>TM 4 >LS 2 >PS ON >PL60 >SM6 >CP ON >FO OFF >------L-----------------------!---------------------------R δ142δ You awake with the dawn feeling refreshed and eager Š to begin the day's ride south towards the city of Bir Š Rabalou. During the morning, you and your travelling Š companions pass several traders and caravans that are Š heading north to sell their wares in Cape Kabar. Your Š fair complexions and Sommlending clothes draw many Š suspicious glances from the caravan drivers, Š prompting you to stop when you come to a village Š shortly after mid-day. Here the marines go looking Š for some Mhaktis - the flowing grey and white robes Š traditionally worn by the desert dwellers of Š Vassagonia. While they busy themselves in the hunt Š for new clothes, you water and feed the horses at the Š village stables. You are tending to the horses when Š you are approached by an elderly street vendor. He is Š pushing a handcart on which he has displayed the Š following items for sale: Dagger Scented Oil 3 Candles Slippers Copper Cup Rope Lantern Lyre (musical instrument) Ball of Chalk 3 Arrows The vendor's items cost 1 Gold Crown each. If you Š wish to purchase one of more of them, remember to Š adjust your ιAction Chartι accordingly. After a while the three marines return to the Š stables. They are now dressed in Mhaktis and, when Š they pull up their hoods, you feel sure that they Š could pass for native Vassagonians. They bundle and Š tie their marine uniforms to the saddle blankets of Š their horses, then the four of you mount up and leave Š this village. The sun is sinking below the desert Š horizon when you come to the next village on the road Š to Bir Rabalou. It is located on the fringe of a wide Š beach and it can only be reached by a sandy track Š which branches away from the main coast road. As you Š reach this junction you notice a group of local Š people have gathered around something that has washed Š up on the beach. If you wish to leave the main road and go down to the Š beach, turn to β24β If you choose to ignore this coastal village and Š continue your ride south, turn to β232β