"Why play when we don't know the cards" Théophile Gautier 

Journey into an imaginary world, both beautiful and eerie, where nothing is but illusions: the blazing and sparkling gems of the crowns, tribute to a fantastical kingdom, adorn the heads of a king and a queen both pure and obscure. Using tricks, like players in a poker game, the king and the queen deceive their host, lured to a sinister land by his hopes of fortune.