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15 <title>The Caverns of Kalte</title>
16 <creator class="short">Joe Dever and Gary Chalk</creator>
17 <creator class="medium">
18 <line>Joe Dever</line>
19 <line>Illustrated by Gary Chalk</line>
21 <creator class="long">
22 &inclusion.joe.dever.bio.lw;
23 &inclusion.gary.chalk.bio.lw;
25 <publisher>Project Aon</publisher>
26 <date class="publication"><year>2007</year><month>7</month><day>22</day></date>
27 <description class="blurb">
28 <p>You are Lone Wolf<ch.emdash/>last of the Kai Lords. You have defeated the Darklords and saved your land from their devastation. But Vonotar the Traitor has escaped to the frozen wastes of Kalte and now rules over the Ice Barbarians. Your people demand that Vonotar be made to pay for his treachery. So great is the outcry that the King is obliged to promise that the evil traitor will be brought back to Holmgard, and made to stand trial for his crimes. For you, Lone Wolf, the King<ch.apos/>s promise is the start of a quest that will pit you against a hated foe, deep within the dangerous Caverns of Kalte.</p>
30 <description class="publication">
31 <p>Internet Edition published by <a href="&link.project.website;">Project Aon</a>. This edition is intended to reflect the complete text of the original version. Where we have made minor corrections, they will be noted in the <a idref="errata">Errata</a>.</p>
33 <rights class="copyrights">
34 <line>Text copyright <ch.copy/> 1984 Joe Dever.</line>
35 <line>Illustrations copyright <ch.copy/> 1984 Gary Chalk.</line>
37 <rights class="license-notification">
39 <line>Text copyright <ch.copy/> 1984 Joe Dever.</line>
40 <line>Illustrations copyright <ch.copy/> 1984 Gary Chalk.</line>
41 <line>Distribution of this Internet Edition is restricted under the terms of the <a idref="license">Project Aon License</a>.</line>
53 <title>Title Page</title>
54 <link class="next" idref="dedicate" />
59 <section class="frontmatter" id="dedicate">
61 <title>Dedication</title>
62 <link class="prev" idref="title" />
63 <link class="next" idref="acknwldg" />
68 <p class="dedication">
69 <line>For Caroline Sheldon</line>
75 <section class="frontmatter" id="acknwldg">
77 <title>Acknowledgements</title>
78 <link class="prev" idref="dedicate" />
79 <link class="next" idref="tssf" />
84 &inclusion.joe.dever.endowment;
86 <section class="frontmatter" id="credits">
87 <meta><title>Credits</title></meta>
90 <dt>Transcription</dt>
92 <dt>Illustration Transcription</dt>
94 <line>Jonathan Blake</line>
95 <line>Paul Haskell</line>
96 <line>Simon Osborne</line>
100 <line>Jonathan Blake</line>
101 <line>Jeff Dougan</line>
102 <line>Oblio Leitch</line>
104 <dt>Alternate Illustrations</dt>
106 <line>JC Alvarez (action charts)</line>
107 <line>Jonathan Blake (extramatter charts and tables)</line>
108 <line>Michael Hahn (map)</line>
110 <dt>Proofreading</dt>
112 <line>Simon Osborne (Sections 1<ch.endash/>70 and 281<ch.endash/>315)</line>
113 <line>Vito Trifilo (sections 71<ch.endash/>105, 141<ch.endash/>280, and 316<ch.endash/>350</line>
114 <line>Tony Wrigley (Sections 106<ch.endash/>140)</line>
118 <line>Mike Feldman</line>
119 <line>Ingo Kl<ch.ouml/>cker</line>
120 <line>Mark Laird</line>
121 <line>LeRoy McSwain</line>
122 <line>Simon Osborne</line>
123 <line>Thomas Wolmer</line>
125 <dt>Coordination</dt>
126 <dd>Jonathan Blake</dd>
127 <dt>Special Thanks</dt>
128 <dd>Scott Ferguson, James Marshall, Peter Smyth</dd>
136 <section class="frontmatter" id="tssf">
138 <title>The Story So Far<ch.ellips/></title>
139 <link class="prev" idref="acknwldg" />
140 <link class="next" idref="gamerulz" />
144 <p>In the northern land of Sommerlund, it had been the custom for many centuries to send the children of the Warrior Lords to the monastery of Kai. There they were taught the skills and disciplines of their noble fathers.</p>
145 <p>You are Lone Wolf, and you are now the last of the Warrior Lords of Sommerlund. One year ago, the ancient enemy of your people<ch.emdash/>the Darklords of Helgedad<ch.emdash/>suddenly invaded Sommerlund and completely devastated the Kai monastery. All of the Kai warriors were in attendance for the feast of Fehmarn, and all except you were massacred.</p>
146 <p>You fought your way to Holmgard, the capital of your country, where the King sent you upon a desperate quest for help. Your mission was fraught with great danger, for Sommerlund had been betrayed by one of its own magicians<ch.emdash/>Vonotar the Traitor. His agents sought to kill you at every opportunity, but your skill and strength defeated their evil aims. You returned to Holmgard at the head of a great fleet<ch.emdash/>the allies of Durenor<ch.emdash/>and destroyed the Darklord army that besieged your capital.</p>
147 <p>Much of Sommerlund was ruined by the war. The rich farmlands were laid waste and many towns were razed to the ground. But the Sommlending are a tough people and were undaunted by the enormous task that lay ahead. They set about the rebuilding of war-torn Sommerlund with such determination that now, one year later, few of the scars of war remain visible.</p>
148 <p>For the crucial part that you played in the victory, the King has bestowed upon you the rank and title of <ch.apos/>Fryearl of Sommerlund<ch.apos/>, a rare honour for one so young. The ruins of the Kai monastery and much of the surrounding lands are now <ch.apos/>Fryelund<ch.apos/> under your protection.</p>
149 <p>Work to rebuild the monastery was about to commence when disturbing news from the north prompted the King to summon you to the capital. Many merchants, returning from the summer trading expeditions to Kalte, told of the fall of the Brumalmarc<ch.emdash/>the leader of the Ice Barbarians. The description of the hunchbacked magician who has succeeded the fierce Brumalmarc fits only one man<ch.emdash/>Vonotar the Traitor.</p>
150 <p>After the defeat of the Darklords, Vonotar escaped to the frozen wastes of Kalte. He made his way to the ice fortress of Ikaya where, through deception, he tricked the cruel Brumalmarc into adopting him as his magician. It was a mistake that was to cost the barbarian leader his fortress and his life.</p>
151 <p>The news that Vonotar still lives spreads like wildfire throughout Sommerlund. Thousands of Sommlending surround the capital and demand that Vonotar be made to pay for his treachery. So great is the outcry that the King is obliged to promise that the evil traitor will be brought back to Holmgard, and made to stand trial for his crimes.</p>
152 <p>For you, Lone Wolf, the King<ch.apos/>s promise is the start of a quest that will pit you against a hated foe, deep within the hostile Caverns of Kalte.</p>
156 <section class="frontmatter" id="gamerulz">
158 <title>The Game Rules</title>
159 <link class="prev" idref="tssf" />
160 <link class="next" idref="discplnz" />
164 <p>You keep a record of your adventure on the <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
165 <p>During your training as a Kai Lord you have developed fighting prowess<ch.emdash/><typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> and physical stamina<ch.emdash/><typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ>. Before you set off on your adventure you need to measure how effective your training has been. To do this take a pencil and, with your eyes closed, point with the blunt end of it <!--ERRTAG-RE-10410-->onto<!--/ERRTAG-RE-10410--> the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you pick 0 it counts as zero.</p>
166 <p>The first number that you pick from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> in this way represents your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>. Add 10 to the number you picked and write the total in the <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. (i.e. if your pencil fell on 4 in the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> you would write in a <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> Of 14.) When you fight, your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> will be pitted against that of your enemy. A high score in this section is therefore very desirable.</p>
167 <p>The second number that you pick from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> represents your powers of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ>. Add 20 to this number and write the total in the <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. (i.e. if your pencil fell on the number 6 on the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> you would have 26 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.)</p>
168 <p>If you are wounded in combat you will lose <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points. If at any time your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points <!--ERRTAG-RE-12477-->fall to zero or below<!--/ERRTAG-RE-12477-->, you are dead and the adventure is over. Lost <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points can be regained during the course of the adventure, but your number of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points can never go above the number with which you start your adventure.</p>
169 <p><strong>If you have successfully completed any of the previous adventures in the <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> series</strong>, you will already have your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>, <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points and Kai Disciplines which you can now carry over with you to Book 3. You may also carry over any Weapons and Special Items that you held at the end of your last adventure, and these should be entered on your new <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> (you are still limited to two Weapons and eight Backpack Items).</p>
170 <p>You may choose one bonus <a idref="discplnz">Kai Discipline</a> to add to your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> for every <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> adventure you have successfully completed; then read the <a idref="equipmnt">section on equipment</a> for Book 3 carefully.</p>
172 <section class="frontmatter-separate" id="discplnz">
174 <title>Kai Disciplines</title>
175 <link class="prev" idref="gamerulz" />
176 <link class="next" idref="equipmnt" />
180 <p>Over the centuries, the Kai monks have mastered the skills of the warrior. These skills are known as the Kai Disciplines, and they are taught to all Kai Lords. You have learnt only five of the skills listed below. The choice of which five skills these are, is for you to make. As all of the Disciplines will be of use to you at some point on your perilous quest, pick your five with care. The correct use of a Discipline at the right time can save your life.</p>
181 <p>When you have chosen your five Disciplines, enter them in the Kai Disciplines section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
183 <section class="frontmatter" id="camflage">
184 <meta><title>Camouflage</title></meta>
187 <p>This Discipline enables a Kai Lord to blend in with his surroundings. In the countryside, he can hide undetected among trees and rocks and pass close to an enemy without being seen. In a town or city, it enables him to look and sound like a native of that area, and can help him to find shelter or a safe hiding place.</p>
188 <p>If you choose this skill, write <quote>Camouflage</quote> on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
192 <section class="frontmatter" id="hunting">
193 <meta><title>Hunting</title></meta>
196 <p>This skill ensures that a Kai Lord will never starve in the wild. He will always be able to hunt for food for himself except in areas of wasteland and desert. You are aware that most of Kalte is an icy desert and that opportunities for successful hunting will not arise. But this skill is still very useful for it also enables a Kai Lord to move with great speed and dexterity.</p>
197 <p>If you choose this skill, write <quote>Hunting</quote> on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
201 <section class="frontmatter" id="sixthsns">
202 <meta><title>Sixth Sense</title></meta>
205 <p>This skill may warn a Kai Lord of imminent danger. It may also reveal the true purpose of a stranger or strange object encountered in your adventure.</p>
206 <p>If you choose this skill, write <quote>Sixth Sense</quote> on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
210 <section class="frontmatter" id="tracking">
211 <meta><title>Tracking</title></meta>
214 <p>This skill enables a Kai Lord to make the correct choice of a path in the wild, to discover the location of a person or object in a town or city and to read the secrets of footprints or tracks.</p>
215 <p>If you choose this skill, write <quote>Tracking</quote> on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
