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<title>The Cauldron of Fear</title>
<creator class="short">Joe Dever and Brian Williams</creator>
- <creator class="medium">Joe Dever<br />Illustrated by Brian Williams</creator>
+ <creator class="medium">
+ <line>Joe Dever</line>
+ <line>Illustrated by Brian Williams</line>
+ </creator>
<creator class="long">
- <p><strong>Joe Dever</strong>, the creator of the bestselling Lone Wolf adventure books and novels, has achieved world-wide recognition in three creative fields&emdash;as an award-winning author of international renown, as an acclaimed musician and composer, and as a games designer specialising in role-playing games.</p>
- <p>On graduating from college in 1974, Joe Dever became a professional musician, and for several years, he worked in the music industry in Europe and the United States.</p>
- <p>While working in Los Angeles in 1977 he discovered a then little-known game called <quote>Dungeons &ersand; Dragons</quote>. Although the game was in its infancy, Joe at once realised its huge potential and began designing his own role-playing games along similar conceptual lines. These first games were to form the basis of a fantasy world called Magnamund, which later became the setting for the Lone Wolf books.</p>
- <p>Five years later, in 1982, Joe won the Advanced Dungeons &ersand; Dragons World Championships in Baltimore, an event held before 16,000 people. Inspired and encouraged by his success at Origins, Joe decided to quit the music business and devote his time to writing and games design.</p>
- <p>In 1983, after a brief spell at Games Workshop in London, he wrote <cite>Flight from the Dark</cite>&emdash;the first Lone Wolf interactive gamebook. His manuscript immediately attracted a frenzy of interest from three major London publishing companies, all of whom bid for world rights. Joe accepted an offer of publication from Hutchinson's (later to become Century Hutchinson Ltd; now Random House UK) and <cite>Flight from the Dark</cite> was first published in 1984.</p>
- <p>This first book sold more than 100,000 copies within its first month of publication, and overseas rights were snapped up by twelve countries (including the United States, France, Germany, Japan, Italy and Sweden). The success of Joe's first book laid the foundations for the future of the Lone Wolf series, which has sold millions of copies around the world.</p>
- <p>The Lone Wolf series ended after 28 books and 14 years. Joe has continued to work in the games industry as script writer and games design consultant.</p>
- <p><strong>Brian Williams</strong> was first noticed by Joe Dever for his work in White Dwarf magazine (circa issue 50) and the Real Life Adventure series by Jon Sutherland. Brian Williams was Joe's first choice of illustrators to replace Gary Chalk. Jon, being an old friend of Joe's, introduced the two. Brian was excited to work with Joe on the Lone Wolf series. He illustrated <cite>The Cauldron of Fear</cite> and almost every book about Magnamund since that time.</p>
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+ &inclusion.brian.williams.bio.lw;
</creator>
<publisher>Project Aon</publisher>
- <date class="publication"><year>2003</year><month>1</month><day>3</day></date>
+ <date class="publication"><year>2007</year><month>7</month><day>23</day></date>
<description class="blurb">
<p>While on your quest, word has reached you that Sommerlund has suffered a great defeat at the city of Ruanon, but morale among your people remains high. Boldly, your homeland continues its valiant fight against the evil forces of the Darklords.</p>
<p>The messenger who has delivered this news also informs you that the King himself has ordered a skyship placed in your command and has awarded you the rank of Warmarshall of the Royal Estates. You proudly accept the use of the skyship as well as the two platinum badges that signify your new rank. You are now the youngest general in the Sommerlund army.</p>
- <p>But once again you must continue with your quest. You are the last hope for the rebirth of the Kai! Ahead lies the greatest danger you have ever faced.&ellips;</p>
+ <p>But once again you must continue with your quest. You are the last hope for the rebirth of the Kai! Ahead lies the greatest danger you have ever faced.<ch.ellips/></p>
</description>
<description class="publication">
<p>Internet Edition published by <a href="&link.project.website;">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>
</description>
- <rights class="copyrights">Text copyright © 1987 Joe Dever.<br />Illustrations copyright © 1987 Brian Williams.</rights>
+ <rights class="copyrights">
+ <line>Text copyright <ch.copy/> 1987 Joe Dever.</line>
+ <line>Illustrations copyright <ch.copy/> 1987 Brian Williams.</line>
+ </rights>
<rights class="license-notification">
- <p>Text copyright © 1987 Joe Dever.<br />Illustrations copyright © 1987 Brian Williams.<br />Distribution of this Internet Edition is restricted under the terms of the <a idref="license">Project Aon License</a>.</p>
+ <p>
+ <line>Text copyright <ch.copy/> 1987 Joe Dever.</line>
+ <line>Illustrations copyright <ch.copy/> 1987 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>
</rights>
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<data>
- <p><quote>I would be especially pleased if my granting of the rights to distribute my books in this way was seen as my <quote>millennium gift</quote> to all those devoted readers who have kept the Kai flag flying high, through all the good times, and the not-so-good. It would make me very proud indeed if this enterprise laid the foundations of a lasting legacy, securing the longevity of Lone Wolf by making my creation freely and readily accessible to current and future online generations. For them, for us, for Sommerlund and the Kai.&ellips;</quote> <strong>Joe Dever</strong></p>
- <p>Project Aon would first like to thank Joe Dever for making this generous offering of the books that we have all loved from the beginning. We would also like to acknowledge the following members of Project Aon for their diligent work:</p>
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<section class="frontmatter" id="credits">
<meta><title>Credits</title></meta>
<dt>Transcription</dt>
<dd>Matthew Reynolds</dd>
<dt>Illustration Transcription</dt>
- <dd>Jonathan Blake</dd>
+ <dd>
+ <line>Jonathan Blake</line>
+ <line>Paul Haskell</line>
+ </dd>
<dt>XML</dt>
- <dd>Jonathan Blake</dd>
+ <dd>
+ <line>Jonathan Blake</line>
+ <line>Simon Osborne</line>
+ </dd>
<dt>Alternate Illustrations</dt>
- <dd>JC Alvarez (action charts)<br />Jonathan Blake (extramatter charts and tables)</dd>
+ <dd>
+ <line>JC Alvarez (action charts)</line>
+ <line>Jonathan Blake (extramatter charts and tables)</line>
+ </dd>
<dt>Proofreading</dt>
- <dd>Andrew Gable (Sections 71&endash;105, 141&endash;175, and 246&endash;280)<br />Simon Osborne (front matter and Sections 176&endash;210)<br />Matthew Reynolds (Sections 1&endash;70, 106&endash;140, 211&endash;245 and 281&endash;350)</dd>
+ <dd>
+ <line>Andrew Gable (Sections 71<ch.endash/>105, 141<ch.endash/>175, and 246<ch.endash/>280)</line>
+ <line>Simon Osborne (front matter and Sections 176<ch.endash/>210)</line>
+ <line>Matthew Reynolds (Sections 1<ch.endash/>70, 106<ch.endash/>140, 211<ch.endash/>245 and 281<ch.endash/>350)</line>
+ </dd>
<dt>Editing</dt>
- <dd>Mike Feldman<br />Ingo Klöcker<br />Mark Laird<br />Simon Osborne<br />Thomas Wolmer</dd>
+ <dd>
+ <line>Mike Feldman</line>
+ <line>Ingo Kl<ch.ouml/>cker</line>
+ <line>Mark Laird</line>
+ <line>LeRoy McSwain</line>
+ <line>Simon Osborne</line>
+ <line>Thomas Wolmer</line>
+ </dd>
<dt>PDF Layout</dt>
- <dd>Jonathan Blake<br />Ingo Klöcker</dd>
+ <dd>
+ <line>Jonathan Blake</line>
+ <line>Ingo Kl<ch.ouml/>cker</line>
+ </dd>
<dt>Coordination</dt>
<dd>Jonathan Blake</dd>
<dt>Special Thanks</dt>
- <dd>Brian Thompson</dd>
+ <dd>Jan Charv<ch.aacute/>t, Neil McGrory, and Brian Thompson</dd>
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<section class="frontmatter" id="tssf">
<meta>
- <title>The Story So Far&ellips;</title>
+ <title>The Story So Far<ch.ellips/></title>
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- <p>You are the warrior, Lone Wolf, last of the Kai Masters of Sommerlund and sole survivor of the massacre that destroyed your kinsmen during a bitter war with your age-old enemies&emdash;the Darklords of Helgedad.</p>
- <p>Many centuries have passed since Sun Eagle, the first of your kind, established the Order of the Kai. Aided by the magicians of Dessi, he completed a perilous quest to find seven crystals of power, known as the Lorestones of Nyxator, and upon their discovery he unlocked a wisdom and strength that lay within both the Lorestones and himself. He recorded the nature of his discoveries and his experiences in a great tome entitled <cite>The Book of the Magnakai</cite>. You have discovered this lost Kai treasure and have given a solemn pledge to restore the Kai to their former glory, thereby ensuring the security of your land in the years to come. However, your diligent study of this ancient book has enabled you to master only three of the ten Magnakai Disciplines. To fulfil your pledge, you must complete the quest first undertaken by Sun Eagle over one thousand years ago. By doing so successfully, you, too, will acquire the power and wisdom of the Magnakai, which is held within the Lorestones' crystal forms.</p>
- <p>Already your quest has taken you far from your northern homeland. Following in the footsteps of the first Kai Grand Master, you journeyed to Dessi and sought the help of the Elder Magi, the magicians that aided Sun Eagle on his quest long ago. There you learned that one of the seven Lorestones was still present in their land, hidden deep inside an island stronghold known as Kazan-Oud, or Castle Death. You survived the perils of Castle Death and emerged triumphant, having achieved what the Elder Magi had believed to be impossible. During the victory celebrations held in your honour, you learned that for centuries the Elder Magi had been expecting your coming. An ancient Dessi legend tells of the birth and rise to greatness of two <foreign xml:lang="x-dessi">koura-tas-kai</foreign>, which means <quote>sons of the sun</quote>. One was named <foreign xml:lang="x-dessi">Ikar</foreign>, which means <quote>eagle</quote>, and the other was named <foreign xml:lang="x-dessi">Skarn</foreign>, which means <quote>wolf</quote>. A prophecy foretold that the <foreign xml:lang="x-dessi">koura-tas-kai</foreign> would each come from the north to seek the council of the Elder Magi in order that they might fulfil a great quest. Although separated by several centuries, they would share one spirit, one purpose and one destiny&emdash;to triumph over the champions of darkness in an age of great peril. Your victory at Kazan-Oud proved that you were <foreign xml:lang="x-dessi">Skarn</foreign>&emdash;the wolf of Dessi legend&emdash;and in keeping with their ancient vows the Elder Magi promised to help you complete the Magnakai quest.</p>
- <p>In Elzian, the capital of Dessi, you were tutored in the histories of Magnamund and received lessons in lore that you would have learned from Kai Masters if only they, like you, had survived the murderous Darklord attack on the Kai monastery eleven years ago. You were eager to learn all that your tutor, Lord Rimoah, could teach you in preparation for the next stage of your quest, but grim news from the Darklands cut short your tuition. In the Darklord city of Helgedad a civil war had erupted, following your defeat of Haakon, Archlord of the Black City. After five years, the battle for the throne of Helgedad had finally been won by a Darklord called Gnaag. The other Darklords, now united behind this new leader, were ordered to amass huge armies in preparation for the conquest of Magnamund. So swiftly did their Giak legions grow in numbers that the Elder Magi ceased their counselling and arranged for you to begin at once the search for the third Lorestone. Guided by Lord Paido, a warrior-magician of Dessi, you set off on a perilous journey across the Freelands of Talestria on your way to the jungle-swamps of the Danarg. There, in an ancient temple that was once the Elder Magi's most sacred place of worship, you succeeded in discovering the object of your quest. However, during your escape from the Danarg, your guide, Lord Paido, was captured by Darklord agents, and upon your return to Elzian you learned the fearful news that the Darklords were now waging open war throughout Magnamund. Several lands, after brief but futile resistance, had been overrun completely by Darklord armies, others had surrendered without fighting in the face of their determined might, and sadly there were others who chose to betray former friends and allies by joining the Darklord cause, in the misguided hope that they would share in the spoils of victory, following the triumph of Darklord Gnaag. One such land was Vassagonia, a powerful desert realm to the north of Dessi. Already her armies had invaded the neighbouring territories of Casiorn and Cloeasia, and were preparing to march through the Republic of Anari in order to join Gnaag's horde now advancing across the plain of Slovia. The thought of such an eventuality filled the Elder Magi with dread, for the Lorestone you must find next lies deep below the streets of Tahou, the capital of Anari, in an ancient city built during the dawn of Magnamund. If Tahou were to fall before your arrival the chances of your completing your quest successfully would be slim indeed, even for a warrior of your renowned skill and daring.</p>
- <p>Whilst preparations were being made for your journey you learned that the Darklords had attacked and captured Ruanon, the southernmost province of your homeland of Sommerlund. The news of this calamity shook your resolve and filled you with the desire to forego the journey to Tahou and return home without delay. The Elder Magi implored you not to abandon your quest and you faced a difficult and crucial decision. Which should you honour: your vow to complete the Magnakai quest or your oath of loyalty to your King, an oath which pledged your service in the defence of the sun-realm? Fortunately, the surprise arrival of an old friend was to decide the matter for you. Magemaster Banedon, envoy of the Brotherhood of the Crystal Star&emdash;the magician's guild of Sommerlund&emdash;landed unexpectedly at Elzian aboard his flying ship Skyrider. He and his dwarven crew were warmly greeted, for Banedon, a frequent and favoured visitor to Dessi, was highly respected by the Elder Magi for his mastery of new magic. Six years had passed since last you met and there was much you wished to discuss and reminisce about, but there was an urgent matter of duty to perform first. Banedon had been sent by King Ulnar of Sommerlund to deliver into your hand a royal missive concerning your quest. The scroll, written and sealed by the King himself, ordered you to pursue the Magnakai quest above all other duties. It ended with the words: <quote>Sommerlund has suffered a grievous defeat at Ruanon, but the will of the people is undaunted and the strength of our army undiminished. Boldly we will resist our enemies so long as there is hope of the rebirth of the Kai.</quote></p>
+ <p>You are the warrior, Lone Wolf, last of the Kai Masters of Sommerlund and sole survivor of the massacre that destroyed your kinsmen during a bitter war with your age-old enemies<ch.emdash/>the Darklords of Helgedad.</p>
+ <p>Many centuries have passed since Sun Eagle, the first of your kind, established the Order of the Kai. Aided by the magicians of Dessi, he completed a perilous quest to find seven crystals of power, known as the Lorestones of Nyxator, and upon their discovery he unlocked a wisdom and strength that lay within both the Lorestones and himself. He recorded the nature of his discoveries and his experiences in a great tome entitled <cite>The Book of the Magnakai</cite>. You have discovered this lost Kai treasure and have given a solemn pledge to restore the Kai to their former glory, thereby ensuring the security of your land in the years to come. However, your diligent study of this ancient book has enabled you to master only three of the ten Magnakai Disciplines. To fulfil your pledge, you must complete the quest first undertaken by Sun Eagle over one thousand years ago. By doing so successfully, you, too, will acquire the power and wisdom of the Magnakai, which is held within the Lorestones<ch.apos/> crystal forms.</p>
+ <p>Already your quest has taken you far from your northern homeland. Following in the footsteps of the first Kai Grand Master, you journeyed to Dessi and sought the help of the Elder Magi, the magicians that aided Sun Eagle on his quest long ago. There you learned that one of the seven Lorestones was still present in their land, hidden deep inside an island stronghold known as Kazan-Oud, or Castle Death. You survived the perils of Castle Death and emerged triumphant, having achieved what the Elder Magi had believed to be impossible. During the victory celebrations held in your honour, you learned that for centuries the Elder Magi had been expecting your coming. An ancient Dessi legend tells of the birth and rise to greatness of two <foreign xml:lang="x-dessi">koura-tas-kai</foreign>, which means <quote>sons of the sun</quote>. One was named <foreign xml:lang="x-dessi">Ikar</foreign>, which means <quote>eagle</quote>, and the other was named <foreign xml:lang="x-dessi">Skarn</foreign>, which means <quote>wolf</quote>. A prophecy foretold that the <foreign xml:lang="x-dessi">koura-tas-kai</foreign> would each come from the north to seek the council of the Elder Magi in order that they might fulfil a great quest. Although separated by several centuries, they would share one spirit, one purpose and one destiny<ch.emdash/>to triumph over the champions of darkness in an age of great peril. Your victory at Kazan-Oud proved that you were <foreign xml:lang="x-dessi">Skarn</foreign><ch.emdash/>the wolf of Dessi legend<ch.emdash/>and in keeping with their ancient vows the Elder Magi promised to help you complete the Magnakai quest.</p>
+ <p>In Elzian, the capital of Dessi, you were tutored in the histories of Magnamund and received lessons in lore that you would have learned from Kai Masters if only they, like you, had survived the murderous Darklord attack on the Kai Monastery eleven years ago. You were eager to learn all that your tutor, Lord Rimoah, could teach you in preparation for the next stage of your quest, but grim news from the Darklands cut short your tuition. In the Darklord city of Helgedad a civil war had erupted, following your defeat of Haakon, Archlord of the Black City. After five years, the battle for the throne of Helgedad had finally been won by a Darklord called Gnaag. The other Darklords, now united behind this new leader, were ordered to amass huge armies in preparation for the conquest of Magnamund. So swiftly did their Giak legions grow in numbers that the Elder Magi ceased their counselling and arranged for you to begin at once the search for the third Lorestone. Guided by Lord Paido, a warrior-magician of Dessi, you set off on a perilous journey across the Freelands of Talestria on your way to the jungle-swamps of the Danarg. There, in an ancient temple that was once the Elder Magi<ch.apos/>s most sacred place of worship, you succeeded in discovering the object of your quest. However, during your escape from the Danarg, your guide, Lord Paido, was captured by Darklord agents, and upon your return to Elzian you learned the fearful news that the Darklords were now waging open war throughout Magnamund. Several lands, after brief but futile resistance, had been overrun completely by Darklord armies; others had surrendered without fighting in the face of their determined might, and sadly there were others who chose to betray former friends and allies by joining the Darklord cause, in the misguided hope that they would share in the spoils of victory, following the triumph of Darklord Gnaag. One such land was Vassagonia, a powerful desert realm to the north of Dessi. Already her armies had invaded the neighbouring territories of Casiorn and Cloeasia, and were preparing to march through the Republic of Anari in order to join Gnaag<ch.apos/>s horde now advancing across the plain of Slovia. The thought of such an eventuality filled the Elder Magi with dread, for the Lorestone you must find next lies deep below the streets of Tahou, the capital of Anari, in an ancient city built during the dawn of Magnamund. If Tahou were to fall before your arrival the chances of your completing your quest successfully would be slim indeed, even for a warrior of your renowned skill and daring.</p>
+ <p>Whilst preparations were being made for your journey you learned that the Darklords had attacked and captured Ruanon, the southernmost province of your homeland of Sommerlund. The news of this calamity shook your resolve and filled you with the desire to forego the journey to Tahou and return home without delay. The Elder Magi implored you not to abandon your quest and you faced a difficult and crucial decision. Which should you honour: your vow to complete the Magnakai quest or your oath of loyalty to your King, an oath which pledged your service in the defence of the sun-realm? Fortunately, the surprise arrival of an old friend was to decide the matter for you. Magemaster Banedon, envoy of the Brotherhood of the Crystal Star<ch.emdash/>the Magicians<ch.apos/> Guild of Sommerlund<ch.emdash/>landed unexpectedly at Elzian aboard his flying ship Skyrider. He and his dwarven crew were warmly greeted, for Banedon, a frequent and favoured visitor to Dessi, was highly respected by the Elder Magi for his mastery of new magic. Six years had passed since last you met and there was much you wished to discuss and reminisce about, but there was an urgent matter of duty to perform first. Banedon had been sent by King Ulnar of Sommerlund to deliver into your hand a royal missive concerning your quest. The scroll, written and sealed by the King himself, ordered you to pursue the Magnakai quest above all other duties. It ended with the words: <quote>Sommerlund has suffered a grievous defeat at Ruanon, but the will of the people is undaunted and the strength of our army undiminished. Boldly we will resist our enemies so long as there is hope of the rebirth of the Kai.</quote></p>
<p>Banedon informed you that the King had ordered that he and his skyship be placed under your command. He also delivered the news that the King had bestowed upon you the rank of Warmarshall of the Royal Estates. Proudly you accepted from Banedon two platinum badges, each crafted in the shape of a blazing sun, and affixed them to the collar of your Kai tunic. They signified that you were now a general of the Sommlending army, the youngest general there had ever been. The honour bestowed upon you lifted your spirits, and the news that Banedon would be joining your quest helped greatly to allay your fear of the dangers that lay ahead. For two years Banedon had lived in Tahou as Journeymaster to his guild; his knowledge of the city and of the Tahou Cauldron, the entrance to the ancient metropolis, which lies buried deep beneath the city streets, would be especially useful.</p>
<p>On the eve of your journey to Tahou, the Elder Magi convened a meeting of the High Council. A golden torch was lit and placed in the centre of their great cylindrical council chamber as a symbol of their hopes and prayers for your success.</p>
- <p><quote>This torch shall burn so long as you, Lone Wolf, pursue your destiny along the path of the Magnakai,</quote> said Lord Rimoah, speaker for the High Council. Before the gathering of Elders you reaffirmed your vow to restore the Kai and, as if kindled by a sudden gust of wind, the torch flared brightly, bathing the chamber in its vivid golden glow. As one, the Elders rose from their seats and intoned their blessing: <quote>May the gods Ishir and Kai protect you on your journey into darkness, <foreign xml:lang="x-dessi">Kor-Skarn</foreign>.</quote></p>
- </data>
+ <p><quote>This torch shall burn so long as you, Lone Wolf, pursue your destiny along the path of the Magnakai,</quote> said Lord Rimoah, speaker for the High Council. Before the gathering of Elders you reaffirmed your vow to restore the Kai and, as if kindled by a sudden gust of wind, the torch flared brightly, bathing the chamber in its vivid golden glow. As one, the Elders rose from their seats and intoned their blessing: <quote>May the Gods Ishir and Kai protect you on your journey into darkness, <foreign xml:lang="x-dessi">Kor-Skarn</foreign>.</quote></p>
+ </data>
</section>
<section class="frontmatter" id="gamerulz">
<data>
<p>You keep a record of your adventure on the <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
- <p>During your training as a Kai Master you have developed fighting prowess
&emdash;<typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> and physical stamina&emdash;<typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ>. Before you set off on your adventure you need to measure how effective your training has been. To do this take a pencil and, with your eyes closed, point with the blunt end of it on to the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you pick 0 it counts as zero.</p>
+ <p>During your training as a Kai Master you have developed fighting prowess
<ch.emdash/><typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> and physical stamina<ch.emdash/><typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ>. Before you set off on your adventure you need to measure how effective your training has been. To do this take a pencil and, with your eyes closed, point with the blunt end of it on to the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you pick 0 it counts as zero.</p>
<p>The first number that you pick from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> in this way represents your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>. Add 10 to the number you picked and write the total in the <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. (i.e. if your pencil fell on the number 4 in the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> you would write in a <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> of 14.) When you fight, your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> will be pitted against that of your enemy. A high score in this section is therefore very desirable.</p>
<p>The second number that you pick from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> represents your powers of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ>. Add 20 to this number and write the total in the <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. (i.e. if your pencil fell on the number 6 on the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> you would have 26 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.)</p>
- <p>If you are wounded in combat you will lose <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points. If at any time your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points fall to zero, you are dead and the adventure is over. Lost <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points can be regained during the course of the adventure, but your number of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points can never rise above the number you started with.</p>
- <p><strong>If you have successfully completed any of the previous adventures in the
Lone Wolf series</strong>, you can carry your current scores of <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> and <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points over to Book 9. You may also carry over any Weapons and Special Items you have in your possession at the end of your last adventure, and these should be entered on your new <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> (you are still limited to two Weapons and eight Backpack Items).</p>
- <p>You many choose one bonus <a idref="discplnz">Magnakai Discipline</a> to add to your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> for every Lone Wolf Magnakai adventure you successfully complete (Books 6&endash;12).</p>
+ <p>If you are wounded in combat you will lose <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points. If at any time your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points fall to zero or below, you are dead and the adventure is over. Lost <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points can be regained during the course of the adventure, but your number of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points can never rise above the number you started with.</p>
+ <p><strong>If you have successfully completed any of the previous adventures in the
<cite>Lone Wolf</cite> series</strong>, you can carry your current scores of <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> and <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points over to Book 9. You may also carry over any Weapons and Special Items you have in your possession at the end of your last adventure, and these should be entered on your new <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> (you are still limited to two Weapons and eight Backpack Items).</p>
+ <p>You many choose one bonus <a idref="discplnz">Magnakai Discipline</a> to add to your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> for every <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> Magnakai adventure you successfully complete (Books 6<ch.endash/>12).</p>
<section class="frontmatter-separate" id="discplnz">
<meta>
</ul>
</instance>
</illustration>
- <p>The fact that you are skilled with three weapons does not mean that you begin the adventure carrying any of them. However, you will have opportunities to acquire weapons during your adventure. For every Lone Wolf book that you complete in the Magnakai series, you may add an additional weapon to your list.</p>
- <p>If you choose this skill, write <quote>Weaponmastery: +3 <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> points</quote> on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>, and tick your chosen weapons on the weapons list. You cannot carry more than two weapons.</p>
+ <p>The fact that you are skilled with three weapons does not mean that you begin the adventure carrying any of them. However, you will have opportunities to acquire weapons during your adventure. For every <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> book that you complete in the Magnakai series, you may add an additional weapon to your list.</p>
+ <p>If you choose this skill, write <quote>Weaponmastery: +3 <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> points</quote> on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>, and tick your chosen weapons on the <a idref="action">Weapons List</a>. You cannot carry more than <!--ERRTAG-RE-20238-->two Weapons<!--/ERRTAG-RE-20238-->.</p>
</data>
</section>
<meta><title>Animal Control</title></meta>
<data>
<p>This Magnakai Discipline enables a Kai Master to communicate with most animals and to determine their purpose and intentions. It also enables a Kai Master to fight from the saddle with great advantage.</p>
-<p>If you choose this skill, write <quote>Animal Control</quote> on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
+
<p>If you choose this skill, write <quote>Animal Control</quote> on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
</data>
</section>
<section class="frontmatter" id="curing">
<meta><title>Curing</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>The possessor of this skill can restore 1 lost <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point to his total for every numbered section of the book through which he passes, provided he is not involved in combat. (This can only be done after his <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> has fallen below its original level.) This Magnakai Discipline also enables a Kai Master to cure disease, blindness and any combat wounds sustained by others, as well as himself. Using the knowledge mastery of this skill provides will also allow a Kai Master to identify the properties of any herbs, roots and potions that may be encountered during the adventure.</p>
+ <p>The possessor of this skill can restore 1 lost <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point to his total for every numbered section of the book through which he passes, provided he is not involved in combat. (This can only be done after his <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> has fallen below its original level.) This Magnakai Discipline also enables a Kai Master to cure disease, blindness and any combat wounds sustained by others, as well as himself. Using the knowledge that mastery of this skill provides will also allow a Kai Master to identify the properties of any herbs, roots and potions that may be encountered during the adventure.</p>
<p>If you choose this skill, write <quote>Curing: +1 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point for each section without combat</quote> on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
</data>
</section>
<meta><title>Psi-surge</title></meta>
<data>
<p>This psychic skill enables a Kai Master to attack an enemy using the force of his mind. It can be used as well as normal combat weapons and adds 4 extra points to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>.</p>
- <p>It is a powerful Discipline, but it is also a costly one. For every round of combat in which you use Psi-surge, you must deduct 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points. A weaker form of Psi-surge called Mindblast can be used against an enemy without losing any <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points, but it will add only 2 extra points to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>. Psi-surge cannot be used if your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> falls to 6 points or below, and not all of the creatures encountered on your adventure will be affected by it; you will be told if a creature is immune.</p>
- <p>If you choose this skill, write <quote>Psi-surge: +4 <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> points but
