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+ <line>Illustrations copyright <ch.copy/> 1994 Trevor Newton.</line>
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<p>You are a Kai Grand Master of the New Order of the Kai<ch.emdash/>the warrior <ch.eacute/>lite of Sommerlund.</p>
- <p>It is the year MS 5083 and thirty-three years have passed since the First Order of the Kai was almost wiped out by the Darklords of Helgedad. These champions of evil, who were sent by the Dark God Naar to destroy your fertile world of Magnamund, have since been destroyed. The leader of your illustrious fighting order<ch.emdash/>the legendary warrior Lone Wolf<ch.emdash/>was the sole survivor of the First Order of the Kai, and as a young initiate he had stood amid the burning wreckage of the old Kai Monastery and had vowed to avenge the massacre of his comrades. In the year MS 5070 he was to keep his pledge when alone he infiltrated the foul domain of the Darklords and destroyed the base of their power<ch.emdash/>the infernal city of Helgedad.</p>
+ <p>It is the year MS<ch.nbsp/>5083 and thirty-three years have passed since the First Order of the Kai was almost wiped out by the Darklords of Helgedad. These champions of evil, who were sent by the Dark God Naar to destroy your fertile world of Magnamund, have since been destroyed. The leader of your illustrious fighting order<ch.emdash/>the legendary warrior Lone Wolf<ch.emdash/>was the sole survivor of the First Order of the Kai, and as a young initiate he had stood amid the burning wreckage of the old Kai Monastery and had vowed to avenge the massacre of his comrades. In the year MS<ch.nbsp/>5070 he was to keep his pledge when alone he infiltrated the foul domain of the Darklords and destroyed the base of their power<ch.emdash/>the infernal city of Helgedad.</p>
<p>With the fall of Helgedad, chaos befell the Darkland armies who had, until then, been poised to conquer all of Magnamund. Quickly their disorder escalated into a mutinous civil war which allowed the Freeland armies of Magnamund time in which to recover and launch a successful counter-offensive. Against all odds, a swift and total victory was secured over the feuding armies of evil.</p>
- <p>Following the demise of the Darklords, peace reigned in your homeland of Sommerlund. Under the direction of Lone Wolf the ruined Monastery of the Kai was rebuilt and restored to its former glory, and the raising of a New Order of Kai warriors was swiftly reestablished. You are one of this new generation of Kai recruits. You were born in Sommerlund in the year MS 5063, during the era of war against the Darklords, and you were sent by your father to the Kai Monastery at the age of seven to develop your martial skills and the latent Kai abilities which lie dormant in some Sommlending. During the years that followed, your skills were nurtured and honed to perfection by long hours of study and rigorous training. Your exceptional talent helped you to master all of the Kai and Magnakai Disciplines and you rose swiftly through the ranks of the New Order to become one of only five who now hold the high rank of Kai Grand Master. It is an achievement which has brought great honour upon you and your family.</p>
+ <p>Following the demise of the Darklords, peace reigned in your homeland of Sommerlund. Under the direction of Lone Wolf the ruined Monastery of the Kai was rebuilt and restored to its former glory, and the raising of a New Order of Kai warriors was swiftly reestablished. You are one of this new generation of Kai recruits. You were born in Sommerlund in the year MS<ch.nbsp/>5063, during the era of war against the Darklords, and you were sent by your father to the Kai Monastery at the age of seven to develop your martial skills and the latent Kai abilities which lie dormant in some Sommlending. During the years that followed, your skills were nurtured and honed to perfection by long hours of study and rigorous training. Your exceptional talent helped you to master all of the Kai and Magnakai Disciplines and you rose swiftly through the ranks of the New Order to become one of only five who now hold the high rank of Kai Grand Master. It is an achievement which has brought great honour upon you and your family.</p>
- <p>In the year MS 5077 your skill and courage were put to the test when an attack was launched upon the Kai Monastery during Lone Wolf<ch.apos/>s absence. By means of a Shadow Gate (an astral corridor between the physical world of Sommerlund and the many ethereal domains which lie beyond it) the Dark God sent forth a host of dragon-creatures to besiege the monastery and lay waste to all Sommerlund. He had chosen his time well, yet his evil plan was thwarted by the tenacious defence that you and your brethren maintained until the siege was raised by Lone Wolf and the King<ch.apos/>s Army of Sommerlund.</p>
+ <p>In the year MS<ch.nbsp/>5077 your skill and courage were put to the test when an attack was launched upon the Kai Monastery during Lone Wolf<ch.apos/>s absence. By means of a Shadow Gate (an astral corridor between the physical world of Sommerlund and the many ethereal domains which lie beyond it) the Dark God sent forth a host of dragon-creatures to besiege the monastery and lay waste to all Sommerlund. He had chosen his time well, yet his evil plan was thwarted by the tenacious defence that you and your brethren maintained until the siege was raised by Lone Wolf and the King<ch.apos/>s Army of Sommerlund.</p>