219 <section class="frontmatter" id="healing">
220 <meta><title>Healing</title></meta>
223 <p>This Discipline can be used to restore <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points lost in combat. If you possess this skill you may restore 1 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point to your total for every numbered section of the book you pass through in which you are not involved in combat. (This is only to be used after your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> has fallen below its original level.) Remember that your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> cannot rise above its original level.</p>
225 <p>If you choose this skill write <quote>Healing: +1 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point for each section without combat</quote> on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
229 <section class="frontmatter" id="wepnskll">
230 <meta><title>Weaponskill</title></meta>
233 <p>Upon entering the Kai monastery, each initiate is taught to master one type of weapon. If Weaponskill is to be one of your Kai Disciplines, pick a number in the usual way from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>, and then find the corresponding weapon from the list below. This is the weapon in which you have skill. When you enter combat carrying this weapon, you add 2 points to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>.</p>
234 <illustration class="inline">
236 <creator>Gary Chalk</creator>
238 <instance class="html" src="weapons.gif" width="386" height="278" />
239 <instance class="pdf" src="weapons.pdf" width="386" height="278" />
240 <instance class="text" src="none" width="none" height="none">
241 <ul class="unbulleted">
245 <li>3 = Short Sword</li>
246 <li>4 = Warhammer</li>
250 <li>8 = Quarterstaff</li>
251 <li>9 = Broadsword</li>
255 <p>The fact that you are skilled with a weapon does not mean you set out on the adventure carrying that particular weapon. However, you will have opportunities to acquire weapons in the course of your adventures. You cannot carry more than 2 weapons.</p>
256 <p>If you choose this skill, write <quote>Weaponskill in <ch.blankline/> +2 <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> points if this weapon carried</quote> on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
260 <section class="frontmatter" id="mindshld">
261 <meta><title>Mindshield</title></meta>
264 <p>Vonotar and many of the evil creatures under his command have the ability to attack you using their Mindforce. The Kai Discipline of Mindshield prevents you from losing any <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points when subjected to this form of attack.</p>
265 <p>If you choose this skill, write <quote>Mindshield: no points lost when attacked by Mindblast</quote> on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
269 <section class="frontmatter" id="mndblst">
270 <meta><title>Mindblast</title></meta>
273 <p>This enables a Kai Lord to attack an enemy using the force of his mind. It can be used at the same time as normal combat weapons and adds two extra points to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>. Not all the creatures encountered on this adventure will be harmed by Mindblast. You will be told if a creature is immune.</p>
274 <p>If you choose this skill, write <quote>Mindblast: +2 <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> points</quote> on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
278 <section class="frontmatter" id="anmlknsp">
279 <meta><title>Animal Kinship</title></meta>
282 <p>This skill enables a Kai Lord to communicate with some animals and to be able to guess the intentions of others.</p>
283 <p>If you choose this skill, write <quote>Animal Kinship</quote> on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
287 <section class="frontmatter" id="mindomtr">
288 <meta><title>Mind Over Matter</title></meta>
291 <p>Mastery of this Discipline enables a Kai Lord to move small objects with his powers of concentration.</p>
292 <p>If you choose this skill, write <quote>Mind Over Matter</quote> on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
296 <p>If you successfully complete the mission as set in Book 3 of Lone Wolf, you may add a further Kai Discipline of your choice to your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> in <bookref series="lw" book="04tcod">Book 4</bookref>. This additional skill, together with your six or seven other skills and any Special Items that you have picked up in Books <bookref series="lw" book="01fftd">1</bookref>, <bookref series="lw" book="02fotw">2</bookref> and <bookref series="lw" book="03tcok">3</bookref>, may then be used in the next adventure of the <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> series which is called <bookref series="lw" book="04tcod"><cite>The Chasm of Doom</cite></bookref>.</p>
300 <section class="frontmatter-separate" id="equipmnt">
302 <title>Equipment</title>
303 <link class="prev" idref="discplnz" />
304 <link class="next" idref="cmbtrulz" />
308 <p>Before leaving the northern port of <!--ERRTAG-RE-22585-->Anskaven<!--/ERRTAG-RE-22585-->, you are escorted to the City Hall and equipped with special winter boots, a tunic, a fur-lined cloak and mittens. You are given a <a idref="map">Map of Kalte</a> and a pouch of gold. To find out how much gold is in the pouch, pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. Now add 10 to the number you have picked. The total equals the number of Gold Crowns inside the pouch, and you may now enter this number in the <ch.apos/>Gold Crowns<ch.apos/> section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. (If you have successfully completed previous <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> adventures, you may add this sum to the total of any Crowns you may already possess. Remember you can only carry fifty Crowns.)</p>
309 <p>Before you set sail, you are given the choice of the following items (in addition to those you already possess, but remember you may only carry two weapons). You may take any two of the following:</p>
310 <ul class="paragraphed">
311 <li><p>Sword (Weapons)</p></li>
312 <li><p>Short Sword (Weapons)</p></li>
314 <p>Padded Leather Waistcoat (Special Items). This adds 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to your total</p>
315 <illustration class="inline">
317 <creator>Gary Chalk</creator>
319 <instance class="html" src="plw.gif" width="386" height="150" />
320 <instance class="pdf" src="plw.pdf" width="386" height="150" />
323 <li><p>Spear (Weapons)</p></li>
324 <li><p>Mace (Weapons)</p></li>
325 <li><p>Warhammer (Weapons)</p></li>
326 <li><p>Axe (Weapons)</p></li>
328 <p>Potion of Laumspur (Backpack Items). This restores 4 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to your total when swallowed after combat. There is only enough for one dose.</p>
329 <illustration class="inline">
331 <creator>Gary Chalk</creator>
333 <instance class="html" src="potion.gif" width="386" height="150" />
334 <instance class="pdf" src="potion.pdf" width="386" height="150" />
337 <li><p>Quarterstaff (Weapons)</p></li>
339 <p>Special Rations (Meals). This counts as one meal. (See <quote>How to Use Your Equipment</quote> before deciding)</p>
340 <illustration class="inline">
342 <creator>Gary Chalk</creator>
344 <instance class="html" src="food.gif" width="386" height="150" />
345 <instance class="pdf" src="food.pdf" width="386" height="150" />
348 <li><p>Broadsword (Weapons)</p></li>
351 <p>List the two items you choose on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>, under the heading given in brackets, and make a note of any effect it may have on your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points or <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>.</p>
353 <section class="frontmatter" id="howcarry">
354 <meta><title>How to Carry Equipment</title></meta>
357 <p>Now that you have your equipment, the following list shows you how it is carried. You don<ch.apos/>t need to make notes but you can refer back to this list in the course of your adventure.</p>
359 <li>Sword<ch.emdash/>carried in the hand.</li>
360 <li>Short Sword<ch.emdash/>carried in the hand.</li>
361 <li>Padded Leather Waistcoat<ch.emdash/>worn on the body.</li>
362 <li>Spear<ch.emdash/>carried in the hand.</li>
363 <li>Mace<ch.emdash/>carried in the hand.</li>
364 <li>Warhammer<ch.emdash/>carried in the hand.</li>
365 <li>Axe<ch.emdash/>carried in the hand.</li>
366 <li>Potion of Laumspur<ch.emdash/>carried in the Backpack.</li>
367 <li>Quarterstaff<ch.emdash/>carried in the hand.</li>
368 <li>Special Rations<ch.emdash/>carried in the Backpack.</li>
369 <li>Broadsword<ch.emdash/>carried in the hand.</li>
374 <section class="frontmatter" id="howmuch">
375 <meta><title>How Much Can You Carry?</title></meta>
380 <dd>The maximum number of weapons that you may carry is two.</dd>
381 <dt>Backpack Items</dt>
382 <dd>These must be stored in your Backpack. Because space is limited, you may only keep a maximum of eight articles, including Meals, in your Backpack at any one time.</dd>
383 <dt>Special Items</dt>
384 <dd>Special Items are not carried in the Backpack. When you discover a Special Item, you will be told how to carry it.</dd>
386 <dd>These are always carried in the Belt Pouch. It will hold a maximum of fifty crowns.</dd>
388 <dd>Food is carried in your Backpack. Each Meal counts as one item.</dd>
390 <p>Any item that may be of use and can be picked up on your adventure and entered on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> is given capital letters in the text. Unless you are told it is a Special Item, carry it in your Backpack.</p>
394 <section class="frontmatter" id="howuse">
395 <meta><title>How to Use Your Equipment</title></meta>
398 <dl class="paragraphed">
400 <dd><p>Weapons aid you in combat. If you have the Kai Discipline of Weaponskill and the correct weapon, it adds 2 points to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>. If you enter a combat with no weapons, deduct 4 points from your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> and fight with your bare hands. If you find a weapon during the adventure, you may pick it up and use it. (Remember you can only carry two weapons at once.)</p></dd>
401 <dt>Backpack Items</dt>
402 <dd><p>During your travels you will discover various useful items which you may wish to keep. (Remember you can only carry eight items in your Backpack at once.) You may exchange or discard them at any point when you are not involved in combat.</p></dd>
403 <dt>Special Items</dt>
405 <p>Each Special Item has a particular purpose or effect. You may be told this when the item is discovered, or it may be revealed to you as the adventure progresses.</p>
408 <dd><p>The currency of Sommerlund is the Crown, which is a small gold coin. Gold is especially valuable in Kalte, and you may find that your Gold Crowns will be useful, especially if used as a bribe.</p></dd>
410 <dd><p>Stored on your ice-sledge, along with your tent and other equipment, is enough food for you to complete your mission. If this food, or any you may have in your Backpack, is unavailable to you when you are instructed to eat a Meal, you will lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points. As Kalte is an icy desert you will be unable to use the Kai Discipline of Hunting to obtain a Meal (see <quote>Hunting</quote> in the <a idref="discplnz">Kai Disciplines</a> section).</p></dd>
411 <dt>Potion of Laumspur</dt>
412 <dd><p>This is a healing potion that can restore 4 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to your total when swallowed after combat. There is only enough for one dose. If you discover any other potions during the adventure, you will be informed of their effect. All potions are Backpack Items.</p></dd>
419 <section class="frontmatter-separate" id="cmbtrulz">
421 <title>Rules for Combat</title>
422 <link class="prev" idref="equipmnt" />
423 <link class="next" idref="levels" />
427 <p>There will be occasions during your adventure when you have to fight an enemy. The enemy<ch.apos/>s <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> and <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points are given in the text. Lone Wolf<ch.apos/>s aim in the combat is to kill the enemy by reducing his <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to zero while losing as few <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points as possible himself.</p>
428 <p>At the start of a combat, enter Lone Wolf<ch.apos/>s and the enemy<ch.apos/>s <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points in the appropriate boxes on the Combat Record section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
