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	Beyond its encircling wall the deserted streets of 
Š	Khor lend it the aspect of a ghost town. You magnify 
Š	your vision and you are able to count more than a 
Š	hundred freshly-dug graves within fifty paces of the 
Š	town gates. The gates themselves hang open and 
Š	unguarded, and when you pass through them, the hooves 
Š	of your horses make a hollow echo along the empty 
Š	streets beyond. You hear a distant bell tolling and 
Š	you follow the sound to a mount which overlooks the 
Š	town harbour. Here you see some of the inhabitants 
Š	for the first time and you are shocked by how pale 
Š	and gaunt they all appear. 
	
	A funeral is in progress and the bereaved are walking 
Š	in line behind a hearse which bears a casket draped 
Š	with black silk. The procession halts when it reaches 
Š	the top of the mount and then the casket is quickly 
Š	interred and sealed inside a marble tomb. A 
Š	dignified-looking man addresses the mourners. He 
Š	praises the qualities if the man they have laid to 
Š	rest and then, in his official capacity as the Mayor 
Š	of Khor, he declares that a state of quarantine will 
Š	exist in the town from midnight onwards. 

	"This quarantine will be strictly enforced," he says 
Š	with a stern voice, "until the scourge of Bita Fever 
Š	has be eradicated from our midst!"


	If you possess the Grand Master discipline of 
Š	Deliverance, turn to  â265â

	If you do not possess this discipline, turn to  â178â