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Broken Sword 5 Hints
What does the fresco in the chapel tell me?
1 of 12: You have to prepare the room to see what the fresco should show.
2 of 12: The two statues to the left and right... What do you know about two statues left and right?
3 of 12: Maybe the "Ex luce verita" can tell you more.
4 of 12: You need light to decipher the fresco.
5 of 12: The left statue should spend green light, the right one blue light as written in the ritual description Pater Simeon gave you.
6 of 12: Zoom in to the glass lenses and remove the leather caps.
7 of 12: Then turn the lenses so that you have green light from the left statue and blue light from the right one.
8 of 12: What did the ritual description tell you further?
9 of 12: You need a red light representing the humans to create pure light.
10 of 12: Red light can be created by having a light shine through the Marquès amulet.
11 of 12: There's a candelabrum in the center of the room. Light it with your matches.
12 of 12: Then use the amulet with the candelabrum to create the red light for the map.