429 <p>The sequence for combat is as follows.</p>
430 <ol class="paragraphed">
431 <li><p>Add any extra points gained through your Kai Disciplines to your current <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> total.</p></li>
433 <p>Subtract the <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> of your enemy from this total. The result is your Combat Ratio. Enter it on the <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
435 <p>Lone Wolf (<typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> 15) is ambushed by a Winged Devil (<typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> 20). He is not given the opportunity to evade combat, but must stand and fight as the creature swoops down on him. Lone Wolf has the Kai Discipline of Mindblast, to which the Winged Devil is not immune, so he adds 2 points to his <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>, giving a total <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> Of 17.</p>
436 <p>He subtracts the Winged Devil<ch.apos/>s <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> from his own, giving a Combat Ratio of <ch.minus/>3. (17 <ch.minus/> 20 = <ch.minus/>3). <ch.minus/>3 is noted on the <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as the Combat Ratio.</p>
438 <li><p><a id="stage3">When you have your Combat Ratio</a>, pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p></li>
440 <p>Turn to the <a idref="crtable">Combat Results Table</a>. Along the top of the chart are shown the Combat Ratio numbers. Find the number that is the same as your Combat Ratio and cross-reference it with the random number that you have picked (the random numbers appear on the side of the chart). You now have the number of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points lost by both Lone Wolf and his enemy in this round of combat. (E represents points lost by the enemy; LW represents points lost by Lone Wolf.)</p>
442 <p>The Combat Ratio between Lone Wolf and Winged Devil has been established as -3. If the number taken from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> is a 6, then the result of the first round of combat is:</p>
444 <li>Lone Wolf loses 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points</li>
445 <li>Winged Devil loses 6 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points</li>
448 <li><p>On the <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>, mark the changes in <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to the participants in the combat.</p></li>
449 <li><p>Unless otherwise instructed, or unless you have an option to evade, the next round of combat now starts.</p></li>
450 <li><p>Repeat the sequence from <a idref="stage3">Stage 3</a>.</p></li>
452 <p>This process of combat continues until the <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points of either the enemy or Lone Wolf are reduced to zero or below,at which point that combatant is declared dead. If Lone Wolf is dead, the adventure is over. If the enemy is dead, Lone Wolf proceeds but with his <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points possibly reduced.</p>
453 <p>A <a idref="crsumary">summary of Combat Rules</a> in the back of this book.</p>
455 <section class="frontmatter" id="evasion">
456 <meta><title>Evasion of Combat</title></meta>
459 <p>During your adventure you may be given the chance to evade combat. If you have already engaged in a round of combat and decide to evade, calculate the combat for that round in the usual manner. All points lost by the enemy as a result of that round are ignored, and you make your escape. Only Lone Wolf may lose <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points during that round, but then that is the risk of running away! You may only evade if the text of the particular section allows you to do so.</p>
465 <section class="frontmatter-separate" id="levels">
467 <title>Levels of Kai Training</title>
468 <link class="prev" idref="cmbtrulz" />
469 <link class="next" idref="kaiwisdm" />
473 <p>The following table is a guide to the rank and titles that are bestowed upon Kai Lords at each stage of their training. As you successfully complete each adventure in the <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> series, you will gain an additional Kai Discipline and gradually progress towards mastery of the ten basic Kai Disciplines.</p>
479 <li>Initiate<ch.emdash/>You begin the <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> adventures with this level of Kai training</li>
482 <li>Warmarn or Journeyman</li>
486 <p>Beyond the ten basic skills of the Kai Master await the secrets of the higher Kai Disciplines or <quote>Magnakai</quote>. By acquiring the wisdom of the Magnakai, a Kai Lord can progress towards the ultimate achievement and become a Kai Grand Master.</p>
492 <section class="frontmatter" id="kaiwisdm">
494 <title>Kai Wisdom</title>
495 <link class="prev" idref="levels" />
496 <link class="next" idref="sect1" />
500 <p>Your mission will be fraught with great danger, for Kalte is a bleak and hostile land and your foe is a master of cunning. Use the <a idref="map">map</a> to help you plot your course to the ice fortress of Ikaya. Make notes as you progress through the story, for they will be of great help in future adventures. Many things that you find will aid you during your adventure. Some Special Items will be of use in future <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> adventures and others may be red herrings of no real use at all, so be selective in what you decide to keep.</p>
501 <p>There are many routes to the ice fortress of Ikaya, but only one will enable you to capture Vonotar and return to Sommerlund with the minimum of danger. A wise choice of Kai Disciplines and a great deal of courage should enable any player to complete the mission, no matter how weak his initial <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> or <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score. Successful completion of previous <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> adventures is not essential for the success of this quest.</p>
502 <p>The betrayal of your country can be avenged by bringing the traitor to justice.</p>
507 <section class="numbered" id="numbered">
508 <meta><title>Numbered Sections</title></meta>
512 <section class="numbered" id="sect1">
513 <meta><title>1</title></meta>
516 <p>Even before you accepted the task of bringing Vonotar to justice, preparations were being made for your voyage to Kalte. The captain of the Sommlending warship <cite>Cardonal</cite>, having returned from a long Kaltersee patrol, was ordered to await your arrival at <!--ERRTAG-RE-38180-->Anskaven<!--/ERRTAG-RE-38180-->. During the night, food, ice equipment and Kanu-dog teams were taken on board. The mission was highly secret<ch.emdash/>only senior members of the crew were told the true nature of the voyage that lay ahead.</p>
517 <p>The plan is to set you ashore at Halle Bluff, drop anchor and await your return. An <ch.eacute/>lite team of trusted guides will lead you from the bluff to Ikaya. Once inside the ice fortress, you are to hunt down and capture Vonotar, and then return with your guides to the ship. Your mission must be accomplished within thirty days at most, for winter is closing in and no ship can withstand the grip of the Kalte pack-ice. If you do not return in time, the captain will be forced to set sail without you.</p>
518 <p>For six days, the <cite>Cardonal</cite> sails across the stormy Kaltersee without running into a storm; but every day the temperature steadily drops until a layer of ice covers the decks. On the morning of the seventh day, the snow-capped island of Tola is sighted on the horizon. Soon after, a light wind rises from the west.</p>
519 <p>At first, there appears to be little danger, but within half an hour a furious blizzard is blowing, and all sight of land quickly vanishes in the scudding drift. All day the furious gale rages. Tremendous winds slice the tops of the huge grey waves and water crashes over the decks, masts and rigging of the ship, freezing almost immediately into solid ice. The sides of the ship become several feet thick with sea water. It is not until early evening that the weather clears, and although the wind still blows strongly, the force of the gale is spent.</p>
520 <illustration class="inline">
522 <creator>Gary Chalk</creator>
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527 <p>You are soon to discover that the gale has blown the ship nearly thirty miles off course, along the lip of the Ljuk ice shelf. You know that to return to Halle Bluff would waste a precious day, so you decide to land on the ice shelf and start your mission from there.</p>
528 <p>As the last of the Kanu-dogs are carried ashore, your guides tell you of the two possible routes to Ikaya from here. The first route involves a hundred and thirty mile trek to Cloudmaker Mountain and then, following the difficult terrain of the Viad Glacier, a further hundred miles must be covered before you arrive at the ice fortress. The alternative route involves a longer journey of nearly one hundred and eighty miles into the Hrod Basin, followed by a trek of a hundred miles through Storm Giant Pass to Ikaya. Even if the weather and your luck hold good, either route will involve ten days of hard trekking before you reach your goal. You should consult the <a idref="map">map of Kalte</a> before making your decision.</p>
529 <choice idref="sect160">If you wish to attempt the shorter, but more difficult Viad Glacier route, <link-text>turn to 160</link-text>.</choice>
530 <choice idref="sect273">If you wish to take the longer, but easier Hrod Basin and Storm Giant Pass route, <link-text>turn to 273</link-text>.</choice>
534 <section class="numbered" id="sect2">
535 <meta><title>2</title></meta>
538 <p>To your right, you notice that a stone door is cunningly concealed by an intricate wall carving. A close examination of the carving reveals a lever.</p>
539 <choice idref="sect290">If you wish to pull this lever, <link-text>turn to 290</link-text>.</choice>
540 <choice idref="sect76">If you do not wish to pull the lever, you may continue climbing the stairs by <link-text>turning to 76</link-text>.</choice>
544 <section class="numbered" id="sect3">
545 <meta><title>3</title></meta>
548 <p>You watch with a mixture of fascination and revulsion as each segment of the creature shatters and then slowly dissolves into the ice. Soon, all that remains of the Crystal Frostwyrm are the undigested contents of its stomach. To your surprise, in the centre of this mess of fetid flesh and bone, you can see the shank of a Silver Key.</p>
549 <choice idref="sect280">If you wish to take this Key, <link-text>turn to 280</link-text>.</choice>
550 <choice idref="sect344">If you would rather ignore it and look for a way to open the fortress door, <link-text>turn to 344</link-text>.</choice>
554 <section class="numbered" id="sect4">
555 <meta><title>4</title></meta>
558 <footnote id="sect4-1-foot" idref="sect4-1">
559 <p>It may not make much sense to record this particular Bone Sword as a Special Item, considering that all other Bone Swords in this book are recorded as normal Weapons.</p>
564 <p>You hide the body under the staircase and quickly search it. You discover a Bone Sword and a Blue Stone Disc. If you wish to keep either or both of these items, mark them on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as Special Items<footref id="sect4-1" idref="sect4-1-foot"/>. You leave the body and run quickly up the stairs.</p>
565 <choice idref="sect332"><link-text>Turn to 332</link-text>.</choice>
569 <section class="numbered" id="sect5">
570 <meta><title>5</title></meta>
573 <p>You can see two men in ragged clothes, huddled together beside a fire that seems to be burning inside a small metal bowl. Over the flames, the skinned carcass of a small animal is roasting on a spit. The men are old and toothless, and they have a strange glint of madness in their slanted eyes.</p>
574 <illustration class="float">
576 <creator>Gary Chalk</creator>
577 <description><line>Two men in ragged clothes are huddled</line><line>together beside a small fire.</line></description>
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583 <choice idref="sect295">If you wish to approach them and ask for some of their food, <link-text>turn to 295</link-text>.</choice>
584 <choice idref="sect14">If you wish to attack them, <link-text>turn to 14</link-text>.</choice>
585 <choice idref="sect132">If you wish to ignore them and continue on your way, <link-text>turn to 132</link-text>.</choice>
589 <section class="numbered" id="sect6">
590 <meta><title>6</title></meta>
