<creator relationship="aut" sort-name="Dever, Joe">Joe Dever</creator>
<creator relationship="ill" sort-name="Williams, Brian">Brian Williams</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>
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<p>Lone Wolf has been abducted by the forces of the Dark God Naar and imprisoned in a remote city-fortress on the border of the Darklands. Subjected to relentless attacks by the minions of evil, the Supreme Master of the Kai is surely doomed to die unless a rescue can be effected swiftly and successfully.</p>
<p>In <strong><cite>Trail of the Wolf</cite></strong>, you must venture alone into the dreaded stronghold of Gazad Helkona to find and free your leader. Can you succeed in your vital mission<ch.ellips/>or will you fall foul of the horrors that lurk within this Darklands city-fortress?</p>
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<description class="publication">
- <p>Internet Edition published by <a href="http://www.projectaon.org/">Project Aon</a>. This edition is intended to reflect the complete text of the original version. Where we have made minor corrections, they will be noted in the <a idref="errata">Errata</a>.</p>
+ <p>Internet Edition published by <a href="http
s://www.projectaon.org/">Project Aon</a>. This edition is intended to reflect the complete text of the original version. Where we have made minor corrections, they will be noted in the <a idref="errata">Errata</a>.</p>
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<rights class="copyrights">
- <line>Text copyright <ch.copy/> 1997 Joe Dever.</line>
- <line>Illustrations copyright <ch.copy/> 1997 Brian Williams.</line>
+ <line>Text <ch.copy/> 1997 Joe Dever.</line>
+ <line>Illustrations <ch.copy/> 1997 Brian Williams.</line>
</rights>
<rights class="license-notification">
- <p>
- <line>Text copyright <ch.copy/> 1997 Joe Dever.</line>
- <line>Illustrations copyright <ch.copy/> 1997 Brian Williams.</line>
- <line>Distribution of this Internet Edition is restricted under the terms of the <a idref="license">Project Aon License</a>.</line>
- </p>
+ <p>Text <ch.copy/> 1997 Joe Dever. Illustrations <ch.copy/> 1997 Brian Williams.</p>
+ <p>Distribution of this Internet Edition is restricted under the terms of the <a idref="license">Project Aon License</a>.</p>
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<p>Using your infravision, you scan your surroundings and discover that you have entered a hall that is flanked on either side by a row of human skeletons. They stand at attention with their spines pressed against the stone wall, and clasped in their bony hands are rusty polearms of differing type and origin. At the far end of this hall, you can see a pair of stout wooden doors reinforced with strips of polished steel. Cautiously you advance under the sightless gaze of the flanking skeletons, and upon reaching the doors you discover that they are secured by a combination lock. A single dial with a brass pointer is mounted upon a circular plate that is numbered 0 to 200 around its bevelled edge. You place the palm of your hand against the door, and a tingle of excitement runs down your spine when you sense that Lone Wolf is being held captive on the other side of these doors.</p>
<p>With the help of your Kai Sixth Sense, you determine that the number which will open the combination lock is the same as the solution to the following puzzle.</p>
- <p>If A=1, B=2, C=3 (and so on through the alphabet until you reach Z=26), what is the total numerical value of the fortress of GAZAD HELKONA?</p>
+ <p>If A=1, B=2, C=3 (and so on through the alphabet until you reach Z=26), what is the total numerical value of the fortress of <quote>Gazad Helkona</quote>?</p>
<puzzle idref="sect105">When you think that you have calculated the total, <choose test="has-numbered-section-list"><when value="true"><a idref="numbered">turn to the section of this book</a></when><otherwise>turn to the section of this book</otherwise></choose> that is the same as your answer.<footref id="sect11-1" idref="sect11-1-foot"/></puzzle>
<choice idref="sect183">If you calculate incorrectly, or if you are unable to answer this puzzle, <link-text>turn instead to 183</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You snatch an Arrow to your Bow and let fly a snap shot at the swooping Kraan. The shaft buries itself in the creature<ch.apos/>s rib cage, and the sudden pain of the wound makes it abandon its deadly attack. Cawing with agony and frustration, the wounded Kraan circles once around the chamber and then hurls itself upon you in a desperate, vengeful attack.</p>
<p>If you possess <quote>Raumas</quote>, you will benefit from the additional combat bonus applicable to its unique properties.</p>
- <combat><enemy>Kraan (wounded)</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">32</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">38</enemy-attribute></combat>
+ <combat><enemy>Kraan <em>(wounded)</em></enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">32</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">38</enemy-attribute></combat>
<choice idref="sect157">If you win this combat, <link-text>turn to 157</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Quickly you recite the words of the Brotherhood Spell <spell>Lightning Hand</spell> and extend your right arm towards the swooping Kraan. You feel the familiar rush of energy shoot from your shoulder to your hand, and then a crackling bolt of blue energy leaps from your open palm. Desperately the Kraan attempts to avoid the sparkling ball of power, but the bolt hits its wing and tears a ragged hole in the scaly skin.</p>
<p>Cawing with pain and anger, the wounded beast circles around the chamber and then hurls itself upon you in a desperate, vengeful attack.</p>
- <combat><enemy>Kraan (wounded)</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">32</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">38</enemy-attribute></combat>