−2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points per round</quote> and <quote>Mindblast: +2 <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> points</quote> on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p>It is a powerful Discipline, but it is also a costly one. For every round of combat in which you use Psi-surge, you must deduct 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points. A weaker form of Psi-surge called Mindblast can be used against an enemy without losing any <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points, but it will add only 2 extra points to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>. (Psi-surge and Mindblast cannot be used simultaneously.) Psi-surge cannot be used if your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> falls to 6 points or below, and not all of the creatures encountered on your adventure will be affected by it; you will be told if a creature is immune.</p>
+ <p>If you choose this skill, write <quote>Psi-surge: +4 <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> points but
<ch.minus/>2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points per round</quote> and <quote>Mindblast: +2 <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> points</quote> on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
</data>
</section>
</data>
</section>
- <p><strong>If you successfully complete the mission as set in Book 9 of the Lone Wolf series</strong>, you may add a further Magnakai Discipline of your choice to your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> in Book 10. This additional skill, together with your other Magnakai skills and any Special Items that you have found and been able to keep during your adventures may then be used in the next adventure in the Lone Wolf Magnakai series, which is called <cite><a href="&link.10tdot;">The Dungeons of Torgar</a></cite>.</p>
+ <p><strong>If you successfully complete the mission as set in Book 9 of the <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> series</strong>, you may add a further Magnakai Discipline of your choice to your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> in Book 10. This additional skill, together with your other Magnakai skills and any Special Items that you have found and been able to keep during your adventures may then be used in the next adventure in the <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> Magnakai series, which is called <bookref series="lw" book="10tdot"><cite>The Dungeons of Torgar</cite></bookref>.</p>
</data>
</section>
</meta>
<data>
- <p>Before leaving Dessi on your journey to the city of Tahou, the Elder Magi give you a <a idref="map">map of the Republic of Anari</a> and its surrounding lands, and a pouch of gold. To find out how much gold is in the pouch, pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. Add 10 to the number you have picked. The total equals the number of Gold Crowns inside the pouch, and you should now enter this number in the <quote>Gold Crowns</quote> section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. If you have successfully completed books 1&endash;8 of the Lone Wolf adventures, you may add this sum to the total sum of Crowns you already possess. You can carry a maximum of only fifty Crowns, but additional Crowns can be left in safekeeping at your Kai monastery.</p>
+ <p>Before leaving Dessi on your journey to the city of Tahou, the Elder Magi give you a <a idref="map">map of the Republic of Anari</a> and its surrounding lands, and a pouch of gold. To find out how much gold is in the pouch, pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. Add 10 to the number you have picked. The total equals the number of Gold Crowns inside the pouch, and you should now enter this number in the <quote>Gold Crowns</quote> section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. If you have successfully completed books 1<ch.endash/>8 of the <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> adventures, you may add this sum to the total sum of Crowns you already possess. You can carry a maximum of only fifty Crowns, but additional Crowns can be left in safekeeping at your Kai Monastery.</p>
<p>The Elder Magi offer you a choice of equipment to aid you on your perilous mission. You can take five items from the list below, again adding to these, if necessary, any you may already possess. However, remember that you can carry a maximum of two Weapons and eight Backpack Items</p>
<ul class="paragraphed">
<li><p>Sword (Weapons)</p></li>
<li><p>Bow (Weapons)</p></li>
<li>
- <p>Quiver (Special Items) This contains six arrows. Tick them off as they are used.</p>
+ <p>Quiver (Special Items) This contains six Arrows. Tick them off as they are used.</p>
<illustration class="inline">
<meta>
<creator>Brian Williams</creator>
<p>Now that you have your equipment, the following list shows you how it is carried. You do not need to make notes, but you should refer back to this list in the course of your adventure.</p>
<ul>
- <li>Sword&emdash;carried in the hand.</li>
- <li>Bow&emdash;carried in the hand.</li>
- <li>Quiver&emdash;slung over your shoulder.</li>
- <li>Rope&emdash;carried in the Backpack.</li>
- <li>Potion of Laumspur&emdash;carried in the Backpack.</li>
- <li>Lantern&emdash;carried in the Backpack.</li>
- <li>Mace&emdash;carried in the hand.</li>
- <li>Meals&emdash;carried in the Backpack.</li>
- <li>Dagger&emdash;carried in the hand.</li>
- <li>Fireseeds&emdash;carried in your pocket.</li>
+ <li>Sword<ch.emdash/>carried in the hand.</li>
+ <li>Bow<ch.emdash/>carried in the hand.</li>
+ <li>Quiver<ch.emdash/>slung over your shoulder.</li>
+ <li>Rope<ch.emdash/>carried in the Backpack.</li>
+ <li>Potion of Laumspur<ch.emdash/>carried in the Backpack.</li>
+ <li>Lantern<ch.emdash/>carried in the Backpack.</li>
+ <li>Mace<ch.emdash/>carried in the hand.</li>
+ <li>Meals<ch.emdash/>carried in the Backpack.</li>
+ <li>Dagger<ch.emdash/>carried in the hand.</li>
+ <li>Fireseeds<ch.emdash/>carried in your pocket.</li>
</ul>
</data>
</section>
<data>
<dl>
<dt>Weapons</dt>
- <dd>The maximum number of weapons that you may carry is two.</dd>
+ <dd>The maximum number of weapons that you may carry is <em>two</em>.</dd>
<dt>Backpack Items</dt>
<dd>These must be stored in your Backpack. Because space is limited, you may keep a maximum of only eight articles, including Meals, in your Backpack at any one time.</dd>
<dt>Special Items</dt>
<dd>
<p>Special Items are not carried in the Backpack. When you discover a Special Item, you will be told how to carry it.</p>
- <p>The maximum number of Special Items that can be carried on any adventure is twelve. Surplus Special Items may be left for safekeeping at your Kai monastery.</p>
+ <p>The maximum number of Special Items that can be carried on any adventure is twelve. Surplus Special Items may be left for safekeeping at your Kai Monastery.</p>
</dd>
<dt>Gold Crowns</dt>
<dd>These are always carried in the Belt Pouch. It will hold a maximum of fifty Crowns.</dd>
<data>
<dl class="paragraphed">
<dt>Weapons</dt>
- <dd><p>Weapons aid you in combat. If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Weaponmastery and a correct weapon, it adds 3 points to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>. If you enter a combat with no weapons, deduct 4 points from your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> and fight with your bare hands. If you find a weapon during the adventure, you may pick it up and use it. (Remember that you can only carry two weapons at once.)</p></dd>
+ <dd><p>Weapons aid you in combat. If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Weaponmastery and a correct weapon, it adds 3 points to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>. If you enter a combat with no weapons, deduct 4 points from your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> and fight with your bare hands. If you find a weapon during the adventure, you may pick it up and use it. (Remember that you can only carry <!--ERRTAG-RE-34925-->two Weapons<!--/ERRTAG-RE-34925--> at once.)</p></dd>
<dt>Bow and Arrows</dt>
<dd>
- <p>During your adventure there will be opportunities to use a bow and arrow. If you equip yourself with this weapon, and you possess at least one arrow, you may use it when the text of a particular section allows you to do so. The bow is a useful weapon, for it enables you to hit an enemy at a distance. However, a bow cannot be used in hand-to-hand combat, therefore it is strongly recommended that you also equip yourself with a close combat weapon, like a sword or mace.</p>
- <p>In order to use a bow you must possess a quiver and at least one arrow. Each time the bow is used, erase an arrow from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. A bow cannot, of course, be used if you exhaust your supply of arrows, but the opportunity may arise during your adventure for you to replenish your stock of arrows.</p>
- <p>If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Weaponmastery with a bow, you may add 3 to any number that you choose from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>, when using the bow. If you enter combat armed only with a bow, you must deduct 4 points from your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> and fight with your bare hands.</p>
+ <p>During your adventure there will be opportunities to use a Bow and Arrow. If you equip yourself with this weapon, and you possess at least one Arrow, you may use it when the text of a particular section allows you to do so. The bow is a useful weapon, for it enables you to hit an enemy at a distance. However, a Bow cannot be used in hand-to-hand combat; therefore it is strongly recommended that you also equip yourself with a close combat weapon, like a Sword or Mace.</p>
+ <p>In order to use a bow you must possess a Quiver and at least one Arrow. Each time the Bow is used, erase an Arrow from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. A Bow cannot, of course, be used if you exhaust your supply of Arrows, but the opportunity may arise during your adventure for you to replenish your stock of Arrows.</p>
+ <p>If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Weaponmastery with Bow, you may add 3 to any number that you choose from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>, when using the Bow. If you enter combat armed only with a Bow, you must deduct 4 points from your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> and fight with your bare hands.</p>
</dd>
<dt>Backpack Items</dt>
<dd><p>During your travels you will discover various useful items which you may wish to keep. (Remember you can only carry a maximum of eight items in your Backpack at anytime.) You may exchange or discard them at any point when you are not involved in combat.</p></dd>
<dt>Special Items</dt>
<dd>
- <p>Special Items are not carried in the Backpack. When you discover a Special Item, you will be told how to carry it. If you have successfully completed previous Lone Wolf books, you may already possess Special Items.</p>
- <p>The maximum number of Special Items that a Kai Master can carry during an adventure is twelve. Surplus Special Items may be left in safekeeping at your
-Kai monastery.</p>
+ <p>Special Items are not carried in the Backpack. When you discover a Special Item, you will be told how to carry it. If you have successfully completed previous <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> books, you may already possess Special Items.</p>
+ <p>The maximum number of Special Items that a Kai Master can carry during an adventure is twelve. Surplus Special Items may be left in safekeeping at your Kai Monastery.</p>
</dd>
<dt>Gold Crowns</dt>
<dd><p>The currency of Anari is the Lune, but Gold Crowns are readily accepted at an exchange rate of four Lune for every 1 Gold Crown.</p></dd>
</meta>
<data>
- <p>There will be occasions during your adventure when you have to fight an enemy. The enemy's <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> and <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points are given in the text. Lone Wolf's aim in the combat is to kill the enemy by reducing his <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to zero while losing as few <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points as possible himself.</p>
- <p>At the start of a combat, enter Lone Wolf
's and the enemy's <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points in the appropriate boxes on the Combat Record section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p>There will be occasions during your adventure when you have to fight an enemy. The enemy<ch.apos/>s <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> and <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points are given in the text. Lone Wolf<ch.apos/>s aim in the combat is to kill the enemy by reducing his <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to zero while losing as few <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points as possible himself.</p>
+ <p>At the start of a combat, enter Lone Wolf
<ch.apos/>s and the enemy<ch.apos/>s <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points in the appropriate boxes on the Combat Record section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
<p>The sequence for combat is as follows:</p>
<ol class="paragraphed">
<li><p>Add any extra points gained through your Magnakai Disciplines and Special Items to your current <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> total.</p></li>
<p>Subtract the <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> of your enemy from this total. The result is your Combat Ratio. Enter it on the <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
<p>Example</p>
<p>Lone Wolf (<typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> 15) is attacked by a Nightstalker (<typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> 22). He is not given the opportunity to evade combat but must stand and fight as the creature leaps on him. Lone Wolf has the Magnakai Discipline of Psi-surge to which the Nightstalker is not immune, so Lone Wolf adds 4 points to his <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>, giving a total <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> of 19.</p>
- <p>He subtracts the Nightstalker
's <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> from his own, giving a Combat Ratio of −3. (19 − 22 = −3). −3 is noted on the <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as the Combat Ratio.</p>
+ <p>He subtracts the Nightstalker
<ch.apos/>s <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> from his own, giving a Combat Ratio of <ch.minus/>3. (19 <ch.minus/> 22 = <ch.minus/>3). <ch.minus/>3 is noted on the <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as the Combat Ratio.</p>
</li>
<li><p><a id="stage3">When you have your Combat Ratio</a>, pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p></li>
<li>
<p>Turn to the <a idref="crtable">Combat Results Table</a>. Along the top of the chart are shown the Combat Ratio numbers. Find the number that is the same as your Combat Ratio and cross-reference it with the random number that you have picked (the random numbers appear on the side of the chart). You now have the number of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points lost by both Lone Wolf and his enemy in this round of combat. (E represents points lost by the enemy; LW represents points lost by Lone Wolf.)</p>
<p>Example</p>
- <p>The Combat Ratio between Lone Wolf and the Nightstalker has been established as
−3. If the number taken from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> is a 6, then the result of the first round of combat is:</p>
+ <p>The Combat Ratio between Lone Wolf and the Nightstalker has been established as
<ch.minus/>3. If the number taken from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> is a 6, then the result of the first round of combat is:</p>
<ul>
<li>Lone Wolf loses 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points (plus an additional 2 points for using Psi-surge)</li>
<li>Nightstalker loses 6 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points</li>
<li><p>Unless otherwise instructed, or unless you have an option to evade, the next round of combat now starts.</p></li>
<li><p>Repeat the sequence from <a idref="stage3">Stage 3</a>.</p></li>
</ol>
- <p>This process of combat continues until the <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points of either the enemy or Lone Wolf are reduced to zero, at which point the one with the zero score is declared dead. If Lone Wolf is dead, the adventure is over. If the enemy is dead, Lone Wolf proceeds but with his <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points reduced.</p>
+ <p>This process of combat continues until the <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points of either the enemy or Lone Wolf are reduced to zero or below, at which point that combatant is declared dead. If Lone Wolf is dead, the adventure is over. If the enemy is dead, Lone Wolf proceeds but with his <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points possibly reduced.</p>
<p>A <a idref="crsumary">summary of Combat Rules</a> appears in the back of this book.</p>
<section class="frontmatter" id="evasion">
</meta>
<data>
- <p>The following table is a guide to the rank and titles that are achieved by Kai Masters at each stage of their training. As you successfully complete each adventure in the Lone Wolf Magnakai series, you will gain an additional Magnakai Discipline and progress towards the ultimate distinction of a Kai Warrior&emdash;Kai Grand Mastership.</p>
+ <p>The following table is a guide to the rank and titles that are achieved by Kai Masters at each stage of their training. As you successfully complete each adventure in the <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> Magnakai series, you will gain an additional Magnakai Discipline and progress towards the ultimate distinction of a Kai Warrior<ch.emdash/>Kai Grand Mastership.</p>
<ol>
<li>Kai Master</li>
<li>Kai Master Senior</li>
- <li>Kai Master Superior&emdash;<em>You begin the Lone Wolf Magnakai adventures with this level of training</em>.</li>
+ <li>Kai Master Superior<ch.emdash/><em>You begin the <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> Magnakai adventures with this level of training</em>.</li>
<li>Primate</li>
<li>Tutelary</li>
<li>Principalin</li>
<p>Listed below are the four Lore-circles of the Magnakai and the skills that must be mastered in order to complete them.</p>
<dl>
<dt>Circle of Fire</dt>
- <dd>Weaponmastery &ersand; Huntmastery</dd>
+ <dd>Weaponmastery <ch.ampersand/> Huntmastery</dd>
<dt>Circle of Light</dt>
- <dd>Animal Control &ersand; Curing</dd>
+ <dd>Animal Control <ch.ampersand/> Curing</dd>
<dt>Circle of Solaris</dt>
- <dd>Invisibility, Huntmastery &ersand; Pathsmanship</dd>
+ <dd>Invisibility, Huntmastery <ch.ampersand/> Pathsmanship</dd>
<dt>Circle of the Spirit</dt>
- <dd>Psi-surge, Psi-screen, Nexus &ersand; Divination</dd>
+ <dd>Psi-surge, Psi-screen, Nexus <ch.ampersand/> Divination</dd>
</dl>
<p>By completing a Lore-circle, you may add to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> and <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> the extra bonus points that are shown below.</p>
<dt>Curing</dt>
<dd>Primates with this skill have the ability to delay the effects of poisons, including venoms, that they may come into contact with. Although a Kai Primate with this skill is not be able to neutralize a poison he is able to slow its effect, giving him more time to find an antidote or cure.</dd>
<dt>Huntmastery</dt>
- <dd>Primates with this skill have a greatly increased agility and be able to climb without the use of climbing aids, such as ropes, etc.</dd>
+ <dd>Primates with this skill have a greatly increased agility and are able to climb without the use of climbing aids, such as ropes, etc.</dd>
<dt>Psi-surge</dt>
<dd>Primates with the Magnakai Discipline of Psi-surge will, by concentrating their psychic powers upon an object, be able to set up vibrations that may lead to the disruption or destruction of the object.</dd>
<dt>Nexus</dt>
<dt>Weaponmastery</dt>
<dd>Tutelaries are able to use defensive combat skills to great effect when fighting unarmed. When entering combat without a weapon, Tutelaries lose only 2 points from your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>, instead of the usual 4 points.</dd>
<dt>Invisibility</dt>
- <dd>Tutelaries are able to increase the effectiveness of their skill when hiding from an enemy by drawing the enemy's attention to a place other than that in which they are hiding. The effectiveness of this ability increases as a Kai Master rises in rank.</dd>
+ <dd>Tutelaries are able to increase the effectiveness of their skill when hiding from an enemy by drawing the enemy<ch.apos/>s attention to a place other than that in which they are hiding. The effectiveness of this ability increases as a Kai Master rises in rank.</dd>
<dt>Pathsmanship</dt>
<dd>Tutelaries with this skill can detect an enemy ambush within 500 yards of their position unless their <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> score is low due to wounds sustained or lack of food.</dd>
<dt>Psi-screen</dt>
</data>
</section>
- <p>The nature of any additional improvements and how they affect your Magnakai Disciplines will be noted in the Improved Disciplines section of future Lone Wolf books.</p>
+ <p>The nature of any additional improvements and how they affect your Magnakai Disciplines will be noted in the Improved Disciplines section of future <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> books.</p>
</data>
</section>
</meta>
<data>
- <p>Your search for the Lorestone of Tahou will be fraught with danger. The Darklords have launched a massive invasion into the freelands of Magnamund in a bid to take over the continent and thwart your Magnakai quest. Make notes as you progress through the story&emdash;they will be of great help in this and future adventures.</p>
- <p>Many things that you find will help you during your adventure. Some Special Items will be of use in future Lone Wolf adventures and others may be red herrings of no real use at all, so be selective in what you decide to keep.</p>
- <p>Choose your three Magnakai Disciplines with care, for a wise choice enables any player to complete the quest, no matter how weak his initial <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> and <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points scores. Successful completion of previous Lone Wolf adventures, although an advantage, is not essential for the completion of this Magnakai adventure.</p>
+ <p>Your search for the Lorestone of Tahou will be fraught with danger. The Darklords have launched a massive invasion into the freelands of Magnamund in a bid to take over the continent and thwart your Magnakai quest. Make notes as you progress through the story<ch.emdash/>they will be of great help in this and future adventures.</p>
+ <p>Many things that you find will help you during your adventure. Some Special Items will be of use in future <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> adventures and others may be red herrings of no real use at all, so be selective in what you decide to keep.</p>
+ <p>Choose your three Magnakai Disciplines with care, for a wise choice enables any player to complete the quest, no matter how weak his initial <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> and <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points scores. Successful completion of previous <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> adventures, although an advantage, is not essential for the completion of this Magnakai adventure.</p>
<p>The future of Northern Magnamund now hinges on the success of this quest. May the spirit of your ancestors guide you on the path of the Magnakai.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
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- <p>A full moon lights the sky above Elzian on the evening you begin your journey to Tahou. Its ashen rays glimmer along the polished wooden outriggers that run the length of the hull of the <cite>Skyrider</cite>, and illuminate the crystal star ensign and the Sommlending flag as it flutters proudly from the mizzen-mast. The Elders of the High Council have gathered on the roof of their council chamber and, as you and Banedon climb the boarding ladder to the skyship, you pause to return their farewell salute. Bo'sun Nolrim, senior member of Banedon's crew of dwarves, welcomes you and his captain aboard. Surveying the craft, you notice that the <cite>Skyrider</cite> has changed very little since you were last aboard her, when you sailed the desert skies of Vassagonia in search of <cite>The Book of the Magnakai</cite>. The crew remember that voyage fondly and are justly proud of the part they played in the success of that perilous mission. <quote>Take the helm, bo'sun, and set a course for Navasari!</quote> commands Banedon, as he leads you across the busy deck to his cabin at the prow.</p>
- <p>Swiftly the lights of Elzian vanish as the <cite>Skyrider</cite> speeds into the night. A mile below, the jungle of Dessi and the barren peaks of the Xulun Mountains race past beneath the keel, but in the comforting warmth of Banedon's cabin you feel no sensation of movement; only the hum of the powerful engine indicates how rapidly you are travelling. Over a delicious meal of salt beef and spiced fruit, Banedon explains the purpose of your journey to Navasari, a city that lies over a hundred miles south of Tahou. <quote>Our enemies are advancing across Magnamund like a tidal wave, destroying or carrying with them all in their path,</quote> says the blond-haired magician, pointing to a map of the continent that adorns the cabin wall. <quote>Every day a new battle is being fought, and every day we lose another town or village to the Darklords. Before we venture into Tahou we must be sure that the city has not already fallen to Darklord Gnaag, lest we fly straight into a trap. I have many friends in Navasari, reliable friends, friends who are highly placed in the Senate of Anari. From them we will learn if the city still stands, and if it does, how long we can expect it to resist a Darklord assault.</quote></p>
- <p>Mid-morning of the following day, the lookout catches a glimpse of Navasari as the <cite>Skyrider</cite> emerges from the Yajo Pass. Banedon takes control of the helm and steers the craft towards the east quarter of the city, landing it on the spacious roof of a magnificent, star-shaped building that overlooks the River Chah. A group of dignitaries, resplendent in high-necked robes of green and yellow silk, greet your arrival: these are some of the friends of whom Banedon spoke. Sadly they recount the grim course of events that has recently befallen their country. In the far north, the town of Resa was destroyed and its people massacred by an army of Giaks. Two days later, a similar attack was launched by a Vassagonian army against the town of Zila. They swept along the Anari Pass, burning and looting every village through which they rode, and giving no quarter to those who dared resist them. And three days ago, on the western border, a fierce battle was fought at the Slovian town of Lovka for control of the bridge across the River Churdas. Shortly before midnight the might of Darklord Gnaag's horde fell upon the beleaguered garrison. They fought bravely, but by the dawn of the following day, all that remained of the town and is defenders were an acre of scorched earth and a cart full of charred bones. The three enemy armies are now advancing towards Tahou. President Toltuda, the head of state, has ordered the evacuation of all women and children from the capital, and has begun strengthening the city's defences to increase its chances of withstanding the impending siege. When Banedon tells of your intention to go to Tahou, one of his friends offers a few words of caution. <quote>It would be unwise to attempt a landing at the capital,</quote> he warns. <quote>Heavy bolt throwers have been positioned on every rooftop and tower in case the city is attacked from the air. The Darklords captured Suentina in such a fashion and the Tahouese have learnt from their neighbour's misfortune. Skyships rarely visit Tahou, which makes it all the more likely that your craft would be mistaken for a hostile attacker.</quote></p>
+ <p>A full moon lights the sky above Elzian on the evening you begin your journey to Tahou. Its ashen rays glimmer along the polished wooden outriggers that run the length of the hull of the <cite>Skyrider</cite>, and illuminate the crystal star ensign and the Sommlending flag as it flutters proudly from the mizzen-mast. The Elders of the High Council have gathered on the roof of their council chamber and, as you and Banedon climb the boarding ladder to the skyship, you pause to return their farewell salute. Bo<ch.apos/>sun Nolrim, senior member of Banedon<ch.apos/>s crew of dwarves, welcomes you and his captain aboard. Surveying the craft, you notice that the <cite>Skyrider</cite> has changed very little since you were last aboard her, when you sailed the desert skies of Vassagonia in search of <cite>The Book of the Magnakai</cite>. The crew remember that voyage fondly and are justly proud of the part they played in the success of that perilous mission. <quote>Take the helm, bo<ch.apos/>sun, and set a course for Navasari!</quote> commands Banedon, as he leads you across the busy deck to his cabin at the prow.</p>
+ <p>Swiftly the lights of Elzian vanish as the <cite>Skyrider</cite> speeds into the night. A mile below, the jungle of Dessi and the barren peaks of the Xulun Mountains race past beneath the keel, but in the comforting warmth of Banedon<ch.apos/>s cabin you feel no sensation of movement; only the hum of the powerful engine indicates how rapidly you are travelling. Over a delicious meal of salt beef and spiced fruit, Banedon explains the purpose of your journey to Navasari, a city that lies over a hundred miles south of Tahou. <quote>Our enemies are advancing across Magnamund like a tidal wave, destroying or carrying with them all in their path,</quote> says the blond-haired magician, pointing to a map of the continent that adorns the cabin wall. <quote>Every day a new battle is being fought, and every day we lose another town or village to the Darklords. Before we venture into Tahou we must be sure that the city has not already fallen to Darklord Gnaag, lest we fly straight into a trap. I have many friends in Navasari, reliable friends, friends who are highly placed in the Senate of Anari. From them we will learn if the city still stands, and if it does, how long we can expect it to resist a Darklord assault.</quote></p>
+ <p>Mid-morning of the following day, the lookout catches a glimpse of Navasari as the <cite>Skyrider</cite> emerges from the Yajo Pass. Banedon takes control of the helm and steers the craft towards the east quarter of the city, landing it on the spacious roof of a magnificent, star-shaped building that overlooks the River Chah. A group of dignitaries, resplendent in high-necked robes of green and yellow silk, greet your arrival: these are some of the friends of whom Banedon spoke. Sadly they recount the grim course of events that has recently befallen their country. In the far north, the town of Resa was destroyed and its people massacred by an army of Giaks. Two days later, a similar attack was launched by a Vassagonian army against the town of Zila. They swept along the Anari Pass, burning and looting every village through which they rode, and giving no quarter to those who dared resist them. And three days ago, on the western border, a fierce battle was fought at the Slovian town of Lovka for control of the bridge across the River Churdas. Shortly before midnight the might of Darklord Gnaag<ch.apos/>s horde fell upon the beleaguered garrison. They fought bravely, but by the dawn of the following day, all that remained of the town and its defenders were an acre of scorched earth and a cart full of charred bones. The three enemy armies are now advancing towards Tahou. President Toltuda, the head of state, has ordered the evacuation of all women and children from the capital, and has begun strengthening the city<ch.apos/>s defences to increase its chances of withstanding the impending siege. When Banedon tells of your intention to go to Tahou, one of his friends offers a few words of caution. <quote>It would be unwise to attempt a landing at the capital,</quote> he warns. <quote>Heavy bolt throwers have been positioned on every rooftop and tower in case the city is attacked from the air. The Darklords captured Suentina in such a fashion and the Tahouese have learnt from their neighbour<ch.apos/>s misfortune. Skyships rarely visit Tahou, which makes it all the more likely that your craft would be mistaken for a hostile attacker.</quote></p>
<p>After long deliberation, you and Banedon decide to leave the <cite>Skyrider</cite> in Navasari and journey to Tahou by horse. Nolrim is left in charge of the craft and crew with instructions to wait here for your return. If Tahou is besieged and he has not received word from you after two weeks, he is to return to Dessi and report that your quest has failed.</p>
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<p>Early next morning, you and Banedon climb into the saddles of two white Anarian steeds provided by his friends, and set off on your two-day ride to Tahou. Less than an hour after leaving Navasari you see a long line of wagons approaching. They are escorted by a troop of cavalry, and each one is crowded with women and children.</p>
<choice idref="sect126">If you wish to stop and question these people, <link-text>turn to 126</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect274">If you wish to ride past them and press on with your journey, <link-text>turn to 274</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You look upon the city of Tahou from the balcony of a tall tower, the spire of the Thalis Temple, situated at the heart of the Rainbow Park. It is noon, but there is no brightness in this day, for a grey blanket of smoke covers the sky. Below you lies a shattered city, its once proud buildings now seething infernos, its streets and squares choked with rubble. Hasty defences have been constructed where the city wall is holed or fallen, and the battlements to the north and east are covered with unburied dead.</p>
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<p>Beyond the wall, the flats lie shrouded in a mist that curls like the smoke of a thousand campfires. Its thickness is unnatural and you sense at once that it has been conjured to hide the enemy. You leave the tower and make your own way through the burning streets towards the West District, where the fighting at the wall is fiercest. You pass the smouldering ruins of the Anarium and take a fire-swept street that leads to the West Gate. A building at the end of this street is being used as a shelter for the wounded. The roof has caught fire and a handful of soldiers are trying desperately to evacuate the wounded before it collapses.</p>