593 <p>You advance into the darkness, feeling ahead with your weapon for any obstruction. For some distance, the tunnel continues northwards before turning sharply to your right. A few feet ahead, you can now see light streaming from another portal. Beyond this a staircase descends into the dark.</p>
594 <choice idref="sect224">If you wish to look through the portal, <link-text>turn to 224</link-text>.</choice>
595 <choice idref="sect166">If you wish to continue towards the stairs, <link-text>turn to 166</link-text>.</choice>
599 <section class="numbered" id="sect7">
600 <meta><title>7</title></meta>
603 <p>Suddenly, the black slab explodes into hundreds of razor-sharp splinters of stone. Your back is grazed and your ears ring, but otherwise you are unharmed. By taking refuge in the corner of the chamber, you have escaped serious injury. It now seems apparent that the monolith was designed to guard against or ensnare trespassers. A powerful glyph, a spell of protection, must have been placed upon it by an ancient mage.</p>
604 <p>As the black dust slowly settles, you notice that a panel in the north wall has opened to reveal a darkened exit from the chamber.</p>
605 <choice idref="sect145">If you wish to try this exit, <link-text>turn to 145</link-text>.</choice>
606 <choice idref="sect242">If you wish to try to open the door by which you entered, <link-text>turn to 242</link-text>.</choice>
610 <section class="numbered" id="sect8">
611 <meta><title>8</title></meta>
614 <footnote id="sect8-1-foot" idref="sect8-1">
615 <p>You may wish to note the fact that you have put on this oil on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. However, it does not take the space of any item and only affects you for the duration of this adventure.</p>
620 <p>The smell is revolting, and you try desperately to hold your breath as you smear handfuls of the slimy grease inside your jacket. As the oil penetrates your skin, you feel a warm glow as if you were near a fire: the more grease you apply, the warmer you become. You also notice that the awful smell is gradually fading.<footref id="sect8-1" idref="sect8-1-foot"/></p>
621 <p><quote>When it soaks into your skin, you lose your sense of smell,</quote> says Fenor.</p>
622 <p><quote>Just as well,</quote> replies Dyce. <quote>I don<ch.apos/>t think I could stand living with myself otherwise!</quote></p>
623 <p>Baknar oil gives excellent insulation from the bitter cold of Kalte, and it may save you valuable <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points in the near future.</p>
624 <p>Irian regains consciousness and is soon scooping out the Baknar carcass for himself. Light is now fading fast and you decide to pitch camp in this narrow pass. You prepare a meal, and then you each take it in turns to sit watch, just in case the Baknar decide to return.</p>
625 <choice idref="sect325"><link-text>Turn to 325</link-text>.</choice>
629 <section class="numbered" id="sect9">
630 <meta><title>9</title></meta>
633 <p>You desperately fight against the agonizing pain, but it is so intense that you soon lose consciousness, and within a few minutes your will has been completely drained<ch.emdash/>you have become a helpless slave, unable to resist Vonotar<ch.apos/>s psychic commands. He orders you to pick up the Ice Barbarian<ch.apos/>s sword and draw it across your throat. Powerless to resist, you kill yourself with one quick flick of your wrist.</p>
634 <choice>Your mission and your life come to a tragic end.</choice>
638 <section class="numbered" id="sect10">
639 <meta><title>10</title></meta>
642 <footnote id="sect10-1-foot" idref="sect10-1">
643 <p>You may only examine each liquid once.</p>
648 <p>The pack contains four ornate glass vials. They hold red, orange, green and black liquids.</p>
649 <p>Which one do you wish to examine?<footref id="sect10-1" idref="sect10-1-foot"/></p>
650 <choice idref="sect90">Red? If so, <link-text>turn to 90</link-text>.</choice>
651 <choice idref="sect171">Orange? If so, <link-text>turn to 171</link-text>.</choice>
652 <choice idref="sect289">Green? If so, <link-text>turn to 289</link-text>.</choice>
653 <choice idref="sect225">Black? If so, <link-text>turn to 225</link-text>.</choice>
654 <p>The pack may be used as a Backpack unless you already possess one.</p>
655 <choice idref="sect126">You may leave this chamber at any time and continue northwards along the corridor by <link-text>turning to 126</link-text>.</choice>
659 <section class="numbered" id="sect11">
660 <meta><title>11</title></meta>
663 <choice idref="sect141">If you wish to ask who the current ruler of Ragadorn is, <link-text>turn to 141</link-text>.</choice>
664 <choice idref="sect159">If you wish to ask the name of the river that divides Ragadorn into east and west, <link-text>turn to 159</link-text>.</choice>
665 <choice idref="sect234">If you wish to ask the name of the tavern in Barnacle Street, <link-text>turn to 234</link-text>.</choice>
669 <section class="numbered" id="sect12">
670 <meta><title>12</title></meta>
673 <p>The equipment is quickly unpacked and distributed among you. Your share is enough food for 3 Meals, Sleeping Furs, and a Rope. Remember to mark these on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>, and note that Sleeping Furs take up the same amount of room as two normal Items in your Backpack.</p>
674 <p>You cannot take the Kanu-dogs with you across the mountains, and you are forced to abandon them here with the sledges. A rope is secured to each person and you set off towards a narrow pass between the dark and sullen peaks. At first, the climb is quite easy; but soon the smooth ice becomes steep and difficult to cross. A wind rises that piles drifts of loose snow against the broken ice, and visibility is quickly reduced to a few yards. The drifts are deceptive and often deep. On two occasions, you sink up to your chest and have to be dug out by the others.</p>
675 <p>That night, the tent is erected on a table of ice-covered granite overhanging a deep ravine. You are exhausted and almost fall asleep over your evening Meal. (Remember to deduct this Meal from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.)</p>
676 <p><quote>Do you understand any of the Ice Barbarian language?</quote> asks Dyce, trying to stimulate conversation. <quote>Myjavik is one of the few Ice Barbarian words I know.</quote></p>
677 <p>When you ask him what it means, he pauses before answering you. <quote>Terror<ch.ellips/> <quote>Myjavik</quote> means terror.</quote></p>
678 <p>Suddenly there is a tremendous noise outside the tent. It sounds like the roar of a large animal.</p>
679 <choice idref="sect180">If you wish to draw your weapon and investigate the noise, <link-text>turn to 180</link-text>.</choice>
680 <choice idref="sect259">If you prefer to hold your breath and keep as still as possible, <link-text>turn to 259</link-text>.</choice>
684 <section class="numbered" id="sect13">
685 <meta><title>13</title></meta>
688 <p>There is a lever in the wall and a spy-hole in the centre of the door. Peering through the spy-hole, you see a strange sight. A man in a dark robe is kneeling in the centre of a pentacle chalked on the floor of the chamber. His head is bowed and he seems to be in a trance.</p>
689 <illustration class="inline">
691 <creator>Gary Chalk</creator>
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696 <choice idref="sect128">If you wish to pull the lever and open the door, <link-text>turn to 128</link-text>.</choice>
697 <choice idref="sect254">If you wish to leave him where he is, and continue exploring the main corridor, <link-text>turn to 254</link-text>.</choice>
701 <section class="numbered" id="sect14">
702 <meta><title>14</title></meta>
705 <p>The two men stare at you in horror and fumble for their weapons.</p>
706 <p>You have killed one of them before the other attempts to fight back. He is desperate and attacks you with great fury. You will have to fight him to the death.</p>
707 <combat><enemy>Ice Barbarian</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">15</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">14</enemy-attribute></combat>
708 <choice idref="sect309">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 309</link-text>.</choice>
712 <section class="numbered" id="sect15">
713 <meta><title>15</title></meta>
716 <p>You carefully examine the keyhole to assess your chances of being able to pick the lock.</p>
717 <choice idref="sect185">If you have the Kai Discipline of Mind Over Matter, <link-text>turn to 185</link-text>.</choice>
718 <choice idref="sect86">If you have a Dagger in your possession, or a Bone Sword, <link-text>turn to 86</link-text>.</choice>
719 <choice idref="sect323">If you do not have the above skill or weapons, you should leave the chamber and investigate the stairs by <link-text>turning to 323</link-text>.</choice>
723 <section class="numbered" id="sect16">
724 <meta><title>16</title></meta>
727 <footnote id="sect16-1-foot" idref="sect16-1">
728 <p>You may choose which Backpack Items to discard, as it is not specified. If you have fewer than two items in your Backpack, then you get away with losing one or zero items.</p>
733 <p>You only just manage to slip through the gap as the stone door slams shut. Unfortunately, if you are wearing a Backpack, two separate Items have been crushed and must be discarded here.<footref id="sect16-1" idref="sect16-1-foot"/> Make the necessary adjustments to your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>, and continue along the passage.</p>
734 <choice idref="sect63"><link-text>Turn to 63</link-text>.</choice>
738 <section class="numbered" id="sect17">
739 <meta><title>17</title></meta>
742 <p>You recognize that you are suffering the first effects of snow-blindness. Unless you act now, the more painful symptoms of this malady will soon appear.</p>
743 <choice idref="sect62">If you wish to cover your eyes with a blindfold, and keep them covered at least until you make camp later today, <link-text>turn to 62</link-text>.</choice>
744 <choice idref="sect251">If you do not like the idea of being blindfolded, and prefer to risk snow-blindness, <link-text>turn to 251</link-text>.</choice>
748 <section class="numbered" id="sect18">
749 <meta><title>18</title></meta>
752 <footnote id="sect18-1-foot" idref="sect18-1">
753 <p>Remember to erase this Weapon or weapon-like Special Item from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
758 <p>As your weapon sinks into the swirling wind, an agonizing blast of intense cold runs through the full length of your arm. You lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points and stagger back, clutching your frostbitten arm to your chest. You have lost your weapon and the cyclone is growing stronger and stronger, forcing you to retreat towards a corner of the temple.<footref id="sect18-1" idref="sect18-1-foot"/></p>
759 <choice idref="sect211">If you wish to try to escape towards the darkened archway beyond, <link-text>turn to 211</link-text>.</choice>
760 <choice idref="sect95">If you wish to continue retreating into the corner of the temple, <link-text>turn to 95</link-text>.</choice>
764 <section class="numbered" id="sect19">
765 <meta><title>19</title></meta>
768 <p>You sprint along the ice bridge and dive for Dyce<ch.apos/>s hand, but it is too late. Barely a second before you reach him his grip falters and he plummets backwards into the gaping void. A shiver runs down your spine as his scream fades into the darkness below. You are staring helplessly into the gorge when Irian begins to shout: <quote>There, over there<ch.emdash/>I<ch.apos/>m sure I saw something.</quote></p>
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772 <description><line>His grip falters and he plummets</line><line>backwards into the gaping void.</line></description>
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777 <p>You strain your eyes, hoping to see something, anything, but the gorge is as black as midnight. You turn to see Irian pointing, not at the gorge, but towards the western horizon. <quote>Look over there,</quote> he says, indicating a ridge in the distance. Two fur-clad warriors are standing on top of a large platform of ice. They are looking in your direction, alerted, no doubt, by Dyce<ch.apos/>s dying scream.</p>
778 <p><quote>Ice Barbarians,</quote> says Fenor, his voice shaking with fear. <quote>If they reach Ikaya before us, we<ch.apos/>re as good as dead!</quote></p>
779 <p>You are now fifteen miles from the ice fortress and less than three hours of daylight remain.</p>
780 <choice idref="sect327">If you wish to press on, in the hope that you will outrun the Barbarians, <link-text>turn to 327</link-text>.</choice>
781 <choice idref="sect307">If you wish to attack them to prevent them warning others, <link-text>turn to 307</link-text>.</choice>
785 <section class="numbered" id="sect20">
