&inclusion.brian.williams.bio.lw;
</creator>
<publisher>Project Aon</publisher>
- <date class="publication"><year>2012</year><month>10</month><day>28</day></date>
+ <date class="publication"><year>2018</year><month>2</month><day>15</day></date>
<description class="blurb">
<p>The King of Siyen has been assassinated. Prince Karvas is the sole heir of this rich and powerful realm but he lives in exile in distant Sheasu<ch.emdash/>the Isle of Lost Heroes. In his absence, evil Baron Sadanzo and his army of robber knights have staked their claim to the vacant throne.</p>
<p>In <strong><cite>Mydnight<ch.apos/>s Hero</cite></strong>, your quest is to voyage to Sheasu and track down Prince Karvas in the fabled city of Mydnight. Once found you must persuade him to return with you to Siyen without delay. You have only 50 days in which to complete this challenging quest or Siyen will be enslaved by the tyrannical Sadanzo and his brutal followers.</p>
<li>Dagger</li>
<li>1 Meal</li>
</ul>
- <p>You also discover an iron key that bears an inscription on its shank. Your Magnakai Pathsmanship skills enable you to decipher its meaning: THIS KEY IS THE PROPERTY OF THE TEHDA STABLES.</p>
+ <p>You also discover an iron key that bears an inscription on its shank. Your Magnakai Pathsmanship skills enable you to decipher its meaning: <quote>This key is the property of the Tehda Stables</quote>.</p>
<p>If you wish to keep this Tehda Key, record it on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as a Special Item which you carry in the pocket of your tunic. You need not discard another item in its favour if you are already carrying the maximum number of Special Items permissible.)</p>
<p>Stealthily you climb the steps to a flagstoned loading area that is crowded with soldiers and wagons. By keeping low and moving from one wagon to the next, you and Karvas are able to cross this concourse undetected. On the far side you discover a stone bridge that traverses the River Tehda. You hurry across it and enter a wide avenue which leads to the city<ch.apos/>s east quarter. Grimy two-storey houses of carved hardwood pass by on either side, silent behind their bolts and shutters. At the end of the avenue you almost collide with a patrol of armed guards which is marching towards the river, and hurriedly you are forced to take cover in a timber yard to avoid being seen. You watch the ten-strong patrol as it marches past, and note that these men are clad in black quilted tunics with wide silk leggings, and they are armed with curved swords and hand-axes. They are almond-eyed and they all have shiny black hair tied in a knot at the nape of their necks. Their leader, a stocky bull-necked sergeant, wears the emblem of Sejanoz emblazoned upon a scarlet armband. Patiently you wait for them to reach the river but, when they do, you see another patrol come marching along the avenue from the opposite direction. The east quarter of Bakhasa is a busy place, even at this late hour. Rather than risk being seen and captured, you decide to remain hidden here in the timber yard and attempt to get a few hours<ch.apos/> sleep before dawn.</p>
<meta><title>136</title></meta>
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- <p>You take the key from your tunic pocket and read the inscription on its shank: THIS KEY IS THE PROPERTY OF THE TEHDA STABLES.</p>
+ <p>You take the key from your tunic pocket and read the inscription on its shank: <quote>This key is the property of the Tehda Stables</quote>.</p>
<p><quote>With luck this scrap of iron will net us two horses,</quote> you say, clasping it tightly. Karvas smiles and gets ready to move from behind the cart, but you tell him to stay here and wait for your signal. <quote>Better I should go alone, my lord,</quote> you say. <quote>It will halve the risk of being seen by the guards at the main gate. Wait here for my signal and be ready to act quickly when you see it.</quote> The Prince nods his agreement and he wishes you good luck before you go.</p>
<p>Aided by your Magnakai Discipline of Invisibility, you leave the cart and scurry across the square to the unguarded stables<ch.apos/> door. When you are sure that you have not been seen, you pull back the bolts and insert the key into the lock. With a prayer to Ishir on your lips that this is the correct key, you turn it in the keyhole. Your prayer is answered: the key unlocks the door. You push open the heavy portal and hurry through it into a courtyard beyond.</p>
<choice idref="sect190"><link-text>Turn to 190</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You call upon your Magnakai Discipline of Animal Control to calm the horse as you creep towards her. Taking care to keep the mare between yourself and her rider, in case he should happen to glance in your direction, you quickly unbuckle the saddlebag and peer inside. It contains mostly personal items<ch.emdash/>a Blanket, enough food for 2 Meals, a Dagger, and a Tinderbox.</p>
