REBEL (english edition)

a gloomy and eerie place. Pendants and glass crystals hung down from the

rforated ceiling made the rays of light, coming from the outside, filter throu

onto the ground, pervading the pavilion with heat and scent. However, Capta

nd noticed that someone was staring at him. It was a woman, whether young or old might she have been, was impossible to tell, because of her long hair and

well-visible even underneath his clothes; his eyes were of tenuous light blue but h

ctions are always right.

“Predictions entail uncertainty. I read tarot

sniggere

w your future, capta

about to leave soon; I just wanted to kill

rted to shuffle them. Her pupils gazed into the void. Not knowing what to do, Castiglione looked himself

le ancestor of mine painted them. Her successors have been gradually adding other cards.” She put down the ca

able. Choose where to position them a

ty cards over the tablecloth. La

n was covered in thin velvet gloves. She turned the card over. Exqui

t and mystic creatures hide away. It suggests that something new will come to you like the wave arriving at the seaside. Yet, the ocean

e skeptical but stood

d. Gold represents prosperity, but not only the mate

ch?” The captain

hing precious. Something that will be wort

almost touching the soil. “The Rebel. The wise man knows that if he wants to live long he shouldn’t make himself too many ene

ellowed; the red, green and gold to the crown, drawn there, were very vivid. “The Crown. It’s a symbol of power. A king or a man with great political power is fitted ou

ght as well. But you didn’t listen to me. The card upside-down is a negat

ne he chugged up made him tipsy enough to stand there listening, yet

moves: the adversity. Be careful, since the good fate will be friendly to you in a certain moment o

nd brave warrior, but underneath his armor lies, however, a man, an imperfect human being ripped by the cruelty of war. He’s valian

ase wherewith the sorceress gathered all of that. “You hardl

ed his venom: “It’s the

k another card. Painted on it, there was a man dressed in several animal

d when to hit them. His victims are not aware of his arrival until they find themselves trapped or pierced by

and yellow flames had been painted down with heavy brush strokes. “The Fire Card. One of the four natural elements. Fire destroys and wipes out every trace of what it has been. But it’s thanks to the fire that man

race. No lesson learned from it.”

dict him, but neither a

the invisible thread that connected

ral trees of varied forms were tinged on it. The branches were full o

rees could ever mean?” As

n important place to you or one that will be important in the future; but from the symbolic point of view, the forest conceals, confounds and can drive you mad. Within itself, it keeps secrets that no man could comprehend but be c

t believe that could happen. There where I’m going to, nobody awaits me. I don

hand onto the following card but froze up. She tremb

appening?

tive vibrations.”

d it over. The woman had objections, but by the time she yelled, the card had been turned already. It showe

!” The witc

lence that had been set up. The incense kept on burning and made everything

think the Noose Card could be connected to the Forest Card

then why are there other ten cards stil

, but not yours necessarily. It lingers

cards,” Michael claime

itch

t painted hawk, with wings unfolded and b

with her hollow eyes, and it was clear th

clouds and is the undisputed ruler of sky and earth. The card ups

while, time was passing by and he didn’t have anywhere else to go waiting for

it may be thought, the Cemetery Card doesn’t indicate an ill omen. It symbolize

halice to a child. “It reveals a passage. Somebody will go away and leave everything that owned to his successor. However,

se face was hidden by the helmet, plowed through another soldier by opening his stomach from side

by his name. He stood up and gazed at the witch. “My ship is going to sail off.” He grabbed a

ot completed.” The

tiglione giggled:

ly shook as the curtain fluctuated in the air to the man's passage; then it went back to hover around slowly. The sorceress heard the sailors' voic

then she stopped. She observed those six cards tha

ter held one hand over the mask and his face could be seen underneath: he was a wolf in human dis

swollen river. The Blood Card. It symbolizes a co

te side there was a black sun. Lights and Darkness. The good and the evil hold hands and go forward a

ning on a man’s shoulder, who was sitting on an armchair. The woman’s hand was white, semi-transparent, while the man was painted in vivid colors. It was the Phantom Card. Past will come bac

air Card. A product made with that material was usually offered to the dead fallen in war. It represented a glorious past, the bravery of the warrior that fought but fell on

hands. The Scythe Card. Death will come soon on earth to claim someone who previ

n she got up and pulled aside a strip of the outward-turning curt

rhaps, he thought it was better that way. No man can change his destiny but can deci

n and the darkness returned to