<choice idref="sect342">If you wish to help these soldiers, <link-text>turn to 342</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect179">If you wish to continue towards the West Gate, <link-text>turn to 179</link-text>.</choice>
<footnotes>
<footnote id="sect5-1-foot" idref="sect5-1">
- <p>This is the correct answer to Khmar's dagger riddle.</p>
+ <p>This is the correct answer to Khmar<ch.apos/>s dagger riddle.</p>
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</footnotes>
<li>Altar Cloth</li>
<li>Scroll of Honour</li>
<li>Jadin Anklets</li>
+ <li>Spyglass</li>
</ul>
<p>If you already carry the maximum number of Backpack Items, you may discard two of them in favour of your prize.</p>
<p>Since you have displayed your intelligence so effectively, the plains farmers are now reluctant to continue gambling. Khmar and his sons gather up their winnings and bid you goodnight, and the farmers follow suit.</p>
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- <p><quote>Save your sympathy,</quote> he sneers, <quote>&thinspace;'cause you're about to meet him face to face!</quote> Suddenly he lunges forward, a curved dagger gleaming in his hand. He flicks his wrist and the razor-sharp blade whips through an arc towards your throat.</p>
+ <p><quote>Save your sympathy,</quote> he sneers, <quote><ch.thinspace/><ch.apos/>cause you<ch.apos/>re about to meet him face to face!</quote> Suddenly he lunges forward, a curved dagger gleaming in his hand. He flicks his wrist and the razor-sharp blade whips through an arc towards your throat.</p>
<choice idref="sect36">If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Huntmastery, <link-text>turn to 36</link-text>.</choice>
<p>If you do not possess this skill, pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
- <choice idref="sect119">If the number you have picked is 0&endash;3, <link-text>turn to 119</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect260">If it is 4&endash;9, <link-text>turn to 260</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect119">If the number you have picked is 0<ch.endash/>3, <link-text>turn to 119</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect260">If it is 4<ch.endash/>9, <link-text>turn to 260</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Your arrow passes harmlessly beneath the creature's thrashing coils. There is no time to attempt a second shot. Quickly you shoulder your bow and draw a hand weapon, as it makes its diving attack.</p>
+ <p>Your arrow passes harmlessly beneath the creature<ch.apos/>s thrashing coils. There is no time to attempt a second shot. Quickly you shoulder your bow and draw a hand weapon, as it makes its diving attack.</p>
<choice idref="sect82"><link-text>Turn to 82</link-text>.</choice>
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<footnotes>
<footnote id="sect11-1-foot" idref="sect11-1">
- <p>Although this book gives no explicit restriction, it may be appropriate to consider the Zaaryx a wasteland in regard to fulfilling Meal requirements with Hunting and Huntmastery.</p>
+ <p>Although this book gives no explicit restriction, it may be appropriate to consider the ruins of Zaaryx a wasteland in regard to fulfilling Meal requirements with Hunting and Huntmastery.</p>
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- <p>For countless hours you follow the great avenue as it bisects the heart of Zaaryx. The once-grand buildings that line this ancient thoroughfare are in varying states of decay: some are almost intact while others have disintegrated into little more than piles of black rubble. You try to keep track of time but it proves difficult in the perpetual half-light of this buried world. Twice you stop to sleep and eat (erase 2 Meals from you <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> or lose 6 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points) before you near the centre of the city.<a id="sect11-1" idref="sect11-1-foot" class="footnote" /> There you discover a great hall, its arched porticoes smooth and undamaged by time.</p>
+ <p>For countless hours you follow the great avenue as it bisects the heart of Zaaryx. The once-grand buildings that line this ancient thoroughfare are in varying states of decay: some are almost intact while others have disintegrated into little more than piles of black rubble. You try to keep track of time but it proves difficult in the perpetual half-light of this buried world. Twice you stop to sleep and eat (erase 2 Meals from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points for each Meal missed) before you near the centre of the city.<a id="sect11-1" idref="sect11-1-foot" class="footnote" /> There you discover a great hall, its arched porticoes smooth and undamaged by time.</p>
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+ <description>
+ <line>A group of reptilian creatures are stroking a large</line>
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<p>As you pass through one of these massive arches, you notice a group of reptilian creatures huddled at the top of a staircase that descends into darkness. They are stroking a large leathery egg and speaking to each other in a low hissing language.</p>
<choice idref="sect56">If you wish to approach these creatures under cover of the pillars that line the hall, <link-text>turn to 56</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect349">If you wish to call out to them, <link-text>turn to 349</link-text>.</choice>
<footnotes>
<footnote id="sect12-1-foot" idref="sect12-1">
- <p>You must possess at least one arrow in order to fire your bow again.</p>
+ <p>You must possess at least one Arrow in order to fire your Bow again.</p>
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- <p>You draw an arrow and take aim at a Giak's chest. He opens his yellow-fanged mouth to shriek for mercy, but his cry is cut short as your feathered shaft pierces his heart. The other Giak rolls away from the body of his partner and scrambles to his feet, desperate to escape a similar fate. <quote>Aki-amaz!</quote> he whimpers, hysterically, as he scurries towards the shadows of an alley.</p>
+ <p>You draw an arrow and take aim at a Giak<ch.apos/>s chest. He opens his yellow-fanged mouth to shriek for mercy, but his cry is cut short as your feathered shaft pierces his heart. The other Giak rolls away from the body of his partner and scrambles to his feet, desperate to escape a similar fate. <quote>Aki-amaz!</quote> he whimpers, hysterically, as he scurries towards the shadows of an alley.</p>
<choice idref="sect229"><a id="sect12-1" idref="sect12-1-foot" class="footnote">If you wish to fire your bow again,</a> <link-text>turn to 229</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect57">If you decide to let the Giak escape, <link-text>turn to 57</link-text>.</choice>
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<li>Blanket</li>
<li>Spear</li>
</ul>
- <p>If you wish to keep any of these
Items, be sure to make the necessary adjustments to your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p>If you wish to keep any of these
items, be sure to make the necessary adjustments to your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect181"><link-text>Turn to 181</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Your mastery of Animal Control quickly restores the horse's usually calm temperament. You pat its neck affectionately and urge it forward, but still it refuses to move. You are about to use your skill to order it on when suddenly you see why it refuses to advance. The glistening head of a giant green serpent has slithered into view, its body still hidden by the tall crops. Its yellow tongue flickers hungrily between two sharp, venomous fangs and its cold black eyes watch your every move.</p>
+ <p>Your mastery of Animal Control quickly restores the horse<ch.apos/>s usually calm temperament. You pat its neck affectionately and urge it forward, but still it refuses to move. You are about to use your skill to order it on when suddenly you see why it refuses to advance. The glistening head of a giant green serpent has slithered into view, its body still hidden by the tall crops. Its yellow tongue flickers hungrily between two sharp, venomous fangs and its cold black eyes watch your every move.</p>
<choice idref="sect216">If you have a bow and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 216</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect325">If you wish to unsheathe a hand weapon in case it should attack, <link-text>turn to 325</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect348">If you decide to shout a warning to Banedon, <link-text>turn to 348</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Snatching the seed from your pocket, you hurl it with all your strength at the gaping maw. The Fireseed splits open against a sabre-like fang and erupts in a sheet of flame, searing the creature's mouth and causing it to rear up in agony. With a loud, sickening crack, it slams its scaly head against the ceiling and falls, concussed, to the chamber floor.</p>
+ <p>Snatching the seed from your pocket, you hurl it with all your strength at the gaping maw. The Fireseed splits open against a sabre-like fang and erupts in a sheet of flame, searing the creature<ch.apos/>s mouth and causing it to rear up in agony. With a loud, sickening crack, it slams its scaly head against the ceiling and falls, concussed, to the chamber floor.</p>
<p>With an energy born of desperation, you concentrate all your Kai skills upon opening the jammed lock. The intense concentration bleeds you of 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points, but your persistence pays off.</p>
<choice idref="sect326"><link-text>Turn to 326</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>The guards are full of camaraderie and are surprisingly eager to help you find your way. <quote>Follow that street,</quote> instructs the taller of the two, pointing across the lane, <quote>and take the first alley on the left. When you reach the Well of the Singing Serpents, turn right, and then take the second alley on the left. That will lead you straight to Chiban's house on Leech Street.</quote> You thank them and accept a gulp of their boza wine before waving them farewell.</p>
- <p>The soldier's directions prove to be accurate, and in less than twenty minutes you find yourself standing in front of the magician's house in Leech Street.</p>
+ <p>The guards are full of camaraderie and are surprisingly eager to help you find your way. <quote>Follow that street,</quote> instructs the taller of the two, pointing across the lane, <quote>and take the first alley on the left. When you reach the Well of the Singing Serpents, turn right, and then take the second alley on the left. That will lead you straight to Chiban<ch.apos/>s house on Leech Street.</quote> You thank them and accept a gulp of their boza wine before waving them farewell.</p>
+ <p>The soldier<ch.apos/>s directions prove to be accurate, and in less than twenty minutes you find yourself standing in front of the magician<ch.apos/>s house in Leech Street.</p>
<choice idref="sect75"><link-text>Turn to 75</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The mercenaries pocket the silver coins and you ask, <quote>Is a blond-haired Northlander being held here under arrest?</quote></p>
- <p><quote>Not any more,</quote> replies the bearded soldier. <quote>They carted him off to the Magistrates' Court about an hour ago.</quote></p>
- <p><quote>The court's up there,</quote> says the other man, pointing along the lane. <quote>Gallows Street, the first street on the left.</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>Not any more,</quote> replies the bearded soldier. <quote>They carted him off to the Magistrates<ch.apos/> Court about an hour ago.</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>The court<ch.apos/>s up there,</quote> says the other man, pointing along the lane. <quote>Gallows Street, the first street on the left.</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect284"><link-text>Turn to 284</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
- <p>The Zakhan's mocking laughter is the last thing you hear as the fiery bolt of scarlet flame tears through your chest.</p>
+ <p>The Zakhan<ch.apos/>s mocking laughter is the last thing you hear as the fiery bolt of scarlet flame tears through your chest.</p>
<p>Tragically, you are slain here in Tahou, your life taken by the evil Zakhan of Vassagonia.</p>
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<p>You draw your golden blade in time to deflect the bolt and send it screeching back down the staircase. It explodes among the reptilians, destroying them and their weapon, and scattering their burning remains all over the corridor beyond.</p>
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<p>Feverishly you fight to free your trapped leg, cutting at the barbs with the tip of the sun-sword. Eventually you succeed, and limp down the stairs as fast as your injuries will allow.</p>
<choice idref="sect241"><link-text>Turn to 241</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Your Kai
mastery enables you to recognize these pills; they are Sabito root tablets, made from compressed and powdered root of the Sabito plant. They enable the human body to absorb oxygen from water through the skin. Consequently anyone who swallows these pills will be able to <quote>breathe</quote> underwater. <a id="sect29-1" idref="sect29-1-foot" class="footnote">The vial contains enough pills for two full doses.</a></p>
+ <p>Your Kai
Mastery enables you to recognize these pills; they are Sabito root tablets, made from compressed and powdered root of the Sabito plant. They enable the human body to absorb oxygen from water through the skin. Consequently anyone who swallows these pills will be able to <quote>breathe</quote> underwater. <a id="sect29-1" idref="sect29-1-foot" class="footnote">The vial contains enough pills for two full doses.</a></p>
<choice idref="sect334">If you wish to return to Brooker Court and continue on your way, <link-text>turn to 334</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect278">If you wish to continue along the alley instead, <link-text>turn to 278</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Your light has awoken and angered the sleeping Roctopus, which uncoils its long, slimy tentacles swiftly from the wall. They surge towards you like a mass of wriggling snakes.</p>
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<p>This creature is immune to Mindblast and Psi-surge. Owing to the confines of the passage, you must reduce your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> by 2 points for the duration of the fight.</p>
<choice idref="sect139">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 139</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>35</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Using your improved Magnakai mastery you focus on a distant tower, one of several that reinforce the city wall. This one marks the boundary between the city's North and West Districts, and as your vision magnifies, your suspicions are confirmed. Standing at the top of the tower is your companion, Banedon. You are relieved to know that he is still alive and resolve to make your way to the tower without delay.</p>
+ <p>Using your improved Magnakai mastery you focus on a distant tower, one of several that reinforce the city wall. This one marks the boundary between the city<ch.apos/>s North and West Districts, and as your vision magnifies, your suspicions are confirmed. Standing at the top of the tower is your companion, Banedon. You are relieved to know that he is still alive and resolve to make your way to the tower without delay.</p>
<choice idref="sect131"><link-text>Turn to 131</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>36</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Your Kai mastery alerts you to the attack, and you resist it with breathtaking speed. In one swift movement you unsheathe your weapon and lash out at your attacker, shearing off his arm at the elbow. Arm and dagger fall to the table and the soldier collapses screaming to the floor.</p>
+ <p>Your Kai Mastery alerts you to the attack, and you resist it with breathtaking speed. In one swift movement you unsheathe your weapon and lash out at your attacker, shearing off his arm at the elbow. Arm and dagger fall to the table and the soldier collapses screaming to the floor.</p>
<p>Shocked by what he has seen, his comrade kicks back his bench and retreats from the table. However, the drunken crowd goad him to retaliate and their gibes sting him into action. He pulls his blade free of its scabbard and leaps forward to attack.</p>
<combat><enemy>Drunken Mercenary</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">15</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">26</enemy-attribute></combat>
<choice idref="sect328">If you wish to evade combat, <link-text>turn to 328</link-text>.</choice>
<footnotes>
<footnote id="sect38-1-foot" idref="sect38-1">
- <p>You may only add 3 to the number picked if you possess both Magnakai Disciplines.</p>
+ <p>You may only add 3 to the number picked even if you possess both Magnakai Disciplines.</p>
</footnote>
</footnotes>
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<p>The ladder quickly gains momentum as you swing back and forth through the darkness. If you are to land safely on the narrow ledge you must time your jump to perfection.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Divination or Huntmastery, <a id="sect38-1" idref="sect38-1-foot" class="footnote">add 3 to the number you have picked.</a></p>
- <choice idref="sect317">If your total is now 0&endash;4, <link-text>turn to 317</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect317">If your total is now 0<ch.endash/>4, <link-text>turn to 317</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect138">If it is 5 or more, <link-text>turn to 138</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
- <p>Gradually the tall fields of unripened wheat thin out as the land descends to the banks of the River Churdas. A long gravel beach lines the west bank, and on the other side, a quarter of a mile away, you see the rolling, treeless plains of Slovia stretching endlessly towards the horizon. You follow this mighty river upstream until you catch sight of a village in the distance.</p>
+ <p>Gradually the tall fields of unripened wheat thin out as the land descends to the banks of the River Churdas. A long gravel beach lines the east bank, and on the other side, a quarter of a mile away, you see the rolling, treeless plains of Slovia stretching endlessly towards the horizon. You follow this mighty river upstream until you catch sight of a village in the distance.</p>
<choice idref="sect199">If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Divination and have reached the rank of Primate or higher, <link-text>turn to 199</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect103">If you want to take a closer look at this village, <link-text>turn to 103</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect111">If you choose to avoid it, you must leave the river bank and ride back into the wheat fields; <link-text>turn to 111</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>42</title></meta>
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- <p>Using your Kai mastery you mimic the Tahouese dialect and try to persuade the commander that you have lived most of your life in the city. He looks at you suspiciously, but before he can ask you any questions that would be sure to catch you out, Banedon comes to your aid. <quote>We're students of Chiban the Magician,</quote> he says, hurriedly. <quote>He lives at the Guildhouse on Leech Street, in the North District. He will vouch for us.</quote></p>
- <p>The commander narrows his eyes. <quote>Bah!</quote> he snorts. <quote>Let 'em enter. We need all the men we can get. Their blood's as good as any that'll be spilled in the defence of this city.</quote></p>
+ <p>Using your Kai Mastery you mimic the Tahouese dialect and try to persuade the commander that you have lived most of your life in the city. He looks at you suspiciously, but before he can ask you any questions that would be sure to catch you out, Banedon comes to your aid. <quote>We<ch.apos/>re students of Chiban the Magician,</quote> he says, hurriedly. <quote>He lives at the Guild-house on Leech Street, in the North District. He will vouch for us.</quote></p>
+ <p>The commander narrows his eyes. <quote>Bah!</quote> he snorts. <quote>Let <ch.apos/>em enter. We need all the men we can get. Their blood<ch.apos/>s as good as any that<ch.apos/>ll be spilled in the defence of this city.</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect113"><link-text>Turn to 113</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
- <p>Bravely you fight the mounted soldiers, but for every one you kill two more emerge from the gatehouse to take his place. Eventually you are overwhelmed by the sheer weight of their numbers, and as you weaken you are knocked down and trampled to death beneath their horses' hooves.</p>
+ <p>Bravely you fight the mounted soldiers, but for every one you kill two more emerge from the gatehouse to take his place. Eventually you are overwhelmed by the sheer weight of their numbers, and as you weaken you are knocked down and trampled to death beneath their horses<ch.apos/> hooves.</p>
<choice>Your life and your quest end here.</choice>
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<p>Your caution is well placed. As soon as the door creaks open, a bolt of fiery energy screams over your head and explodes with a tremendous ear-splitting crack against the stairs behind. It was launched from a tube of glowing crystal, supported on the shoulders of two reptilians, kneeling in the corridor ahead. Their long jaws fall open in shocked surprise when they see you rise to your feet and run towards them, your weapon drawn ready to strike.</p>
+
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+ <description>
+ <line>Two reptilians kneel in the corridor ahead.</line>
+ </description>
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<combat><enemy>Crocaryx</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">12</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">38</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>These creatures are immune to Mindblast (but not Psi-surge). Owing to the speed of your attack, ignore any <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point losses that you sustain in the first two rounds of combat.</p>
<choice idref="sect241">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 241</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>47</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Over the years, the dampness that pervades the prison has taken a heavy toll on the iron cell door. Using your Kai mastery, you are able to attack the lock mechanism by starting a vibration that shatters its corroded detent, the bar that holds the door shut.</p>
+ <p>Over the years, the dampness that pervades the prison has taken a heavy toll on the iron cell door. Using your Kai Mastery, you are able to attack the lock mechanism by starting a vibration that shatters its corroded detent, the bar that holds the door shut.</p>
<p>Use of your psychic skill costs you 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points, but it frees you from the cell in less than a minute.</p>
<choice idref="sect185"><link-text>Turn to 185</link-text>.</choice>
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<footnotes>
<footnote id="sect50-1-foot" idref="sect50-1">
- <p>This is the correct answer to Khmar's riddle about his youngest son.</p>
+ <p>This is the correct answer to Khmar<ch.apos/>s riddle about his youngest son.</p>
</footnote>
</footnotes>
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- <p>As the hour of noon approaches, the rutted highway of khaki-coloured earth rises gently towards a flat-topped house near the horizon. Outside, at the entrance, is a three-legged stand erected over a fire made of ghorkas' dung. A battered tin pot full of soup hangs from the crotch of the stand, and a group of farm hands stand in line waiting for the muddy liquid to boil. The smell of the fire is awful, and it has to be blown on ceaselessly to prevent it from going out. Close to the house is a dirt track, which branches off the main highway and disappears to the west. A signpost, its wood cracked and twisted, points along the track. It reads:</p>
- <signpost>TAHOU&emdash;95 MILES</signpost>
+ <p>As the hour of noon approaches, the rutted highway of khaki-coloured earth rises gently towards a flat-topped house near the horizon. Outside, at the entrance, is a three-legged stand erected over a fire made of ghorkas<ch.apos/> dung. A battered tin pot full of soup hangs from the crotch of the stand, and a group of farm hands stand in line waiting for the muddy liquid to boil. The smell of the fire is awful, and it has to be blown on ceaselessly to prevent it from going out. Close to the house is a dirt track, which branches off the main highway and disappears to the west. A signpost, its wood cracked and twisted, points along the track. It reads:</p>
+ <signpost>TAHOU<ch.emdash/>95 MILES</signpost>
<choice idref="sect96">If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Pathsmanship, <link-text>turn to 96</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect187">If you wish to follow the track, <link-text>turn to 187</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect252">If you wish to question the farm hands, <link-text>turn to 252</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>53</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>The rope shudders and instinctively you grab the rim of the cradle as it jerks violently to one side. Your knuckles whiten and cold sweat bathes your brow. The cradle swings and twists wildly, then a crack echoes in the darkness above as the rope snaps and you plunge headlong into the abyss.</p>
+ <p>The rope shudders and instinctively you grab the rim of the cradle as it jerks violently to one side. Your knuckles whiten and cold sweat bathes your brow. The cradle swings and twists wildly; then a crack echoes in the darkness above as the rope snaps and you plunge headlong into the abyss.</p>
<choice idref="sect141"><link-text>Turn to 141</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>54</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect54-1-foot" idref="sect54-1">
+ <p><em>All</em> Weapons, Backpack Items, and Special Items are returned to you.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
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- <p>Arrogantly the sergeant-at-arms presents the case against you, but Chief Magistrate Gwynian is unimpressed with his account of your crimes. <quote>Do you not know who it is that you have brought before this court?</quote> he asks. The sergeant looks puzzled, and a thin film of sweat breaks out on his reddening face as his confidence begins to crumble. After a long and embarrassing silence, he replies, <quote>Er&ellips; no, sir.</quote></p>
+ <p>Arrogantly the sergeant-at-arms presents the case against you, but Chief Magistrate Gwynian is unimpressed with his account of your crimes. <quote>Do you not know who it is that you have brought before this court?</quote> he asks. The sergeant looks puzzled, and a thin film of sweat breaks out on his reddening face as his confidence begins to crumble. After a long and embarrassing silence, he replies, <quote>Er<ch.ellips/> no, sir.</quote></p>
<p><quote>This is Lone Wolf, the last Kai Master of Sommerlund. Have you not heard of this man?</quote></p>
<p><quote>Yes, sir,</quote> he replies, hoarsely, scarcely able to believe what he is hearing.</p>
<p><quote>I order his possessions be restored to him forthwith, and all charges against him to be dropped.</quote></p>
- <p>A bell is rung to signify the end of the hearing and the courtroom is cleared. You are released from the cage and ushered into the Chief Magistrate's private chambers, where your equipment is returned to you. (Remember to erase the <quote>x</quote> marks from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.)</p>
+ <p>A bell is rung to signify the end of the hearing and the courtroom is cleared. You are released from the cage and ushered into the Chief Magistrate<ch.apos/>s private chambers, where your equipment is returned to you. (Remember to erase the <quote>x</quote> marks from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.<a id="sect54-1" idref="sect54-1-foot" class="footnote"/>)</p>
<choice idref="sect76"><link-text>Turn to 76</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
- <p>Standing beside the President's chair is a solid marble plinth with a bronze beacon&emdash;the Anarian symbol of law and order&emdash;fixed to the top. The President moves his hand to the padded arm of his chair and presses a button. All eyes are on the beacon. There is a flash of ignition and a jet of green flame roars upwards towards the domed ceiling.</p>
+ <p>Standing beside the President<ch.apos/>s chair is a solid marble plinth with a bronze beacon<ch.emdash/>the Anarian symbol of law and order<ch.emdash/>fixed to the top. The President moves his hand to the padded arm of his chair and presses a button. All eyes are on the beacon. There is a flash of ignition and a jet of green flame roars upwards towards the domed ceiling.</p>
+
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<p><quote>The Senate votes to aid your quest, Lone Wolf,</quote> says Senator Zilaris. <quote>Come, we will escort you to the Square of the Dragons and make preparation for the Cauldron to be opened.</quote></p>
<p>The assembly is dissolved and the state coaches are summoned to take you and all the senators to the Tahou Cauldron. You share a carriage with the President, Senator Zilaris, and Senator Chil, who is anxious to apologize for opposing the majority vote. <quote>I trust you will forgive me, Lone Wolf,</quote> he says, unctuously. <quote>I merely proposed what I thought was best for my country, but I now realize I was wrong.</quote> You nod benignly, in the hope that he will cease his fawning. He smiles and turns to the President. <quote>Sir, I feel I must make amends for my misguided action in the Senate. If Lone Wolf is to enter the Cauldron tonight, surely it is our duty to ensure that he is adequately equipped. I propose that we visit one of my warehouses, where he is free to take anything he requires.</quote></p>
<p>The President agrees and the carriage is redirected to a warehouse near the Square of the Dragons. Senator Chil has many business interests in the city, and he supplies much of the weaponry and armour that equips the army. His warehouse is full of supplies, and you are encouraged to take whatever you need. From the vast stores you select the following:</p>
<meta><title>60</title></meta>
<data>
- <p><quote>Enter the Cauldron!</quote> say the guards incredulously. <quote>You're either a madman or you take us for fools.</quote></p>
- <p>You try to explain, but the guards become angry and refuse to listen. <quote>Dismount immediately!</quote> they shout. <quote>You're both under arrest!</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>Enter the Cauldron!</quote> say the guards incredulously. <quote>You<ch.apos/>re either a madman or you take us for fools.</quote></p>
+ <p>You try to explain, but the guards become angry and refuse to listen. <quote>Dismount immediately!</quote> they shout. <quote>You<ch.apos/>re both under arrest!</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect312">If you wish to do as they command, <link-text>turn to 312</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect72">If you wish to try to escape from the enclosure, <link-text>turn to 72</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You have taken less than a dozen steps when a terrible pain lances through your mind. A swirling cloud of mist engulfs your body and you are held in its paralysing grip. Unless you possess the Magnakai Discipline of Psi-screen and have reached the Magnakai rank of Tutelary or higher, lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+
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<p>Gritting your teeth against the dreadful pain, you force yourself to turn and face your attacker as it runs forward to strike you down.</p>
<choice idref="sect301"><link-text>Turn to 301</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
<p>The track descends into a shallow valley, passes over a wooden bridge across a stagnant stream, and climbs towards the ridge of the hill. Passing over the crest, you come to a junction where the track joins a main highway. A whitewashed stone marker points to the left. It reads:</p>
- <signpost>TAHOU&emdash;90 MILES</signpost>
+ <signpost>TAHOU<ch.emdash/>90 MILES</signpost>
<p>You are hungry and must now eat a Meal or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<choice idref="sect145">To continue your journey to Tahou, <link-text>turn to 145</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You wait for the mercenaries to finish their pipe and go inside before daring to approach the barracks. You move like a shadow along the wall until you find a door that is unlocked and unguarded. It leads to the kitchens, where you manage to hide inside a store cupboard. There you eavesdrop on the conversations of the cooks while they prepare the evening meal. Their talk is mainly about the approaching enemy armies, and it is over an hour before you hear any mention of Banedon.</p>
- <p><quote>At least we don't have to feed 'im now,</quote> says one. <quote>They've taken 'im to the Magistrates' Court in Gallows Street. After what he's done, I don't think he'll be getting a meal ever again!</quote></p>
- <p>Your heart sinks upon hearing this. You climb out of the storeroom through a window and make your way back to Eastwall Lane.</p>
+ <p><quote>At least we don<ch.apos/>t have to feed <ch.apos/>im now,</quote> says one. <quote>They<ch.apos/>ve taken <ch.apos/>im to the Magistrates<ch.apos/> Court in Gallows Street. After what he<ch.apos/>s done, I don<ch.apos/>t think he<ch.apos/>ll be getting a meal ever again!</quote></p>
+ <p>Your heart sinks upon hearing this. You climb out of the store room through a window and make your way back to Eastwall Lane.</p>
