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<p>A spear tip has grazed your forearm. It is a mere scratch, yet your arm has become numb and useless. You strike back at your assailant, hoping to catch him as he pulls back, but your blow is weak and poorly aimed. Your vision is becoming a blur; you cannot coordinate your movements. Blind terror engulfs you as you suddenly realize that the bandits are using poisoned weapons.</p>
<p>A spear catches you beneath the arm and another sinks into your chest. As darkness engulfs you from all sides, the last sight you remember is the triumphant grimaces of your murderers as they stab you to death.</p>
- <choice>Your life and your mission end here.</choice>
+ <deadend>Your life and your mission end here.</deadend>
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<p>Your knees shatter on impact and you drop like a stone into the darkness of the shaft, but the pain and shock soon fades into unconsciousness. As you hit the surface of an underground river, hundreds of feet below, you are unable to save yourself from death by drowning.</p>
- <choice>Your mission and your life end here.</choice>
+ <deadend>Your mission and your life end here.</deadend>
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- <p>As the warrior falls dead at your feet, you turn to rally your men. To your horror, you see three of them lying spread-eagled on the stairs, killed by crossbow bolts. The other man is wounded and surrounded by the enemy. As more guards flood into the chamber, he shouts in desperation, <quote>Flee, my Lord. Escape while you still can.</quote></p>
+ <p>As the warrior falls dead at your feet, you turn to rally your men. To your horror, you see three of them lying spread-eagled on the stairs, killed by crossbow bolts. The other man is wounded and surrounded by the enemy. As more guards flood into the chamber, he shouts in desperation, <quote>Flee, my lord. Escape while you still can.</quote></p>
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<creator>Gary Chalk</creator>
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<p>You try to draw your weapon, but the creature is a swift and deadly killer. Its hollow fangs penetrate your spine, drawing out your life<ch.apos/>s blood and paralysing your body. You hear the clatter of your weapon as it drops to the floor, but you do not feel pain as you topple forwards, smashing your face against the hard, unyielding stone.</p>
- <choice>Your life and your mission end here.</choice>
+ <deadend>Your life and your mission end here.</deadend>
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<p>In the darkness, you fail to notice a jagged hole in the planking of the bridge. You step straight into it and crash head-first to the ground, over a hundred feet below.</p>
- <choice>Your life and your mission end here.</choice>
+ <deadend>Your life and your mission end here.</deadend>
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<p>You vault over the edge of the wagon and run, little dreaming of what lies ahead. The causeway wall is high and you cannot stop yourself in time from falling over the edge. You crash head-first into a quarry over one hundred feet below, glimpsing the horrified expression of your unknown friend as you fall.</p>
- <choice>Your life and your mission end here.</choice>
+ <deadend>Your life and your mission end here.</deadend>
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<p>You have taken just one step into the cavern when a blow on the back of your head knocks you senseless. You were seen at the junction by two guards, who prepared this ambush for you. Your equipment is taken and your unconscious body bound by Barraka<ch.apos/>s men, who throw you into a cell.</p>
<p>You are unable to stop the sacrifice. When the time comes for your cell door to open, it is the bony hand of a skeleton that turns the key.</p>
- <choice>Your life and your mission end here.</choice>
+ <deadend>Your life and your mission end here.</deadend>
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<p>The twang of the sniper<ch.apos/>s bow and the hiss of an arrow are the last sounds that you hear in this world. The shaft punctures your skull and you die instantly.</p>
- <choice>Your life and your mission end here.</choice>
+ <deadend>Your life and your mission end here.</deadend>
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<p>You are less than five feet from the door when a bandit warrior comes rushing in. Instinctively, you step aside but not in time to avoid the serrated tip of his halberd. The cold steel sinks into your chest, and you stare down in horror as blood begins to flow and pain spreads through your body. Your wound is fatal and you die within seconds of hitting the floor.</p>
- <choice>Your life and your mission end here.</choice>
+ <deadend>Your life and your mission end here.</deadend>
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<p>In the plush candlelit interior of the caravan you find the actor, cowering beneath a blanket in the far corner. You flick the blanket aside and ask the petrified man to explain how he came to possess such a fine sword.</p>
<p><quote>I<ch.ellips/>I bought it in Eshnar,</quote> he stammers, his eyes wide with fear, <quote>from the innkeeper of the <quote>Pick and Shovel</quote> tavern.</quote> He grasps the sword by the blade and offers it to you. <quote>If it is your sword I have unwittingly bought, I am truly sorry. Here, please take it.</quote></p>
<p>You grip the brass hilt and examine it closely. There is no doubt: it is a Sommlending cavalry sword, but the inscription on the blade makes your heart miss a beat: <quote>Captain Remir D<ch.apos/>Val<ch.emdash/>King<ch.apos/>s Guard Regiment</quote>.</p>