786 <meta><title>20</title></meta>
789 <p>The body of the Helghast bubbles and dissolves a your feet, a vile green gas seeping out from beneath its robes. As you stare in revulsion at the decomposing corpse, you suddenly realise that this foul creature must have been sent here to kill Vonotar<ch.emdash/>there can be no other reason for its being here. The Darklords of Helgedad crave Vonotar<ch.apos/>s death in payment for his failure at the Battle of Holmgulf, and have discovered his whereabouts. The wizard must have discovered the Helghast and imprisoned it within the pentacle until he could devise a way of permanently destroying it.</p>
790 <p>You gingerly touch your wounded throat and thank the gods that you possess the Sommerswerd; its powers have once again saved your life. Turning into the main corridor, you quickly leave behind the smoking remains.</p>
791 <choice idref="sect254"><link-text>Turn to 254</link-text>.</choice>
795 <section class="numbered" id="sect21">
796 <meta><title>21</title></meta>
799 <p>The chill air whistles past, and then you suddenly crash <!--ERRTAG-RE-59623-->onto<!--/ERRTAG-RE-59623--> a ledge of ice, over thirty feet below. You are winded and badly shaken, but still conscious. The cries of your guides soon change to shouts of joy and amazement when they see you stagger to your feet. You look upwards to see Fenor leap safely across the crevasse. Seconds later, a rope is thrown down and you are pulled to safety.</p>
800 <p>You have lost your Kanu-dogs, your sledge with its provisions, and 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points. After an anxious discussion, your guides agree to continue the mission, although they know that the hardships will now be doubly severe. Then in the distance, Irian spots a narrow passage at the edge of the ice shelf at a point where it meets the Hrod Basin. You continue your journey, and by nightfall you have reached the shelter of this pass and decide to set up camp.</p>
801 <p>Checking the remaining food stores, you realize that rations will have to be cut by half if all of you are to reach Ikaya. You lose another 1 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point due to the scant evening Meal.</p>
802 <choice idref="sect325"><link-text>Turn to 325</link-text>.</choice>
806 <section class="numbered" id="sect22">
807 <meta><title>22</title></meta>
810 <p>A powerful spell is shielding this lock from your mind. You concentrate until sweat stands out on your forehead, but still you are unable to break through.</p>
811 <p>Rather than attempt to open the chest by force, you reluctantly decide to leave it, and explore the staircase instead.</p>
812 <choice idref="sect323"><link-text>Turn to 323</link-text>.</choice>
816 <section class="numbered" id="sect23">
817 <meta><title>23</title></meta>
820 <p>You are lucky. Baknar are known to sleep for anything up to three days, especially after they have eaten a huge meal. This Baknar will sleep for another twenty-four hours at least. You slip past the creature, and leave the chamber.</p>
821 <choice idref="sect235"><link-text>Turn to 235</link-text>.</choice>
825 <section class="numbered" id="sect24">
826 <meta><title>24</title></meta>
829 <p>You take careful aim and hurl the Diamond along the corridor. It bounces just in front of the Ice Barbarian and then comes to rest behind the staircase. His attention is caught by the noise and the gleam of the Diamond, and he leaves his post to investigate. You seize your opportunity to run up the stairs undetected.</p>
830 <choice idref="sect332"><link-text>Turn to 332</link-text>.</choice>
834 <section class="numbered" id="sect25">
835 <meta><title>25</title></meta>
838 <p>You notice that one of the creatures has a Triangle of Blue Stone hanging on a chain around its neck. You may take this if you wish, and put it round your neck. Mark it on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as a Special Item.</p>
839 <p>Wiping your weapon, you quickly push on, in case other Kalkoth should appear.</p>
840 <choice idref="sect284"><link-text>Turn to 284</link-text>.</choice>
844 <section class="numbered" id="sect26">
845 <meta><title>26</title></meta>
848 <footnote id="sect26-1-foot" idref="sect26-1">
849 <p>The two Bone Swords are normal Weapons.</p>
854 <p>Apart from the Bone Swords, you also find a Dagger and a Mace: both carved from solid bone.<footref id="sect26-1" idref="sect26-1-foot"/> The Ice Barbarians also have curious Bracelets attached to their left wrists. They are plain, without mark or inscription, and appear to be made of solid gold.</p>
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857 <creator>Gary Chalk</creator>
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862 <choice idref="sect231">If you have the Kai Discipline of Sixth Sense, <link-text>turn to 231</link-text>.</choice>
863 <choice idref="sect187">If you wish to take one of the Bracelets, put it on your wrist and mark it on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as a Special Item, and <link-text>turn to 187</link-text>.</choice>
864 <choice idref="sect63">If you do not wish to take a Bracelet, you may continue your exploration, and <link-text>turn to 63</link-text>.</choice>
868 <section class="numbered" id="sect27">
869 <meta><title>27</title></meta>
872 <p>You stumble along the bleak rock-face for nearly an hour, finding nowhere to shelter from the bitter wind. Unless you have rubbed Baknar oil into your skin, you lose 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points due to the extreme cold.</p>
873 <choice idref="sect314">If you wish to push on and continue your search for shelter, <link-text>turn to 314</link-text>.</choice>
874 <choice idref="sect205">If you wish to dig a hole in the snow with your hands, and try to shelter here for the night, <link-text>turn to 205</link-text>.</choice>
878 <section class="numbered" id="sect28">
879 <meta><title>28</title></meta>
882 <p>Wiping your blood-spattered face, you stagger out of the cell into the wide corridor beyond. In the distance you can see a junction.</p>
883 <choice idref="sect210">If you wish to search the Ice Barbarian<ch.apos/>s body, you must drag it into the light of the corridor, and <link-text>turn to 210</link-text>.</choice>
884 <choice idref="sect215">If you wish to press on with your mission as quickly as possible, close the cell door and continue along the corridor towards the junction. <link-text>Turn to 215</link-text>.</choice>
888 <section class="numbered" id="sect29">
889 <meta><title>29</title></meta>
892 <p>The crevasse is opening wider and wider. You see Fenor jump clear and land safely at the edge of the chasm. You too are about to jump when you discover to your horror that your left foot is caught in the sledge ropes.</p>
893 <choice idref="sect43">If you possess the Sommerswerd, <link-text>turn to 43</link-text>.</choice>
894 <choice idref="sect121">If you have the Kai Discipline of Mind Over Matter, <link-text>turn to 121</link-text>.</choice>
895 <p>If you have neither of the above, pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
896 <choice idref="sect226">If the number you have picked is 1<ch.endash/>4, <link-text>turn to 226</link-text>.</choice>
897 <choice idref="sect266">If the number you have picked is 5<ch.endash/>9, <link-text>turn to 266</link-text>.</choice>
898 <choice idref="sect312">If the number you have picked is 0, <link-text>turn to 312</link-text>.</choice>
902 <section class="numbered" id="sect30">
903 <meta><title>30</title></meta>
906 <p>The passage continues for a few yards before turning sharply to the east. Directly ahead, you can see light seeping from a crack in the wall. Looking closer, you see a secret door and a small stone lever. You pull the lever and the door slides open to reveal a wide, well-lit corridor. To your left, less than ten yards away, is a junction. To your right, you can see a closed stone door.</p>
907 <choice idref="sect203">If you wish to examine the door, <link-text>turn to 203</link-text>.</choice>
908 <choice idref="sect276">If you wish to head left towards the junction, <link-text>turn to 276</link-text>.</choice>
912 <section class="numbered" id="sect31">
913 <meta><title>31</title></meta>
916 <p>The statue rises slowly from the altar and advances towards you. As it comes closer, you feel an intense chill radiating from its smooth, stony skin. However, its movements are stiff and uncertain<ch.emdash/>you could easily dodge its outstretched arms.</p>
917 <illustration class="float">
919 <creator>Gary Chalk</creator>
920 <description><line>The statue rises slowly from the</line><line>altar and advances towards you.</line></description>
922 <instance class="html" src="ill3.gif" width="386" height="709" />
923 <instance class="pdf" src="ill3.pdf" width="386" height="709" />
925 <choice idref="sect150">If you wish to attack this strange statue, <link-text>turn to 150</link-text>.</choice>
926 <choice idref="sect306">If you wish to dodge past it and run towards the archway beyond, <link-text>turn to 306</link-text>.</choice>
930 <section class="numbered" id="sect32">
931 <meta><title>32</title></meta>
934 <footnote id="sect32-1-foot" idref="sect32-1">
935 <p>If in a previous passage you have already fought or killed any of these Kalkoth, mark off the damage that you inflicted on them before resuming the fight. If the earlier fight statistics only listed two Kalkoth because you sneaked up on the Kalkoth and killed one, ignore the statistics for Kalkoth 3.</p>
940 <p>As the creatures leap at you from beneath the waterfall, you must fight them one at a time.<footref id="sect32-1" idref="sect32-1-foot"/></p>
941 <combat><enemy>Kalkoth 1</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">11</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">35</enemy-attribute></combat>
942 <combat><enemy>Kalkoth 2</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">10</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">32</enemy-attribute></combat>
943 <combat><enemy>Kalkoth 3</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">8</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">30</enemy-attribute></combat>
944 <choice idref="sect66">If you lose any <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points at all during this combat, <link-text>turn immediately to 66</link-text>.</choice>
945 <choice idref="sect25">If you win the combat without losing any <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points, <link-text>turn to 25</link-text>.</choice>
949 <section class="numbered" id="sect33">
950 <meta><title>33</title></meta>
953 <p>Throwing the boy <!--ERRTAG-RE-70145-->onto<!--/ERRTAG-RE-70145--> the sledge, you grab the whip and lash the Kanu-dogs, driving them for everything they are worth. The Ice Barbarian scouts immediately give chase, shouting to the boy in their strange Kalte language.</p>
954 <p>You have covered less than a hundred yards when the boy leaps from the sledge into a deep snowdrift. At the same time, a volley of bone-tipped arrows whistle past your head, and one grazes your shoulder. You lose 1 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point. Although the boy is free, two scouts continue to pursue you; but your dog team is fast, and you have soon outdistanced them and their arrows.</p>
955 <p>By nightfall, you reach the very edge of the Viad Mountains. These awesome granite mountains rise vertically out of the ice and snow; they will be impossible to cross on this cold and moonless night. A wind rising in the west heralds a night blizzard. You must find shelter or you will die of exposure.</p>
956 <choice idref="sect348">If you have the Kai Discipline either of Tracking or of Sixth Sense, <link-text>turn to 348</link-text>.</choice>
957 <choice idref="sect27">If you wish to search northwards, <link-text>turn to 27</link-text>.</choice>
958 <choice idref="sect314">If you wish to search southwards, <link-text>turn to 314</link-text>.</choice>
962 <section class="numbered" id="sect34">
963 <meta><title>34</title></meta>
966 <p>You suddenly realize that you possess an Effigy of this hideous creature. Taking the Effigy from your pocket, you hold it before you. It begins to glow with a strange iridescence that holds the creature mesmerized. Vonotar has lost control of the creature and it is yours to command. The wizard, realizing he has lost, retreats from the moat. Loi-Kymar arrives at your side. He is breathless and is trying to say something to you.</p>
967 <p><quote>Use it Lone Wolf<ch.ellips/> send it<ch.ellips/> against Vonotar!</quote></p>
