draws Harry like this, and Dobby expresses that he sees Harry as such.
Although Ethan talks to and asks Dobby to redraw them, there is still little change, and Dobby stubbornly believes that Harry is like this in his eyes.
In desperation, Ethan had to let Luna be in charge of drawing Harry.
Next, Ethan designed four decks: the Hogwarts deck, the Ministry of Magic deck, the Fantastic Beast deck, and the Death Eater deck.
He assigned tasks to Luna and Dobby; they only needed to complete the first set of sample cards, and the rest could be printed according to this set of sample cards.
In the initial card, Ethan only selected the prominent and representative characters in the central camps. In contrast, the newly added character Ethan intends to borrow the extraordinary influence of the Gwent card to make people pay for the title.
After listening to the arrangement, Luna and Dobby were in high spirits.
Ethan, who had arranged all this, left the cardboard ink and brushes at Luna's house so they could draw quickly.
