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		β247β      

	The Marshal of the Guard has his men confiscate your 
Š	weapons, your Kai Weapon, your backpack, and all of 
Š	your Special Items. (They leave only your Belt Pouch 
Š	and its contents. On your ιAction Chartι mark each of 
Š	the confiscated items with an asterisk [*] to 
Š	indicate that they are no longer in your possession, 
Š	but do not erase them at this time.) Then he marches 
Š	you and Karvas under close escort to the cells below 
Š	the main hall, where you are shackled to the wall in 
Š	irons. Karvas is shocked by this brutal treatment and 
Š	he cannot reason why Lodamos would treat you both 
Š	this way. 
	
	An hour passes before the door to the cell is thrown 
Š	open and in strides Baron Lodamos, escorted by a 
Š	bodyguard of his toughest fighting men. Prince Karvas 
Š	pleads for your immediate release, but his pleas fall 
Š	on deaf ears.
	"Do you not recognise me, my lord?" he asks. "Do you 
Š	not remember the days we spent hunting wild boar in 
Š	the Ioma Forest?"
	Cautiously the Baron approaches the prince. He has 
Š	one of his bodyguards come forward with a torch so 
Š	that he may look at his face. The elderly Baron 
	scrutinises the prince's every feature, including the 
Š	birthmark on his wrist. 
	"The resemblance is uncanny, I grant you that," he 
Š	says, "but you are most-likely another impostor, 
Š	another of Sadanzo's sorcerous creations sent here to 
Š	assassinate me. No, I refuse to believe that you are 
Š	Prince Karvas." 
	The Baron turns to leave the cell and signals to his 
Š	bodyguard to follow, but Karvas begs him to stay. 
Š	Hurriedly he recalls some of the visits he made to 
Š	Varedo when he was a young boy, and he recounts the 
Š	summer Lodamos spent teaching him to hunt and ride. 
Š	Some of the details he recalls would only be known by 
Š	the real Prince Karvas, and this is enough to make 
Š	Baron Lodamos stop and hesitate. 
	"You have a persuasive tongue," he says, "but I am 
Š	not convinced. Sadanzo is a cunning foe. Yet there is 
Š	one way I can be sure."

	Baron Lodamos turns to the sergeant of his bodyguard 
Š	and says: "Very well, Guntor. Take them both to the 
Š	chapel. Only there will their true identities be 
Š	revealed."


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