<choice idref="sect278">If you wish to retrace your steps along the lane, <link-text>turn to 278</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect284">If you decide to continue to follow the street east, <link-text>turn to 284</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>69</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Using your improved Kai mastery you focus on the distant dust cloud. It grows larger and sharper as your telescopic vision magnifies the image. You see a patrol of Anarian cavalry riding towards you, led by one who wears a crimson cloak. You count twenty lances, each of them bearing a small flag embroidered with the arms of Tahou.</p>
+ <p>Using your improved Kai Mastery you focus on the distant dust cloud. It grows larger and sharper as your telescopic vision magnifies the image. You see a patrol of Anarian cavalry riding towards you, led by one who wears a crimson cloak. You count twenty lances, each of them bearing a small flag embroidered with the arms of Tahou.</p>
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<choice idref="sect193">If you wish to ride forward to meet these soldiers, <link-text>turn to 193</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect78">If you choose to avoid them by hiding behind the standing stones, <link-text>turn to 78</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>70</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>The instant the engineer leans forward to lay the plank in place, you let loose your arrow. Unfortunately, the soldier who holds the screen sees its approach and moves to intercept it. The shaft sinks harmlessly into the leather-covered screen and the bridge is completed with two blows of the engineer's hammer.</p>
+ <p>The instant the engineer leans forward to lay the plank in place, you let loose your arrow. Unfortunately, the soldier who holds the screen sees its approach and moves to intercept it. The shaft sinks harmlessly into the leather-covered screen and the bridge is completed with two blows of the engineer<ch.apos/>s hammer.</p>
<p><quote>Shaag Drakkarim!</quote> scream the Drakkar assault-troopers as they blow a hole in the West Gate.</p>
<choice idref="sect220">If you wish to help defend the West Gate, <link-text>turn to 220</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect249">If you decide to stay on the battlements, <link-text>turn to 249</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Your boots thump your horse
's ribs and he responds by surging forward, scattering the angry guards. You tug the reins and steer him towards the open gate through which the guards entered the enclosure, but he is hit in the neck by a crossbow bolt fired from above, and he shrieks and stumbles. An alarm bell clangs and furious shouting echoes in your ears as you tumble from your dying steed. Suddenly a pain explodes in your shoulder&emdash;you have been hit by a bolt. Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add 2 to <a id="sect72-1" idref="sect72-1-foot" class="footnote">the number you have picked.</a> The total is equal to the number of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points you must lose as a result of your wound.</p>
+ <p>Your boots thump your horse
<ch.apos/>s ribs and he responds by surging forward, scattering the angry guards. You tug the reins and steer him towards the open gate through which the guards entered the enclosure, but he is hit in the neck by a crossbow bolt fired from above, and he shrieks and stumbles. An alarm bell clangs and furious shouting echoes in your ears as you tumble from your dying steed. Suddenly a pain explodes in your shoulder<ch.emdash/>you have been hit by a bolt. Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add 2 to <a id="sect72-1" idref="sect72-1-foot" class="footnote">the number you have picked.</a> The total is equal to the number of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points you must lose as a result of your wound.</p>
<p>It is futile to continue your escape attempt; you are caught like fish in a barrel. Painfully you raise your hands in surrender.</p>
<choice idref="sect312"><link-text>Turn to 312</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>74</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Shielding his eyes from the sun, Banedon surveys the horizon. After a few minutes he shakes his head. <quote>No tracks or highway, nor even a sign of habitation for that matter. To get a better view we need to reach higher ground, but as there are no trees or hills in sight, I'll have to improvise.</quote></p>
+ <p>Shielding his eyes from the sun, Banedon surveys the horizon. After a few minutes he shakes his head. <quote>No tracks or highway, nor even a sign of habitation for that matter. To get a better view we need to reach higher ground, but as there are no trees or hills in sight, I<ch.apos/>ll have to improvise.</quote></p>
<p>And with that, he whispers the runes of a brotherhood spell. Slowly he rises from the saddle until he is hovering in the air over twenty feet above your head. Then, having scoured the surrounding countryside, he descends slowly as the effects of his levitation spell begin to wear off.</p>
- <p><quote>There's a river on the horizon,</quote> he says, slipping his feet back into the stirrups. <quote>It's probably the Churdas. Over to the right, about five miles away, there's a small village on the river bank.</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>There<ch.apos/>s a river on the horizon,</quote> he says, slipping his feet back into the stirrups. <quote>It<ch.apos/>s probably the Churdas. Over to the right, about five miles away, there<ch.apos/>s a small village on the river bank.</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect40">If you wish to ride towards the river, <link-text>turn to 40</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect111">If you wish to veer right and ride towards the village, <link-text>turn to 111</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect222">If you choose to turn around and retrace your tracks to the junction, <link-text>turn to 222</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>It is a grand building of polished red stone set with small, diamond-paned windows. You pass beneath its arched gateway and climb the tiled steps that lead to the front door. Twice you rap the twisted iron knocker and wait expectantly for the portal to creak slowly open. Minutes later, it swings back to reveal two men standing in the doorway. One is the grey-haired aristocratic figure of Chiban, the other, to your utter astonishment, is your companion Banedon.</p>
+
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+ <description>
+ <line>In the doorway stand the grey-haired aristocratic</line>
+ <line>figure of Chiban, and your companion Banedon.</line>
+ </description>
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- <p><quote>Lone Wolf!</quote> says the young magician, his voice filled with surprise and delight. <quote>You're free, but how?</quote></p>
+
+ <p><quote>Lone Wolf!</quote> says the young magician, his voice filled with surprise and delight. <quote>You<ch.apos/>re free, but how?</quote></p>
<p><quote>I could ask the same of you, Banedon,</quote> you reply, with a smile.</p>
- <p><quote>I heard of my former pupil's arrest and made arrangements for his release. We were discussing how to secure your freedom, but it would appear that such plans are now unnecessary,</quote> explains the aged Chiban, gently closing the great oak door. He turns his kindly gaze to you and says, <quote>I am honoured to meet you, Kai Lord. Banedon has told me of your quest. I have knowledge of that which you seek and I shall aid you all I can so that you may recover it.</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>I heard of my former pupil<ch.apos/>s arrest and made arrangements for his release. We were discussing how to secure your freedom, but it would appear that such plans are now unnecessary,</quote> explains the aged Chiban, gently closing the great oak door. He turns his kindly gaze to you and says, <quote>I am honoured to meet you, Kai Lord. Banedon has told me of your quest. I have knowledge of that which you seek and I shall aid you all I can so that you may recover it.</quote></p>
<p>The master magician beckons you both to follow him to his study. The room is filled with massive wooden racks of books and papers, and at its centre a large circular table stands completely covered with the implements of his magical researches. He clears a space amid this clutter and motions you to sit. <quote>You must both be famished after your journey and your ordeal. Come, eat and enjoy.</quote></p>
<p>For a few seconds a shimmering pool of light fills the space, then it fades, leaving a sumptuous meal in its wake. If you have lost any <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points on your adventure so far, you may now restore 3 points as you consume the delicious food.</p>
<choice idref="sect269"><link-text>Turn to 269</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>You detect that these creatures have the ability to communicate telepathically, although it is one of their less developed skills. Their leader appears to be a female, she is taller and lighter in colour than the rest. You take the risk of calling to her telepathically, and she responds by turning to face you. When her companions see what has attracted her attention, they shriek with fear and scurry down the stairs, carrying with them the egg, which they cradle protectively in their webbed hands. But she remains and speaks to you with her mind. <thought>You are unlike the other man-things that have ventured into our domain. What is it that you seek? Care you not what happens to those of your kind who trespass here?</thought> The reptilian points to the far end of the hall, where a group of ghouls are huddled in the shadows. Your skin creeps as you realize they were once men like you.</p>
+ <p>You detect that these creatures have the ability to communicate telepathically, although it is one of their less developed skills. Their leader appears to be a female; she is taller and lighter in colour than the rest. You take the risk of calling to her telepathically, and she responds by turning to face you. When her companions see what has attracted her attention, they shriek with fear and scurry down the stairs, carrying with them the egg, which they cradle protectively in their webbed hands. But she remains and speaks to you with her mind. <thought>You are unlike the other man-things that have ventured into our domain. What is it that you seek? Care you not what happens to those of your kind who trespass here?</thought> The reptilian points to the far end of the hall, where a group of ghouls are huddled in the shadows. Your skin creeps as you realize they were once men like you.</p>
<p><quote>I seek the Lorestone,</quote> you reply, boldly. <quote>I am the Kai Lord Lone Wolf and I quest for the wisdom of Nyxator that I may vanquish the spawn of his enemies and save my people from destruction.</quote></p>
<p>Her harsh gaze softens as your proud words fill her mind. You sense a sadness within her, but she replies with words of joy. <quote>Your quest will be fulfilled, as it was by your sire many centuries ago. We have waited long for your coming, <foreign xml:lang="x-dessi">Skarn</foreign>, and we will fulfil our duty to He that gave us life.</quote></p>
<p>Without an outward sign she beckons you to follow her, and you comply without hesitation.</p>
<p>There is only one group of standing stones that offers enough cover for you, Banedon, and your mounts, and they are situated very close to the highway along which the cavalry must pass.</p>
<p>You wait tensely as the thunder of their hooves grows steadily louder. Then, suddenly, your horse rears up, startled by a snake, which has slithered around its foreleg.</p>
<choice idref="sect167">If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Animal Control, <link-text>turn to 167</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect290">If you do not possess this skill, <link-text>turn to 290</link-text></choice>
+ <choice idref="sect290">If you do not possess this skill, <link-text>turn to 290</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>The evil blade crackles and spits as you draw it from your belt. A flicker of fear in the Zakhan's eye tells you that he recognizes the weapon you wield and knows that it has the power to penetrate his energy shield.</p>
+ <p>The evil blade crackles and spits as you draw it from your belt. A flicker of fear in the Zakhan<ch.apos/>s eye tells you that he recognizes the weapon you wield and knows that it has the power to penetrate his energy shield.</p>
<choice idref="sect239">If you wish to throw the dagger at him, <link-text>turn to 239</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect10">If you wish to engage him in hand-to-hand combat, <link-text>turn to 10</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The eating house is crowded with soldiers. They sit at benches drawn up to long oak tables or sprawl around a log fire that crackles in a broad stone grate. Your entrance causes them to pause in their noisy conversations as they look you up and down. However, their curiosity is soon satisfied and they return to their feasting and boasting.</p>
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<p><quote>This way, gentlemen,</quote> beckons the owner, and leads you through the crowd to a table in the corner of the high-ceilinged room. Banedon hands him a clutch of silver Lune and the jolly red-cheeked man waddles away to fetch you food and ale. The soldiers are dressed in a variety of uniforms, many of which you recognize to be the tunics of mercenary regiments from the Stornlands. Two of these soldiers of fortune share your table. They talk in hushed tones and cast nervous glances at another group of men sitting near the fire.</p>
- <choice idref="sect292">If you wish to talk to these soldiers, <link-text>turn to 292</link-text></choice>
+ <choice idref="sect292">If you wish to talk to these soldiers, <link-text>turn to 292</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect102">If you decide to say nothing while you wait for your food, <link-text>turn to 102</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You are in combat with a deadly predator of the Anarian plain. Owing to the speed of its attack, you cannot avoid fighting.</p>
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+ <line>You are in combat with a deadly predator of the</line>
+ <line>Anarian Plain, the Anarian Sky-snake.</line>
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<combat><enemy>Anarian Sky-snake</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">23</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">28</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>This creature is immune to Mindblast and Psi-surge. Double all <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point losses you sustain due to its venomous fangs and claws. Unless you possess the Magnakai Discipline of Huntmastery, reduce your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> by 2 points for the duration of the combat.</p>
<choice idref="sect247">If you win and the fight lasts four rounds or less, <link-text>turn to 247</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>You draw a hand weapon just in time to parry the sergeant's attack. His blade glances away and he curses your speed as you duck his sweeping backstroke. With a growl, he pulls his horse away and orders six of his men to cut you down.</p>
+ <p>You draw a hand weapon just in time to parry the sergeant<ch.apos/>s attack. His blade glances away and he curses your speed as you duck his sweeping backstroke. With a growl, he pulls his horse away and orders six of his men to cut you down.</p>
<combat><enemy>Anarian Rangers</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">32</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">38</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Animal Control, add 2 to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> for the duration of the combat.</p>
<choice idref="sect176">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 176</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>At last the grisly creature surrenders to death and collapses at your feet. You sheathe your weapon and kneel over its torn body, drawn by the sight of a ring on a finger of its right hand. It gleams incredibly, as though only minutes old, and the deep yellow stone that is set in the silvery metal glows with an eldritch light.</p>
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<p>If you wish to keep this Psychic Ring, mark it on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as a Special Item that you keep in your pocket.</p>
<choice idref="sect11"><link-text>Turn to 11</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>A serving girl ushers you into an adjoining room, where smoke from an open charcoal fire spirals up to the roof, filling the air with its pungent aroma. You seat yourselves at a round oak table and the girl brings two plates loaded with broiled ghorka steak and roasted parsnips. Two tankards of ale serve to wash down the feast which Banedon, in a generous mood, pays for with twelve silver Lune.</p>
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<p>Having satisfied your hunger and revived your strength (you may restore any <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points lost on your adventure so far), you bid Banedon goodnight and retire to your room.</p>
<choice idref="sect156"><link-text>Turn to 156</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>There is no time to choose which equipment to keep and which to throw away.</p>
- <p>Count up the number of Backpack Items you possess and, if there is an odd number, erase the last one on your list. Divide this list in two and mark one with an <quote>H</quote> and the other with a <quote>T</quote>. Now take a coin and flick it in the air. If the coin shows <quote>heads</quote>, erase all the Items on the <quote>H</quote> list. If it shows <quote>tails</quote>, erase all the Items on the <quote>T</quote> list.</p>
+ <p>Count up the number of Backpack Items you possess and, if there is an odd number, erase the last one on your list. Divide this list in two and mark one with an <quote>H</quote> and the other with a <quote>T</quote>. Now take a coin and flick it in the air. If the coin shows <quote>heads</quote>, erase all the items on the <quote>H</quote> list. If it shows <quote>tails</quote>, erase all the items on the <quote>T</quote> list.</p>
<p>Once you have made the necessary adjustments to your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>, pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Nexus, add 4 to the number you have picked.</p>
- <choice idref="sect73">If your total is now 0&endash;4, <link-text>turn to 73</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect73">If your total is now 0<ch.endash/>4, <link-text>turn to 73</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect246">If it is 5 or more, <link-text>turn to 246</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You enter the pass side by side, galloping your white Anarian steeds along the rubbish-strewn road that winds its way through the deserted settlement. As you pass the watchtower, a chilling howl rises from the shadows behind the huts. Then, like demons from a nightmare, a host of snarling Giaks bursts into view, riding from their hiding places astride giant Doomwolves. They thunder towards you on either side, shrieking and thrusting their spears at the darkening sky.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
- <choice idref="sect293">If the number you have picked is 0&endash;4, <link-text>turn to 293</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect257">If it is 5&endash;9, <link-text>turn to 257</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect293">If the number you have picked is 0<ch.endash/>4, <link-text>turn to 293</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect257">If it is 5<ch.endash/>9, <link-text>turn to 257</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The alley is dark and narrow. You draw on all your Kai skills to scour the inky blackness ahead, but you can detect no movement among the ramshackle houses.</p>
<choice idref="sect194">If you have a Kalte Firesphere, a Torch and Tinderbox,<a id="sect94-1" idref="sect94-1-foot" class="footnote" /> or a Lantern, <link-text>turn to 194</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect311">If you do not possess any of these Items or do not wish to use them, <link-text>turn to 311</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect311">If you do not possess any of these items or do not wish to use them, <link-text>turn to 311</link-text>.</choice>
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<p><quote>Cut him down!</quote> shouts the sergeant, pointing at you with his axe. The soldiers release their taut bowstrings and two blue-feathered arrows scream towards your chest.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Huntmastery, add 2 to the number you have picked. If you have completed the Lore-circle of Solaris, add 3.</p>
- <choice idref="sect125">If your total is now 0&endash;3, <link-text>turn to 125</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect309">If it is 4&endash;8, <link-text>turn to 309</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect238">If it is 9 or more, <link-text>turn to 238</link-text></choice>
+ <choice idref="sect125">If your total is now 0<ch.endash/>3, <link-text>turn to 125</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect309">If it is 4<ch.endash/>8, <link-text>turn to 309</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect238">If it is 9 or more, <link-text>turn to 238</link-text>.</choice>
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<footnote id="sect97-1-foot" idref="sect97-1">
- <p>If you possess the Sommerswerd, you may double this undead creature's <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point loss.</p>
+ <p>If you possess the Sommerswerd, you may double this undead creature<ch.apos/>s <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point loss.</p>
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<p>You are awoken by the stench of decay. A grey-skinned being, squatting on its haunches, stares down at you with grim, inhuman eyes. Drool trickles from its ragged lips and the rusty sword it holds in its twisted, man-like hand is lifted to kill.</p>
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+ <line>The Zaaryx Ghoul stares down at you</line>
+ <line>with grim, inhuman eyes.</line>
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<combat><enemy><a id="sect97-1" idref="sect97-1-foot" class="footnote">Zaaryx Ghoul</a></enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">19</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">27</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>Owing to the surprise of this attack you cannot make use of a bow. Unless you possess the Magnakai Discipline of Huntmastery, deduct 3 from your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> for the duration of the fight.</p>
<choice idref="sect338">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 338</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p><quote>Hold there!</quote> booms the mercenary leader. <quote>We've a debt to settle.</quote> He flips his cloak aside to show his sword in its scabbard and motions two of his men to the door to cut off your escape. The protests of the hall owner go unheeded as the leader draws his sword and signals his men to attack.</p>
+ <p><quote>Hold there!</quote> booms the mercenary leader. <quote>We<ch.apos/>ve a debt to settle.</quote> He flips his cloak aside to show his sword in its scabbard and motions two of his men to the door to cut off your escape. The protests of the hall owner go unheeded as the leader draws his sword and signals his men to attack.</p>
<combat><enemy>Deldenian Mercenaries</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">26</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">34</enemy-attribute></combat>
<choice idref="sect223">If you wish to evade the combat after one round, <link-text>turn to 223</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect174">If you stay and win the combat, <link-text>turn to 174</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>The Drakkarim assault-troopers crouch behind their oblong shields, waiting for their chance to storm the gate. You draw your arrow and take aim at the engineer's screen. You will have only a second in which to fire as he steps forward to slip the final plank in place.</p>
+ <p>The Drakkarim assault-troopers crouch behind their oblong shields, waiting for their chance to storm the gate. You draw your arrow and take aim at the engineer<ch.apos/>s screen. You will have only a second in which to fire as he steps forward to slip the final plank in place.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Weaponmastery with Bow, add 3 to the number you have.</p>
- <choice idref="sect70">If your total is now 0&endash;6, <link-text>turn to 70</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect70">If your total is now 0<ch.endash/>6, <link-text>turn to 70</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect198">If it is 7 or more, <link-text>turn to 198</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Tahou, an ancient stronghold containing a vast city, is a formidable and wondrous sight in the moonlight, the imposing walls and towers of red stone and grey rock assume the softening sheen of velvet, and the city is often referred to as <quote>The velvet fortress</quote>. Beyond the towers and high curtain wall you can see a thousand spires and minarets, grouped as thickly as the trees of a forest. Tiny lights twinkle in countless windows and portals, adding to the splendour of the mighty capital.</p>
- <p>Near to the city's South Gate, the highway is flanked by beacons which illuminate those who approach the gatehouse. A drawbridge spans a moat of black water and, as you ride across, a bell tolls from the portcullised archway ahead.</p>
+ <p>Near to the city<ch.apos/>s South Gate, the highway is flanked by beacons which illuminate those who approach the gatehouse. A drawbridge spans a moat of black water and, as you ride across, a bell tolls from the portcullised archway ahead.</p>
<p><quote>Two civilian riders at the South Gate,</quote> yells a soldierly voice.</p>
<p><quote>Raise the postern,</quote> shouts another.</p>
<p>There is a clatter of chains and a scraping of stone. You watch the portcullis, expecting it to rise, but it does not move, Instead, a narrow portal opens at the base of the wall and an armoured guard steps from the shadows. He motions you to enter and you follow Banedon along a corridor of stone, leading to a secure enclosure. You glance upwards to see the faces of a dozen soldiers, peering down at you from behind a parapet that encircles the high enclosure walls. All of them grasp loaded crossbows which they train on you as you move. Then a small gate creaks open and two guards appear, armed with broad-bladed spears.</p>
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- <p>Four muscular mercenaries, all wearing tunics of emerald green leather emblazoned with the owl's head crest of Delden, rise from their seats near the fire and stare coldly in your direction. They point at the soldiers on your table, curse loudly, and then strut across the crowded hall, barging aside anyone that gets in their way. The two soldiers break out in a sweat and glare at each other fearfully.</p>
- <p><quote>Treacherous scum!</quote> spits the leading mercenary, grabbing them both by the collar and hauling them to their feet. <quote>A thousand Lune went missing from the regiment's pay chest the night you two were supposed to be guarding it. Neither o' you have got brains or guts enough to steal it yourselves, so who was it, eh?</quote></p>
- <p>The soldiers are scared out of their wits. They have no idea who stole the money, but they know their leader will have them flogged to death unless they tell him what he wants to know. In desperation, one of the men points a trembling finger at you and Banedon. <quote>It was them&ellips; they did it, they did it!</quote></p>
+ <p>Four muscular mercenaries, all wearing tunics of emerald green leather emblazoned with the owl<ch.apos/>s head crest of Delden, rise from their seats near the fire and stare coldly in your direction. They point at the soldiers on your table, curse loudly, and then strut across the crowded hall, barging aside anyone that gets in their way. The two soldiers break out in a sweat and glare at each other fearfully.</p>
+ <p><quote>Treacherous scum!</quote> spits the leading mercenary, grabbing them both by the collar and hauling them to their feet. <quote>A thousand Lune went missing from the regiment<ch.apos/>s pay chest the night you two were supposed to be guarding it. Neither o<ch.apos/> you have got brains or guts enough to steal it yourselves, so who was it, eh?</quote></p>
+ <p>The soldiers are scared out of their wits. They have no idea who stole the money, but they know their leader will have them flogged to death unless they tell him what he wants to know. In desperation, one of the men points a trembling finger at you and Banedon. <quote>It was them<ch.ellips/> they did it, they did it!</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect127">If you wish to deny this false charge, <link-text>turn to 127</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect98">If you wish to avoid a confrontation by leaving the eating house, <link-text>turn to 98</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect308">If you wish to draw a weapon in case the mercenaries attack you out of hand, <link-text>turn to 308</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>If you possess the Sommerswerd, you may double this undead creature's <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point loss.</p>
+ <p>If you possess the Sommerswerd, you may double this undead creature<ch.apos/>s <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point loss.</p>
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<p>Regardless of how many rounds the combat lasts, you must defeat the ghoul before continuing.</p>
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- <p>As you step from the hollow, a weight drops on to your back and drags you to your knees. Long, sharp fingers, as hard as steel, clamp around your throat and the sound of gnashing fangs fills your ears. You twist and roll, hoping to break from the creature's grip, but its hold is unnaturally strong.</p>
+ <p>As you step from the hollow, a weight drops on to your back and drags you to your knees. Long, sharp fingers, as hard as steel, clamp around your throat and the sound of gnashing fangs fills your ears. You twist and roll, hoping to break from the creature<ch.apos/>s grip, but its hold is unnaturally strong.</p>
<combat><enemy><a id="sect104-1" idref="sect104-1-foot" class="footnote">Ghoul</a></enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">18</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">29</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>Reduce your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> by 3 points for the duration of the fight unless you possess the Magnakai Discipline of Huntmastery or Divination.</p>
<choice idref="sect228">If you win and the fight lasts three rounds or less, <link-text>turn to 228</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>A gurgling scream echoes from the alleyway&emdash;your arrow has found its mark. Seconds later the Giak staggers into view, its arms thrashing wildly as it tries to grab hold of the shaft buried deep in the middle of its back. In desperation, it draws a dagger from its boot and attempts to throw it at you, but a wave of pain engulfs the creature at that moment and the vicious blade slips harmlessly from its grasp. With one last curse it swoons and drops lifelessly to the ground.</p>
+ <p>A gurgling scream echoes from the alleyway<ch.emdash/>your arrow has found its mark. Seconds later the Giak staggers into view, its arms thrashing wildly as it tries to grab hold of the shaft buried deep in the middle of its back. In desperation, it draws a dagger from its boot and attempts to throw it at you, but a wave of pain engulfs the creature at that moment and the vicious blade slips harmlessly from its grasp. With one last curse it swoons and drops lifelessly to the ground.</p>
<choice idref="sect172">If you wish to search the bodies of the slain Giaks, <link-text>turn to 172</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect63">If you wish to leave and follow the track that leads out of the village, <link-text>turn to 63</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p><quote>We're both students of Chiban the Magician,</quote> says Banedon, hurriedly trying to defuse the situation. <quote>He lives at the Guildhouse on Leech Street in the North District. He will vouch for us.</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>We<ch.apos/>re both students of Chiban the Magician,</quote> says Banedon, hurriedly trying to defuse the situation. <quote>He lives at the Guild-house on Leech Street in the North District. He will vouch for us.</quote></p>
<p><quote>Hold your tongue!</quote> snaps the commander at your startled companion. <quote>I want your friend to tell me something about this city, the city that he is prepared to lay down his life for.</quote> He moves nearer and stares at you icily. <quote>In which district of Tahou is the Cauldron to be found?</quote></p>
<p>You know that the city is divided into four districts each named after a point of the compass, but you cannot recall in which district the Cauldron lies.</p>
<choice idref="sect26">If you choose to answer, <quote>The North District</quote>, <link-text>turn to 26</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>This narrow thoroughfare descends to a maze of broken streets and dank passages that carry traffic to and from the city's North District. Guided by your basic Kai tracking skill, you wend your way through the dingy lanes until you arrive finally at Leech Street and the house of Chiban the Magician.</p>
+ <p>This narrow thoroughfare descends to a maze of broken streets and dank passages that carry traffic to and from the city<ch.apos/>s North District. Guided by your basic Kai tracking skill, you wend your way through the dingy lanes until you arrive finally at Leech Street and the house of Chiban the Magician.</p>
