<footnotes>
<footnote id="sect79-1-foot" idref="sect79-1">
- <p>Unless you already possess an alternative means of relighting the torch later (e.g. another Tinderbox or a Kalte Firesphere), record this Tinderbox on your
Action Chart as a Backpack Item. It is not necessary to record the one lit torch on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p>Unless you already possess an alternative means of relighting the torch later (e.g. another Tinderbox or a Kalte Firesphere), record this Tinderbox on your
<a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as a Backpack Item. It is not necessary to record the one lit torch on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
</footnote>
</footnotes>
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<p><quote>I was hoping the King would send a large search party,</quote> says Captain D<ch.apos/>Val wryly, now having fully recovered from his exhaustion. <quote>I was beginning to tire of this town.</quote></p>
- <p>You rise from your straw bed and offer your thanks to the captain. His brave and timely action saved you from certain death. <quote><ch.apos/>Tis nothing to compare with you, Lone Wolf. Your bravery is legend. Your presence here is worth a hundred men.</quote></p>
+ <p>You rise from your straw bed and offer your thanks to the captain. His brave and timely action saved you from certain death. <quote><ch.thinspace/><ch.apos/>Tis nothing to compare with you, Lone Wolf. Your bravery is legend. Your presence here is worth a hundred men.</quote></p>
<p>He asks you about your mission, and you recount the events that have led you to this meeting; the ride south, the loss of your company, your passage through the Maaken Mines and the bandits.</p>
<p><quote>Yes, the bandits<ch.emdash/>Barraka<ch.apos/>s men,</quote> retorts D<ch.apos/>Val, his gruff voice conveying his contempt for them and their leader. <quote>It seems we have both suffered at his hand. A month ago, he and his Vassagonian renegades ambushed my troop on the Ruanon Pike. We were sorely outnumbered and the fight was indeed bitter. But we broke free from them and escaped here to Ruanon. We have been beleaguered ever since and praying for help to arrive. We have enough weapons to resist them, but we have barely enough food and water to survive.</quote></p>
<p>You ask what has become of the people of Ruanon. <quote>Most are now slaves. Barraka has taken the mines and he uses the Ruanese as forced labour. Other than yourself, only one man has escaped from the mines and survived the Warhounds and the bandit snipers. That man is Baron Oren Vanalund. Come, I shall take you to him.</quote></p>
<footnotes>
<footnote id="sect123-1-foot" idref="sect123-1">
- <p>Unless you already possess an alternative means of relighting the torch later (e.g. another Tinderbox or a Kalte Firesphere), record this Tinderbox on your
Action Chart as a Backpack Item. It is not necessary to record the one lit torch on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p>Unless you already possess an alternative means of relighting the torch later (e.g. another Tinderbox or a Kalte Firesphere), record this Tinderbox on your
<a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as a Backpack Item. It is not necessary to record the one lit torch on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
</footnote>
</footnotes>
<section class="numbered" id="sect241">
<meta><title>241</title></meta>
-<!--
- <footnotes>
- <footnote id="sect241-1-foot" idref="sect241-1">
- <p><a idref="sect309">Section 309</a> assumes that your men are all missing or dead. This represents a serious flaw in the story flow since you are still accompanied by some of your men. You may choose to turn to <a idref="sect8">Section 8</a> instead which is a geographically flawed correction, but does continue the story with your current company.</p>
- </footnote>
- </footnotes>
--->
+
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<p>The ceiling of the cavern is so low that you are forced to all press yourselves against the bottom of the boat to avoid head injuries. For nearly an hour the boat is swept through a maze of underground waterways before coming to a sudden halt; you are grounded upon a bank of shingle. You are in a section of the tunnel that is much higher than any you have previously travelled. To the south the river continues into the rock-face, but to the west you notice another shingle bank and a land tunnel beyond.</p>
- <choice idref="sect343">If you wish to row across to the other bank, abandon the boat and continue on foot, <link-text>turn to 343</link-text>.<!--<footref id="sect241-1" idref="sect241-1-foot"/>--></choice>
+ <choice idref="sect343">If you wish to row across to the other bank, abandon the boat and continue on foot, <link-text>turn to 343</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect115">If you wish to continue by river, <link-text>turn to 115</link-text>.</choice>
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</section>
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