+ <combat><enemy>Kraan <em>(wounded)</em></enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">32</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">38</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>If you possess <quote>Raumas</quote>, you will benefit from the additional combat bonus applicable to its unique properties.</p>
<choice idref="sect157">If you win this combat, <link-text>turn to 157</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You draw together the mental shapes of the Old Kingdom Spell <spell>Power Word</spell> and rise up from behind the tree trunk to project it at the spider: <spell>Gloar!</spell></p>
<p>The concussive force of this ancient spell-word slams into the creature<ch.apos/>s skull and cracks it, making the beast let out a hideous shriek of agony. Your magical attack has injured the arachnid, but not deterred it. Fuelled by anger and pain, this fearsome abomination comes scuttling towards your hiding place with a frightening turn of speed. With a gasp of disbelief, you unsheathe your Kai Weapon and brace yourself to repel its swift and vengeful attack.</p>
- <combat><enemy>Skryza (wounded)</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">44</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">40</enemy-attribute></combat>
+ <combat><enemy>Skryza <em>(wounded)</em></enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">44</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">40</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>If you possess the Kai Weapon <quote>Kaistar</quote> you may add the appropriate bonus gained from its unique properties.</p>
<choice idref="sect21">You may evade this fight after four rounds by <link-text>turning to 21</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect340">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 340</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You tug an Arrow from your Quiver and draw it to your Bow. Then you pop up from behind the bough and send your shaft whistling towards the spider<ch.apos/>s bulbous great head. It strikes its skull, making it shriek with agony, but its steel tip does not penetrate deep enough to slay the beast. Angered, and in great pain, this fearsome abomination comes scuttling towards your hiding place with frightening speed. Swiftly you shoulder your Bow and draw your Kai Weapon just in time to meet its vengeful attack.</p>
- <combat><enemy>Skryza (wounded)</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">46</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">40</enemy-attribute></combat>
+ <combat><enemy>Skryza <em>(wounded)</em></enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">46</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">40</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>If you possess the Kai Weapon <quote>Kaistar</quote> you may add the appropriate bonus gained from its unique properties.</p>
<choice idref="sect21">You may evade this fight after four rounds by <link-text>turning to 21</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect340">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 340</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You draw an Arrow to your Bow and let fly at the swooping Kraan. The shaft drives deep into the creature<ch.apos/>s throat, and the sudden pain of the wound makes it abort its deadly attack. Cawing with agony and frustration, the wounded Kraan circles once around the chamber and then hurls itself upon you in a desperate, vengeful attack.</p>
- <combat><enemy>Kraan (wounded)</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">32</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">38</enemy-attribute></combat>
+ <combat><enemy>Kraan <em>(wounded)</em></enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">32</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">38</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>If you possess <quote>Raumas</quote>, you will benefit from the additional combat bonus applicable to its unique properties.</p>
<choice idref="sect157">If you win this combat, <link-text>turn to 157</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You find yourself standing in a hall that is flanked on either side by a row of human skeletons. They stand at attention with their spines pressed against the stone wall, and clasped in their bony hands are rusty polearms of differing type and origin.</p>
<p>At the far end of this torchlit chamber, you can see a pair of stout wooden doors reinforced with strips of polished steel. Cautiously you advance along the hall under the sightless gaze of the flanking skeletons, and upon reaching the doors you discover that they are secured by a combination lock. A single dial with a brass pointer is mounted upon a circular plate that is numbered 0 to 200 around its bevelled edge. You place the palm of your hand against the door, and a tingle of excitement runs down your spine when you sense that Lone Wolf is being held captive on the other side of these doors.</p>
<p>With the help of your Kai Sixth Sense, you determine that the number which will open the combination lock is the same as the solution to the following puzzle.</p>
- <p>If A=1, B=2, C=3 (and so on through the alphabet until you reach Z=26), what is the total numerical value of the fortress of GAZAD HELKONA?</p>
+ <p>If A=1, B=2, C=3 (and so on through the alphabet until you reach Z=26), what is the total numerical value of the fortress of <quote>Gazad Helkona</quote>?</p>
<puzzle idref="sect105">When you think that you have calculated the total, <choose test="has-numbered-section-list"><when value="true"><a idref="numbered">turn to the section of this book</a></when><otherwise>turn to the section of this book</otherwise></choose> that is the same as your answer.<footref id="sect300-1" idref="sect300-1-foot"/></puzzle>