<choice idref="sect75"><link-text>Turn to 75</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Your passage through the wheat fields is slow and laborious. Drainage ditches, cut seemingly at random, criss-cross the plain. They ensnare your horse's hooves causing him to stumble and fall. Twice you are thrown, and on the second occasion you gash your head badly on a jagged rock&emdash;lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>Your passage through the wheat fields is slow and laborious. Drainage ditches, cut seemingly at random, criss-cross the plain. They ensnare your horse<ch.apos/>s hooves causing him to stumble and fall. Twice you are thrown, and on the second occasion you gash your head badly on a jagged rock<ch.emdash/>lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<p>Later, by chance, you happen upon a cart track that crosses the plain from left to right.</p>
<choice idref="sect262">If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Divination and have reached the rank of Primate or higher, <link-text>turn to 262</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect45">If you wish to follow the track to the left, <link-text>turn to 45</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>A guard pushes open the enclosure gate and motions you to leave. You are free to enter the city, but your horses are impounded. You protest and demand that they be returned, but to no avail. <quote>Order of the Senate,</quote> says the commander, offhandedly, <quote>an emergency decree. All horses belonging to the civil population must be delivered into the care of the garrison stables until the state of emergency is lifted.</quote></p>
<p>Reluctantly you allow the guards to take your steeds and, as they are being led away, the commander hands you each a piece of vellum stamped with a date and a number. <quote>Receipts for the horses,</quote> he says, his tone noticeably more friendly.</p>
- <p>You pocket the Receipt (mark this on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as a Special Item that you keep in your pocket; owing to its size you need not discard another item in its favour if you already have your maximum number of Items) and are about to walk away when he calls out, <quote>Report to the citadel first thing in the morning. You'll be allocated your battle positions for when the enemy attack.</quote></p>
+ <p>You pocket the Receipt (mark this on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as a Special Item that you keep in your pocket; owing to its size you need not discard another item in its favour if you already have your maximum number of items) and are about to walk away when he calls out, <quote>Report to the citadel first thing in the morning. You<ch.apos/>ll be allocated your battle positions for when the enemy attack.</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect242"><link-text>Turn to 242</link-text>.</choice>
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<footnotes>
<footnote id="sect115-1-foot" idref="sect115-1">
- <p>To turn to the section of your choice, there are several methods. One is to turn to the <a idref="numbered">Numbered Sections</a> list and choose the appropriate section from the list.</p>
- <p>If you have chosen the correct answer to the Khmar's riddle, the footnotes for that section will tell you so.</p>
+ <p>The section corresponding to the correct answer to Khmar<ch.apos/>s riddle will have a footnote confirming that it is indeed correct.</p>
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- <p>It is the father
's turn to ask a riddle, but firstly you must decide on your stake. You can choose to gamble either one Special Item or three Backpack Items. If you should fail to answer the riddle correctly you will forfeit the Item (or Items) you have staked. If you answer the riddle correctly you will win the chance to pick any two items from the father's hoard of valuables. Put a tick on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> beside the item or items that you wish to stake.</p>
+ <p>It is the father
<ch.apos/>s turn to ask a riddle, but firstly you must decide on your stake. You can choose to gamble either one Special Item or three Backpack Items. If you should fail to answer the riddle correctly you will forfeit the item (or items) you have staked. If you answer the riddle correctly you will win the chance to pick any two items from the father<ch.apos/>s hoard of valuables. Put a tick on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> beside the item or items that you wish to stake.</p>
<p>A hush descends as you wait for the riddle patiently. The father, whose name is Khmar, draws his dagger from its scabbard and lays it on the table. Then he rests his hand on the shoulder of his eldest son and says, <quote>This dagger is now half as old as my son Loen was when the dagger was new. Loen is now fifteen years old. How old is the dagger?</quote></p>
<choice>If you think you can answer the riddle, <a id="sect115-1" idref="sect115-1-foot" class="footnote">turn to the entry number that is the same as the answer.</a></choice>
<choice idref="sect204">If you cannot answer the riddle, <link-text>turn to 204</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Silently you slip from the saddle and peer around the corner. In the middle of the street beyond, a company of Giak scouts are sifting through items they have looted from the village. Two of the evil creatures are loading their booty on to the back of a Kraan, a large, black-winged creature, while the others cram their ill-gotten gains in their pockets and packs. What they cannot carry they delight in despoiling, leaving behind a trail of filth and debris in the buildings they have ransacked.</p>
<p><quote>Oka der!</quote> shouts their officer, brandishing a long, black sword with a jagged edge. <quote>Akamaza ek!</quote> His greedy soldiers are reluctant to obey his commands, but a few blows with the flat of his blade quickly change their minds. Muttering and snarling, they scurry off into a side alley, reappearing a few minutes later astride large, grey wolves. <quote>Rekenara kluz!</quote> growls the officer, and the pack ride out of the village, heading north along the bank of the River Churdas.</p>
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- <p>The Kraan and its two riders take to the air, but the beast is so overburdened with loot that it cannot clear the rooftops. Frantically it beats its leathery wings, hovering erratically just a few feet off the ground. The Giaks urge it on with kicks and punches, but to no avail. Suddenly it lurches forward and the Giaks tumble headfirst on to the cobblestones a few feet from where you stand. <quote>Orgadaka!</quote> they cry, as they catch sight of you and Banedon hiding at the corner.</p>
+
+ <p>The Kraan and its two riders take to the air, but the beast is so overburdened with loot that it cannot clear the rooftops. Frantically it beats its leathery wings, hovering erratically just a few feet off the ground. The Giaks urge it on with kicks and punches, but to no avail. Suddenly it lurches forward and the Giaks tumble head-first on to the cobblestones a few feet from where you stand. <quote>Orgadaka!</quote> they cry, as they catch sight of you and Banedon hiding at the corner.</p>
<choice idref="sect12">If you have a bow and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 12</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect285">If you wish to attack the Giaks with a hand weapon before they have a chance to stand, <link-text>turn to 285</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect63">If you choose to avoid combat by remounting your horse and galloping along the track that leads out of the village, <link-text>turn to 63</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>The sound of your running feet is lost amid the noise and bustle of the crowded hall, and the guards do not hear you as you sprint towards their backs. All they see is a blur of green as you duck under their crossed halberds and disappear into the teeming.</p>
+ <p>The sound of your running feet is lost amid the noise and bustle of the crowded hall, and the guards do not hear you as you sprint towards their backs. All they see is a blur of green as you duck under their crossed halberds and disappear into the teeming throng.</p>
<choice idref="sect39"><link-text>Turn to 39</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Fearfully you approach the shadow until you can discern its gruesome features. It is a ghoul, similar to those you encountered in the hollow, but this creature looks even less human. Its swollen skull is set lopsided on its withered frame, and the long black tongue that hangs from its jagged mouth drips with a sticky black venom that bubbles like boiling acid as it hits the ground. It raises a wasted hand and a cone of mist whirls towards your chest.</p>
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<choice idref="sect203">If you possess the Magnakai Discipline of Psi-screen, <link-text>turn to 203</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect191">If you do not possess this Magnakai skill, <link-text>turn to 191</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>A rough dirt track leads away from the hut and into the hills above. It is a precarious path to follow, especially on horseback and at dusk. Only your quick wits and Kai skills keep you and your horse from plunging into the steep-sided gullies that border the rocky track.</p>
- <p>Eventually you arrive at a junction, where the path meets a wider road heading north and south. A signpost lies shattered on the ground, but instinctively you know that the north route leads to Tahou. You point the way and Banedon acknowledges your signal with a wave. As you turn on to the highway you suddenly feel that you are being watched. Pinpoints of red fire glint in the darkness and the sound of hungry, panting Doomwolves comes to you on the night air. Before you can shout a warning, a shrill scream splits the night&emdash;it is the chilling sound of a Giak battle-cry. You are being attacked.</p>
+ <p>Eventually you arrive at a junction, where the path meets a wider road heading north and south. A signpost lies shattered on the ground, but instinctively you know that the north route leads to Tahou. You point the way and Banedon acknowledges your signal with a wave. As you turn on to the highway you suddenly feel that you are being watched. Pinpoints of red fire glint in the darkness and the sound of hungry, panting Doomwolves comes to you on the night air. Before you can shout a warning, a shrill scream splits the night<ch.emdash/>it is the chilling sound of a Giak battle-cry. You are being attacked.</p>
<choice idref="sect244"><link-text>Turn to 244</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>In addition to your supplies, Senator Chil provides the winch, ropes and cradle by which you will be lowered into the shaft that descends to Zaaryx. Upon your arrival at the Square of the Dragons he supervises the assembly of these vital components, while you stand with Senator Zilaris and stare in awe at the Cauldron itself.</p>
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- <p>In the glow of a hundred lanterns it takes on the appearance of a huge, steep-sided sink that is stoppered with a plug of stone. The key to this plug is a rod of Korlinium that, until this evening, was kept locked in the vaults of the Anarium. Now it rests in the hands of the President. Senator Chil signals that his work is complete and the President inserts the crystal rod into the plug of ancient stone. At first nothing happens. Then you sense a vibration beneath your feet. Crackling tongues of pale blue fire lap the rim of the plug and the hiss of escaping air breaks the seal of three centuries' grime that holds the plug in place. Levers and ropes are brought into action and slowly the great block is lifted and the shaft to Zaaryx uncovered.</p>
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+ <p>In the glow of a hundred lanterns it takes on the appearance of a huge, steep-sided sink that is stoppered with a plug of stone. The key to this plug is a rod of Korlinium that, until this evening, was kept locked in the vaults of the Anarium. Now it rests in the hands of the President. Senator Chil signals that his work is complete and the President inserts the crystal rod into the plug of ancient stone. At first nothing happens. Then you sense a vibration beneath your feet. Crackling tongues of pale blue fire lap the rim of the plug and the hiss of escaping air breaks the seal of three centuries<ch.apos/> grime that holds the plug in place. Levers and ropes are brought into action and slowly the great block is lifted and the shaft to Zaaryx uncovered.</p>
<choice idref="sect205"><link-text>Turn to 205</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The officer in charge of the mounted escort rides forward to meet you. He wears silvered Anarian mail and a winged helmet embossed with the crest of Tahou.</p>
<p><quote>Hail, captain!</quote> says Banedon, upon seeing his crown-shaped badge of rank. The man narrows his eyes and regards you both with suspicion. He is about to reach for his sword when a woman shouts from the leading wagon.</p>
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<p><quote>Banedon! Banedon! Is that you?</quote></p>
<p>Your companion recognizes the woman and returns her wave. <quote>Lortha! By the stars, I had not expected to meet you here,</quote> he says in a surprised tone. The captain relaxes his guard and motions to the wagons to move on, anxious that his entourage is not delayed on the highway.</p>
<p><quote>You can fall in with us or save your reunion till we reach Navasari,</quote> he says, curtly, and rides on without waiting for a reply.</p>
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<p><quote>They are lying,</quote> you say, your voice calm yet forceful. <quote>We have never seen these men before.</quote></p>
<p><quote>We have only just arrived in the city,</quote> says Banedon. <quote>We know nothing about your missing gold.</quote></p>
- <p>Contemptuously, the mercenary leader hurls the trembling men aside and reaches for his sword. <quote>We too have only just arrived. Our silver was stolen during our march here.</quote> He steps back a pace and draws his blade. <quote>Take 'em, lads!</quote> he cries, and leads the attack.</p>
+ <p>Contemptuously, the mercenary leader hurls the trembling men aside and reaches for his sword. <quote>We too have only just arrived. Our silver was stolen during our march here.</quote> He steps back a pace and draws his blade. <quote>Take <ch.apos/>em, lads!</quote> he cries, and leads the attack.</p>
<combat><enemy>Deldenian Mercenaries</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">26</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">34</enemy-attribute></combat>
<choice idref="sect223">If you wish to evade combat after one round, <link-text>turn to 223</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect174">If you stay and win the combat, <link-text>turn to 174</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>The Zakhan gloats over your pain and moves forward to exploit his advantage. You grit your teeth and raise your sword to defend yourself against his attack. You are aware of the Zakhan's troops fighting a desperate battle at the West Gate, and you know that you must defeat him or the city will be lost.</p>
+ <p>The Zakhan gloats over your pain and moves forward to exploit his advantage. You grit your teeth and raise your sword to defend yourself against his attack. You are aware of the Zakhan<ch.apos/>s troops fighting a desperate battle at the West Gate, and you know that you must defeat him or the city will be lost.</p>
<combat><enemy>Zakhan Kimah</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">44</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">50</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>He is immune to Mindblast and Psi-surge.</p>
<choice idref="sect350">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 350</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>In the depths of the tunnel, a glistening form is slowly slinking into view. Gnarled plates like armour encase its barrel chest, and lidless slit-pupilled eyes stare coldly from beneath its ridged forehead. A low, grating rumble issues from its fanged mouth as it increases its pace and makes ready to pounce.</p>
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+ <line>The glistening form of the Cave Leekhon</line>
+ <line>slinks into view.</line>
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<combat><enemy>Cave Leekhon</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">27</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">38</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>This creature is immune to Mindblast (but not Psi-surge). Unless you possess the Magnakai Discipline of Animal Control, reduce your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> by 2 points for the duration of the combat.</p>
<choice idref="sect169">If you win the fight, <link-text>turn to 169</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The iron door to the tower is unlocked and you enter unopposed. At the top of the steep stone steps you find a ladder to a trapdoor. Quickly you climb the ladder and emerge on to the roof. <quote>By the gods!</quote> exclaims Banedon, when you appear. <quote>My prayers have been answered. You are alive, Lone Wolf. You are alive!</quote> Tears of joy fill his eyes as he welcomes your return warmly.</p>
- <p>He and his mentor Chiban have been viewing the siege from this vantage point for the last three days. From this position they control the movement of the few reserves allocated to the north and west city walls, using them to fill in the gaps where the enemy's attacks have weakened the defences. Banedon recounts how the siege has progressed; how twice the enemy have broken into the city and been repelled by the determined defenders. Attacks from the air have set the city ablaze, but the enemy have lost great numbers of their flying Kraan, and now they are too weak to dare use the few that remain. The Anarium was destroyed in the first few hours of the siege and many senators lost their lives, including Senator Chil and President Toltuda.</p>
+ <p>He and his mentor Chiban have been viewing the siege from this vantage point for the last three days. From this position they control the movement of the few reserves allocated to the north and west city walls, using them to fill in the gaps where the enemy<ch.apos/>s attacks have weakened the defences. Banedon recounts how the siege has progressed; how twice the enemy have broken into the city and been repelled by the determined defenders. Attacks from the air have set the city ablaze, but the enemy have lost great numbers of their flying Kraan, and now they are too weak to dare use the few that remain. The Anarium was destroyed in the first few hours of the siege and many senators lost their lives, including Senator Chil and President Toltuda.</p>
<p>Then he asks of your quest and is overjoyed to hear of its success. <quote>The gods smile on you, Lone Wolf. So long as you live there is hope for us all.</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect258"><link-text>Turn to 258</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p><quote>I'll not have you sleeping in the stables, old friend!</quote> says Banedon, as he flicks open his money pouch. He hands the tavern owner twenty-four freshly minted Lune, and in return Guyuk gives you each a key to your room and offers you both a glass of lovka on the house. Gratefully you accept and down the warming liquor in one gulp.</p>
+ <p><quote>I<ch.apos/>ll not have you sleeping in the stables, old friend!</quote> says Banedon, as he flicks open his money pouch. He hands the tavern owner twenty-four freshly minted Lune, and in return Guyuk gives you each a key to your room and offers you both a glass of lovka on the house. Gratefully you accept and down the warming liquor in one gulp.</p>
<p>You notice that a man and his two young sons are sitting at the far end of your table. They appear to be gambling with a group of plains farmers seated opposite, although you see no money change hands.</p>
<choice idref="sect339">If you wish to move along the table and sit next to them, <link-text>turn to 339</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect268">If you wish to engage Guyuk in conversation, <link-text>turn to 268</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Your Kai mastery alerts you to a trap set immediately ahead. The surface of one of the stairs is thin and conceals a shallow box lined with barbed hooks. If you were to tread on the stair, your foot would shatter the cover and become ensnared among the hooks, incapacitating you and injuring your foot severely. Carefully you step over this trap before continuing down the stairs.</p>
+ <p>Your Kai Mastery alerts you to a trap set immediately ahead. The surface of one of the stairs is thin and conceals a shallow box lined with barbed hooks. If you were to tread on the stair, your foot would shatter the cover and become ensnared among the hooks, incapacitating you and injuring your foot severely. Carefully you step over this trap before continuing down the stairs.</p>
<p>Suddenly you are bathed in a white light that emanates from holes in the stone ceiling, and at once you see the bottom of the staircase twenty yards ahead. There is a door at the foot of the stairs and it is slightly ajar.</p>
<choice idref="sect237">If you have a Mirror, <link-text>turn to 237</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect324">If you wish to push open this door and continue, <link-text>turn to 324</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Amid chaos and confusion you leave the ale cellar through a concealed door in the wall of the arch. It opens on to a sloping passage that descends to a tunnel lit by oil-soaked torches fixed at random along the tiled walls. A foul smell assails your nostrils&emdash;the unmistakable stench of an underground sewer. You follow Sogh along a narrow ledge that runs parallel to a sluggish sewage channel, taking care not to slip on the slime-encrusted tiles. After a few minutes, he halts beneath one of the spluttering torches and presses its rusty iron bracket. There is a grating rumble and a section of the tunnel wall opens to reveal an amazing sight.</p>
+ <p>Amid chaos and confusion you leave the ale cellar through a concealed door in the wall of the arch. It opens on to a sloping passage that descends to a tunnel lit by oil-soaked torches fixed at random along the tiled walls. A foul smell assails your nostrils<ch.emdash/>the unmistakable stench of an underground sewer. You follow Sogh along a narrow ledge that runs parallel to a sluggish sewage channel, taking care not to slip on the slime-encrusted tiles. After a few minutes, he halts beneath one of the spluttering torches and presses its rusty iron bracket. There is a grating rumble and a section of the tunnel wall opens to reveal an amazing sight.</p>
<choice idref="sect243"><link-text>Turn to 243</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>The burly sergeant snatches the parchment from your hand and studies it carefully. Without raising his head he asks how two Northlanders came to possess a personal invitation to one of Tahou's most respected households. When Banedon explains your meeting with Lortha, and how he was once a student of Chiban, her husband, the sergeant somewhat reluctantly accepts your story and returns the Invitation. <quote>Stay on the highway and make sure you reach Tahou by sunset,</quote> he says, as he signals to his troop to let you pass. <quote>Enemy scouts have been sighted in the hills south of the capital. If you're not inside the city walls by nightfall&ellips;</quote> He draws his finger quickly across his throat.</p>
+ <p>The burly sergeant snatches the parchment from your hand and studies it carefully. Without raising his head he asks how two Northlanders came to possess a personal invitation to one of Tahou<ch.apos/>s most respected households. When Banedon explains your meeting with Lortha, and how he was once a student of Chiban, her husband, the sergeant somewhat reluctantly accepts your story and returns the Invitation. <quote>Stay on the highway and make sure you reach Tahou by sunset,</quote> he says, as he signals to his troop to let you pass. <quote>Enemy scouts have been sighted in the hills south of the capital. If you<ch.apos/>re not inside the city walls by nightfall<ch.ellips/></quote> He draws his finger quickly across his throat.</p>
<p>You thank him for his advice and watch as he and his troop wheel away and ride south. You pocket the Invitation and glance apprehensively at Banedon before pressing on with your own journey north.</p>
<choice idref="sect213"><link-text>Turn to 213</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>A bronze beacon, the Anarian symbol of law and order, is fixed into a plinth of marble that stands beside the President's chair. He moves his finger to a button on the arm of the chair and all eyes turn to stare at the beacon. There is a flash of ignition and a jet of red flame roars upwards towards the domed ceiling. <quote>Seize him!</quote> shouts Senator Chil. <quote>Seize Lone Wolf!</quote></p>
+ <p>A bronze beacon, the Anarian symbol of law and order, is fixed into a plinth of marble that stands beside the President<ch.apos/>s chair. He moves his finger to a button on the arm of the chair and all eyes turn to stare at the beacon. There is a flash of ignition and a jet of red flame roars upwards towards the domed ceiling. <quote>Seize him!</quote> shouts Senator Chil. <quote>Seize Lone Wolf!</quote></p>
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<p>The President has voted against you, and now the Senate guards are closing in on all sides to arrest you. In a single bound, you leave your seat and sprint along the gallery towards an empty staircase. To your right a guard is rushing to intercept your escape. He is unarmed but he has a net with which he hopes to ensnare you. He casts it as you are about to descend the stairs.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Huntmastery, add 1 to the number you have picked. If you have completed the Lore-circle of Fire, add 2.</p>
<choice idref="sect182">If your total is now 3 or less, <link-text>turn to 182</link-text>.</choice>
<p><quote>The lever that opens the exit panel is near the ceiling,</quote> whispers Sogh, casting nervous glances over his shoulder. He can hear the guards scratching at the wall behind, trying to locate the brick which opens the concealed entrance. Your fingers find the lever and you pull it. The panel slides aside and you both step out into an empty horse stall. As the panel slides back into position, you jam it with a piece of timber. Fortunately the stables are empty of guards and it is easy to make your escape through a side window that gives access to an alley.</p>
<p><quote>Good luck, Northlander. I hope you find your friend. Remember, they have him locked up at the Eastgate Barracks,</quote> says Sogh. You bid him farewell, and as you watch him disappear into the shadows, you consider your best course of action.</p>
<choice idref="sect23">If you decide to make your way to the Eastgate Barracks, <link-text>turn to 23</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect221">If you decide to seek the help of Chiban the Magician, Banedon's former teacher, <link-text>turn to 221</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect221">If you decide to seek the help of Chiban the Magician, Banedon<ch.apos/>s former teacher, <link-text>turn to 221</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You fall like a stone into the whirling blackness. In desperation you thrust out your arms, hoping to seize an outcrop or ledge, but there is nothing in the void for you to grasp. The freezing wind screams past your face and your senses are overwhelmed by the horror of your impending doom. Suddenly an icy shock engulfs you as you strike the surface of a lake and plunge into its lightless depths. Stunned by the sudden impact and numbed by the icy water, you sink several fathoms before you can muster your strength and strike out for the surface.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Nexus, add 4 to the number you have picked.</p>
- <choice idref="sect4">If your total is now 0&endash;3, <link-text>turn to 4</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect289">If it is 4&endash;7, <link-text>turn to 289</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect4">If your total is now 0<ch.endash/>3, <link-text>turn to 4</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect289">If it is 4<ch.endash/>7, <link-text>turn to 289</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect114">If it is 8 or more, <link-text>turn to 114</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The courthouse of the Chief Magistrate is a grim, grey building. Devoid of any decoration or embellishment, its stark bare walls serve to remind the Tahouese of its sober purpose. It is a place where justice is meted out to wrongdoers. Harsh punishments are imposed: floggings and executions take place here every day of the week. All trials are conducted before a magistrate, and his decision is final as there are no juries in Tahou. The Chief Magistrate presides over crimes that are serious enough to warrant the death penalty, and your heart sinks when you learn that he is to sit in judgement of you.</p>
- <p>You put up quite a struggle, but your shackles prevent you from breaking free of your armed escort. They drag you into the courtroom and throw you face down into an iron cage that stands before the Chief Magistrate's chair. A bell is struck to signal the arrival of the Chief Magistrate and he enters the court surrounded by an entourage of scribes. The bell rings once more and the scribes say with one voice, <quote>This session is now in hearing.</quote></p>
- <choice idref="sect294">If you have ever visited the city of Varetta or a hut on the Ruanon Pike, in a previous Lone Wolf adventure, <link-text>turn to 294</link-text>.</choice>
+ <p>You put up quite a struggle, but your shackles prevent you from breaking free of your armed escort. They drag you into the courtroom and throw you face down into an iron cage that stands before the Chief Magistrate<ch.apos/>s chair. A bell is struck to signal the arrival of the Chief Magistrate and he enters the court surrounded by an entourage of scribes. The bell rings once more and the scribes say with one voice, <quote>This session is now in hearing.</quote></p>
+ <choice idref="sect294">If you have ever visited the city of Varetta or a hut on the Ruanon Pike, in a previous <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> adventure, <link-text>turn to 294</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect54">If you have never visited either of these places, <link-text>turn to 54</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Using your improved mastery, you move forward silently, pillar by pillar, until you are within a few feet of the creatures. Their heads resemble those of baby crocodiles, but their bodies and forelimbs are toad-like and covered with hard, shiny scales. They chatter incessantly and, judging by their behaviour and speech patterns, they are sentient beings.</p>
<choice idref="sect77">If you possess the Magnakai Discipline of Divination, <link-text>turn to 77</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect313">If you do not possess this skill, <link-text>turn to 313</link-text></choice>
+ <choice idref="sect313">If you do not possess this skill, <link-text>turn to 313</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>145</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>The afternoon passes swiftly as you ride across endless miles of treeless grassland. You stumble upon no village or hamlet and spend the hours listening to Banedon's account of recent events in Sommerlund and the Lastlands. Three years have passed since you were last in the land of your birth, and you are hungry to hear all that has transpired since then.</p>
- <p>It is an hour past sunset and night is drawing its black cloak around you when you see a flickering red light on the road ahead: it is the village of Chadi. A great fire roars in the hearth of Guyuk's Tavern in Chadi, inviting the travel-sore to stop and warm their weary bones. You decide to stay overnight and, as soon as you have stabled your horses, you enter the tavern to ask the price of a room. The taproom is surprisingly quiet. It is full of villagers and farmers but they are a sullen crowd, content to sit in silence and brood over their glasses of lovka, a strong Slovian rye spirit named after the town where it was first distilled.</p>
+ <p>The afternoon passes swiftly as you ride across endless miles of treeless grassland. You stumble upon no village or hamlet and spend the hours listening to Banedon<ch.apos/>s account of recent events in Sommerlund and the Lastlands. Three years have passed since you were last in the land of your birth, and you are hungry to hear all that has transpired since then.</p>
+ <p>It is an hour past sunset and night is drawing its black cloak around you when you see a flickering red light on the road ahead: it is the village of Chadi. A great fire roars in the hearth of Guyuk<ch.apos/>s Tavern in Chadi, inviting the travel-sore to stop and warm their weary bones. You decide to stay overnight and, as soon as you have stabled your horses, you enter the tavern to ask the price of a room. The taproom is surprisingly quiet. It is full of villagers and farmers but they are a sullen crowd, content to sit in silence and brood over their glasses of lovka, a strong Slovian rye spirit named after the town where it was first distilled.</p>
<p>Guyuk, the tavern owner, greets you with a nervous nod of his shiny bald head and shows you to a table. There are no bars or counters in Anarian taverns; instead, the customers sit at long banqueting tables and wait for the owner and his staff to serve them. He smiles uneasily as he answers your enquiry about a room. <quote>A single room with a bed would be twelve Lune each.</quote></p>
