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<p>You prepare yourself for combat and leap to the defence of the helpless old man just in time to turn aside the lordling<ch.apos/>s sword.</p>
<p><quote>Curse you, scum!</quote> he cries. <quote>I am Roark, highborn of Amory. How dare you interfere with my sport.</quote></p>
- <p>He feints withdrawal but you are not taken in by his street-brawl tactics. As his sword cuts the air in a vicious back-handed slash, you are ready to parry the blow. The tavern crowd cheer in anticipation of a good fight.</p>
+ <p>He feints withdrawal but you are not taken in by his street-brawl tactics. As his sword cuts the air in a vicious backhanded slash, you are ready to parry the blow. The tavern crowd cheer in anticipation of a good fight.</p>
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<enemy>Roark</enemy>
<enemy-attribute class="combatskill">24</enemy-attribute>
<p>(<a idref="sect73">73</a>) Moved the Curing choice into the first position.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect76">76</a>) Replaced <quote>Items</quote> with <quote>items</quote>. Altered list of items to initial capital letters.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect77">77</a>) Replaced <quote>war horn</quote> with <quote>war-horn</quote> and <quote>battle frenzy</quote> with <quote>battle-frenzy</quote>. Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect78">78</a>) Replaced <quote>back-handed</quote> with <quote>backhanded</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect81">81</a>) Replaced <quote>animal and</quote> with <quote>animal, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect82">82</a>) Replaced <quote>merchants, but</quote> with <quote>merchants but</quote> and <quote>horses; not</quote> with <quote>horses: not</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect84">84</a>) Replaced <quote>formula but</quote> with <quote>formula, but</quote>, <quote>heavy and</quote> with <quote>heavy, and</quote>, and <quote>awake but</quote> with <quote>awake, but</quote>.</p>
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<p>Without a sound you raise your weapon and tense yourself in readiness to strike. The Vazhag and the Cener are unaware of your presence and, as they move to enter the south tunnel, they turn their backs on where you are hiding. It is a fatal mistake, for in this instance you launch your attack.</p>
- <p>Like a tiger hungry for prey, swiftly and silently you bound into the cavern and strike down the two nearest rat-men with one scything blow. A mighty kick sends a third Vazhag crashing head-first into the cavern wall, and a back-handed slash puts paid to a fourth of their number, neatly parting its disease-riddled head from its shoulders. Shocked and confused, the remaining Vazhag fumble ineptly with their weapons whilst the Cener screams frantically at them to avenge their slain comrades. With ease you duck a whistling sword stroke, then dispatch the beast with a lightning-fast stab to its heart. Your strike is executed with such economy of movement that, to the druid and the remaining Vazhag, it looks as if you hardly moved at all. For the Vazhag it is the last straw and, with a squeal of terror, it drops its torch and rusty blade and scurries for the dark safety of the south tunnel.</p>
+ <p>Like a tiger hungry for prey, swiftly and silently you bound into the cavern and strike down the two nearest rat-men with one scything blow. A mighty kick sends a third Vazhag crashing head-first into the cavern wall, and a backhanded slash puts paid to a fourth of their number, neatly parting its disease-riddled head from its shoulders. Shocked and confused, the remaining Vazhag fumble ineptly with their weapons whilst the Cener screams frantically at them to avenge their slain comrades. With ease you duck a whistling sword stroke, then dispatch the beast with a lightning-fast stab to its heart. Your strike is executed with such economy of movement that, to the druid and the remaining Vazhag, it looks as if you hardly moved at all. For the Vazhag it is the last straw and, with a squeal of terror, it drops its torch and rusty blade and scurries for the dark safety of the south tunnel.</p>
<p>Cursing vilely, the Cener retreats until his red-robed back is pressed flat against the cavern wall. His mask hides his entire face, yet even so you can sense the blazing hatred that is pouring from his eyes, as if it were a stream of liquid fire. You raise your weapon and advance, eager to finish the druid swiftly, but you are halted by a sudden, unexpected pulse of psychic energy that crashes like a wave against your mind.</p>
<choice idref="sect107">If you possess Kai-screen, <link-text>turn to 107</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect272">If you do not possess this Grand Mastery, <link-text>turn to 272</link-text>.</choice>
<p>(<a idref="sect285">285</a>) Replaced <quote>Sloat</quote> with <quote>sloat</quote> and <quote>spreadeagled</quote> with <quote>spread-eagled</quote>. Replaced <quote>Quarlen</quote> with <quote>Quarlen or the ruins of Maaken</quote> in the first choice. Replaced <quote>Quarlen</quote> with <quote>either of these locations</quote> in the second choice.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect286">286</a>) Replaced <quote>Cener druid</quote> with <quote>Cener Druid</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect288">288</a>) Replaced <quote>Cener druid</quote> with <quote>Cener Druid</quote>. Replaced <quote>draw nearer, then</quote> with <quote>draw nearer; then</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect289">289</a>) Replaced <quote>back-handed</quote> with <quote>backhanded</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect292">292</a>) Replaced <quote>un-dead</quote> with <quote>undead</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect295">295</a>) Replaced <quote>it disappears, then</quote> with <quote>it disappears; then</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect296">296</a>) Replaced <quote>degradon</quote> with <quote>Degradon</quote> and <quote>shape extreme</quote> with <quote>shape, extreme</quote>. Replaced <quote>god</quote> with <quote>God</quote>.</p>
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