- <p>You are about to return to your hiding place when you chance upon a concealed pocket at the base of the bag. It contains an iron key that bears an inscription on its shank, and your Magnakai Pathsmanship skills enable you to decipher its meaning: THIS KEY IS THE PROPERTY OF THE TEHDA STABLES. You slip the key into your pocket and rebuckle the saddlebag before you take cover.</p>
+ <p>You are about to return to your hiding place when you chance upon a concealed pocket at the base of the bag. It contains an iron key that bears an inscription on its shank, and your Magnakai Pathsmanship skills enable you to decipher its meaning: <quote>This key is the property of the Tehda Stables</quote>. You slip the key into your pocket and rebuckle the saddlebag before you take cover.</p>
<p>(Remember to record this Tehda Key on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. It is a Special Item which you carry in the pocket of your tunic. You need not discard another item in its favour if you are already carrying the maximum number of Special Items permissible.)</p>
<p>Once you are hidden from view, you watch as the horseman stops to stare out across endless rows of tree stumps. Slowly he shakes his head, and then he looks up at the darkening sky and you hear him curse the failing light. In the distance, one of his comrades shouts his name and beckons him to rejoin the wagons. Begrudgingly he acknowledges the call. He slams his sabre back into its steel scabbard and returns to his horse. Patiently you watch him climb into the saddle and ride away before you rise from your hiding place and call for Prince Karvas to show himself.</p>
<choice idref="sect54"><link-text>Turn to 54</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>You take it in turns to keep watch throughout the night in case a pursuit party is sent from Cavalia to track you down. Fortunately, the night passes peacefully and you leave the wood shortly before dawn. As the sun crests the eastern horizon, you see a signpost at the roadside which says: <quote>VAREDO<ch.emdash/>150 miles</quote>.</p>
+ <p>You take it in turns to keep watch throughout the night in case a pursuit party is sent from Cavalia to track you down. Fortunately, the night passes peacefully and you leave the wood shortly before dawn. As the sun crests the eastern horizon, you see a signpost at the roadside which says: <quote>Varedo<ch.emdash/>150 miles</quote>.</p>
<p><quote>Normally one could expect to reach Varedo in three days by horse,</quote> says Karvas, <quote>but if we use every hour of daylight and rest our mounts briefly, every hour, we may be able to cover the distance in half the time.</quote> Mindful that you now have only nine days in which to reach Seroa to be in time for the crowning, and wary that a pursuit party could still be sent from Cavalia to hunt you down, you spend this day in the saddle riding as far and as fast as your horses are able. By nightfall, you have made excellent progress and you are confident that the threat from Cavalia is no more. You camp for the night beside a stream and, before you sleep, you use your Magnakai skills to assist the horses to recover fully from their hard day<ch.apos/>s ride.</p>
<p>The following day is spent crossing the seemingly endless Lucien Plain, the monotony of the grasslands broken only occasionally by an isolated hamlet or farmstead. You have no need to approach these settlements for the rich prairie yields enough game to keep you well fed while you are on the move. It also provides surplus food equivalent to 2 Meals (adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly if you wish to keep one or both of these Meals).</p>
<p>During the afternoon, you see a group of riders approaching from the north, from out of the wooded foothills of the Ioma Range. You magnify your vision and your stomach churns when you see that they are carrying spears which display the black eagle<ch.apos/>s-head pennant of Baron Sadanzo. You focus your Kai senses upon this distant group of riders and detect that they are not soldiers. They are a hunting party seeking wild deer. The open plain offers no place to hide from these approaching horsemen and the lack of cover makes you feel especially vulnerable. You remain stationary for a few minutes while you watch them draw closer. You are hoping that they are too preoccupied with their hunt to pay you any attention. However, you soon realize that they have lost the trail of their wild deer and have decided to track new quarry<ch.emdash/>you and Karvas.</p>
