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<p>You walk to the bar and arrange a room for the night. There are many rooms, each of a different standard and price. A blackboard suspended from the ceiling shows the tariffs:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>Dormitory<ch.emdash/>2 Gold Crowns a night</li>
- <li>Single Room (second class)<ch.emdash/>3 Gold Crowns a night</li>
- <li>Single Room (with hot bath)<ch.emdash/>5 Gold Crowns a night</li>
- </ul>
+ <signpost>
+ <line>Dormitory<ch.emdash/>2 Gold Crowns a night</line>
+ <line>Single Room (second class)<ch.emdash/>3 Gold Crowns a night</line>
+ <line>Single Room (with hot bath)<ch.emdash/>5 Gold Crowns a night</line>
+ </signpost>
<p>You may choose to stay in any of the above rooms, but remember to erase the relevant number of Gold Crowns from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> before turning to your chosen number.<footref id="sect17-1" idref="sect17-1-foot"/></p>
<choice idref="sect144">If you decide to stay in the dormitory, <link-text>turn to 144</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect202">If you decide to stay in the second-class single room, <link-text>turn to 202</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The smell of dust and rusty metal wafts in your face as you enter the cluttered weapons shop. All manner of arms are stacked in racks that rise precariously to the ceiling. Their prices are chalked on a circular slate that hangs above the counter.</p>
- <ul>
- <li>Broadswords<ch.emdash/>7 Gold Crowns</li>
- <li>Daggers<ch.emdash/>2 Gold Crowns</li>
- <li>Short Swords<ch.emdash/>3 Gold Crowns</li>
- <li>Warhammers<ch.emdash/>6 Gold Crowns</li>
- <li>Spears<ch.emdash/>5 Gold Crowns</li>
- <li>Maces<ch.emdash/>4 Gold Crowns</li>
- <li>Axes<ch.emdash/>3 Gold Crowns</li>
- <li>Bows<ch.emdash/>7 Gold Crowns</li>
- <li>Quarterstaves<ch.emdash/>3 Gold Crowns</li>
- <li>Swords<ch.emdash/>4 Gold Crowns</li>
- <li>Arrows<ch.emdash/>2 for 1 Gold Crown</li>
- </ul>
+ <signpost>
+ <line>Broadswords<ch.emdash/>7 Gold Crowns</line>
+ <line>Daggers<ch.emdash/>2 Gold Crowns</line>
+ <line>Short Swords<ch.emdash/>3 Gold Crowns</line>
+ <line>Warhammers<ch.emdash/>6 Gold Crowns</line>
+ <line>Spears<ch.emdash/>5 Gold Crowns</line>
+ <line>Maces<ch.emdash/>4 Gold Crowns</line>
+ <line>Axes<ch.emdash/>3 Gold Crowns</line>
+ <line>Bows<ch.emdash/>7 Gold Crowns</line>
+ <line>Quarterstaves<ch.emdash/>3 Gold Crowns</line>
+ <line>Swords<ch.emdash/>4 Gold Crowns</line>
+ <line>Arrows<ch.emdash/>2 for 1 Gold Crown</line>
+ </signpost>
<p>You may purchase any of the above weapons if you have enough money to do so. The shop owner will also buy any weapons that you may already have for 1 Gold Crown less than the price shown on the slate.<footref id="sect98-1" idref="sect98-1-foot"/> Mark any changes on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> before you leave.</p>
<choice idref="sect275"><link-text>Turn to 275</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Night has fallen by the time you reach the river town of Soren, and the sky is clear and full of stars that sparkle with icy splendour. You ride the main street towards the quay where a score of river ships lie docked at the town. Their signal lamps, shimmering red and green from the mast-tops, reflect upon the cold, dark waters of the River Storn.</p>
<p>A board standing beside the gangplank to a large transport caravel catches your eye. On it are chalked the prices of passage to three destinations.</p>
- <ul>
- <li>Luyen<ch.emdash/>10 Gold Crowns</li>
- <li>Rhem<ch.emdash/>15 Gold Crowns</li>
- <li>Eula<ch.emdash/>20 Gold Crowns</li>
- </ul>
+ <signpost>
+ <line>Luyen<ch.emdash/>10 Gold Crowns</line>
+ <line>Rhem<ch.emdash/>15 Gold Crowns</line>
+ <line>Eula<ch.emdash/>20 Gold Crowns</line>
+ </signpost>
<p>A fourth destination<ch.emdash/>Tekaro<ch.emdash/>has been crossed out and scribbled beside it is: <quote>Cancelled due to war</quote>.</p>
<choice idref="sect10">If you wish to buy a ticket to one of the destinations, <link-text>turn to 10</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect68">If you do not wish to buy a ticket<ch.emdash/>or cannot afford to<ch.emdash/><link-text>turn to 68</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>It is nearly dark when you catch sight of a tavern on the road ahead. Two guttering torches set into rusty brackets illuminate the sign nailed above the door:</p>
- <signpost>THE HALFWAY INN</signpost>
+ <signpost>The Halfway Inn</signpost>
<p>You recognize the name of the tavern that Cyrilus spoke of this morning, and it grieves you that he is not here to accompany you. Distant thunder rumbles through the hills as you stable your horse and enter the welcoming warmth of the taproom. The tavern is alive with the chatter of merchants, the clink of glasses, and the crackle of a blazing fire. The centre of the room is dominated by a small stage on which a conjurer is performing his tricks to the delight of the customers.</p>
<choice idref="sect199">If you wish to stand and watch the conjurer, <link-text>turn to 199</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect253">If you wish to enquire about a room for the night, <link-text>turn to 253</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You enter a wide street where black iron lanterns swing above the doors of shops and houses, their oily black smoke staining the walls and adding a pall of gloom to the darkening sky. The street descends towards the River Quarl, where flatboats lie moored at the rich merchant wharves. Quarlen stands at the most northerly point on the river that can be navigated by boat and barge, and it is here that the river meets the caravan routes to Casiorn and the Lastlands, so ensuring the future of the town.</p>