968 <p>You will the monster to capture and hold Vonotar and it instantly obeys your command. The traitor shrieks with terror and faints as the slimy tentacles close around him. You notice Loi-Kymar hurl a handful of powdered herbs into the moat. Within seconds, a mass of vines and creepers coil upwards, forming a bridge across the moat to the Brumalmarc Throne. Once safely across, you will the creature to release Vonotar and return to the moat. Obediently it slithers into the darkness and the crystal blocks slowly rise.</p>
969 <p><quote>Tie him, Lone Wolf,</quote> shouts Loi-Kymar, as he searches for his Guildstaff. <quote>And be sure to strip him of his rings and amulets<ch.emdash/>he is a master of trickery. We would not want him to miss his special homecoming to Sommerlund.</quote></p>
970 <p>You follow Loi-Kymar<ch.apos/>s instructions and make sure that Vonotar is securely tied.</p>
971 <p><quote>Ah! Here she is!</quote> the old magician eventually cries triumphantly, discovering his Guildstaff amongst the tangle of vines at the base of the throne. He is anxious to leave so you thank him for his help and pass him your map of Kalte, pointing out the position of the ship <cite>Cardonal</cite>.</p>
972 <p><quote>I<ch.apos/>ll not be needing that,</quote> he replies. <quote>Maps are invariably wrong; I prefer to rely on my own sense of direction.</quote></p>
973 <p>Loi-Kymar raises his Guildstaff and a dazzling beam of light flows from its tip. He makes three wide sweeps of the air and the Hall of the Brumalmarc is transformed into an umbrella of colour.</p>
974 <choice idref="sect350"><link-text>Turn to 350</link-text>.</choice>
978 <section class="numbered" id="sect35">
979 <meta><title>35</title></meta>
982 <p>You get an uneasy feeling that someone or something is watching you. You leave the tent and peer into the night for some sign of life, but the snow and the darkness hide everything. Reluctantly, you return to the tent and go to sleep with one hand by your weapon in case of a surprise attack.</p>
983 <choice idref="sect291"><link-text>Turn to 291</link-text>.</choice>
987 <section class="numbered" id="sect36">
988 <meta><title>36</title></meta>
991 <p>You climb over fifty steps before reaching the archway. As you catch your breath, you notice that a billowing and swirling veil of mist completely covers the arch, hiding whatever lies beyond. You suddenly realize that the temperature is much colder around this archway.</p>
992 <illustration class="inline">
994 <creator>Gary Chalk</creator>
996 <instance class="html" src="small4.gif" width="386" height="150" />
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999 <choice idref="sect341">If you have the Kai Discipline of Sixth Sense and if you have reached the Kai rank of Guardian and therefore possess 7 Kai Disciplines, <link-text>turn to 341</link-text>.</choice>
1000 <choice idref="sect124">If you have the Kai Discipline of Sixth Sense, but have not yet reached the Kai rank of Guardian, <link-text>turn to 124</link-text>.</choice>
1001 <choice idref="sect264">If you do not possess the Kai Discipline of Sixth Sense, prepare yourself for attack and pass through the archway by <link-text>turning to 264</link-text>.</choice>
1005 <section class="numbered" id="sect37">
1006 <meta><title>37</title></meta>
1009 <p>In the darkness you have stepped into a narrow but very deep fissure in the ice floor. You fall over fifty feet and break both legs as you crash into a jagged outcrop of rock. You are unable to move and there is no one to rescue you.</p>
1010 <choice>Your life and your quest come to a tragic end here.</choice>
1014 <section class="numbered" id="sect38">
1015 <meta><title>38</title></meta>
1018 <p>After ten minutes of searching the room, you discover an old fur Backpack and a long coil of Rope. You may take the Backpack only if you do not already wear one. The Rope counts as two Backpack Items, as it takes up extra space.</p>
1019 <p>Finally satisfied that there is nothing else of value in this junk-filled room, you leave and continue your exploration along the east passage.</p>
1020 <choice idref="sect237"><link-text>Turn to 237</link-text>.</choice>
1024 <section class="numbered" id="sect39">
1025 <meta><title>39</title></meta>
1028 <p>So far, so good. The guards do not seem to be paying you any attention. You pretend to adjust the laces of your boot and hide the bowl behind a pilaster. You return to the kitchen and wait for the fumes to take effect. In less than a minute, the Ice Barbarian guards have collapsed to the floor, and you can approach the hall safely. To your delight, you discover that one of the magnificent jewelled doors is unlocked. Preparing yourself for attack, you gently push the door ajar and enter Vonotar<ch.apos/>s chamber.</p>
1029 <choice idref="sect173"><link-text>Turn to 173</link-text>.</choice>
1033 <section class="numbered" id="sect40">
1034 <meta><title>40</title></meta>
1037 <p>You have fallen over thirty feet but have landed safely in a deep snow drift. Clawing the cold snow from your eyes, you are astounded by the sight that greets you. A vast cavern spreads out as far as your eyes can see: huge stalactites of crystal hang from the icy ceiling and the constant dripping of melted snow fills the air with a strangely musical sound.</p>
1038 <p>You are looking upon an uncharted world that few Sommlending have ever seen, for you are staring upon the caverns of Kalte. This massive underground labyrinth was built by the Ancients many ages before the Sommlending, or even the Darklords, set foot in Magnamund. Its wide avenues, temples and halls once echoed to the sounds of a race of creatures for whom the ice was a natural home. M<ch.apos/>lare bowls still hang from the roof, shedding an eerie, eternal light.</p>
1039 <p>You follow a wide melt-water channel for over two miles until it disappears beneath a wall of shimmering ice. An ice bridge leads to a tunnel that soon splits in two.</p>
1040 <choice idref="sect255">If you have the Kai Discipline of Tracking, <link-text>turn to 255</link-text>.</choice>
1041 <choice idref="sect125">If you wish to take the left tunnel, <link-text>turn to 125</link-text>.</choice>
1042 <choice idref="sect184">If you wish to take the right tunnel, <link-text>turn to 184</link-text>.</choice>
1046 <section class="numbered" id="sect41">
1047 <meta><title>41</title></meta>
1050 <footnote id="sect41-1-foot" idref="sect41-1">
1051 <p>You may still keep the Blue Stone Triangle (you need not erase it from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>).</p>
1056 <p>Removing the Blue Stone Triangle from around your neck, you press it into the granite wall. It is a perfect fit. You immediately feel a tremor running through the ledge on which you are standing, followed by the grinding noise of stone upon stone. The door opens, but after it has opened less than three feet, it begins to close.</p>
1057 <p>Without a moment<ch.apos/>s hesitation, you dive into the fortress and the door crashes shut behind you.<footref id="sect41-1" idref="sect41-1-foot"/></p>
1058 <choice idref="sect221"><link-text>Turn to 221</link-text>.</choice>
1062 <section class="numbered" id="sect42">
1063 <meta><title>42</title></meta>
1066 <p>You unsheathe your magnificent sword and assail the door. A bright shower of sparks illuminates the room as each blow of the Sommerswerd bites into the ancient stone. The blade glows a fiery gold as you strike the door time and time again. The Sommerswerd will eventually destroy the door, but it may take many hours to cut a hole large enough for you to escape.</p>
1067 <choice idref="sect294">If you wish to continue beating the door with the Sommerswerd, <link-text>turn to 294</link-text>.</choice>
1068 <choice idref="sect145">If you wish to give up, you can leave by the previously concealed northern passage, and <link-text>turn to 145</link-text>.</choice>
1072 <section class="numbered" id="sect43">
1073 <meta><title>43</title></meta>
1076 <p>You unsheathe the golden sword and sever the ropes with one blow. Your foot is free, and you leap from the sledge barely seconds before it disappears into the crevasse. Quickly, Fenor runs to your side and pulls you away from the crumbling edge. You have lost your Kanu-dogs, your sledge and provisions, but not your life. You both jump the widening gap and join the others.</p>
1077 <p>Despite the loss of equipment, your guides agree to continue the mission even though they know that the hardships will now be far greater. In the distance, you can see a narrow passage at the edge of the ice shelf where it joins the Hrod Basin. By nightfall, you have reached the shelter of this narrow pass and you decide to set up camp.</p>
1078 <p>You make a check of the remaining food stores and realize that rations will have to be cut by half if you are all to reach Ikaya. You lose 1 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point due to the small evening Meal.</p>
1079 <choice idref="sect325"><link-text>Turn to 325</link-text>.</choice>
1083 <section class="numbered" id="sect44">
1084 <meta><title>44</title></meta>
1087 <p><quote>Follow me,</quote> says Loi-Kymar. <quote>I<ch.apos/>ve listened to the sounds of Ikaya for over a year, and the secret sliding doors and the hidden routes here are no <!--ERRTAG-RE-81998-->mystery to me. I have<!--/ERRTAG-RE-81998--> learnt more about these corridors and passages from the confines of my cell than Vonotar has discovered with all of his cunning.</quote></p>
1088 <p>You follow the old magician through a network of secret passages and tunnels, up long flights of stairs and into chambers dark and cold. At the top of one very steep staircase, you come to a stone door. A strange, sickly smell is seeping from a small spy-hole. <quote>The kitchens,</quote> whispers Loi-Kymar, showing his distaste for Ikaya cuisine by sticking out his tongue and grimacing.</p>
1089 <p>You can see that this secret door opens next to a fireplace in which burns a roaring fire. Hanging over the fire is a large stone cauldron of gruel. Two Ice Barbarians sit at a table nearby with empty bowls in front of them.</p>
1090 <choice idref="sect79">If you possess a Potion of Black Graveweed, <link-text>turn to 79</link-text>.</choice>
1091 <choice idref="sect157">If you possess a Potion of Green Gallowbrush, <link-text>turn to 157</link-text>.</choice>
1092 <choice idref="sect270">If you do not possess either of these potions, you can open the secret door and launch a surprise attack upon the unarmed Ice Barbarians, by <link-text>turning to 270</link-text>.</choice>
1096 <section class="numbered" id="sect45">
1097 <meta><title>45</title></meta>
1100 <footnote id="sect45-1-foot" idref="sect45-1">
1101 <p>The Silver Key referred to here must be a Special Item. If you have a Backpack Item called a Silver Key, it does not count.</p>
1106 <p>The faces of grotesque and distorted creatures adorn the surfaces of the chest. Their obscene expressions and unnatural proportions make you shudder with revulsion. Set into the centre of the lid is a large stone block carved with a hideous face, the mouth of which is shaped around a keyhole.</p>
1107 <illustration class="inline">
1109 <creator>Gary Chalk</creator>
1111 <instance class="html" src="small5.gif" width="386" height="150" />
1112 <instance class="pdf" src="small5.pdf" width="386" height="150" />
1114 <choice idref="sect303">If you possess a Silver Key,<footref id="sect45-1" idref="sect45-1-foot"/> <link-text>turn to 303</link-text>.</choice>
1115 <choice idref="sect15">If you do not possess this Special Item, <link-text>turn to 15</link-text>.</choice>
1119 <section class="numbered" id="sect46">
1120 <meta><title>46</title></meta>
1123 <p>You remove the Firesphere from your jacket, quickly split open the two halves and place them upon the narrow ledge behind. The Javek hisses loudly, both its heads weaving and darting at you in rage. It is desperate to attack, but it will not approach the Firesphere. Instead, it attempts to slither round the flames, but the ledge is very narrow<ch.emdash/>no more than a foot wide. It cannot pass without singeing itself. Eventually, angry but powerless, the strange reptile resigns itself to failure and disappears back along the ledge and into the passageway beyond.</p>
1124 <p>You can now retrieve your Firesphere and continue your exploration.</p>
1125 <choice idref="sect269"><link-text>Turn to 269</link-text>.</choice>
1129 <section class="numbered" id="sect47">
1130 <meta><title>47</title></meta>
1133 <p>You try to pick the lock for nearly half an hour before conceding defeat. You have exhausted every possible angle and sequence, but still the lock refuses to open. Reluctantly, you sheathe your weapon, leave the chamber and investigate the stairs.</p>
1134 <choice idref="sect323"><link-text>Turn to 323</link-text>.</choice>
1138 <section class="numbered" id="sect48">
1139 <meta><title>48</title></meta>