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<p>Word of the shrine<ch.apos/>s destruction spreads quickly. Within minutes of your escape, the sleeping city is rudely awakened by a cacophony of alarm bells and discordant horns. Search parties are mustered and soon the major avenues of the city echo to a new sound<ch.emdash/>the tramp of vengeful patrols dispatched to track you down. By using your advanced Kai tracking skills and taking care to avoid the main thoroughfares, at length you are able to reach the stables that you saw from the top of the temple bell-tower. From the cover of a cart parked across a square from its double-gated entrance, you observe the building and the passing patrols and wait patiently for the commotion to die down.</p>
- <p>The stables are surrounded by a high brick wall topped by a row of foot-long spikes embedded in mortar. A sign hangs above the main entrance that reads TEHDA STABLES. The tolling bells have roused the stable guards and this entrance is now heavily guarded, as are three smaller entrances set at intervals along its perimeter wall. Only one door has no armed guard posted before it, but when you magnify your vision you quickly see why this is so. It is secured by three steel bolts and a heavy iron lock.</p>
+ <p>The stables are surrounded by a high brick wall topped by a row of foot-long spikes embedded in mortar. A sign hangs above the main entrance that reads <quote>Tehda Stables</quote>. The tolling bells have roused the stable guards and this entrance is now heavily guarded, as are three smaller entrances set at intervals along its perimeter wall. Only one door has no armed guard posted before it, but when you magnify your vision you quickly see why this is so. It is secured by three steel bolts and a heavy iron lock.</p>
<choice idref="sect136">If you possess a Tehda Key, <link-text>turn to 136</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect274">If you do not possess this Special Item, <link-text>turn to 274</link-text>.</choice>
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<section class="backmatter" id="map">
<meta><title>Central Southern Magnamund</title></meta>
<p>Kai Weapon:</p>
<ul>
<li>Name:<ch.blankline/></li>
- <li>Type:<ch.blankline/></li>
- <li>CS Bonus:<ch.blankline/></li>
- <li>Unique Property:<ch.blankline/></li>
- <li>Unique Property CS Bonus:<ch.blankline/></li>
+ <li>Type:<ch.blankline/></li>
+ <li>CS Bonus:<ch.blankline/></li>
+ <li>Unique Property:<ch.blankline/></li>
+ <li>Unique Property CS Bonus:<ch.blankline/></li>
</ul>
<p>Belt Pouch: <ch.blankline/></p>
<p>Meals: <ch.blankline/></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect128">128</a>) Replaced <quote>add 5 to</quote> with <quote>add 5 points to</quote>. Replaced <quote>combat skill</quote> with <quote><typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ></quote>. Replaced <quote>Cavalian bandits</quote> with <quote>Cavalian Bandits</quote>. Replaced <quote>six (or more) rounds</quote> with <quote>six rounds or more</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect130">130</a>) Replaced <quote>exclaims, <ch.lsquot/>he</quote> with <quote>exclaims. <ch.lsquot/>He</quote>. Added a paragraph break between <quote>Crown Prince Karvas!<ch.rsquot/><ch.thinspace/></quote> and <quote>Instantly the</quote>. Replaced <quote>weapons</quote> with <quote>Weapons</quote>. Replaced each occurrence of <quote>prince</quote> with <quote>Prince</quote>. Replaced <quote>prince<ch.apos/>s</quote> with <quote>Prince<ch.apos/>s</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect131">131</a>) Replaced <quote>confiscated weapons</quote> with <quote>confiscated Weapons</quote>. Replaced each occurrence of <quote>prince</quote> with <quote>Prince</quote>. Replaced each occurrence of <quote>Lodamos<ch.apos/>s</quote> with <quote>Lodamos<ch.apos/><ch.thinspace/></quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect132">132</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai weapon</quote> with <quote>Kai Weapon</quote>. Replaced <quote>two-storeyed</quote> with <quote>two-storey</quote>. Replaced <quote>pathsmanship</quote> with <quote>Pathsmanship</quote>. Replaced <quote>sixth sense</quote> with <quote>Sixth Sense</quote>. Replaced <quote>44 Ren</quote> with <quote>30 Ren</quote>. Replaced <quote>arm band</quote> with <quote>armband</quote>. Replaced <quote>prince</quote> with <quote>Prince</quote>. Replaced <quote>a patrol of armed guards who are marching</quote> with <quote>a patrol of armed guards which is marching</quote>. Replaced <quote>darkness, and your innate Kai camouflage skills have</quote> with <quote>darkness and your innate Kai camouflage skills