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	Once you have decided the places where each of you 
Š	will search for the whereabouts of Prince Karvas, you 
Š	follow Acraban to the rear deck and enter the 
Š	skyship's boarding cage. Swiftly it is winched down 
Š	to the market square where you are met unexpectedly 
Š	by a pressing crowd of grimy-faced street urchins. 
Š	They have been gathering here since dawn to stare in 
Š	wonderment at the ιStarstriderι hovering motionless in 
Š	the cloudless sky above. Acraban scatters a handful 
Š	of copper coins across the cobblestones and the 
Š	children scramble to retrieve them. This creates 
Š	enough room to allow Zinair to open the cage door and 
Š	the three of you to step out. After agreeing to 
Š	return here to the skyship no later than sunset, you 
Š	split up and go in search of your chosen 
Š	destinations.

	Unlike the urchins, the adult population of Mydnight 
Š	appear less than fascinated by the imposing sight of 
Š	the ιStarstriderι hovering above their city. Few pay it 
Š	a second glance, yet this seeming lack of interest 
Š	does not surprise you. For centuries this port has 
Š	been a refuge for exiles from the many nations of 
Š	Magnamund who, for their own individual reasons, have 
Š	chosen to forsake their native lands. They are, by 
Š	nature, a secretive community. Any overt interest in 
Š	the affairs of another is most often viewed with 
Š	suspicion and distrust. 
	You retrace the route you took last night and soon 
Š	find yourself at the harbour. ιThe Azaktanaι is still 
Š	moored at the quayside and you give the crew a 
Š	friendly wave as you stride across the quayside
	and enter a wide avenue that leads to the Hall of the 
Š	Judicars. 

	By the lowly standards of the city, this hall could 
Š	almost be considered grand in comparison to the 
Š	neighbouring hovels. You pass beneath its fa‡ade of 
Š	mouldering marble and walk through a stone archway 
Š	that leads to a gloomy, torchlit interior. Here you 
Š	discover over a hundred men and women standing 
Š	patiently in two separate queues. One line ends at an 
Š	open window where a clerk is busily exchanging gold 
Š	and silver coins for linen Torqs, the woven currency 
Š	that is used here on Sheasu. The other queue ends at 
Š	a marble-topped desk where a man in the uniform of a 
Š	Reeve-sergeant is listening with bored indifference 
Š	to a citizen who is reporting a theft of a goat.
	

	If you wish to join the queue for the Reeve-sergeant, 
Š	turn to  β127β

	If you choose to stand in line for the Clerk of the 
Š	Hall, turn to  β334β