- <p>If you wish to keep this sword, mark Captain D<ch.apos/>
val<ch.apos/>s Sword on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as a Weapon.</p>
+ <p>If you wish to keep this sword, mark Captain D<ch.apos/>
Val<ch.apos/>s Sword on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as a Weapon.</p>
<choice idref="sect165"><link-text>Turn to 165</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You roll aside to avoid the deadly disc, but your reactions are not quick enough to save you. The razor-sharp weapon slices into your throat, knocking you backwards with the force of impact.</p>
- <choice>Your life and your mission end here.</choice>
+ <deadend>Your life and your mission end here.</deadend>
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<p>You leap forward to strike, but the bandit rears his steed to avert your attack. You feel the horse<ch.apos/>s flailing hooves crash down on your head, and you are quickly trampled into the blood-soaked ground. Concussed and mortally wounded, the last thing that you remember of this world is the evil sneer of the bandit horseman as he raises his longsword for the death-blow.</p>
- <choice>Your life and your mission end here.</choice>
+ <deadend>Your life and your mission end here.</deadend>
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<p>A terrible pain racks your chest as you are thrown backwards by the force of the crossbow bolt. You claw at the unyielding shaft, catching a glimpse of the face of an enemy guard as he raises his sword to deliver the <foreign xml:lang="fr">coup de gr<ch.acirc/>ce</foreign>.</p>
- <choice>Your life and your mission end here.</choice>
+ <deadend>Your life and your mission end here.</deadend>
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<meta><title>306</title></meta>
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- <p>Your men push open the door with their swords and quickly enter. You hear a muffled voice, and a ranger soon reappears at the door. <quote>It is safe, my Lord,</quote> he says, and stands aside to allow you to enter.</p>
+ <p>Your men push open the door with their swords and quickly enter. You hear a muffled voice, and a ranger soon reappears at the door. <quote>It is safe, my lord,</quote> he says, and stands aside to allow you to enter.</p>
<choice idref="sect84"><link-text>Turn to 84</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The two guards are completely unprepared for your attack. They have only just drawn their swords when your men reach them and knock them both to the ground.</p>
- <p><quote>Shall we dispatch them immediately, my Lord?</quote> asks a ranger, his sword tip at the throat of a nervous guard.</p>
+ <p><quote>Shall we dispatch them immediately, my lord?</quote> asks a ranger, his sword tip at the throat of a nervous guard.</p>
<p><quote>No,</quote> you reply. <quote>Tie them. They may be of some use to us yet.</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect268">If you wish to search them, <link-text>turn to 268</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect76">If you wish to question them, <link-text>turn to 76</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The river fills your ears, your eyes, and your nose. In your desperate fight for air you cough uncontrollably. Blinded by water, you fail to see the large river boulder looming ahead. With a sickening crack, you smash head-first into the unyielding stone and sink beneath the rushing torrent.</p>
- <choice>Your life and your mission end here.</choice>
+ <deadend>Your life and your mission end here.</deadend>
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<p>As you hit the water, your weapon is jarred from your hand. Panic overwhelms your senses as slimy tentacles coil around your sinking body. You fight to escape but are soon squeezed into unconsciousness. A trail of bubbles and a torn cloak are the only signs to mark your watery grave.</p>
- <choice>Your life and your mission end here.</choice>
+ <deadend>Your life and your mission end here.</deadend>
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</section>
<data>
<p>You are at the bottom of the cellar ladder when the trapdoor slams shut and you hear a bolt slide across and lock. You hammer on the trapdoor desperately trying to escape, but your captors cover the trapdoor with a heavy oak cask and keep guard in the room above. Four days pass before the lock slides back, but the hands that open the trapdoor are bony and fleshless.</p>
- <choice>Your life and your mission end here.</choice>
+ <deadend>Your life and your mission end here.</deadend>
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<p>(<a idref="sect67">67</a>) Replaced <quote>razor sharp</quote> with <quote>razor-sharp</quote>. Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect69">69</a>) Replaced <quote>away and</quote> with <quote>away, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect70">70</a>) Replaced the middle choice <quote>If you wish to dive into the tall crops and hide,</quote> with <quote>If you do not have this Special Item or this Discipline and Kai Rank, dive into the tall crops and hide by <!--link-text-->turning to 159<!--/link-text-->.