>TM 4
>LS 2
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		ä189ä      

	Your horses lose speed as they labour the last few 
Š	hundred yards to the top of the ridge. Anxiously you 
Š	glance over your shoulder and see that the glow of 
Š	your pursuer's torches is getting brighter as 
Š	relentlessly they close the distance between you.  
Š	Upon reaching the top of the ridge you are relieved 
Š	to see that the coast road now begins a long and 
Š	gentle descent through the hills, but when you coax 
Š	your tired steed to greater effort it fails to 
Š	respond. The others, too, are unable to make their 
Š	horses run any faster.

	Knowing that you cannot hope to outrun your pursuers, 
Š	you scour the hills for someplace to hide. Your night 
Š	vision reveals a deep gully running parallel to the 
Š	road and you signal your companions to follow as you 
Š	urge your exhausted horse to enter it. Here you 
Š	dismount and wait until those who are chasing you 
Š	have ridden past. When their torches can no longer be 
Š	seen in the distance you remount and begin to retrace 
Š	your tracks out of the gully. You are within a few 
Š	dozen yards of the road when something startles your 
Š	horse and he rears up on his hind legs, throwing you 
Š	heavily to the ground (lose 2 ENDURANCE points).

	You are getting to your feet when you feel a sharp 
Š	pain shoot up the back of your leg: you have been 
Š	bitten by a snake. Oswin unsheathes his sword and 
Š	leans from his horse to take a swipe at the ground. 
Š	His blow severs the snake's head from its body and it 
Š	falls closeby. To your dismay you see that it is a 
Š	Jubai - the most poisonous of Vassagonia's desert 
Š	serpents. Your natural Kai curing skills act swiftly 
Š	to counter the toxin that has entered your blood, but 
Š	Jubai venom is very potent and you have received a 
Š	massive dose.      


	If you possess the Grand Master discipline of 
Š	Deliverance, turn to  â169â

	If you do not, turn to  â26â