Re: Los Misterios de Babilonia - La Saga del Cruzado 4
Publicado: 20-Oct-2025, 21:43
La 464 la elección es al azar porque no entiendo la lógica
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5.5.
Your fingers stiffen slightly and move down towards the card on the left of the first row. You swallow hard and turn it over: disaster! The card depicts a skeleton locked in a cage suspended from the ceiling of a dungeon.
The fortune teller struggles to hide his disappointment. “The tower,” he finally mutters. “Fate sometimes decides this way, traveller. Perhaps you were not meant to complete the quest you have undertaken. Who can say!” You shudder: what do the man's strange words mean? 'Unfortunately, there is not much more to say. Farewell, traveller,‘ he concludes in a tone that brooks no reply. Emptied of all will, you get up and turn your back on the cards and the fortune teller. Like a sleepwalker, you head towards the fork at the entrance to the Games Quarter. Suddenly, furious cries ring out behind you: ’Arrest him! It's him! I recognise him!' Without giving you time to react, strong hands grab you and disarm you in seconds. Three Babylonian guards stare at you sternly; you try to explain that you are innocent, that you have committed no crime, but no one believes you. You are the victim of a serious miscarriage of justice!
But this does not prevent the guards from beating you, insulting you, and then chaining your hands and feet to the damp and filthy wall of a tiny dungeon. Your adventure is about to end, without you having had a chance to understand why! That is what the cards have decided...
222.222.
You don't know which card to choose, so you decide to leave the decision to chance. You place your hand on the second row of cards, run your fingertips over them and stop abruptly on the second one from the left. You turn it over slowly, revealing the image of a woman with a beautiful face, her eyes hidden by a blindfold tied behind her head. She feels like walking in the wind, in an ever-changing landscape: deserts, then grasslands, mountains, oceans. Lost in contemplation, you do not notice that the fortune teller is immersed in deep meditation. “She is Namtar, Destiny itself, that you have revealed, traveller,” he finally says. ‘I understood, when I saw you approaching, that you are destined for an exceptional fate: this card confirms it. But what we both do not know is the path that will lead you to the fulfilment of that Destiny; however, I see that the road is still long and dotted with adventures. If you do not die along the way, you will see more corners of our universe than all other mortals...’ The fortune teller's words echo endlessly in your mind, and in a flash of intuition, you perceive the countless possibilities that your existence offers you, each bearing a different Destiny. But the fortune teller continues: ‘The hand of Destiny holds human lives, traveller. If you wish, you have the opportunity to turn over another card from my deck.’
If you accept his offer, go back to 255 and choose a card you have not yet turned over, then go to the paragraph indicated on the back of the chosen card.
If you prefer to stay here, go to 35.
443.443.
As you brush against the second row of cards, you feel irresistibly drawn to the second one from the right. You pinch it between your thumb and forefinger and turn it over, revealing the thin ray, burning like fire, that occupies almost its entire surface. 'Your lion's mane and fierce courage have made you a protégé of Shamash, god of the sun,' comments the fortune teller. 'You will illuminate the existance of those who cross your path, or destroy them with the fire of your righteous wrath. There are no alternatives. Yes, traveller, the sun shines down on you with the magical power of its rays, and its eternal light shines in your heart." At these words, you feel a beneficial energy spreading through your body. Now your muscles conceal the strength of a lion: increase your Strength score by 1 point for the rest of the adventure! The fortune teller's eyes have not left you for a moment, and the man has carefully observed the effect of his words. ‘I hope I have shown you a side of your soul in a new light, stranger. Is there anything else I can do for you?’
Go to 489.
464.464.
The cards swirl before your eyes in a colourful whirlwind. You don't know which one to choose, but suddenly a kind of luminous halo surrounds the last bone tablet that the fortune teller has placed on the table. You have the impression that a small spark is flickering on its back, an irresistible temptation for your hand. You caress it with your fingertips, then turn it over: to your surprise, you see that it is completely black, or rather, opaque, with a surface that absorbs all light. At this sight, the fortune teller cannot help himself and leaps backwards, as if scratched by a wild cat, then a pained expression appears on his face. 'Fate often interferes with the best-laid plans, stranger. There is no doubt that you were destined for great things... but it has been decided otherwise. The card you have turned over is called the Void! In its depths there is nothing, neither shadow nor light; neither life nor death. The Void swallows the souls of the living and reduces them to empty shells, prisoners of Araltier, the land of no return, sealed by seven gates guarded by Eushkigal, sister of Ishtar. The bodies remain on earth, reduced to automatons, but the soul is imprisoned forever in another dimension, perhaps in the hands of some demon..."
As the fortune teller utters these words, you feel your spirit leaving your body! Enormous hands grip it tightly and imprison it in a tiny cage with invisible bars. You are still on earth, sitting in front of the fortune teller, but your body can no longer move because it has been deprived of its will! Your soul is prey to the forces of evil that have imprisoned it and, unfortunately for you, this horrible fate will continue for eternity...