<choice idref="sect183">If you calculate incorrectly, or if you are unable to answer this puzzle, <link-text>turn instead to 183</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Drawing upon your knowledge of Old Kingdom magic, you clench the fingers of your right hand and speak the words of the spell <spell>Invisible Fist</spell>. Then you jab your clenched fist at the swooping Kraan and the force of this ancient spell slams into the creature<ch.apos/>s open mouth. The beast is stunned and bloodied by the invisible blow. Cawing with pain and anger, it aborts its dive and circles warily around the chamber. Then, with a vengeful shriek, it hurls itself at you in a wild and desperate attack.</p>
- <combat><enemy>Kraan (with wounded jaw)</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">32</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">38</enemy-attribute></combat>
+ <combat><enemy>Kraan <em>(with wounded jaw)</em></enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">32</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">38</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>If you possess <quote>Raumas</quote>, you will benefit from the additional combat bonus applicable to its unique properties.</p>
<choice idref="sect157">If you win this combat, <link-text>turn to 157</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You whisper the words of the Brotherhood Spell <spell>Lightning Hand</spell> and level your right arm at the fearsome spider. A crackling bolt of energy leaps from your fingers and connects with the creature<ch.apos/>s skull, making it shriek with agony. Your magical attack has wounded the beast, but not deterred it. Angered and in pain, this fearsome abomination comes scuttling towards your hiding place with a frightening turn of speed. Swiftly you unsheathe your Kai Weapon and steel yourself to repel its vengeful attack.</p>
- <combat><enemy>Skryza (wounded)</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">45</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">40</enemy-attribute></combat>
+ <combat><enemy>Skryza <em>(wounded)</em></enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">45</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">40</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>If you possess the Kai Weapon <quote>Kaistar</quote> you may add the appropriate bonus gained from its unique properties.</p>
<choice idref="sect21">You may evade this fight after four rounds by <link-text>turning to 21</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect340">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 340</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>Gazad Helkona <ch.ampersand/> Surrounding Territories</title></meta>
<p>(<a idref="sect4">4</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai weapon</quote> with <quote>Kai Weapon</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect6">6</a>) Replaced <quote>bas reliefs</quote> with <quote>bas-reliefs</quote>. Replaced <quote>And, to the left</quote> with <quote>To the left</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect8">8</a>) Replaced <quote>seemlessly</quote> with <quote>seamlessly</quote>. Replaced <quote><onomatopoeia>Clunk</onomatopoeia>!.</quote> with <quote><onomatopoeia>Clunk</onomatopoeia>!</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect11">11</a>) Replaced <quote>sixth sense</quote> with <quote>Sixth Sense</quote>. Replaced <quote>infra-vision</quote> with <quote>infravision</quote>. Replaced <quote>pole-arms</quote> with <quote>polearms</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect11">11</a>) Replaced <quote>sixth sense</quote> with <quote>Sixth Sense</quote>. Replaced <quote>infra-vision</quote> with <quote>infravision</quote>. Replaced <quote>pole-arms</quote> with <quote>polearms</quote>. Replaced <quote>GAZAD HELKONA</quote> with <quote><ch.lsquot/>Gazad Helkona<ch.rsquot/></quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect12">12</a>) Replaced <quote>meal of</quote> with <quote>Meal of</quote>. Replaced <quote>recognize this bacteria</quote> with <quote>recognize the bacteria</quote>. Replaced <quote>This raw bacteria is</quote> with <quote>The raw bacteria are</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect13">13</a>) Replaced <quote>chest, then</quote> with <quote>chest; then</quote>. Replaced <quote>battle tunic</quote> with <quote>battle-tunic</quote>. Replaced <quote>advanced Kai curing</quote> with <quote>Magnakai Curing</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect16">16</a>) Replaced <quote>barge it</quote> with <quote>barge into it</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect294">294</a>) Italicised <quote><cite>Lone Wolf New Order</cite></quote> when referring to the series. Replaced <quote>Duadon, in</quote> with <quote>Duadon in</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect296">296</a>) Replaced <quote>white hot</quote> with <quote>white-hot</quote>. Italicised <quote><cite>Lone Wolf New Order</cite></quote> when referring to the series. Replaced <quote>If you survive the mission</quote> with <quote>If you complete the mission</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect299">299</a>) Replaced <quote>agarashi that hail</quote> with <quote>Agarashi that hails</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect300">300</a>) Replaced <quote>sixth sense</quote> with <quote>Sixth Sense</quote>. Replaced <quote>torch-lit</quote> with <quote>torchlit</quote>. Replaced <quote>pole-arms</quote> with <quote>polearms</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect300">300</a>) Replaced <quote>sixth sense</quote> with <quote>Sixth Sense</quote>. Replaced <quote>torch-lit</quote> with <quote>torchlit</quote>. Replaced <quote>pole-arms</quote> with <quote>polearms</quote>. Replaced <quote>GAZAD HELKONA</quote> with <quote><ch.lsquot/>Gazad Helkona<ch.rsquot/></quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect301">301</a>) Replaced <quote>Old Kingdom spell</quote> with <quote>Old Kingdom Spell</quote>. Removed the dashes around <quote><spell>Shield</spell></quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect302">302</a>) Replaced <quote>sixth sense</quote> with <quote>Sixth Sense</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect303">303</a>) Replaced <quote>barge it</quote> with <quote>barge into it</quote>.</p>
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