have</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect132">132</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai weapon</quote> with <quote>Kai Weapon</quote>. Replaced <quote>two-storeyed</quote> with <quote>two-storey</quote>. Replaced <quote>pathsmanship</quote> with <quote>Pathsmanship</quote>. Replaced <quote>sixth sense</quote> with <quote>Sixth Sense</quote>. Replaced <quote>44 Ren</quote> with <quote>30 Ren</quote>. Replaced <quote>arm band</quote> with <quote>armband</quote>. Replaced <quote>prince</quote> with <quote>Prince</quote>. Replaced <quote>a patrol of armed guards who are marching</quote> with <quote>a patrol of armed guards which is marching</quote>. Replaced <quote>darkness, and your innate Kai camouflage skills have</quote> with <quote>darkness and your innate Kai camouflage skills have</quote>. Replaced <quote>THIS KEY IS THE PROPERTY OF THE TEHDA STABLES</quote> with <quote><ch.lsquot/>This key is the property of the Tehda Stables<ch.rsquot/></quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect133">133</a>) Replaced <quote>two kilometres</quote> with <quote>2 miles</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect134">134</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai weapon</quote> with <quote>Kai Weapon</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect135">135</a>) Replaced <quote>bow shot</quote> with <quote>bowshot</quote>. Replaced each occurrence of <quote>arrow</quote> with <quote>Arrow</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect136">136</a>) Replaced <quote>TEHDA STABLES</quote> with <quote>
THIS KEY IS THE PROPERTY OF THE TEHDA STABLES</quote> in line with <a idref="sect132">Section 132</a>. Replaced <quote>drawbolts</quote> with <quote>bolts</quote>. Replaced <quote>prince</quote> with <quote>Prince</quote>. Replaced <quote>stables door</quote> with <quote>stables<ch.apos/> door</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect136">136</a>) Replaced <quote>TEHDA STABLES</quote> with <quote>
<ch.lsquot/>This key is the property of the Tehda Stables<ch.rsquot/></quote> in line with <a idref="sect132">Section 132</a>. Replaced <quote>drawbolts</quote> with <quote>bolts</quote>. Replaced <quote>prince</quote> with <quote>Prince</quote>. Replaced <quote>stables door</quote> with <quote>stables<ch.apos/> door</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect137">137</a>) Replaced <quote>lancer<ch.apos/>s horses</quote> with <quote>lancers<ch.apos/> horses</quote>. Replaced <quote>nerves break</quote> with <quote>nerve breaks</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect139">139</a>) Added the illustration caption <quote>You see a herd of migrating fanji.</quote> that was missing from the first printing of the book. Replaced <quote>horizon, then</quote> with <quote>horizon; then</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect140">140</a>) Replaced <quote>sixth sense</quote> with <quote>Sixth Sense</quote>. Replaced <quote>prince</quote> with <quote>Prince</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect142">142</a>) Replaced <quote>sixth sense</quote> with <quote>Sixth Sense</quote>. Replaced <quote>Karvas<ch.apos/>s</quote> with <quote>Karvas<ch.apos/><ch.thinspace/></quote>. Replaced <quote>Cavalians, here</quote> with <quote>Cavalians here</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect143">143</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai weapon</quote> with <quote>Kai Weapon</quote>. Replaced <quote>prince</quote> with <quote>Prince</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect144">144</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai curing</quote> with <quote>Magnakai Curing</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect145">145</a>) Replaced <quote>pathsmanship</quote> with <quote>Pathsmanship</quote>. Replaced <quote>head, then</quote> with <quote>head, and then</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect145">145</a>) Replaced <quote>pathsmanship</quote> with <quote>Pathsmanship</quote>. Replaced <quote>head, then</quote> with <quote>head, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>THIS KEY IS THE PROPERTY OF THE TEHDA STABLES</quote> with <quote><ch.lsquot/>This key is the property of the Tehda Stables<ch.rsquot/></quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect147">147</a>) Replaced <quote>Dammerdon mountains</quote> with <quote>Dammerdon Mountains</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect148">148</a>) Replaced <quote>despatched</quote> with <quote>dispatched</quote>. Replaced <quote>king of Siyen</quote> with <quote>King of Siyen</quote>. Replaced <quote>city and</quote> with <quote>city, and</quote>. Added the illustration caption <quote><ch.thinspace/><ch.lsquot/>Arise, Sir Kai, for I proclaim that you are now a Knight of Siyen.