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		β221β

	The man pockets your money (erase the appropriate 
Š	amount from your ιAction Chartι) and chuckles to 
Š	himself as he swaggers to the side of the bridge. 
Š	Karvas asks that he pull the cart aside so that you 
Š	can ride across, but the man sneers at the prince's 
Š	request. "Move it y'selves!" he bellows.	Cursing his 
Š	insolence, you jump down from the saddle and drag the 
Š	cart lengthways to make room enough to pass. Then you 
Š	remount your horse and ride with Karvas, in single 
Š	file, across to the other side. 

	The River Ioma is the political boundary between the 
Š	realms of Lunarlia and Siyen. For centuries, Voshno 
Š	has been claimed by both kingdoms and its inhabitants 
Š	have grown used to the disruption that comes from 
Š	living astride a border between two frequently 
Š	warring nations. Currently the hamlet is divided 
Š	evenly. You notice that Prince Karvas is smiling as 
Š	he rides with you away from the river, and you ask 
Š	him why this is so, especially after having just been 
Š	fleeced by the boorish toll collector. He explains 
Š	that this half of Voshno is Siyenese territory, part 
Š	of his native country. After ten years in exile he 
Š	has at last returned to his homeland. 
	
	There is less than an hour left before it will be 
Š	dark, and so you suggest to him that you stop at an 
Š	inn to celebrate his return home over a tankard of 
Š	Siyenese ale. He agrees, and you ride into the 
Š	courtyard of the nearest tavern. Outside its door 
Š	there hangs a board displaying the prices of its 
Š	food, ale and lodging. Its list of charges have all 
Š	been struck out and replaced with new figures that at 
Š	ten times more than the original costs. Shocked by 
Š	the exorbitant prices, you decide to forego your 
Š	celebratory ale and leave Voshno. 
	
	You camp for the night in a copse of elm trees that 
Š	border the trail, a mile to the east of the hamlet. 
Š	Before you sleep, you must eat a Meal or lose 3 
Š	ENDURANCE points (unless you possess the discipline 
Š	of Grand Huntmastery).


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