The Prophet of the Desert is a black-clad man with very dark eyes met in the dragon cemetery at the entrance to the Valley of Death (1055), who prophesied and vanished “as if he had been a voice” as a flying serpent fell from the sky.
| Type | Character (mystic) |
| Place | Dragon cemetery, entrance to the Valley of Death |
| Arc | Uchronic Paris |
| Spanish entry | Viejo del Valle |
Description
He speaks in religious formulas — “may the Lord of times be with you, the imam who knows the way” — and offers spiritual help and wisdom. His words match texts such as The Divine Government of the Human Kingdom and The Meccan Revelations, pointing to a figure like Ibn Arabi, the thirteenth-century Sufi mystic, who “technically has not yet been born” in 1055.
What he revealed
- He has walked the Valley of Death; it is full of demons.
- He fears “the valley will become a sea” (perhaps the spreading liquid marble).
- He knows they are building “pools” in the Valley.
- He called the group “fervent believers and assassins”, linking them to the Old Men of the Mountain (Hasan-i Sabbah’s Assassins).
- “All this is going to break” — just before the flying serpent fell.
He raised his hands, the sky darkened, and he vanished.
Open questions
- Is he a manifestation of a deity, or a time traveler (deliberate anachronism)?
- Did he summon the serpent, warn of it, or merely foretell it?