- <choice idref="sect34">If you have enough money to pay for a room (twelve Lune equals four Gold Crowns), do so, and <link-text>turn to 34</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect34">If you have enough money to pay for a room (twelve Lune equals three Gold Crowns), do so, and <link-text>turn to 34</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect132">If you do not have sufficient Lune or Gold Crowns to pay for a room, <link-text>turn to 132</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>146</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Soon you arrive at a part of the city that Banedon remembers well. It borders a large public garden called the Rainbow Park, so named because of the vast number of rare and colourful flowers that grow there. The park is now an encampment for those who have answered the President's desperate call for defenders. Survivors from the towns of Resa and Zila have joined forces with green-clad Daroga woodsmen, tough hill-dwellers from the Chah mountain valley, and river-folk from the Churdas, forming regiments to reinforce the Tahou garrison. Their battle-stained banners, lit by the flickering glow of a hundred camp fires, flutter above the tents that fill the great park.</p>
- <p>Opposite the entrance stands the Guildhall of Tailors. You turn into an avenue running beside this imposing hall, then cross into the North District by means of alleys and side streets, and finally emerge at Leech Street, just opposite the house of Chiban the Magician. His is a grand building of polished red stone set with small, diamond-paned windows that twinkle like cat's eyes in the moonlight. You pass beneath its arched gateway and climb the magnificent tiled steps that lead to a black oak door. Banedon raps the knocker and you wait patiently for it to open.</p>
+ <p>Soon you arrive at a part of the city that Banedon remembers well. It borders a large public garden called the Rainbow Park, so named because of the vast number of rare and colourful flowers that grow there. The park is now an encampment for those who have answered the President<ch.apos/>s desperate call for defenders. Survivors from the towns of Resa and Zila have joined forces with green-clad Daroga woodsmen, tough hill-dwellers from the Chah mountain valley, and river-folk from the Churdas, forming regiments to reinforce the Tahou garrison. Their battle-stained banners, lit by the flickering glow of a hundred campfires, flutter above the tents that fill the great park.</p>
+ <p>Opposite the entrance stands the Guildhall of Tailors. You turn into an avenue running beside this imposing hall, then cross into the North District by means of alleys and side streets, and finally emerge at Leech Street, just opposite the house of Chiban the Magician. His is a grand building of polished red stone set with small, diamond-paned windows that twinkle like cat<ch.apos/>s eyes in the moonlight. You pass beneath its arched gateway and climb the magnificent tiled steps that lead to a black oak door. Banedon raps the knocker and you wait patiently for it to open.</p>
<p>Minutes later the great door swings aside and the aristocratic figure of Chiban stands framed in the doorway. Keen-eyed and grey-haired, he welcomes you both with surprise and delight.</p>
<p><quote>Banedon!</quote> he exclaims, like a father reunited with a long lost son. <quote>How good it is to see you. But what brings you to Tahou at this darkest of hours? Have you come to offer your skills in the defence of our beleaguered city?</quote></p>
- <p><quote>My services are yours to command, my lord Chiban,</quote> answers Banedon, bowing respectfully to his former mentor. <quote>Yet also I return to your esteemed household to seek your help at the behest of King Ulnar of Sommerlund. May I introduce my companion&emdash;Lone Wolf.</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>My services are yours to command, my lord Chiban,</quote> answers Banedon, bowing respectfully to his former mentor. <quote>Yet also I return to your esteemed household to seek your help at the behest of King Ulnar of Sommerlund. May I introduce my companion<ch.emdash/>Lone Wolf.</quote></p>
<p>Chiban turns his kindly gaze on you and smiles knowingly. <quote>I am honoured to meet you, Kai Lord,</quote> he says. <quote>I have knowledge of that which you seek and I shall aid you all I can in your search for it.</quote></p>
<p>He beckons you to enter and the door closes behind you, seemingly of its own accord. You follow Chiban to his study. The musty room is lined with massive wooden racks full of books and papers. At its centre a large, circular table is completely covered with the implements of his magical researches. He clears a space amid the clutter and motions you to sit. <quote>You must both be famished after your journey here. Come, eat and enjoy!</quote> For a few seconds, a shimmering pool of light fills the space, then fades, leaving a sumptuous meal of grilled trout, baked potatoes, hakeroot and sparkling Anarian wine.</p>
<p>If you have lost any <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points on your adventure so far, you may now restore 3 points as you consume this delicious meal.</p>
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<p>The Doomwolf breathes its last but its claws remain hooked in your saddle. You strive to cut it away but your horse can no longer bear its weight. With a neigh of terror, his legs buckle and you are thrown to the blood-soaked ground. Before you can regain your feet, you are set upon by the snarling Giak horde.</p>
+
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+ <line>You are set upon by the snarling Giak horde.</line>
+ </description>
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<combat><enemy>6 Doomwolves and Giak Riders</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">38</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">56</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>You must fight these creatures as one enemy. Owing to your fall, reduce your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> by 2 points for the first two rounds of combat.</p>
<choice idref="sect66">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 66</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>150</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>A warm tingling runs through your body as the Lorestone descends into your hands and, as you touch the crystal, your senses become charged with a new vitality that obliterates the fatigue of your ordeal and fills you with new-found wisdom and strength (restore your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> score to its original total).</p>
+ <p>A warm tingling runs through your body as the Lorestone descends into your hands and, as you touch the crystal, your senses become charged with a new vitality that obliterates the fatigue of your ordeal and fills you with newfound wisdom and strength (restore your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> score to its original total).</p>
+
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<p>Then a swirl of colour engulfs your body and you feel yourself fall forward into the throat of a spinning vortex. The chamber dissolves and you begin to rise at an ever-increasing speed, as if you were falling upwards. A surge of light makes you close your eyes, but it passes in an instant and you find yourself staring down at an incredible and terrible sight.</p>
<choice idref="sect2"><link-text>Turn to 2</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>151</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>As the sky-snake rears to avoid your blow, Banedon steps forward and launches a bolt of lightning from his open hand. The pulse of energy tears into the creature's neck, almost severing its head from its body as it sends it spinning into the tall crops. Wiping the sweat from your brow, you thank your companion for a most effective helping hand.</p>
+ <p>As the sky-snake rears to avoid your blow, Banedon steps forward and launches a bolt of lightning from his open hand. The pulse of energy tears into the creature<ch.apos/>s neck, almost severing its head from its body as it sends it spinning into the tall crops. Wiping the sweat from your brow, you thank your companion for a most effective helping hand.</p>
<choice idref="sect247"><link-text>Turn to 247</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>As you kneel by the trapdoor, your basic Kai sense of Hunting reveals to you that someone is hiding in the cellar below. Carefully you raise the trapdoor and demand that the person show himself to you.</p>
<choice idref="sect232">If you decided to keep any of the items you discovered in the hut, <link-text>turn to 232</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect206">If you did not keep any of the items, <link-text>turn to 206</link-text></choice>
+ <choice idref="sect206">If you did not keep any of the items, <link-text>turn to 206</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>155</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>You search the clothes and backpack of the dead pickpocket thoroughly and retrieve your stolen property. You also discover the following Items which the thief has hidden about his person:</p>
+ <p>You search the clothes and backpack of the dead pickpocket thoroughly and retrieve your stolen property. You also discover the following items which the thief has hidden about his person:</p>
<ul>
<li>Dagger</li>
<li>Enough food for 2 Meals</li>
<li>Blanket</li>
<li>Vial of Blue Pills</li>
</ul>
- <p>If you wish to keep any of the above
Items, remember to amend your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If you wish to keep any of the above
items, remember to amend your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
<choice idref="sect29">If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Curing, you can identify the Blue Pills: <link-text>turn to 29</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect334">If you wish to return to Brooker Court and continue on your way, <link-text>turn to 334</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect278">If you wish to continue along the alley instead, <link-text>turn to 278</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>156</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>The room, which overlooks the courtyard and stables, is small yet surprisingly clean and comfortable. You sleep well, but you are rudely awoken at dawn by the clang of a brass hand-bell. Guyuk's wife is walking around the courtyard ringing it for all she's worth. <quote>Daybreak, daybreak! All awake, all awake!</quote> she cries, her voice only slightly less piercing than her bell. Quickly you wash and dress before gathering together your equipment and heading for the stables. Banedon is already there, having risen before dawn to prepare the horses.</p>
- <p>The sky is cloudless and the air is warm and still as you ride out of Chadi. Open grasslands stretch before you, broken occasionally by the low, whitewashed farm buildings and peasant dwellings. It is noon when you arrive at a mass of standing stones that line the highway approaches to the village of Phea. Banedon recalls a local legend that the Black Zakhan of Vassagonia once came to wage war on the defenceless inhabitants of Phea, who had no army. The besieged people offered up prayers to the goddess Ishir, who was sufficiently moved by their plight to cause the wicked Vassagonians to become petrified right where they stood, clad in full armour and clasping their weapons. It strikes you that the Pheans may very soon have cause to pray for Ishir's help a second time.</p>
+ <p>The room, which overlooks the courtyard and stables, is small yet surprisingly clean and comfortable. You sleep well, but you are rudely awoken at dawn by the clang of a brass hand-bell. Guyuk<ch.apos/>s wife is walking around the courtyard ringing it for all she<ch.apos/>s worth. <quote>Daybreak, daybreak! All awake, all awake!</quote> she cries, her voice only slightly less piercing than her bell. Quickly you wash and dress before gathering together your equipment and heading for the stables. Banedon is already there, having risen before dawn to prepare the horses.</p>
+ <p>The sky is cloudless and the air is warm and still as you ride out of Chadi. Open grasslands stretch before you, broken occasionally by the low, whitewashed farm buildings and peasant dwellings. It is noon when you arrive at a mass of standing stones that line the highway approaches to the village of Phea. Banedon recalls a local legend that the Black Zakhan of Vassagonia once came to wage war on the defenceless inhabitants of Phea, who had no army. The besieged people offered up prayers to the Goddess Ishir, who was sufficiently moved by their plight to cause the wicked Vassagonians to become petrified right where they stood, clad in full armour and clasping their weapons. It strikes you that the Pheans may very soon have cause to pray for Ishir<ch.apos/>s help a second time.</p>
<p>A mile beyond the village you see a cloud of dust on the highway.</p>
<choice idref="sect69">If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Huntmastery and have reached the rank of Principalin, <link-text>turn to 69</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect240">If you do not possess this skill, or have yet to reach this Kai rank, <link-text>turn to 240</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>158</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Your passage along Brooker Court is hampered by the companies of militiamen that march to and from the centre of the city. The majority of them are oafish peasants, hastily armed with spear and sword, and bullied into a semblance of soldierly order by guardsmen from the Tahou garrison. You wait in shadowy doorways and allow them to pass before continuing on your way towards the city's North District.</p>
+ <p>Your passage along Brooker Court is hampered by the companies of militiamen that march to and from the centre of the city. The majority of them are oafish peasants, hastily armed with spear and sword, and bullied into a semblance of soldierly order by guardsmen from the Tahou garrison. You wait in shadowy doorways and allow them to pass before continuing on your way towards the city<ch.apos/>s North District.</p>
<p>You are nearing the end of Brooker Court when a man dressed in an ill-fitting tunic staggers drunkenly out of a tavern and collides with you. <quote>Shorry!</quote> he hiccups, and wanders off along an alley to your left.</p>
<choice idref="sect201">If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Divination or Huntmastery, <link-text>turn to 201</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect273">If you do not possess this skill, <link-text>turn to 273</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>159</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>You focus your improved Kai mastery at the flames that engulf the top of the staircase. Within a few seconds they flicker and die, allowing you to reach the first floor in safety. The captain is crouched over his brother, protecting him with his body from the fiery debris that is raining down from the roof. Swiftly you pull him to his feet and motion him to help carry his wounded brother out of the house. As you reach the street below, the roof collapses and the whole of the first floor is swallowed by flame.</p>
- <p><quote>We owe you our lives,</quote> says the captain, gratefully, as his men load his brother on to an open-backed wagon. <quote>I must return to my command at the North Gate&emdash;will you join me? I would be honoured to fight by your side.</quote></p>
+ <p>You focus your improved Kai Mastery at the flames that engulf the top of the staircase. Within a few seconds they flicker and die, allowing you to reach the first floor in safety. The captain is crouched over his brother, protecting him with his body from the fiery debris that is raining down from the roof. Swiftly you pull him to his feet and motion him to help carry his wounded brother out of the house. As you reach the street below, the roof collapses and the whole of the first floor is swallowed by flame.</p>
+ <p><quote>We owe you our lives,</quote> says the captain, gratefully, as his men load his brother on to an open-backed wagon. <quote>I must return to my command at the North Gate<ch.emdash/>will you join me? I would be honoured to fight by your side.</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect108">If you wish to go with the captain to the North Gate, <link-text>turn to 108</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect179">If you choose to decline his offer, you continue along the street towards the West Gate; <link-text>turn to 179</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>160</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Your senses tingle with a premonition of danger&emdash;you are sure that the watchtower and huts conceal an enemy, lying in ambush. You tell Banedon your fears and he looks ahead, his keen eyes narrowing, but the pass is dark with the gathering dusk and he cannot detect anything unusual about the settlement, except that it appears deserted.</p>
- <p><quote>If we avoid the pass, we'll have to make a wide detour and rejoin the highway at a place deeper in the hills,</quote> he says, scanning the shadowy highlands. <quote>Even if we don't get lost, we'll be lucky to reach Tahou before nightfall.</quote></p>
+ <p>Your senses tingle with a premonition of danger<ch.emdash/>you are sure that the watchtower and huts conceal an enemy, lying in ambush. You tell Banedon your fears and he looks ahead, his keen eyes narrowing, but the pass is dark with the gathering dusk and he cannot detect anything unusual about the settlement, except that it appears deserted.</p>
+ <p><quote>If we avoid the pass, we<ch.apos/>ll have to make a wide detour and rejoin the highway at a place deeper in the hills,</quote> he says, scanning the shadowy highlands. <quote>Even if we don<ch.apos/>t get lost, we<ch.apos/>ll be lucky to reach Tahou before nightfall.</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect335">If you wish to avoid the settlement and make a wide detour, <link-text>turn to 335</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect92">If you decide to gallop through the pass, despite the risk of an ambush, <link-text>turn to 92</link-text>.</choice>
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<footnotes>
<footnote id="sect166-1-foot" idref="sect166-1">
- <p>If you possess the Sommerswerd, you may double this undead creature's <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point loss.</p>
+ <p>If you possess the Sommerswerd, you may double this undead creature<ch.apos/>s <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point loss.</p>
</footnote>
</footnotes>
<meta><title>167</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Your quick reactions, coupled with your Kai mastery, save you from being detected by the approaching cavalry. Using your skill, you calm your startled horse whilst simultaneously repelling the large but harmless savanna snake coiled about its foreleg. Minutes later the cavalry pass by, oblivious to your presence.</p>
+ <p>Your quick reactions, coupled with your Kai Mastery, save you from being detected by the approaching cavalry. Using your skill, you calm your startled horse whilst simultaneously repelling the large but harmless savannah snake coiled about its foreleg. Minutes later the cavalry pass by, oblivious to your presence.</p>
<choice idref="sect213"><link-text>Turn to 213</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>169</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Your horse rears up and leaps across the body of the dead Cave Leekhon, its senses ablaze with the choking, rancid odour of the Leekhon's spilt blood. Banedon's steed follows close on your heels as you race through the tunnel, heedless of the many obstacles strewn in your path. Suddenly you emerge from the suffocating passage into the chill evening air: you have escaped. From the slopes of a wooded hill you stare down at a tiny village called Varta, perched on the edge of the Tahou flats.</p>
+ <p>Your horse rears up and leaps across the body of the dead Cave Leekhon, its senses ablaze with the choking, rancid odour of the Leekhon<ch.apos/>s spilt blood. Banedon<ch.apos/>s steed follows close on your heels as you race through the tunnel, heedless of the many obstacles strewn in your path. Suddenly you emerge from the suffocating passage into the chill evening air: you have escaped. From the slopes of a wooded hill you stare down at a tiny village called Varta, perched on the edge of the Tahou flats.</p>
<p>The flats comprise fields of cultivated crops that form a fertile market garden two miles wide. They are farmed right up to the banks of the great moat that encircles the capital. Varta is deserted: its male inhabitants now shelter within the city walls, whilst the women and children have since travelled south to the safety of Navasari. As you ride through the empty village and descend on to the flats, you catch your first awe-inspiring view of the ancient city itself.</p>
<choice idref="sect100"><link-text>Turn to 100</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<meta><title>172</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Using your weapon to avoid touching their evil-smelling bodies, you flick open the satchels slung over each of their shoulders. They are filled with all manner of Items looted from the village. You tip the contents out and discover:</p>
+ <p>Using your weapon to avoid touching their evil-smelling bodies, you flick open the satchels slung over each of their shoulders. They are filled with all manner of items looted from the village. You tip the contents out and discover:</p>
<ul>
<li>Enough food for 6 Meals (Meals)</li>
<li>Dagger (Weapons)</li>
<footnotes>
<footnote id="sect175-1-foot" idref="sect175-1">
- <p>Although this book gives no explicit restriction, it may be appropriate to consider the Zaaryx a wasteland in regard to fulfilling Meal requirements with Hunting and Huntmastery.</p>
+ <p>Although this book gives no explicit restriction, it may be appropriate to consider the ruins of Zaaryx a wasteland in regard to fulfilling Meal requirements with Hunting and Huntmastery.</p>
</footnote>
</footnotes>
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<p>The climb to the arch at the top of the stairs is a slow and laborious one. Each step is as tall as a young tree, and the smooth, black stone offers few handholds. Several hours slip by before you reach the summit. There you stare down through the great archway at a stupendous sight.</p>
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+ <description>
+ <line>Two massive statues of dragons flank the wide</line>
+ <line>avenue that leads from the archway to the city.</line>
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- <p>The streets and buildings of an ancient civilization lie before you, disappearing into the gloom of a titanic chasm of immeasurable size. Ziggurats and towers, their carved walls cracked and crumbling, lean at impossible angles, having sunk into the soil over the centuries. This is Zaaryx, the legendary metropolis that was once home to a race fathered by Nyxator&emdash;the greatest of all dragons. It is the only city to have survived the Age of Chaos that followed the demise of their race.</p>
+
+ <p>The streets and buildings of an ancient civilization lie before you, disappearing into the gloom of a titanic chasm of immeasurable size. Ziggurats and towers, their carved walls cracked and crumbling, lean at impossible angles, having sunk into the soil over the centuries. This is Zaaryx, the legendary metropolis that was once home to a race fathered by Nyxator<ch.emdash/>the greatest of all dragons. It is the only city to have survived the Age of Chaos that followed the demise of their race.</p>
<p>A wide avenue leads from the archway to enter the city at a place flanked by two massive statues of dragons sitting on their haunches with their stone-fanged mouths agape. You stop to rest here and you must now eat a Meal or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.<a id="sect175-1" idref="sect175-1-foot" class="footnote" /></p>
<p>You are about to set off into the city when you catch a glimpse of a shadowy figure moving furtively among the ruins of an edifice to your left.</p>
<choice idref="sect281">If you have completed the Lore-circle of the Spirit, <link-text>turn to 281</link-text>.</choice>
</footnotes>
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- <p>You scoop the strongroom key from the guard's belt and hurry towards the gates while Sogh retrieves his silver. Once you are both safely inside the strongroom, you lock the heavy doors and begin to search for your equipment. The room is stacked to the ceiling with all manner of goods and articles that have been confiscated by the gatehouse guards. Contraband, stolen goods and illegal cargoes impounded at the South Gate are stored here before being either destroyed or sold at auction. It is rumoured that the gatehouse guards cream off the best booty for themselves, and it is no secret that the post of gatehouse commander is the most coveted of all in the Anarian army.</p>
+ <p>You scoop the strongroom key from the guard<ch.apos/>s belt and hurry towards the gates while Sogh retrieves his silver. Once you are both safely inside the strongroom, you lock the heavy doors and begin to search for your equipment. The room is stacked to the ceiling with all manner of goods and articles that have been confiscated by the gatehouse guards. Contraband, stolen goods and illegal cargoes impounded at the South Gate are stored here before being either destroyed or sold at auction. It is rumoured that the gatehouse guards cream off the best booty for themselves, and it is no secret that the post of gatehouse commander is the most coveted of all in the Anarian army.</p>
<p>You discover all your Special and Backpack Items, but your Weapons are nowhere to be seen. However, there are several fine weapons lying on the shelves and you may rearm yourself with any of the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>Sword</li>
<li>Warhammer</li>
</ul>
<p>Sogh is busily sifting through a mound of silver and antique jewellery, pocketing the choicest items and tossing aside the rest. He comes across a diamond and obsidian signet ring, and beams with delight. <quote>Ah! I knew it was here,</quote> he says, and slips it inside his codpiece for safekeeping.</p>
- <p><quote>Come, we've both got what we want; we'd best leave now before they discover the dead guards.</quote> He beckons you to help him drag a table away from the wall and then proceeds to tap at the brickwork with the hilt of a dagger. Two minutes later he is becoming agitated, having tapped every brick over six square feet of wall without any result. You cast your eye over the surface and your Kai sense draws your attention to a brick in a different part of the wall. You tap it casually with the toe of your boot and a panel slides aside to reveal the secret passage.</p>
- <p><quote>How did you&ellips;</quote> gasps Sogh, his eyes open wide with amazement.</p>
+ <p><quote>Come, we<ch.apos/>ve both got what we want; we<ch.apos/>d best leave now before they discover the dead guards.</quote> He beckons you to help him drag a table away from the wall and then proceeds to tap at the brickwork with the hilt of a dagger. Two minutes later he is becoming agitated, having tapped every brick over six square feet of wall without any result. You cast your eye over the surface and your Kai sense draws your attention to a brick in a different part of the wall. You tap it casually with the toe of your boot and a panel slides aside to reveal the secret passage.</p>
+ <p><quote>How did you<ch.ellips/></quote> gasps Sogh, his eyes open wide with amazement.</p>
<p><quote>A lucky guess,</quote> you reply, modestly, and enter the dark tunnel. Sogh follows and the panel slides closed just as a patrol of angry guards force open the strongroom door.</p>
<p>Erase the <quote>x</quote> marks from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> to restore your rediscovered <a id="sect177-1" idref="sect177-1-foot" class="footnote">Special Items</a> and Backpack Items, and remember to alter your Weapon list accordingly.</p>
<choice idref="sect197"><link-text>Turn to 197</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You reach the West Gate and climb the body-strewn stairs to the battlements. On this side of the city the mist is less dense and you can see regiments of Drakkarim warriors advancing in lines towards the great moat. Behind them are trundled huge machines of war designed to fire canisters of boiling oil and red-hot liquid metal over the city wall. Cavalry wait in reserve while siege towers and catapults are hauled forward by lumbering ghorkas and muscular leathery zull.</p>
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<p>At the foot of the wall, a unit of Salonese engineers are repairing the damage done to a bridge they constructed during the night. They have only one more plank to lay to make the bridge safe and enable a squad of Drakkarim assault-troopers to reach the West Gate. You see a soldier creep to the edge of the bridge and raise a large screen to protect the engineer who is laying this final plank.</p>
<choice idref="sect99">If you have a bow and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 99</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect249">If you do not have a bow or do not wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 249</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>With a bony fist she raps loudly on the door of the hut. Inside, a croaky voice bids you enter and she tugs at your sleeve impatiently, urging you into the foul-smelling hovel. Seated on a threadbare carpet, and surrounded by what appear to be heaps of chicken bones, is a scrawny old man dressed completely in feathers. He has a long, pointed nose and a stubbly grey beard which grows to just below his beady bloodshot eyes. The crone kneels and whispers in his ear before bowing and leaving the hut. As the door swings shut the shaman scoops up a handful of bones, closes his eyes, and, with a sound like a flock of startled gulls, casts them in the air. After a full minute of chanting and waving his hands, the old man opens his eyes and looks down on the bones which lie scattered on the beaten earth floor.</p>
<p><quote>You have many enemies, Northlander,</quote> he says, his hook-like fingers tracing patterns around the bones, <quote>powerful enemies. They plot to prevent you from walking your chosen path, for that path will lead to their destruction. There is one who will tell you that he is a friend. You must not trust this one. There is treachery in his heart.</quote></p>
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+ <description>
+ <line>Seated on the threadbare carpet is a scrawny</line>
+ <line>old man dressed completely in feathers.</line>
+ </description>
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<p>The old man closes his eyes and lowers his head, as if he has fallen suddenly into a deep trance. You try to awaken him but he does not respond, and eventually you decide to take your leave. You feel unsettled by the encounter, but when you return to Banedon you make light of the incident and suggest that you continue without further delay.</p>
<choice idref="sect52"><link-text>Turn to 52</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
<p>The net wraps itself around your legs and brings you down at the top of the stairs. You cannot prevent yourself from rolling forwards and, with a cry of fear and frustration, you tumble headlong down the hard stone staircase to land in a crumpled heap at the bottom: lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
- <p>Three soldiers are waiting for you. They clutch wooden staves in their sweaty palms with which they hope to beat you senseless. <quote>Get 'im!</quote> they shout, and run forward to strike before you can disentangle yourself from the net.</p>
+ <p>Three soldiers are waiting for you. They clutch wooden staves in their sweaty palms with which they hope to beat you senseless. <quote>Get <ch.apos/>im!</quote> they shout, and run forward to strike before you can disentangle yourself from the net.</p>
<combat><enemy>Senate Guards</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">28</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">32</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>Because of your fall and your current entangled condition, you cannot make use of a Weapon or Special Item during the first four rounds of combat. As you are unarmed, remember to reduce your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> accordingly.</p>
<choice idref="sect90">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 90</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>At the end of the corridor a flight of steps leads down to an open prison door. Cautiously you peer around the doorway into the chamber beyond, where you see a man chained to the wall. He is lean and sinewy, with jet-black hair and a moustache, which he has braided into his long sideburns in a style known as <quote>Pirazin plaits</quote>, fashionable among Slovian men. He appears to be either asleep or unconscious.</p>
- <p>You enter the chamber, moving swiftly and silently towards a staircase on the opposite side, and immediately he springs to life. <quote>Hold fast, Northlander,</quote> he hisses. <quote>They'll catch y' for sure if you take the stairs. Let me loose and I'll show you a way to slip out o' here quicker than mist through a net.</quote></p>
+ <p>You enter the chamber, moving swiftly and silently towards a staircase on the opposite side, and immediately he springs to life. <quote>Hold fast, Northlander,</quote> he hisses. <quote>They<ch.apos/>ll catch y<ch.apos/> for sure if you take the stairs. Let me loose and I<ch.apos/>ll show you a way to slip out o<ch.apos/> here quicker than mist through a net.</quote></p>
<p>Quickly you consider his offer, but choose to leave him, deciding instead to trust your Kai instincts to aid your escape. You shake your head and turn to leave, but the man is shrewd; he says something he knows will change your mind.</p>
<choice idref="sect316"><link-text>Turn to 316</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>186</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>The mouldering bones are encased in the tattered remains of a blue leather tunic and breeches. Both thigh bones are shattered and the skull and spine are cracked in several places, suggesting that this unfortunate man fell to his death from a great height. You can find no weapons, and the backpack and haversack that are strapped to his body are both unbuckled and empty, as if they have been looted. You check the corpse's right hand, but there are no rings on any of the bony fingers&emdash;this is not Maghana's son.</p>