</quote> and moved it to the bottom. Also changed <quote>duties and</quote> with <quote>duties, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>tracks and</quote> with <quote>tracks, and</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect71">71</a>) Replaced <quote>spreadeagled</quote> with <quote>spread-eagled</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect71">71</a>) Replaced <quote>spreadeagled</quote> with <quote>spread-eagled</quote>. Replaced <quote>my Lord</quote> with <quote>my lord</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect72">72</a>) Replaced <quote>enemy, which</quote> with <quote>enemy which</quote>. Replaced <quote>you, and</quote> with <quote>you and</quote>. Replaced <quote>Durncrag mountains</quote> with <quote>Durncrag Mountains</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect73">73</a>) Replaced <quote>this Item</quote> with <quote>this item</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect74">74</a>) Replaced <quote>incident and</quote> with <quote>incident, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>burnt out</quote> with <quote>burnt-out</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect215">215</a>) Replaced <quote>chasm of doom</quote> with <quote>Chasm of Doom</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect219">219</a>) Replaced <quote>effort, do</quote> with <quote>effort do</quote>. Replaced <quote>shute</quote> with <quote>chute</quote>. Replaced <quote>slow and</quote> with <quote>slow, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect221">221</a>) Replaced <quote>here and</quote> with <quote>here, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>stairs, by</quote> with <quote>stairs by</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect222">222</a>) Replaced <quote>it</quote> with <quote>Captain D<ch.apos/>val<ch.apos/>s Sword</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect222">222</a>) Replaced <quote>it</quote> with <quote>Captain D<ch.apos/>Val<ch.apos/>s Sword</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect223">223</a>) Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>. Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect224">224</a>) Moved the Tracking or Sixth Sense choice into the first position.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect225">225</a>) Replaced <quote>burst but</quote> with <quote>burst, but</quote>. Replaced <quote>sweat and</quote> with <quote>sweat, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>small pink</quote> with <quote>small, pink</quote>. Replaced <quote>leg and</quote> with <quote>leg, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect303">303</a>) Replaced <quote>ladder and</quote> with <quote>ladder, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect304">304</a>) Replaced <quote>air and</quote> with <quote>air, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect305">305</a>) Replaced <quote>slovenlinesss</quote> with <quote>slovenliness</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect306">306</a>) Replaced <quote>voice and</quote> with <quote>voice, and</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect306">306</a>) Replaced <quote>voice and</quote> with <quote>voice, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>my Lord</quote> with <quote>my lord</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect307">307</a>) Replaced <quote>pace and</quote> with <quote>pace, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>Ruanon but</quote> with <quote>Ruanon, but</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect308">308</a>) Replaced <quote>ground, its</quote> with <quote>ground; its</quote>. Replaced <quote>combat and</quote> with <quote>combat, and</quote>. Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect309">309</a>) Replaced <quote>minutes you</quote> with <quote>minutes, you</quote>. Replaced <quote>each of the ramps are guarded</quote> with <quote>each of the ramps is guarded</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect314">314</a>) Replaced <quote>duties and</quote> with <quote>duties, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>window and</quote> with <quote>window, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect315">315</a>) Replaced <quote>damp and</quote> with <quote>damp, and</quote>. Moved the Tracking choice into the first position. Replaced <quote>Torch</quote> with <quote>torch</quote> as the lit torch does not count towards your Backpack Items limit.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect318">318</a>) Replaced <quote>war-lord</quote> with <quote>warlord</quote>. Replaced <quote>dead and</quote> with <quote>dead, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>town and</quote> with <quote>town, and</quote> in the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption. Replaced <quote>town and</quote> with <quote>town, and</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect320">320</a>) Replaced <quote>despatch</quote> with <quote>dispatch</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect320">320</a>) Replaced <quote>despatch</quote> with <quote>dispatch</quote>. Replaced <quote>my Lord</quote> with <quote>my lord</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect321">321</a>) Replaced <quote>No trace of your men remain</quote> with <quote>No trace of your men remains</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect322">322</a>) Replaced <quote>Shovels and</quote> with <quote>shovels, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>Torch you</quote> with <quote>torch, you</quote>. Replaced <quote>Torch</quote> with <quote>torch</quote> as the lit torch does not count towards your Backpack Items limit.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect323">323</a>) Replaced <quote>arrow and</quote> with <quote>arrow, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>bandit-leader</quote> with <quote>Bandit Leader</quote>.</p>
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