1142 <p>The Ice Barbarian passes within six inches of your hiding place. He pauses before walking back along the corridor. You breathe a sigh of relief<ch.emdash/>you have not been discovered.</p>
1143 <choice idref="sect215">If you wish to escape on tiptoe along the northern corridor, <link-text>turn to 215</link-text>.</choice>
1144 <choice idref="sect260">If you wish to attack the Ice Barbarian from behind, <link-text>turn to 260</link-text>.</choice>
1148 <section class="numbered" id="sect49">
1149 <meta><title>49</title></meta>
1152 <p>You have climbed fifteen feet to a thin ice ledge. From here you have a clear view of the fissure. You think you have caught a glimpse of someone when suddenly the ice gives way beneath your feet, and you fall headlong in a tumble of granite and snow. You prepare yourself for the shock of impact, but you plunge straight into a crevasse, hidden beneath a layer of powdery snow. You finally come to rest in a deep drift some two hundred feet below the surface.</p>
1153 <p>Blinded, dazed and half-suffocated by snow, you begin to claw your way out of this icy grave. When you eventually free yourself, you are astounded by the sight that greets you. A vast corridor disappears into the distance as far as the eye can see. Huge stalactites of crystal hang from the icy ceiling, and the constant drip of melting snow fills the corridor with a strangely musical sound. You shout for help until your throat becomes dry and sore, but your guides do not hear you. You still have your weapon(s), Gold Crowns and any Special Items, but you are without a Backpack, as it is still in your tent. Looking up, you see that the hole through which you have fallen is now just a tiny speck on the roof of the passage. You notice that the strange light of the ice corridor seems to come from large stone bowls hanging from the ceiling. These are M<ch.apos/>lare bowls, a source of eternal light discovered by the Ancients many ages ago. You soon realize that your guides may never find out where you are, and quickly resolve to follow the passage in the hope of finding some other exit. After two hours of walking, you arrive at a junction where the passage splits in two.</p>
1154 <choice idref="sect342">If you have the Kai Discipline of Tracking, <link-text>turn to 342</link-text>.</choice>
1155 <choice idref="sect284">If you wish to follow the passage to the left, <link-text>turn to 284</link-text>.</choice>
1156 <choice idref="sect199">If you wish to follow the passage to the right, <link-text>turn to 199</link-text>.</choice>
1160 <section class="numbered" id="sect50">
1161 <meta><title>50</title></meta>
1164 <p>Have you located the Ancient Temple of Ikaya and found a Glowing Crystal?</p>
1165 <choice idref="sect139">If you possess this Special Item, <link-text>turn to 139</link-text>.</choice>
1166 <choice idref="sect189">If you do not have it, <link-text>turn to 189</link-text>.</choice>
1170 <section class="numbered" id="sect51">
1171 <meta><title>51</title></meta>
1174 <p>You sense that the Doomwolves are sleeping deeply. There is a chance that you can slip past them, overpower the Ice Barbarian guard, and close the cell door before they awake. However, you know that this is very risky and the odds are against you.</p>
1175 <choice idref="sect285">If you are brave enough to enter a cell full of Doomwolves, <link-text>turn to 285</link-text>.</choice>
1176 <choice idref="sect261">If you do not want to take the risk, you must leave and descend the stairs. <link-text>Turn to 261</link-text>.</choice>
1180 <section class="numbered" id="sect52">
1181 <meta><title>52</title></meta>
1184 <p>As you climb the slippery stone ramp, the sound of cracking ice makes you spin round. The large mound of crystals at the base of the ramp is beginning to move. The crystals are alive! You stare in disbelief as the mound is transformed into a writhing mass of crystal coils. The coils unwind, and the ice creature slithers towards you.</p>
1185 <choice idref="sect169">If you wish to evade this creature and run towards the stone door, <link-text>turn to 169</link-text>.</choice>
1186 <choice idref="sect265">If you wish to fight it, <link-text>turn to 265</link-text>.</choice>
1190 <section class="numbered" id="sect53">
1191 <meta><title>53</title></meta>
1194 <p>Unfortunately, you mistime your dive with disastrous consequences. Both of your legs are crushed by the closing door and you slowly bleed to death.</p>
1195 <choice>Your life and your mission end here.</choice>
1199 <section class="numbered" id="sect54">
1200 <meta><title>54</title></meta>
1203 <p>The glass is very delicate and it takes all your concentration and skill to avoid smashing the stem.</p>
1204 <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you have the Kai Discipline of either Mind Over Matter or Mindblast, add 3 to the number that you picked.</p>
1205 <choice idref="sect250">If your total score is now 0<ch.endash/>4, <link-text>turn to 250</link-text>.</choice>
1206 <choice idref="sect268">If your total score is now 5<ch.endash/>12, <link-text>turn to 268</link-text>.</choice>
1210 <section class="numbered" id="sect55">
1211 <meta><title>55</title></meta>
1214 <footnote id="sect55-1-foot" idref="sect55-1">
1215 <p>The permanent loss referred to here is probably just the <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> loss, and not the <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point loss.</p>
1220 <p>You are less than a hundred feet from the top when the pain begins to fade. Eventually, you no longer feel anything with your hands: all sensation below your forearms is totally numbed by frostbite.</p>
1221 <p>With one last effort, you reach a narrow ice shelf where you can kneel and rest. But you soon discover to your dismay that it is impossible to climb any further<ch.emdash/>you are faced by sheer walls of ice that offer no handholds in their smooth surfaces. You will have to return the way you came. It is over four hours before the feeling returns to your hands. The frostbite is serious and you lose 5 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points. In addition to this, you also lose 2 points from your initial <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>. This loss is permanent and will affect you for the rest of your life.<footref id="sect55-1" idref="sect55-1-foot"/></p>
1222 <p>It takes a further five hours to reach the bottom in safety. Exhausted and in great pain, you steel yourself to find another exit from this icy hell-hole.</p>
1223 <choice idref="sect182"><link-text>Turn to 182</link-text>.</choice>
1227 <section class="numbered" id="sect56">
1228 <meta><title>56</title></meta>
1231 <p><quote>Upon my soul, a Kai Lord!</quote> he exclaims, his eyes now wide with astonishment.</p>
1232 <p><quote>How I<ch.apos/>ve prayed for freedom, for deliverance from this infernal place. And although hope never deserted me, I never expected such an illustrious rescuer.</quote></p>
1233 <p>In the middle of his excitement, the old man is suddenly disturbed by a fit of coughing that leaves him pale and exhausted. It is a few minutes before he can speak again. <quote>My name is Loi-Kymar. I am an elder of the <!--ERRTAG-RE-93667-->Magicians<ch.apos/> Guild<!--/ERRTAG-RE-93667--> of Toran,</quote> he says, slowly removing a small crystal star pendant, the symbol of the guild, from beneath his tattered robes. The guild is known as the Brotherhood of the Crystal Star, and the magician shows his pendant as proof of his identity. You ask him how he came to be imprisoned here in Ikaya, many hundreds of miles from his native Toran.</p>
1234 <illustration class="float">
1236 <creator>Gary Chalk</creator>
1237 <description><line><ch.lsquot/>My name is Loi-Kymar. I am an elder</line><line>of the Magicians<ch.apos/> Guild of Toran.<ch.rsquot/></line></description>
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1240 <instance class="pdf" src="ill4.pdf" width="386" height="662" />
1242 <p><quote>Vonotar, that unspeakable <!--ERRTAG-RE-94585-->wretch, is responsible<!--/ERRTAG-RE-94585--> for my plight. Days before the Darklord invasion of Sommerlund, he betrayed your Kai masters to win power<ch.emdash/>the black power of death and darkness. However, he failed to play his part in the war plans his evil masters had laid. The Darklords do not tolerate such weakness<ch.emdash/>mercy has no place in their brutal minds. In the bitterness of defeat, they sought to destroy Vonotar for his crime of failure. Vonotar knew that I possessed the only means to effect an escape from their vengeance, for my Guildstaff has the power of teleportation. He tried to steal it and flee to the safety of Ikaya by himself, but he learnt that its power is not for all men to share; only I am blessed with its secret. He was angry and would have murdered my kinspeople had I not agreed to bring him here, so I had no choice but to do so.</quote></p>
1243 <p><quote>Ever since, I have been a prisoner in this cell. Vonotar has tortured my body and my mind, but I have not divulged the secret of my Guildstaff, which he now keeps in the Hall of the Brumalmarc. For if I were to tell him, my life would no longer be of any value.</quote></p>
1244 <p>You tell Loi-Kymar of your mission and of the events that have led to your meeting. He offers to show you a route through Ikaya to the Hall of the Brumalmarc where Vonotar now resides as ruler, and if you can retrieve his Guildstaff, he promises to teleport you to the coast in time to rendezvous with your ship.</p>
1245 <p>For the first time since you fell into the caverns of Kalte, you feel confident that your mission can now succeed.</p>
1246 <choice idref="sect192"><link-text>Turn to 192</link-text>.</choice>
1250 <section class="numbered" id="sect57">
1251 <meta><title>57</title></meta>
1254 <p>The next day is bitterly cold. A fierce northerly wind blows relentlessly, beating your face, and drying your lips until they crack and bleed. Your nose begins to run but the mucus instantly freezes on your lips. The sun is obscured by a thick layer of falling snow that mutes the light. Snow mounds and small pot-holes in the ice become invisible, and the journey is often brought to a halt when a sledge overturns or jams.</p>
1255 <p>Great strain is put on your eyes by the constant glare as you search for the rough ice on the ground which is so hazardous. By midday, your vision has become a blur.</p>
1256 <choice idref="sect17">If you have the Kai Discipline of Healing, <link-text>turn to 17</link-text>.</choice>
1257 <choice idref="sect251">If you do not possess this skill, <link-text>turn to 251</link-text>.</choice>
1261 <section class="numbered" id="sect58">
1262 <meta><title>58</title></meta>
1265 <p>The cone of frost rips into the vines and freezes them in an instant. They become brittle and collapse under your weight. Without hesitation, you sprint across the falling bridge and dive <!--ERRTAG-RE-97798-->onto<!--/ERRTAG-RE-97798--> the far platform just as the vines completely disintegrate.</p>
1266 <p>You have made it safely across the moat, but you are now lying at Vonotar<ch.apos/>s feet. He sneers at you and points his crystal rod at your head.</p>
1267 <choice idref="sect252"><link-text>Turn to 252</link-text>.</choice>
1271 <section class="numbered" id="sect59">
1272 <meta><title>59</title></meta>
1275 <p>The Kalkoth charges <!--ERRTAG-RE-98307-->onto<!--/ERRTAG-RE-98307--> the lake and immediately falls through the ice. Beneath the frozen surface, a shadow speeds towards the helpless creature as it thrashes wildly in the icy water, snatching it suddenly into the depths. An unnatural stillness descends and all that remains now is a large patch of red water, spreading slowly beneath the ice.</p>
1276 <p>You quickly scramble towards the jagged outline of the tunnel on the far side of this lake. As you reach the solid ice of the bank, you notice something strange lying there. It is a small triangle of blue stone on a neck chain. If you wish to keep this Blue Stone Triangle, slip the chain over your head and mark it on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as a Special Item.</p>
1277 <choice idref="sect235">Enter the tunnel by <link-text>turning to 235</link-text>.</choice>
1281 <section class="numbered" id="sect60">
1282 <meta><title>60</title></meta>
1285 <p>You have taken less than a dozen steps when a brilliant crackle of blue energy arcs between the two staves. You see the white statue beginning to move as if activated by the surge of power.</p>
1286 <choice idref="sect150">If you wish to attack the creature before it rises from the altar, <link-text>turn to 150</link-text>.</choice>
1287 <choice idref="sect31">If you wish to remain perfectly still and prepare for combat, <link-text>turn to 31</link-text>.</choice>
1288 <choice idref="sect306">If you wish to run for the darkened archway beyond, <link-text>turn to 306</link-text>.</choice>