<p>At the approach to a wide stone bridge, you see an impressive-looking hostelry, with stables and outhouses. A painted shield hangs above the courtyard gate proudly displaying its name:</p>
- <signpost>THE BARREL BRIDGE TAVERN</signpost>
+ <signpost>The Barrel Bridge Tavern</signpost>
<p>The moment you enter the courtyard, a stableboy appears from nowhere and bids you welcome. He takes charge of your horse and shows you the door to the tavern hall. It is crowded, despite the early hour, and a roaring fire blazes in its great stone hearth. The smell of roasting beef makes your mouth water, reminding you that you have not eaten today.</p>
<choice idref="sect91">If you do not have any Gold Crowns, <link-text>turn to 91</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect346">Otherwise, if you possess the Magnakai Discipline of Pathsmanship or Divination, <link-text>turn to 346</link-text>.</choice>
<p>(<a idref="sect165">121</a>) Replaced <quote>guild of city criers</quote> with <quote>Guild of City Criers</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect166">166</a>) Replaced <quote>wagon but</quote> with <quote>wagon, but</quote>. Replaced <quote>bruised but</quote> with <quote>bruised, but</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect167">167</a>) Replaced <quote>you and</quote> with <quote>you, and</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect168">168</a>) Replaced <quote>glasses and the crackle</quote> with <quote>glasses, and the crackle</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect168">168</a>) Replaced <quote>glasses and the crackle</quote> with <quote>glasses, and the crackle</quote>. Replaced <quote>THE HALFWAY INN</quote> with <quote>The Halfway Inn</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect169">169</a>) Replaced <quote>unlocked but</quote> with <quote>unlocked, but</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect170">170</a>) Replaced <quote>with a bow</quote> with <quote>with Bow</quote>. Replaced <quote>arrow</quote> with <quote>Arrow</quote>. Replaced <quote>chest and</quote> with <quote>chest, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect171">171</a>) Replaced <quote>strength and</quote> with <quote>strength, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect329">329</a>) Replaced <quote>you and</quote> with <quote>you, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>wounded and</quote> with <quote>wounded, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>chest and</quote> with <quote>chest, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect330">330</a>) Replaced <quote>village and, although</quote> with <quote>village, and although</quote>. Replaced <quote>bow</quote> with <quote>Bow</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect331">331</a>) Replaced <quote>way, and</quote> with <quote>way and</quote>. Replaced <quote>horizon you</quote> with <quote>horizon, you</quote>. Replaced <quote>streets and</quote> with <quote>streets, and</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect332">332</a>) Replaced <quote>barge and</quote> with <quote>barge, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>wharfs</quote> with <quote>wharves</quote>. Moved the choice regarding having no Gold Crowns into the first position. Moved the Pathsmanship/Divination choice into the second position. Replaced <quote>If</quote> with <quote>Otherwise, if</quote> in that choice.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect332">332</a>) Replaced <quote>barge and</quote> with <quote>barge, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>wharfs</quote> with <quote>wharves</quote>. Replaced <quote>THE BARREL BRIDGE TAVERN</quote> with <quote>The Barrel Bridge Tavern</quote>. Moved the choice regarding having no Gold Crowns into the first position. Moved the Pathsmanship/Divination choice into the second position. Replaced <quote>If</quote> with <quote>Otherwise, if</quote> in that choice.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect334">334</a>) Replaced <quote>huge lumbering</quote> with <quote>huge, lumbering</quote>. Replaced <quote>head and</quote> with <quote>head, and</quote>. Moved the bow choice into the first position. Replaced <quote>bow</quote> with <quote>Bow</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect338">338</a>) Replaced <quote>surrounded and</quote> with <quote>surrounded, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>shortlived</quote> with <quote>short-lived</quote>. Replaced <quote>completely and, as</quote> with <quote>completely, and as</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect339">339</a>) Replaced <quote>If you possess a Kalte Firesphere, a Torch, or a Tinderbox</quote> with <quote>If you possess a Kalte Firesphere or a Torch and a Tinderbox</quote>. A Torch is unusable without a Tinderbox; this parallels wording in sections from future <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> books. Replaced <quote>Firesphere, a Torch, or a Tinderbox,</quote> with <quote>Firesphere or a Torch and a Tinderbox,</quote>. Replaced <quote>Items</quote> with <quote>items</quote>.</p>
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