+ <p>The mouldering bones are encased in the tattered remains of a blue leather tunic and breeches. Both thigh bones are shattered and the skull and spine are cracked in several places, suggesting that this unfortunate man fell to his death from a great height. You can find no weapons, and the backpack and haversack that are strapped to his body are both unbuckled and empty, as if they have been looted. You check the corpse<ch.apos/>s right hand, but there are no rings on any of the bony fingers<ch.emdash/>this is not Maghana<ch.apos/>s son.</p>
<p>When you are satisfied that you have overlooked nothing, you leave the body and investigate the chamber.</p>
<choice idref="sect51"><link-text>Turn to 51</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
<p>The power of the ring greatly amplifies your psychic energies as you attack the Zakhan. They disrupt his control over the Orb of Death and enable you to penetrate his shield with an ordinary weapon.</p>
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<combat><enemy>Zakhan Kimah</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">34</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">40</enemy-attribute></combat>
<choice idref="sect350">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 350</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>189</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>You pull the hood of your cloak up to keep your face in shadow and stride boldly towards the two soldiers. <quote>I am in need of some information,</quote> you say, disguising your Sommlending accent as best you can, <quote>and I'm sure you brave fellows can help me.</quote></p>
+ <p>You pull the hood of your cloak up to keep your face in shadow and stride boldly towards the two soldiers. <quote>I am in need of some information,</quote> you say, disguising your Sommlending accent as best you can, <quote>and I<ch.apos/>m sure you brave fellows can help me.</quote></p>
<p><quote>Maybe we can,</quote> replies one soldier, stroking his beard and narrowing his eyes shrewdly, <quote>if the price be right.</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect253">If you wish to bribe these soldiers with Lune, <link-text>turn to 253</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect319">If you wish to bribe them with Gold Crowns, <link-text>turn to 319</link-text>.</choice>
<li>Blanket</li>
<li>Comb</li>
</ul>
- <p>You may keep any of these
Items but remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly. Banedon reminds you that it is rapidly getting darker, so you leave the hut and press on without further delay.</p>
+ <p>You may keep any of these
items but remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly. Banedon reminds you that it is rapidly getting darker, so you leave the hut and press on without further delay.</p>
<choice idref="sect123"><link-text>Turn to 123</link-text>.</choice>
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<footnotes>
<footnote id="sect191-1-foot" idref="sect191-1">
- <p>If you possess the Sommerswerd, you may double this undead creature's <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point loss.</p>
+ <p>If you possess the Sommerswerd, you may double this undead creature<ch.apos/>s <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point loss.</p>
</footnote>
</footnotes>
<data>
- <p>You try to dodge aside but the mist whirls around you like a snake. An intense heat burns your body&emdash;it is as if you are surrounded by coils of white-hot metal&emdash;and your mind is filled with terrifying images of the supernatural: lose 6 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>You try to dodge aside but the mist whirls around you like a snake. An intense heat burns your body<ch.emdash/>it is as if you are surrounded by coils of white-hot metal<ch.emdash/>and your mind is filled with terrifying images of the supernatural: lose 6 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<p>Confident that it has ensnared another victim, the grey ghoul stalks forward. You fight to clear your mind of the swirling visions as the creature raises its hand and prepares to strike you down with a pitted iron spike.</p>
<combat><enemy><a id="sect191-1" idref="sect191-1-foot" class="footnote">Psi-ghoul</a></enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">20</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">30</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>Owing to the power of its psychic attack, you must reduce your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> by 4 points for the duration of the fight.</p>
<meta><title>192</title></meta>
<data>
- <p><quote>Hold him tight, lads,</quote> instructs the officer, as his men grab your cloak and tunic. <quote>They want this Northlander at the South Gate. Seems he's been making a nuisance of himself.</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>Hold him tight, lads,</quote> instructs the officer, as his men grab your cloak and tunic. <quote>They want this Northlander at the South Gate. Seems he<ch.apos/>s been making a nuisance of himself.</quote></p>
<p>They march you back along Eastwall Lane. Minutes later you reach the tower, and the officer delivers you into the clutches of the angry gatehouse guard.</p>
<choice idref="sect162"><link-text>Turn to 162</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>196</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>The guards look at you with distrust in their eyes. They order you to dismount, and one of them hurries off to fetch the gatehouse commander. Minutes later the officer strides into the enclosure, his face wearing the frown of a man who has gone without sleep for many nights. Wearily he casts his eye over you both. <quote>So you want to fight for Tahou, do you?</quote> he says, sarcastically. <quote>How do I know you're not spies or saboteurs?</quote></p>
+ <p>The guards look at you with distrust in their eyes. They order you to dismount, and one of them hurries off to fetch the gatehouse commander. Minutes later the officer strides into the enclosure, his face wearing the frown of a man who has gone without sleep for many nights. Wearily he casts his eye over you both. <quote>So you want to fight for Tahou, do you?</quote> he says, sarcastically. <quote>How do I know you<ch.apos/>re not spies or saboteurs?</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect42">If you possess the Magnakai Discipline of Invisibility, <link-text>turn to 42</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect109">If you do not possess this skill, <link-text>turn to 109</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>198</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Your shaft pierces the engineer's throat, sending him toppling into the moat. In panic, the soldier drops his screen and runs back across the bridge towards the Drakkarim. They view this as an act of cowardice and kill him out of hand as a warning to the Salonese.</p>
+ <p>Your shaft pierces the engineer<ch.apos/>s throat, sending him toppling into the moat. In panic, the soldier drops his screen and runs back across the bridge towards the Drakkarim. They view this as an act of cowardice and kill him out of hand as a warning to the Salonese.</p>
<p>Your bow skill has bought the defenders at the West Gate precious time to patch their battered defences. You are about to help them when a new threat looms to the north.</p>
<choice idref="sect249"><link-text>Turn to 249</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
<p>You follow her along passages and sloping tunnels, down long flights of stairs and through magnificent chambers that no human eye has ever seen before. The alien splendour of this ancient city leaves you in awe of the race that once dwelt in these halls. For interminable hours you follow in her wake until you arrive at a circular chamber of rust-red stone. The floor descends in a series of wide steps that encircle the room, and in the middle of the tiers is a shallow pit with a stone dais at its centre.</p>
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+ <line>At your approach, the dais glows with a crimson</line>
+ <line>light and pulses like a living heart.</line>
+ </description>
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<p>At your approach, the dais glows with a crimson light that pulses like a living heart. Shimmering waves of silvery radiance sweep the steps and a chorus of voices, soft and sirenic, echo through the upper reaches of the chamber. You surrender yourself to instinct and step upon the dais, cupping your hands before you and raising your face to the roof. A golden light pours out of the darkness, soaking you in its brilliance and filling your senses with a glowing warmth. A gasp of awe arises from the tiers, now crowded with reptilians. They are the Crocaryx, the guardians of this city, the stewards of the Lorestone, who were placed here by the great God Kai. With joy and sorrow they have gathered to witness the fulfilment of their purpose, for your coming marks the end of their stewardship and the beginning of their demise.</p>
<p>High above you a shadow is taking form at the core of the golden light. It is dark and leathery and shaped like an egg. Slowly it breaks and peels open to reveal a sparkling crystal sphere: it is the Lorestone of Tahou, the object of your quest.</p>
<choice idref="sect150"><link-text>Turn to 150</link-text>.</choice>
<data>
<p>Immediately you sense that the drunken soldier is not what he seems. He is a skilful pickpocket and he has just stolen one of your Special Items.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. It the number you have chosen is 0&endash;4, the item stolen is the first one on your list of Special Items. If the number is 5&endash;9, he has stolen the second Item on the list. If you possess only one Special Item, or no Special Items at all, then the pickpocket has stolen the first Item on your list of Backpack Items.</p>
- <choice idref="sect62">If you wish to chase after him and try to retrieve your stolen Item, <link-text>turn to 62</link-text>.</choice>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. It the number you have chosen is 0<ch.endash/>4, the item stolen is the first one on your list of Special Items. If the number is 5<ch.endash/>9, he has stolen the second item on the list. If you possess only one Special Item, or no Special Items at all, then the pickpocket has stolen the first item on your list of Backpack Items.</p>
+ <choice idref="sect62">If you wish to chase after him and try to retrieve your stolen item, <link-text>turn to 62</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect334">If you choose to ignore the robbery and continue walking towards the square at the end of Brooker Court, <link-text>turn to 334</link-text>.</choice>
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<footnotes>
<footnote id="sect204-1-foot" idref="sect204-1">
- <p>To turn to the section of your choice, there are several methods. One is to turn to the <a idref="numbered">Numbered Sections</a> list and choose the appropriate section from the list.</p>
- <p>If you have chosen the correct answer to the Khmar's riddle, the footnotes for that section will tell you so.</p>
+ <p>The section corresponding to the correct answer to Khmar<ch.apos/>s riddle will have a footnote confirming that it is indeed correct.</p>
</footnote>
</footnotes>
<data>
- <p>Neither you nor the plains farmer
are able to answer Khmar's riddle correctly, and you all forfeit your stakes (remember to delete what you wagered from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>). But Khmar is a very sporting fellow. He offers you the chance to win back what you have just lost by answering his next riddle correctly.</p>
+ <p>Neither you nor the plains farmer
s are able to answer Khmar<ch.apos/>s riddle correctly, and you all forfeit your stakes (remember to delete what you wagered from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>). But Khmar is a very sporting fellow. He offers you the chance to win back what you have just lost by answering his next riddle correctly.</p>
<p><quote>This is Juno, my youngest boy,</quote> he says, patting the head of his second son. <quote>I am four times as old as him now. Twenty years from now, I will be only twice as old as him. How old am I, and how old is my son today?</quote></p>
<choice>If you think you have both the answers to this riddle, add the two ages together and <a id="sect204-1" idref="sect204-1-foot" class="footnote">turn to the entry number that is the same as the total.</a></choice>
<choice idref="sect302">If you cannot answer the riddle, <link-text>turn to 302</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
- <p><quote>There will be troops posted here at the Cauldron, ready day and night to pull you up when you are ready to leave Zaaryx,</quote> says Senator Zilaris, as he helps you into the cradle that will lower you into the shaft. <quote>Just give the rope three stout tugs&emdash;that is the signal.</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>There will be troops posted here at the Cauldron, ready day and night to pull you up when you are ready to leave Zaaryx,</quote> says Senator Zilaris, as he helps you into the cradle that will lower you into the shaft. <quote>Just give the rope three stout tugs<ch.emdash/>that is the signal.</quote></p>
<p>Senator Chil appears to tell you everything is prepared for your descent. <quote>Good luck, Lone Wolf. I hope I will be here to welcome your safe and successful return, and that you will come to know me as a friend.</quote></p>
<p>The cradle rises and you are swung into position above the entrance. You stare down into the black abyss, your pulse quickening as a damp and icy wind whistles out of the shaft, carrying with it the cloying smell of decay.</p>
<p>With a wave, you signal your readiness and you are slowly lowered into the void.</p>
<meta><title>206</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>A minute passes before the lurker shows himself. He is a hunchbacked old man dressed in rags, with thin grey hair and a wrinkled face that bears the impressions of a lifetime's poverty. Two eyes, clouded with cataracts, stare up at you from the dark and dusty hole in the ground. <quote>Take what you will but please spare my worthless life,</quote> he pleads.</p>
+ <p>A minute passes before the lurker shows himself. He is a hunchbacked old man dressed in rags, with thin grey hair and a wrinkled face that bears the impressions of a lifetime<ch.apos/>s poverty. Two eyes, clouded with cataracts, stare up at you from the dark and dusty hole in the ground. <quote>Take what you will but please spare my worthless life,</quote> he pleads.</p>
<p><quote>You have nothing to fear from me, old man,</quote> you reply. <quote>Here, let me help you out of this hole.</quote> And so saying, you take hold of his scrawny arms and lift him with ease, for he weighs no more than a young child. He hobbles over to the fireplace and stirs the broth with a wooden spoon, which he keeps on a string around his neck. He offers you some of this smelly gruel but you refuse politely.</p>
<choice idref="sect271">If you have a Meal in your Backpack and wish to offer it to the old man, <link-text>turn to 271</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect123">If you do not have a Meal, or do not wish to give it to him, you leave the hut and continue, <link-text>turn to 123</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>209</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Banedon rides alongside the crowded wagon and talks with Lortha as the procession continues on its way to Navasari. After a few minutes' conversation she hands him a scrap of parchment, and they bid each other farewell.</p>
- <p><quote>They are the last of the evacuees,</quote> he says, as you continue your ride north. <quote>They expect the enemy to reach Tahou in two days' time. They've already seen Giak scouts and early this morning a squadron of Kraan were sighted high in the western skies. She advises us to steer clear of a village called Sidara. It's rumoured to have already fallen to the enemy. She also gave me this.&ellips;</quote></p>
- <p>Banedon hands you the scrap of parchment. It contains a few lines of Anarian script, an address and a signature. <quote>It's an invitation to stay at Chiban and Lortha's house in Tahou. It may be useful when we reach the city gate.</quote></p>
+ <p>Banedon rides alongside the crowded wagon and talks with Lortha as the procession continues on its way to Navasari. After a few minutes<ch.apos/> conversation she hands him a scrap of parchment, and they bid each other farewell.</p>
+ <p><quote>They are the last of the evacuees,</quote> he says, as you continue your ride north. <quote>They expect the enemy to reach Tahou in two days<ch.apos/> time. They<ch.apos/>ve already seen Giak scouts and early this morning a squadron of Kraan were sighted high in the western skies. She advises us to steer clear of a village called Sidara. It<ch.apos/>s rumoured to have already fallen to the enemy. She also gave me this.<ch.ellips/></quote></p>
+ <p>Banedon hands you the scrap of parchment. It contains a few lines of Anarian script, an address and a signature. <quote>It<ch.apos/>s an invitation to stay at Chiban and Lortha<ch.apos/>s house in Tahou. It may be useful when we reach the city gate.</quote></p>
<p>Mark this Invitation on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as a Special Item that you keep in your pocket. If you already carry the maximum number of Special Items, you must discard one in favour of this new item.</p>
<choice idref="sect274">To continue your journey north, <link-text>turn to 274</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>210</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>A surge of scarlet energy leaps from the orb and rips into your arm, hurling you backwards on to the ground (lose 5 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points). The Zakhan laughs mockingly as he raises the orb once more, this time to finish you for good. You are aware of the Zakhan's troops fighting a desperate battle at the West Gate, and you know you must defeat him or else the city will be lost.</p>
- <choice idref="sect188">If you possess a Psychic Ring, <link-text>turn to 188</link-text></choice>
+ <p>A surge of scarlet energy leaps from the orb and rips into your arm, hurling you backwards on to the ground (lose 5 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points). The Zakhan laughs mockingly as he raises the orb once more, this time to finish you for good. You are aware of the Zakhan<ch.apos/>s troops fighting a desperate battle at the West Gate, and you know you must defeat him or else the city will be lost.</p>
+ <choice idref="sect188">If you possess a Psychic Ring, <link-text>turn to 188</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect79">If you possess the Dagger of Vashna, <link-text>turn to 79</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect20">If you have neither of these Special Items, <link-text>turn to 20</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You pull the ring from your pocket and focus your psychic abilities into its glowing yellow stone. The ring acts as an amplifier: it boosts your psychic energies and enables you to direct them against the monster that is now threatening to swallow you whole.</p>
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<combat><enemy>Zadragon</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">43</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">58</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>The power of the Psychic Ring increases your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> by 8 points for the duration of the combat.</p>
<choice idref="sect93">If you win the fight, <link-text>turn to 93</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>In the space of a few fleeting seconds you have loaded your bow and aimed it at the giant snake's head. With an angry hiss it darts its ugly head out of view. Almost immediately there is a tremendous noise as the snake rises into the air, propelled by a pair of powerful feathered wings. Two vulture-like forelimbs, tipped with sharp, rending claws, scrabble at the air as it streaks towards your chest.</p>
+ <p>In the space of a few fleeting seconds you have loaded your bow and aimed it at the giant snake<ch.apos/>s head. With an angry hiss it darts its ugly head out of view. Almost immediately there is a tremendous noise as the snake rises into the air, propelled by a pair of powerful feathered wings. Two vulture-like forelimbs, tipped with sharp, rending claws, scrabble at the air as it streaks towards your chest.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Weaponmastery with Bow, add 3 to the number you have picked. If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Huntmastery, add 1.</p>
- <choice idref="sect9">If your total is now 0&endash;7, <link-text>turn to 9</link-text></choice>
+ <choice idref="sect9">If your total is now 0<ch.endash/>7, <link-text>turn to 9</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect310">If it is 8 or more, <link-text>turn to 310</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You hurry down the stone stairs that lead to the West Gate arch. The gate has been holed by an explosive crystal and red-cloaked Drakkarim assault-troopers pour through the ragged gap. These evil warriors fight like fanatics, seemingly oblivious to any wounds they sustain. The gate guards are soon cut down and you are faced by three of these fearsome warriors. You must fight all three as one enemy.</p>
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+ <line>Red-cloaked Drakkarim assault-troopers pour</line>
+ <line>through the ragged gap in the gate.</line>
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<combat><enemy>Drakkar Assault-troopers</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">30</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">42</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>Owing to their state of battle-frenzy, these enemies are immune to Mindblast (but not Psi-surge).</p>
<choice idref="sect30">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 30</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Banedon once told you that Chiban lives in the city's North District. At the end of the alley you find a signpost that points the way north. You wait in the shadows until the coast is clear then hurry across the street into an avenue called Brooker Court.</p>
+ <p>Banedon once told you that Chiban lives in the city<ch.apos/>s North District. At the end of the alley you find a signpost that points the way north. You wait in the shadows until the coast is clear then hurry across the street into an avenue called Brooker Court.</p>
<choice idref="sect158"><link-text>Turn to 158</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The Giak enters the shadows just as you are ready to fire your bow. Although you can no longer see your target, you are able to sense approximately where he is.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Divination, add 3 to the number you have picked.</p>
- <choice idref="sect330">If your total is now 0&endash;5, <link-text>turn to 330</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect330">If your total is now 0<ch.endash/>5, <link-text>turn to 330</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect107">If it is 6 or more, <link-text>turn to 107</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You search the road ahead for somewhere soft to land, but the surface is strewn with sharp boulders.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Huntmastery, add 3 to the number you have picked.</p>
- <choice idref="sect89">If your total is now 0&endash;6, <link-text>turn to 89</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect89">If your total is now 0<ch.endash/>6, <link-text>turn to 89</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect297">If it is 7 or more, <link-text>turn to 297</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The descent is slow and arduous and fraught with hazards. The wind becomes stronger and colder the further you go, numbing your fingers and sapping your strength. A sudden gust swings you into an outcrop of black rock, invisible in the gloom, and the impact forces you to lose your grip.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Huntmastery or Nexus, add 3 to the number you have picked.</p>
- <choice idref="sect195">If your total is now 0&endash;1, <link-text>turn to 195</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect332">If it is 2&endash;6, <link-text>turn to 332</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect81">If it is 7 or more, <link-text>turn to 81</link-text></choice>
+ <choice idref="sect195">If your total is now 0<ch.endash/>1, <link-text>turn to 195</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect332">If it is 2<ch.endash/>6, <link-text>turn to 332</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect81">If it is 7 or more, <link-text>turn to 81</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Reluctantly the lurker steps into the shaft of light that streams through the open hatch. A hunchbacked old man dressed in rags, he has thin, grey hair and a wrinkled face that bears the marks of a lifetime's poverty. Two eyes, clouded with cataracts, stare fearfully at you. You take hold of his scrawny arms and haul him out of the cellar with ease, for he weighs no more than a young child. You ask his name, but he does not reply. Instead he hobbles around the hut, running his withered hands lightly over his meagre belongings and mumbling incoherently under his breath. He stops at the door and inclines his head towards you.</p>
+ <p>Reluctantly the lurker steps into the shaft of light that streams through the open hatch. A hunchbacked old man dressed in rags, he has thin, grey hair and a wrinkled face that bears the marks of a lifetime<ch.apos/>s poverty. Two eyes, clouded with cataracts, stare fearfully at you. You take hold of his scrawny arms and haul him out of the cellar with ease, for he weighs no more than a young child. You ask his name, but he does not reply. Instead he hobbles around the hut, running his withered hands lightly over his meagre belongings and mumbling incoherently under his breath. He stops at the door and inclines his head towards you.</p>
<p><quote>Are you and your friend outside lost?</quote> he asks in a thin and squeaky voice. <quote>I know a short cut to Tahou. Would you like me to show you?</quote></p>
- <choice idref="sect299">If you wish to take up the old man's offer of help, <link-text>turn to 299</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect299">If you wish to take up the old man<ch.apos/>s offer of help, <link-text>turn to 299</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect123">If you choose to decline his help, you leave the hut and continue; <link-text>turn to 123</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>The street leads to a far more grandiose part of the city. Government offices surround a broad plaza that narrows to a thoroughfare flanked by clean little town houses, each with a blossoming garden. You are wondering how such a prosperous avenue came to be named Gallows Street when you happen upon the Magistrates' Court.</p>
+ <p>The street leads to a far more grandiose part of the city. Government offices surround a broad plaza that narrows to a thoroughfare flanked by clean little town houses, each with a blossoming garden. You are wondering how such a prosperous avenue came to be named Gallows Street when you happen upon the Magistrates<ch.apos/> Court.</p>
<choice idref="sect323"><link-text>Turn to 323</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The beggars squabble noisily over who should have your donation, and you are jostled on all sides as the bickering develops into an ugly brawl. Banedon grabs your cloak and pulls you clear as they set about each other tooth and nail.</p>
- <p><quote>Generosity can sometimes be unwise in Anari,</quote> he says, as you remount your white horses and ride away from the village. <quote>And costly too,</quote> you reply, as you notice that your Backpack has been cut open. Unfortunately the beggars have stolen the
Items you have placed third and fourth on your list of Backpack Items. Erase these from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> before continuing your journey to Tahou.</p>
+ <p><quote>Generosity can sometimes be unwise in Anari,</quote> he says, as you remount your white horses and ride away from the village. <quote>And costly too,</quote> you reply, as you notice that your Backpack has been cut open. Unfortunately the beggars have stolen the
items you have placed third and fourth on your list of Backpack Items. Erase these from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> before continuing your journey to Tahou.</p>
<choice idref="sect52"><link-text>Turn to 52</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You flatten yourself against the floor and the net passes harmlessly over your head. Before the guard can react, you are back on your feet and running headlong down the stairs.</p>
- <p>Three soldiers await you at the bottom of the staircase. They clutch wooden staves in their sweaty hands, ready to beat you senseless the moment you appear. <quote>Get 'im!</quote> they shout, and run forward, clumsy and flat-footed compared with your cat-like strides. Before they can land a blow, you leap among them, striking left and right too quickly for their eyes to follow. They scream and clutch at their wounds as you make your getaway unharmed.</p>
+ <p>Three soldiers await you at the bottom of the staircase. They clutch wooden staves in their sweaty hands, ready to beat you senseless the moment you appear. <quote>Get <ch.apos/>im!</quote> they shout, and run forward, clumsy and flat-footed compared with your cat-like strides. Before they can land a blow, you leap among them, striking left and right too quickly for their eyes to follow. They scream and clutch at their wounds as you make your getaway unharmed.</p>
<choice idref="sect90"><link-text>Turn to 90</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Your Kai mastery charges you with a superhuman response to this deadly situation. Suddenly the spinning arrows are approaching with exaggerated slowness, and every detail becomes crystal clear as they spiral lazily towards your heart. You raise your sword and strike the leading shaft, hacking it clean in two. Your backstroke shears through the underside of the second arrow, splintering it to useless matchwood. The archers stare in disbelief, their mouths agape. The sergeant and his men hesitate, frozen in awe of what they have just witnessed. Seconds slip away before they come to their senses and draw their swords.</p>
+ <p>Your Kai Mastery charges you with a superhuman response to this deadly situation. Suddenly the spinning arrows are approaching with exaggerated slowness, and every detail becomes crystal clear as they spiral lazily towards your heart. You raise your sword and strike the leading shaft, hacking it clean in two. Your backstroke shears through the underside of the second arrow, splintering it to useless matchwood. The archers stare in disbelief, their mouths agape. The sergeant and his men hesitate, frozen in awe of what they have just witnessed. Seconds slip away before they come to their senses and draw their swords.</p>
<p><quote>Take him!</quote> yells the sergeant, and together they surge towards you. You cannot evade this combat, and because the corridor is narrow you must fight the guards two at a time.</p>
<combat><enemy>Sergeant and Guard</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">20</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">32</enemy-attribute></combat>
<combat><enemy>Tower Guards 3 and 4</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">18</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">32</enemy-attribute></combat>
<combat><enemy>Tower Guards 5 and 6</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">17</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">29</enemy-attribute></combat>
- <p>Your display of Kai mastery has made a big impression on Sogh, who fights by your side: add 2 to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> for the duration of the fight.</p>
+ <p>Your display of Kai Mastery has made a big impression on Sogh, who fights by your side: add 2 to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> for the duration of the fight.</p>
<choice idref="sect177">If you win, <link-text>turn to 177</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You have only one chance to kill the Zakhan before he releases another deadly bolt of energy from the Orb of Death.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Weaponmastery with Dagger, add 3 to the number you have picked. If you have completed the Lore-circle of Fire, add 1.</p>
- <choice idref="sect20">If your total is now 0&endash;4, the dagger misses its target; <link-text>turn to 20</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect20">If your total is now 0<ch.endash/>4, the dagger misses its target; <link-text>turn to 20</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect350">If your total is 5 or more, it strikes the Zakhan in the heart; <link-text>turn to 350</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The dust cloud grows bigger and the rumble of hoofbeats can now be heard drifting towards you across the open plain. Twenty lightly armoured riders approach, their lances bearing blue pennants embroidered with the arms of Tahou, their faces stern and unsmiling beneath the peaks of their winged helmets. Their sergeant makes a signal and the horsemen change formation, drawing up into a circle that quickly closes around you. <quote>State your business here!</quote> bellows the sergeant. <quote>Why do you ride to Tahou?</quote></p>
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<p>At first you are suspicious of their identities, but your basic Kai Sixth Sense confirms that these men are genuine Anarian rangers.</p>
<choice idref="sect279">If you wish to tell the sergeant your real reason for riding to Tahou, <link-text>turn to 279</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect136">If you possess an Invitation and wish to show it to him, <link-text>turn to 136</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Leaving your horses and the South Gate tower behind, you enter a wide avenue flanked by workshops and houses, all built of red stone or rock sheathed in red plaster. The buildings themselves are small and densely packed, yet each one, no matter how humble, has a spire or tower that soars into the sky.</p>