<ch.rsquot/><ch.thinspace/></quote> that was missing from the first printing of the book. Replaced <quote>prince</quote> with <quote>Prince</quote>. Replaced <quote>prince<ch.apos/>s</quote> with <quote>Prince<ch.apos/>s</quote>. Replaced <quote>their cheer are</quote> with <quote>their cheers are</quote>. Replaced <quote>Karvas<ch.apos/>s</quote> with <quote>Karvas<ch.apos/><ch.thinspace/></quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect149">149</a>) Replaced <quote>shockwave</quote> with <quote>shock wave</quote>. Replaced <quote>mainmast<ch.emdash/>lose</quote> with <quote>mainmast: lose</quote> as elsewhere in this adventure.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect167">167</a>) Replaced <quote>sixth sense</quote> with <quote>Sixth Sense</quote>. Replaced <quote>belt pouch</quote> with <quote>Belt Pouch</quote>. Replaced <quote>prince<ch.apos/>s</quote> with <quote>Prince<ch.apos/>s</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect169">169</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai-alchemy, and</quote> with <quote>Kai-alchemy and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect170">170</a>) Replaced each occurrence of <quote>prince</quote> with <quote>Prince</quote>. Replaced <quote>prince<ch.apos/>s</quote> with <quote>Prince<ch.apos/>s</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect171">171</a>) Replaced <quote>you ee a</quote> with <quote>you see a</quote>. Replaced <quote>white eagle<ch.apos/>s-head pennant</quote> with <quote>black eagle<ch.apos/>s-head pennant</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect171">171</a>) Replaced <quote>you ee a</quote> with <quote>you see a</quote>. Replaced <quote>white eagle<ch.apos/>s-head pennant</quote> with <quote>black eagle<ch.apos/>s-head pennant</quote>. Replaced <quote>VAREDO<ch.emdash/>150 miles</quote> with <quote>Varedo<ch.emdash/>150 miles</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect172">172</a>) Replaced <quote>prince</quote> with <quote>Prince</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect173">173</a>) Replaced <quote>sixth sense</quote> with <quote>Sixth Sense</quote>. Replaced <quote>prince</quote> with <quote>Prince</quote>. Replaced <quote>prince<ch.apos/>s</quote> with <quote>Prince<ch.apos/>s</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect174">174</a>) Replaced <quote>double-backed</quote> with <quote>doubled-back</quote>. Replaced <quote>Lucien hills</quote> with <quote>Lucien Hills</quote>. Replaced <quote>Huntmstery you</quote> with <quote>Huntmastery, you</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect177">177</a>) Replaced <quote>30 metres</quote> with <quote>100 feet</quote>. Replaced <quote>5 metres</quote> with <quote>15 feet</quote>. Added the illustration caption <quote>Prince Karvas is hanging by one hand to an outcrop of jagged rock.</quote> that was missing from the first printing of the book. Replaced <quote>prince<ch.apos/>s</quote> with <quote>Prince<ch.apos/>s</quote>. Replaced <quote>Kai-alchemy, and</quote> with <quote>Kai-alchemy and</quote>. Replaced <quote>Rope, and</quote> with <quote>Rope and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect178">178</a>) Replaced <quote>combat skill</quote> with <quote><typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ></quote>. Replaced <quote>compliment</quote> with <quote>complement</quote>. Replaced <quote>scrolls and</quote> with <quote>scrolls, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>sixth sense</quote> with <quote>Sixth Sense</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect180">180</a>) Replaced <quote>drawbolts</quote> with <quote>bolts</quote>. Replaced <quote>30cm-long</quote> with <quote>foot-long</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect180">180</a>) Replaced <quote>drawbolts</quote> with <quote>bolts</quote>. Replaced <quote>30cm-long</quote> with <quote>foot-long</quote>. Replaced <quote>TEHDA STABLES</quote> with <quote><ch.lsquot/>Tehda Stables<ch.rsquot/></quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect181">181</a>) Replaced <quote>prince</quote> with <quote>Prince</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect184">184</a>) Replaced <quote>tunnel that give</quote> with <quote>tunnel that gives</quote>. Replaced <quote>Weaponmastery, and</quote> with <quote>Weaponmastery and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect185">185</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai weapon</quote> with <quote>Kai Weapon</quote>. Removed <quote>which you carry in your backpack</quote>. Replaced <quote>sixth sense</quote> with <quote>Sixth Sense</quote>.</p>
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