1292 <section class="numbered" id="sect61">
1293 <meta><title>61</title></meta>
1296 <footnote id="sect61-1-foot" idref="sect61-1">
1297 <p>This peculiar ending is the only time in the entire <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> series where you can fail your mission without actually dying. Despite the fact that it may take quite a bit of effort to get here, it does not count as a completion for this adventure. You still may not use your character in future adventures.</p>
1302 <p>You enter a covered balcony running round the perimeter of an open courtyard. Suddenly you hear the dull tone of a stone bell as it tolls in a watchtower high above the fortress<ch.emdash/>the alarm bell. The balcony and the courtyard below are completely deserted, except for a wind sledge near to the courtyard gate.</p>
1303 <p>You decide to take a chance, and descend a flight of steps to discover that the sledge is loaded with food and equipment from Ljuk. With the whole of Ikaya alerted to your presence, it is now impossible to complete your mission. There is nothing else you can do but make your escape on the wind sledge, while there is still time.</p>
1304 <illustration class="inline">
1306 <creator>Gary Chalk</creator>
1308 <instance class="html" src="small6.gif" width="386" height="150" />
1309 <instance class="pdf" src="small6.pdf" width="386" height="150" />
1311 <choice>Ten days from now, you will reach your ship the <cite>Cardonal</cite> and regretfully report that you have failed your mission.<footref id="sect61-1" idref="sect61-1-foot"/></choice>
1315 <section class="numbered" id="sect62">
1316 <meta><title>62</title></meta>
1319 <p>As the light gradually fades, a blizzard blows across the open ice shelf and batters relentlessly against the tent. The flapping canvas and the pain in your fingers and toes are beginning to wear on your nerves; you wish you had never set foot in this icy hell. Then, in the middle of the night, the wind rips away the edge of the canvas and the full force of the gale scatters your equipment and provisions. You are forced to spend the rest of the night on your elbows, clinging with frozen fingers to the edge of the tent. Your sleeping furs fill with a half frozen slush, and, by dawn, your clothes are stiff with ice. You lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
1320 <choice idref="sect167">Make the necessary adjustment to your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>, before <link-text>turning to 167</link-text>.</choice>
1324 <section class="numbered" id="sect63">
1325 <meta><title>63</title></meta>
1328 <p>You follow this passage northwards until it turns abruptly towards the west. A few yards ahead, a flight of stone steps ascends to an archway thirty feet above. Just past the staircase, you notice another stone door, with a lever in the wall next to it. The lever is raised and the door is closed.</p>
1329 <choice idref="sect323">If you wish to climb the stairs, <link-text>turn to 323</link-text>.</choice>
1330 <choice idref="sect246">If you wish to investigate the door, <link-text>turn to 246</link-text>.</choice>
1334 <section class="numbered" id="sect64">
1335 <meta><title>64</title></meta>
1338 <p>You get the uneasy feeling that danger lurks along both tunnels. Although you sense that the northern tunnel is the more perilous of the two, you feel sure that it is the quickest route to Ikaya.</p>
1339 <choice idref="sect321">If you wish to enter the north tunnel, <link-text>turn to 321</link-text>.</choice>
1340 <choice idref="sect275">If you wish to take the west tunnel, <link-text>turn to 275</link-text>.</choice>
1344 <section class="numbered" id="sect65">
1345 <meta><title>65</title></meta>
1348 <p>The buttons have jammed. No matter how hard you try you cannot make them budge. You have no choice but to abandon the altar and leave the temple by the northern archway.</p>
1349 <choice idref="sect306"><link-text>Turn to 306</link-text>.</choice>
1353 <section class="numbered" id="sect66">
1354 <meta><title>66</title></meta>
1357 <p>The barb of a Kalkoth<ch.apos/>s tongue holds a powerful venom, with which it paralyses its victims before devouring them. The venom takes only a few seconds to act. Stung by the barb, you quickly fade into unconsciousness. It is a sleep from which there will be no awakening.</p>
1358 <choice>Your life and your mission end here.</choice>
1362 <section class="numbered" id="sect67">
1363 <meta><title>67</title></meta>
1366 <p>The man jerks his head back as if suddenly woken from a trance. <quote>Who<ch.apos/>s there?</quote> he whispers, his deep-set eyes peering into the gloom above. <quote>Is anyone there, or does madness now befriend me?</quote> You extend your hand through the portal and chance a wave to show your whereabouts. <quote>The Gods be praised,</quote> he cries, jumping excitedly to his feet. <quote>My name is Tygon. I am a merchant from Ragadorn. The Ice Barbarians kidnapped me and my cargo, and brought me here. I now await an audience with their new Brumalmarc, the Sommlending sorcerer called Vonotar. It seems that he will decide my fate. If you free me, I<ch.apos/>ll help you as best I can.</quote></p>
1367 <choice idref="sect328">If you have a Rope, you can lower it through the portal and help the man to climb out of his cell by <link-text>turning to 328</link-text>.</choice>
1368 <choice idref="sect166">If you do not possess a Rope, or if you do not want to help him, you can continue along the corridor towards the stairs by <link-text>turning to 166</link-text>.</choice>
1372 <section class="numbered" id="sect68">
1373 <meta><title>68</title></meta>
1376 <p>As the Ice Barbarian moves closer, he suddenly lets out a blood-curdling scream and lunges at your head.</p>
1377 <combat><enemy>Ice Barbarian</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">18</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">28</enemy-attribute></combat>
1378 <choice idref="sect186">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 186</link-text>.</choice>
1382 <section class="numbered" id="sect69">
1383 <meta><title>69</title></meta>
1386 <p>You have covered less than twenty yards when you see a patrol of six Ice Barbarians marching towards you along the corridor. Then, to your left, you notice a small flight of stairs leading down into a darkened chamber.</p>
1387 <choice idref="sect222">If you have the Kai Discipline of Camouflage, <link-text>turn to 222</link-text>.</choice>
1388 <choice idref="sect108">If you wish to run down these stairs and hide from the patrol, <link-text>turn to 108</link-text>.</choice>
1389 <choice idref="sect198">If you wish to run back to the landing and take the north corridor, <link-text>turn to 198</link-text>.</choice>
1393 <section class="numbered" id="sect70">
1394 <meta><title>70</title></meta>
1397 <p><quote>Quick, we must pack up and leave immediately,</quote> shouts Fenor, the howling wind carrying his words away into the night. <quote>Kalkoth never hunt alone. There<ch.apos/>s sure to be others nearby<ch.emdash/>they can smell blood miles away.</quote></p>
1398 <p>The tent is dismantled and you quickly leave, Dyce leading the way and you guarding the rear. You have covered less than fifty yards when disaster strikes. Blinded both by the darkness and the wind, Dyce fails to see that the path comes to an abrupt end at the edge of a sheer precipice. You freeze with horror as you hear the screams of your guides fading into the darkness. With death threatening from all sides, you cling in desperation to the frozen rock-face.</p>
1399 <choice idref="sect209">If you have coated yourself with Baknar oil, <link-text>turn to 209</link-text>.</choice>
1400 <choice idref="sect339">If you have not applied this oil to your skin, <link-text>turn to 339</link-text>.</choice>
1404 <section class="numbered" id="sect71">
1405 <meta><title>71</title></meta>
1408 <p>You can sense that the Ice Barbarian child has a bone dagger hidden in his boot. He is trying to reach it so that he can attack you.</p>
1409 <choice idref="sect320">Forewarned by your Kai sense, <link-text>turn to 320</link-text>.</choice>
1413 <section class="numbered" id="sect72">
1414 <meta><title>72</title></meta>
1417 <p>You carefully examine the altar and the two black staves protruding from its surface. The cyclone continues to howl but while you carry the Firesphere, it will not advance towards the altar.</p>
1418 <illustration class="inline">
1420 <creator>Gary Chalk</creator>
1422 <instance class="html" src="small7.gif" width="386" height="150" />
1423 <instance class="pdf" src="small7.pdf" width="386" height="150" />
1425 <p>You notice that where the statue once lay, two stone buttons have risen from the surface.</p>
1426 <choice idref="sect227"><link-text>Turn to 227</link-text>.</choice>
1430 <section class="numbered" id="sect73">
1431 <meta><title>73</title></meta>
1434 <p>The guides look at you as if you are mad, and refuse to ride with you. At first, the Kanu-dogs are reluctant to approach the gorge, but with some encouragement from your whip they soon change their minds. There is less than six inches of ice on either side of your sledge runners, and all your concentration is needed to keep to the centre of this frozen bridge. You are less than fifteen feet from the other side when there is a tremendous crack and the sledge shudders violently.</p>
1435 <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
1436 <choice idref="sect119">If the number you have picked is 0<ch.endash/>7, <link-text>turn to 119</link-text>.</choice>
1437 <choice idref="sect136">If the number you have picked is 8<ch.endash/>9, <link-text>turn to 136</link-text>.</choice>
1441 <section class="numbered" id="sect74">
1442 <meta><title>74</title></meta>
1445 <p>The stone walls of the corridor are covered with strange carvings, which cast deep shadows. Using your skill, you hide yourself in their gloom. The Ice Barbarian walks slowly towards you, his movements tense and unsteady. Your skin crawls as you notice for the first time his white pupil-less eyes. Holding your breath, you pray that he has not seen you.</p>
1446 <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
1447 <choice idref="sect48">If the number you have picked is 0<ch.endash/>4, <link-text>turn to 48</link-text>.</choice>
1448 <choice idref="sect287">If the number you have picked is 5<ch.endash/>9, <link-text>turn to 287</link-text>.</choice>
1452 <section class="numbered" id="sect75">
1453 <meta><title>75</title></meta>
1456 <p>The tracks have been made by dangerous and carnivorous creatures called Baknar. If you run into them in the confines of a dark and narrow tunnel, your chances of survival will be very slim indeed. Although your Kai Discipline has enabled you to identify the tracks, you are unable to sense which tunnel the Baknar occupy.</p>
1457 <choice idref="sect235">If you wish to take the left tunnel, <link-text>turn to 235</link-text>.</choice>
1458 <choice idref="sect114">If you wish to take the right tunnel, <link-text>turn to 114</link-text>.</choice>
1462 <section class="numbered" id="sect76">
1463 <meta><title>76</title></meta>
1466 <p>You continue upwards until you reach a narrow stone door. Like the other doors you have seen so far, it is controlled by a wall lever. This door also has a small spy-hole cut into its centre. Carefully placing your eye to the aperture, you peer into the small room beyond. There, lying on the floor of the cell, are three sleeping Doomwolves. In the north wall, a cell door is open, and the outline of an Ice Barbarian<ch.apos/>s back can be seen filling the archway.</p>
1467 <choice idref="sect51">If you have the Kai Discipline of Hunting or Animal Kinship, <link-text>turn to 51</link-text>.</choice>
1468 <choice idref="sect137">If you do not have either of these skills, you can open the door and attack the Doomwolves by <link-text>turning to 137</link-text>.</choice>
1469 <choice idref="sect261">If you would rather back away from the cell door and descend the stairs, <link-text>turn to 261</link-text>.</choice>
1473 <section class="numbered" id="sect77">
1474 <meta><title>77</title></meta>
1477 <p>You recognize the pungent smell of distilled graveweed, a very powerful poison. Even the vapour is enough to make your head spin and your vision blur. Quickly you discard the broken glass and cover your nose with the sleeve of your jacket; you lose 1 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point due to the effects of the poisonous vapour.</p>
1478 <choice idref="sect10"><link-text>Return to 10</link-text> and choose your next course of action.</choice>
1482 <section class="numbered" id="sect78">
1483 <meta><title>78</title></meta>
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