Could be....

Alessandra is not the character who first catches my attention; Giorgio is. His haunted look resonates with me, and I think that when his palm was read, he knew that the battle they're heading for will be his last. I'm not sure that he was actually told that, though. Delving into Alessandra is how I'll decide if Giorgio was told straight out that he's going to die, or if Alessandra is a charleton, or too nice--couching her reading in vague platitudes. Not sure yet. That's one of the things to be explored as I go through this process.

Here's what I do notice, however. Alessandra, a fortune teller in a tavern, perhaps even a gypsy, is dressed in the colors usually reserved for the Virgin Mary--with the addition of the deep blood red. Foreshadowing the blood to be shed on the battlefield? I think so. But the Madonna-ish tone to her... still thinking about that. Is she a prophet? Holy? Doesn't feel right...Is she pure in some sense? Maybe. More on this later, I'm sure.