<p>The defeat of his minions enraged the Dark God and inflamed his lust for vengeance. Three years later he created and sent to Sommerlund an evil champion called <quote>Wolf<ch.apos/>s Bane</quote> who was the very image of Lone Wolf. While your leader was engaged upon a quest overseas, this impostor terrorized your homeland in his guise and sought to destroy the reputation and the honour of the Kai. He would have succeeded had not Lone Wolf returned home and pursued this enemy to an ancient necropolis in the Sommlending city of Tyso. There, deep within a subterranean crypt, he and his evil alter-ego were drawn through a Shadow Gate to the Plane of Darkness<ch.emdash/>Naar<ch.apos/>s stronghold<ch.emdash/>where a deadly duel ensued. Lone Wolf vanquished the foe and discovered that Naar had in his possession the fabled Moonstone of the Shianti. This wondrous artefact was created many thousands of years ago by the god-like Shianti, whose presence upon Magnamund had heralded the dawn of humanity. This stone of power contains the combined might of all their magic and wisdom, the sum of all their knowledge. So significant was the creation of this stone that all time on Magnamund has since been measured from the date of its creation. It had long been held that the Moonstone<ch.apos/>s location was a secret known only to the remnants of the Shianti, who dwell upon the mysterious Isle of Lorn in Southern Magnamund, yet the evidence of Lone Wolf<ch.apos/>s eyes had told him that this mystical artefact had somehow fallen into the hands of Naar.</p>
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<p>(<a idref="title">Title</a>) Replaced <quote>southern Magnamund</quote> with <quote>Southern Magnamund</quote>. Replaced <quote>warrior, among</quote> with <quote>warrior among</quote>. Replaced <quote>life and death</quote> with <quote>life-and-death</quote>. Replaced <quote>en route</quote> with <quote><foreign xml:lang="fr">en route</foreign></quote>. Replaced <quote>godlike</quote> with <quote>god-like</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="tssf">The Story so Far<ch.ellips/></a>) Replaced <quote>MS 5075</quote> with <quote>MS 5070</quote>. Replaced <quote>Kai monastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Monastery</quote>. Replaced <quote>freestate</quote> with <quote>Freeland</quote>. Replaced <quote>monastery of the Kai</quote> with <quote>Monastery of the Kai</quote>. Replaced <quote>imposter</quote> with <quote>impostor</quote>. Replaced each occurrence of <quote>artifact</quote> with <quote>artefact</quote>. Replaced <quote>gods of Good</quote> with <quote>Gods of Good</quote>. Replaced <quote>southern-most</quote> with <quote>southernmost</quote>. Replaced <quote><cite>Cloud Dancer</cite></quote> with <quote><cite>Cloud-dancer</cite></quote>. Replaced <quote>re-established</quote> with <quote>reestablished</quote>. Replaced <quote>Darklord armies</quote> with <quote>Darkland armies</quote>. Replaced <quote>King<ch.apos/>s army</quote> with <quote>King<ch.apos/>s Army</quote>. Replaced <quote>the First Order of the Kai were almost</quote> with <quote>the First Order of the Kai was almost</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="tssf">The Story so Far<ch.ellips/></a>) Replaced <quote>MS5075</quote> with <quote>MS<ch.nbsp/>5070</quote>. Replaced <quote>Kai monastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Monastery</quote>. Replaced <quote>freestate</quote> with <quote>Freeland</quote>. Replaced <quote>monastery of the Kai</quote> with <quote>Monastery of the Kai</quote>. Replaced <quote>imposter</quote> with <quote>impostor</quote>. Replaced each occurrence of <quote>artifact</quote> with <quote>artefact</quote>. Replaced <quote>gods of Good</quote> with <quote>Gods of Good</quote>. Replaced <quote>southern-most</quote> with <quote>southernmost</quote>. Replaced <quote><cite>Cloud Dancer</cite></quote> with <quote><cite>Cloud-dancer</cite></quote>. Replaced <quote>re-established</quote> with <quote>reestablished</quote>. Replaced <quote>Darklord armies</quote> with <quote>Darkland armies</quote>. Replaced <quote>King<ch.apos/>s army</quote> with <quote>King<ch.apos/>s Army</quote>. Replaced <quote>the First Order of the Kai were almost</quote> with <quote>the First Order of the Kai was almost</quote>. Replaced <quote>MS5083</quote> with <quote>MS<ch.nbsp/>5083</quote>. Replaced <quote>MS5063</quote> with <quote>MS<ch.nbsp/>5063</quote>. Replaced <quote>MS5077</quote> with <quote>MS<ch.nbsp/>5077</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="gamerulz">The Game Rules</a>) Removed <quote>that you will find in the front of this book. For ease of use, and for further adventuring, it is recommended that you photocopy these pages</quote>. Removed <quote>on the last page of this book</quote>. Replaced each occurrence of <quote>ie</quote> with <quote>i.e.</quote>. Replaced <quote>fall to zero</quote> with <quote>fall to zero or below</quote>. Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>. Replaced <quote>can not</quote> with <quote>cannot</quote>. Replaced <quote>New Order adventure</quote> with <quote><cite>New Order</cite> adventure</quote>.</p>
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