<p>The large sleepy-eyed heads of stone dragons gaze down from the balconies of minarets, crowned either with bulbous, onion-shaped domes of copper, or with platforms housing engines of war recently installed.</p>
- <p>Banedon points to an eating house and suggests that you stop there for some refreshment. Chiban's house is more than an hour's walk from here, and you are ravenous after your long ride.</p>
+ <p>Banedon points to an eating house and suggests that you stop there for some refreshment. Chiban<ch.apos/>s house is more than an hour<ch.apos/>s walk from here, and you are ravenous after your long ride.</p>
<choice idref="sect80">If you wish to enter the eating house, <link-text>turn to 80</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect146">If you decide to ignore your rumbling stomach and continue your walk to Chiban's house, <link-text>turn to 146</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect146">If you decide to ignore your rumbling stomach and continue your walk to Chiban<ch.apos/>s house, <link-text>turn to 146</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Before you lies a huge chamber. Its walls are hung with silk and fine tapestries and its sunken floor is piled high with glittering treasures. As you enter, a perfumed breeze ruffles your hair and the sound of song-birds fills your ears.</p>
<p>Sogh leads you past a bubbling pool of crystal-clear water into an antechamber. Here, lying on a couch of vivid scarlet, rests the ruler of this sanctuary, dressed in an extravagant costume of many colours. His large, squarish face is framed by a hood trimmed with a strange purple fur. He stirs from his slumber and opens his coal-black eyes.</p>
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- <p><quote>Sogh! Who is this man?</quote> he shouts, angrily. <quote>Why have you brought him here?</quote> The thief tries to offer an explanation but it only serves to anger him even more. <quote>Sogh, you snivelling fool!</quote> he bellows. <quote>You know it is forbidden to bring outsiders into the secret enclaves of the guild. I should have you flogged for your stupidity. For all we know, this Northlander could be a spy, or even&ellips;</quote> he pauses, staring up at you fearfully, <quote>an assassin.</quote> He snatches a gem from his pocket and holds it in the air. <quote>Kad-dul da-nar Li-ook!</quote> he breathes, and a vivid green flame engulfs the sparkling jewel.</p>
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+ <p><quote>Sogh! Who is this man?</quote> he shouts, angrily. <quote>Why have you brought him here?</quote> The thief tries to offer an explanation but it only serves to anger him even more. <quote>Sogh, you snivelling fool!</quote> he bellows. <quote>You know it is forbidden to bring outsiders into the secret enclaves of the guild. I should have you flogged for your stupidity. For all we know, this Northlander could be a spy, or even<ch.ellips/></quote> he pauses, staring up at you fearfully, <quote>an assassin.</quote> He snatches a gem from his pocket and holds it in the air. <quote>Kad-dul da-nar Li-ook!</quote> he breathes, and a vivid green flame engulfs the sparkling jewel.</p>
<choice idref="sect101">If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Psi-screen, <link-text>turn to 101</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect64">If you do not possess this skill, <link-text>turn to 64</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>This tree-lined avenue leads to a large public garden called the Rainbow Park, so named because of the vast number of rare and colourful flowers that grow there. The park itself has been turned into an army encampment for those Anarians who have answered the President's desperate plea for defenders. Their banners, lit by the glow of a hundred camp fires, hang above the tents that cover the lush lawns. A couple of soldiers, armed with two-handed broadswords, which they rest across their shoulders, stand guard at the park gates.</p>
+ <p>This tree-lined avenue leads to a large public garden called the Rainbow Park, so named because of the vast number of rare and colourful flowers that grow there. The park itself has been turned into an army encampment for those Anarians who have answered the President<ch.apos/>s desperate plea for defenders. Their banners, lit by the glow of a hundred campfires, hang above the tents that cover the lush lawns. A couple of soldiers, armed with two-handed broadswords, which they rest across their shoulders, stand guard at the park gates.</p>
<choice idref="sect17">If you wish to ask them if they know where Chiban the Magician lives, <link-text>turn to 17</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect288">If you wish to continue along Rainbow Lane without stopping, <link-text>turn to 288</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You approach the twitching body of the dead sky-snake, your weapon held ready in case it should suddenly rear up and strike again. With grim fascination you inspect its venomous fangs and shiny green coils; you shudder when you think of how close you came to death.</p>
- <p>Already a brace of plains vultures are circling overhead, waiting to feast on the creature's carcass. You mount your horse and follow Banedon as he retraces the route back to the highway. You are now hungry and must eat a Meal or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>Already a brace of plains vultures are circling overhead, waiting to feast on the creature<ch.apos/>s carcass. You mount your horse and follow Banedon as he retraces the route back to the highway. You are now hungry and must eat a Meal or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<choice idref="sect318">To continue, <link-text>turn to 318</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Crouching in the shadows beneath the staircase, you look to the end of a torchlit corridor, where a soldier stands guard at a pair of solid iron gates. <quote>Your weapons and equipment are on the other side of that gate, my friend,</quote> whispers Sogh. <quote>It's the tower strongroom, although it's not as strong as they'd like to think. They caught me inside once, but they never found out how I managed to get in. There's a secret passage that leads through the wall to the stables outside. If we can get past that guard and into the strongroom, you can get your equipment back, I can get what I came here for, and we can both get out through the stables.</quote></p>
- <p><quote>But what about my friend?</quote> you reply, worried about Banedon's safety.</p>
- <p><quote>He's not here. I overheard the guards say they were taking him to the Eastgate Barracks. I'd worry about his neck after you've saved your own if I were you.</quote></p>
+ <p>Crouching in the shadows beneath the staircase, you look to the end of a torchlit corridor, where a soldier stands guard at a pair of solid iron gates. <quote>Your weapons and equipment are on the other side of that gate, my friend,</quote> whispers Sogh. <quote>It<ch.apos/>s the tower strongroom, although it<ch.apos/>s not as strong as they<ch.apos/>d like to think. They caught me inside once, but they never found out how I managed to get in. There<ch.apos/>s a secret passage that leads through the wall to the stables outside. If we can get past that guard and into the strongroom, you can get your equipment back, I can get what I came here for, and we can both get out through the stables.</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>But what about my friend?</quote> you reply, worried about Banedon<ch.apos/>s safety.</p>
+ <p><quote>He<ch.apos/>s not here. I overheard the guards say they were taking him to the Eastgate Barracks. I<ch.apos/>d worry about his neck after you<ch.apos/>ve saved your own if I were you.</quote></p>
<p>You stare at the guard, a plan slowly forming in your mind. <quote>Give me that purse of silver,</quote> you say, holding out your hand.</p>
- <p><quote>Now, wait a minute, I&ellips;</quote> replies Sogh, in a fluster.</p>
- <p><quote>Don't argue,</quote> you retort. <quote>You'll get it back. I just need the right sort of bait to hook us this fish.</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>Now, wait a minute, I<ch.ellips/></quote> replies Sogh, in a fluster.</p>
+ <p><quote>Don<ch.apos/>t argue,</quote> you retort. <quote>You<ch.apos/>ll get it back. I just need the right sort of bait to hook us this fish.</quote></p>
<p>Reluctantly he hands over the purse. Silently you leave the shadows and creep along the corridor, taking care to avoid the pools of flickering torchlight. When you are within ten feet of the guard, you begin to lay a trail of silver Lune all the way back to the staircase. The guard notices the glint of silver and cannot resist the temptation; he leaves his post to collect the coins. You wait tensely, sword in hand, as he approaches slowly. He is within a few feet of your hiding place when suddenly he sees you and begins to shout for help.</p>
<p>You must act quickly or his cries will summon every guard in the tower.</p>
<choice idref="sect84">If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Psi-surge and have reached the rank of Principalin, <link-text>turn to 84</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You walk along the narrow, cobblestoned street, taking care to avoid passing too close to windows and doorways, where the glare of firelight is brightest. The city is in a sullen mood. With their women and children safe in the south, the soldiers and citizens busy themselves with preparations for the battle that is imminent. Heavy steps and the clank of weapons echo along the street as a troop of Slovian mercenaries march by, with scarlet- and black-striped shields on their arms, and polished halberds resting on their mailed shoulders. You follow as they march towards a building in the distance, where their officer orders them to halt and fall out. Most of the soldiers then enter the building, but two remain outside to talk and share a pipe of Lourden tobacco. A sign fixed to the building says:</p>
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<signpost>EASTGATE BARRACKS</signpost>
<choice idref="sect189">If you wish to question the mercenaries about Banedon, <link-text>turn to 189</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect68">If you wish to try to enter the barracks unnoticed, <link-text>turn to 68</link-text>.</choice>
<data>
<p>Like most southern Anarian peasants, these farm hands are simple folk. They have heard nothing of the war in the north, and know nothing about the Darklord armies that are poised to assault their capital. All they are able to tell you is that a great many wagons carrying <quote>Takas</quote>, or rich city folk, have travelled the road to Navasari in the last ten days.</p>
- <p>They would be happy to share their humble meal of corn soup with you, but the smell of their dung fire has destroyed your appetite and you refuse their offer politely. Banedon, who has been talking with the owner of the house, returns to his horse and nods at the signpost. <quote>It's pointing the wrong way. A few days ago one of the Takas' wagons ran into it and nobody has bothered to fix it yet.</quote></p>
+ <p>They would be happy to share their humble meal of corn soup with you, but the smell of their dung fire has destroyed your appetite and you refuse their offer politely. Banedon, who has been talking with the owner of the house, returns to his horse and nods at the signpost. <quote>It<ch.apos/>s pointing the wrong way. A few days ago one of the Takas<ch.apos/> wagons ran into it and nobody has bothered to fix it yet.</quote></p>
<p>With a wave, the farm hands bid you farewell as you urge your horses back on to the highway. You are now hungry and must eat a Meal or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<choice idref="sect318"><link-text>Turn to 318</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<footnotes>
<footnote id="sect253-1-foot" idref="sect253-1">
- <p>Golds Crowns may not be paid in lieu of Lune in this instance.</p>
+ <p>Gold Crowns may not be paid in lieu of Lune in this instance.</p>
</footnote>
</footnotes>
<footnotes>
<footnote id="sect254-1-foot" idref="sect254-1">
- <p>If you possess the Sommerswerd, you may double these undead creatures' <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point loss.</p>
+ <p>If you possess the Sommerswerd, you may double these undead creatures<ch.apos/> <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point loss.</p>
</footnote>
</footnotes>
<meta><title>255</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>The commander narrows his eyes. <quote>Bah!</quote> he snorts. <quote>Let 'em enter. We need all the men we can get. Their blood's as good as any that'll be spilled in the defence of this city.</quote></p>
+ <p>The commander narrows his eyes. <quote>Bah!</quote> he snorts. <quote>Let <ch.apos/>em enter. We need all the men we can get. Their blood<ch.apos/>s as good as any that<ch.apos/>ll be spilled in the defence of this city.</quote></p>
<p>You cast a glance at Banedon and smile as he wipes a bead of sweat from his brow.</p>
<choice idref="sect113"><link-text>Turn to 113</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<meta><title>258</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Relentlessly the enemy pour their fire upon the north and west city walls, until the black sky above Tahou takes on a vivid scarlet glow. The defenders look to their weapons uneasily and pray that the gods are with them, at least until dawn. And when the first rays of dawn light show above the eastern hills, no mists enshroud the armies of Darklord Gnaag&emdash;they are massed in all their glory, awaiting the order to attack. You cast your eye across this sea of doom and mark the many regiments of evil that are ranged against the walls of Tahou.</p>
+ <p>Relentlessly the enemy pour their fire upon the north and west city walls, until the black sky above Tahou takes on a vivid scarlet glow. The defenders look to their weapons uneasily and pray that the gods are with them, at least until dawn. And when the first rays of dawn light show above the eastern hills, no mists enshroud the armies of Darklord Gnaag<ch.emdash/>they are massed in all their glory, awaiting the order to attack. You cast your eye across this sea of doom and mark the many regiments of evil that are ranged against the walls of Tahou.</p>
<p>The armoured legions of Vassagonia are the first to advance, moving in ordered columns towards the West Gate. At their head walks a figure sheathed in gold around whom a cold blue fire glows intensely. He strides within range of the city archers and they send a cloud of arrows to greet him, but these shatter and crackle when they encounter his impregnable glowing shield. He crosses the siege bridge and halts before the West Gate. In his hand is an orb of black metal. He holds it before him and mouths an incantation. Instantly a bolt of scarlet flame lances from the orb, destroying the great doors with a thunderous boom. Proudly he strides into the city and the defenders melt before him. One summons enough courage to attack him with a spear. There is a crackling flash and in an instant the soldier is transformed into a pile of glowing ash.</p>
+
<illustration class="float">
<meta>
<creator>Brian Williams</creator>
- <description>A Defender attacks him, driving his spear<br />through the cold blue flames</description>
+ <description>
+ <line>A Defender attacks him, driving his spear</line>
+ <line>through the cold blue flames.</line>
+ </description>
</meta>
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+
<p>He advances unchecked and undaunted by all attacks, for they cannot penetrate his magical shield. Only when he comes face to face with you does he stop.</p>
<p><quote>I have come for you, Lone Wolf,</quote> he says, a cruel smile on his lips. You gaze into the ice-cold eyes of Zakhan Kimah, ruler of Vassagonia. As he raises his orb of black metal, you steel yourself for the battle that is about to commence.</p>
<choice idref="sect48">If you have the Sommerswerd, <link-text>turn to 48</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>259</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Sogh looks at you sheepishly as you search the dead guards. <quote>I'm no fighter,</quote> he says, apologizing for his cowardly behaviour. <quote>I've no stomach for it.</quote> He grimaces at the sight of the bloodstained bodies but manages to overcome his squeamishness when he spies a gold ring and a full purse on one of them.</p>
+ <p>Sogh looks at you sheepishly as you search the dead guards. <quote>I<ch.apos/>m no fighter,</quote> he says, apologizing for his cowardly behaviour. <quote>I<ch.apos/>ve no stomach for it.</quote> He grimaces at the sight of the bloodstained bodies but manages to overcome his squeamishness when he spies a gold ring and a full purse on one of them.</p>
<p>Your search reveals four useful items:</p>
<ul>
<li>2 Swords</li>
<li>1 Iron Key</li>
</ul>
<p>You let Sogh keep the ring and the purse, and hand him one of the swords, which he is reluctant to accept. The other three items you keep (mark them on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>).</p>
- <p>After hiding the bodies, you follow Sogh as he leads you through the chambers and corridors of the South Gatehouse tower. Twice you are almost discovered, but your Kai skills, and Sogh's thief-like agility, save you both from further confrontation until you reach the ground floor of the tower.</p>
+ <p>After hiding the bodies, you follow Sogh as he leads you through the chambers and corridors of the South Gatehouse tower. Twice you are almost discovered, but your Kai skills, and Sogh<ch.apos/>s thief-like agility, save you both from further confrontation until you reach the ground floor of the tower.</p>
<choice idref="sect248"><link-text>Turn to 248</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<data>
<p>Your skin prickles when you see the old man mouth your name, for his words sound in your head as if he were standing next to you and whispering them in your ear. <quote>Come hither, Lone Wolf,</quote> he breathes. <quote>Your purpose here is known to me. I, Gwynian of Varetta, will aid your quest.</quote></p>
<p>Your immediate reaction is to turn and flee, but your Kai senses reveal that this man speaks the truth; he can help you find the Lorestone of Tahou.</p>
- <p>Drawn by his command and your own curiosity, you climb the steps of the Magistrates' Court and follow him into his private chambers. There he explains how he has learned of your identity and purpose.</p>
+ <p>Drawn by his command and your own curiosity, you climb the steps of the Magistrates<ch.apos/> Court and follow him into his private chambers. There he explains how he has learned of your identity and purpose.</p>
<choice idref="sect76"><link-text>Turn to 76</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<li>Lantern</li>
<li>Blanket</li>
</ul>
- <p>You may keep any or all of these
Items, but remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly. You about to leave when you notice a trapdoor set into the floor near the fireplace.</p>
+ <p>You may keep any or all of these
items, but remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly. You about to leave when you notice a trapdoor set into the floor near the fireplace.</p>
<choice idref="sect154">If you wish to open the trapdoor, <link-text>turn to 154</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect123">If you choose to ignore it and continue your trek to Tahou, <link-text>turn to 123</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<meta><title>267</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>The sergeant-at-arms orders his men to surround and disarm you both. Sogh immediately drops to his knee and begs for mercy; he blames you for everything, saying that you released him and forced him to accompany you against his will. <quote>Silence, weevil! You'll get your chance to tell your tale to the Chief Magistrate. Maybe he'll believe you&ellips; </quote> growls the sergeant before casting an angry glance at the dead soldier, <quote>and maybe he won't.</quote></p>
+ <p>The sergeant-at-arms orders his men to surround and disarm you both. Sogh immediately drops to his knee and begs for mercy; he blames you for everything, saying that you released him and forced him to accompany you against his will. <quote>Silence, weevil! You<ch.apos/>ll get your chance to tell your tale to the Chief Magistrate. Maybe he<ch.apos/>ll believe you<ch.ellips/> </quote> growls the sergeant before casting an angry glance at the dead soldier, <quote>and maybe he won<ch.apos/>t.</quote></p>
<p>You are led back to your cell and four burly armed guards are placed outside the door with orders to shoot to kill if you should attempt another escape.</p>
<choice idref="sect227"><link-text>Turn to 227</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>Guyuk is a nervous and jittery sort of man. He is afflicted with all manner of tics and twitches and is given to worrying about anything and everything. Recently his condition has worsened, and in light of events in the north, it is not difficult to understand why.</p>
- <p><quote>Oh! What's to become of us? Where will it all end?</quote> he mutters, wringing his pudgy hands and casting his eyes to the rafters. <quote>Every day for the last two weeks wagons filled with women and children have been leaving Tahou for the south, yet the Senate tell us that nothing is wrong, that we should go about our business and not concern ourselves with city affairs. Well, I for one am not fooled. I tell you they're keeping us in the dark about what's really happening and I'm not going to wait around to suffer the consequences. I'm closing up and moving out at the end of the week, and if you two gentlemen would take some friendly advice, you'd be wise to do the same.</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>Oh! What<ch.apos/>s to become of us? Where will it all end?</quote> he mutters, wringing his pudgy hands and casting his eyes to the rafters. <quote>Every day for the last two weeks wagons filled with women and children have been leaving Tahou for the south, yet the Senate tell us that nothing is wrong, that we should go about our business and not concern ourselves with city affairs. Well, I for one am not fooled. I tell you they<ch.apos/>re keeping us in the dark about what<ch.apos/>s really happening and I<ch.apos/>m not going to wait around to suffer the consequences. I<ch.apos/>m closing up and moving out at the end of the week, and if you two gentlemen would take some friendly advice, you<ch.apos/>d be wise to do the same.</quote></p>
<p>Someone in the tavern is calling for more lovka. Before you can question Guyuk further, he snatches up a bottle and scurries away to serve his thirsty customer.</p>
<choice idref="sect88">If you now wish to order some food, <link-text>turn to 88</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect156">If you decide to retire to your room, <link-text>turn to 156</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>276</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>The impact of your killing blow knocks the guard headlong backwards on to the hard stone floor. Unfortunately, the noise of combat has alerted his comrades and, as you stoop to grab the key from the dead man's belt, you hear the sound of their hobnailed boots as they storm down the stairs. The leading pair are armed with bows and, as they reach the bottom of the staircase, they kneel and take aim.</p>
+ <p>The impact of your killing blow knocks the guard headlong backwards on to the hard stone floor. Unfortunately, the noise of combat has alerted his comrades and, as you stoop to grab the key from the dead man<ch.apos/>s belt, you hear the sound of their hobnailed boots as they storm down the stairs. The leading pair are armed with bows and, as they reach the bottom of the staircase, they kneel and take aim.</p>
<p><quote>Surrender or die!</quote> shouts their sergeant-at-arms, brandishing an axe.</p>
<choice idref="sect267">If you wish to raise your hands in surrender, <link-text>turn to 267</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect95">If you wish to defy his order, <link-text>turn to 95</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>279</title></meta>
<data>
- <p><quote>Seems we have a pair of travelling clowns come to entertain us with fairy stories,</quote> sneers the sergeant, while his men laugh disdainfully at your explanation. He draws his curved cavalry sword and points the blade menacingly towards your chest; his men cease their sniggering. <quote>You're both under arrest on suspicion of spying. Drop your weapons&emdash;at once!</quote></p>
- <choice idref="sect24">If you wish to obey the sergeant's order, <link-text>turn to 24</link-text>.</choice>
+ <p><quote>Seems we have a pair of travelling clowns come to entertain us with fairy stories,</quote> sneers the sergeant, while his men laugh disdainfully at your explanation. He draws his curved cavalry sword and points the blade menacingly towards your chest; his men cease their sniggering. <quote>You<ch.apos/>re both under arrest on suspicion of spying. Drop your weapons<ch.emdash/>at once!</quote></p>
+ <choice idref="sect24">If you wish to obey the sergeant<ch.apos/>s order, <link-text>turn to 24</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect85">If you wish to resist arrest, <link-text>turn to 85</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<meta><title>280</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>It takes a little over three seconds for the object to hit solid ground, and you judge the drop to be at least thirty feet&emdash;too far to jump safely. Rather than risk your legs, and possibly your life, on such a jump, you decide to try to reach the ledge.</p>
+ <p>It takes a little over three seconds for the object to hit solid ground, and you judge the drop to be at least thirty feet<ch.emdash/>too far to jump safely. Rather than risk your legs, and possibly your life, on such a jump, you decide to try to reach the ledge.</p>
<choice idref="sect38"><link-text>Turn to 38</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<data>
<p>The roof of the cave and the tunnel beyond is high enough for you to ride through it on horseback. But the interior is pitch black, and if you are not to stray off course, you will need some form of light to illuminate the way ahead.</p>
<choice idref="sect219">If you possess a Kalte Firesphere, a Lantern, or a Torch and Tinderbox,<a id="sect282-1" idref="sect282-1-foot" class="footnote" /> <link-text>turn to 219</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect341">If you do not possess any of these Items, <link-text>turn to 341</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect341">If you do not possess any of these items, <link-text>turn to 341</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<meta><title>283</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>The metal is cream coloured and wafer thin, and the design embossed on the surface appears to be an intricate mathematical equation. You apply your mind to solving the numerical riddle and are close to an answer when suddenly the metal bursts into flames. You fling the flaring token away instantly, but your hand is still badly burned by the flash&emdash;lose 4 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>The metal is cream coloured and wafer thin, and the design embossed on the surface appears to be an intricate mathematical equation. You apply your mind to solving the numerical riddle and are close to an answer when suddenly the metal bursts into flames. You fling the flaring token away instantly, but your hand is still badly burned by the flash<ch.emdash/>lose 4 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<p>You curse the device but console yourself with having solved the riddle: the answer is 320. (Make a note of this number in the margin of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>; it may prove useful at a later stage of your adventure.)</p>
<choice idref="sect130"><link-text>Turn to 130</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>The enemy begin bombarding the wall with huge stone balls fired from catapults that they have wheeled to the edge of the great moat. The first of these missiles drop from the sky without warning to tear vast holes in the parapets and walkways. Immediately you take cover but are horrified to see one of these huge missiles hurtling directly towards you.</p>
+
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<meta>
<creator>Brian Williams</creator>
- <description>The enemy begin bombarding the wall with<br />huge stone balls fired from catapults</description>
+ <description>
+ <line>The enemy begin bombarding the wall with</line>
+ <line>huge stone balls fired from catapults.</line>
+ </description>
</meta>
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+
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you have completed the Lore-circle of Solaris add 4 to the number you have picked.</p>
- <choice idref="sect112">If your total is now 0&endash;5, <link-text>turn to 112</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect112">If your total is now 0<ch.endash/>5, <link-text>turn to 112</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect270">If it is 6 or more, <link-text>turn to 270</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<meta><title>288</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>The lane skirts the edge of Rainbow Park as it heads towards the guildhalls and emporiums of the city's West District. As you approach the Guildhall of Armourers, a patrol of guards, led by an officer wearing the crest of the Tahou garrison, suddenly appears from a side street and comes marching towards you. As soon as the officer catches sight of you, he orders his men to halt and load their bows. <quote>Stop!</quote> he commands. <quote>Stop at once or we'll open fire!</quote></p>
+ <p>The lane skirts the edge of Rainbow Park as it heads towards the guildhalls and emporiums of the city<ch.apos/>s West District. As you approach the Guildhall of Armourers, a patrol of guards, led by an officer wearing the crest of the Tahou garrison, suddenly appears from a side street and comes marching towards you. As soon as the officer catches sight of you, he orders his men to halt and load their bows. <quote>Stop!</quote> he commands. <quote>Stop at once or we<ch.apos/>ll open fire!</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect344">If you wish to surrender to this patrol, <link-text>turn to 344</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect211">If you wish to ignore the officer's command and turn and run, <link-text>turn to 211</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect211">If you wish to ignore the officer<ch.apos/>s command and turn and run, <link-text>turn to 211</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<data>
<p>The icy water clogs your nose and throat and numbs you to the bone. Desperately you fight to control the panic gnawing at your insides as your air-starved lungs fill your chest with an agonizing pain.</p>
<choice idref="sect25">If you have a Vial of Blue Pills, <link-text>turn to 25</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect329">If you do not possess this Item, <link-text>turn to 329</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect329">If you do not possess this item, <link-text>turn to 329</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<meta><title>290</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>The leader of the approaching cavalry, a sergeant, signals to his men to change formation. They leave the highway and draw up in a circle, closing around your hiding place. The sergeant unsheathes his curved cavalry sword, holds it at arm's length, and edges his mount nearer so that the blade hovers menacingly just before your chest. <quote>You're both under arrest,</quote> he bellows, <quote>on suspicion of spying! Drop your weapons at once!</quote></p>
- <choice idref="sect24">If you wish to obey the sergeant's order, <link-text>turn to 24</link-text>.</choice>
+ <p>The leader of the approaching cavalry, a sergeant, signals to his men to change formation. They leave the highway and draw up in a circle, closing around your hiding place. The sergeant unsheathes his curved cavalry sword, holds it at arm<ch.apos/>s length, and edges his mount nearer so that the blade hovers menacingly just before your chest. <quote>You<ch.apos/>re both under arrest,</quote> he bellows, <quote>on suspicion of spying! Drop your weapons at once!</quote></p>
+ <choice idref="sect24">If you wish to obey the sergeant<ch.apos/>s order, <link-text>turn to 24</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect85">If you choose to resist arrest, <link-text>turn to 85</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<data>
<p>The men are plainly displeased that you have interrupted their conversation. One of them, a sallow-faced knave with dark eyes and curly black hair, snatches a jug from the table and takes a long swig. He slams it down and turns to his friend.</p>
- <p><quote>Did you know,</quote> he says, red wine squirting through his rotted teeth, <quote>my brother Ghane was killed in Ragadorn last year? He was stabbed in the back by a lousy Northlander.</quote> Slowly he turns his head and stares coldly into your eyes. <quote>I hate Northlanders,</quote> he snarls. <quote>They're all cowardly, backstabbing scum!</quote> You notice his hand leave the jug and slip below the table.</p>
+ <p><quote>Did you know,</quote> he says, red wine squirting through his rotted teeth, <quote>my brother Ghane was killed in Ragadorn last year? He was stabbed in the back by a lousy Northlander.</quote> Slowly he turns his head and stares coldly into your eyes. <quote>I hate Northlanders,</quote> he snarls. <quote>They<ch.apos/>re all cowardly, backstabbing scum!</quote> You notice his hand leave the jug and slip below the table.</p>
<choice idref="sect8">If you wish to tell him you are sorry to hear what happened to his brother, <link-text>turn to 8</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect86">If you wish to prepare for combat in case he attacks you, <link-text>turn to 86</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect347">If you decide it would be wise to leave the eating house, <link-text>turn to 347</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>294</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>You shake your head in disbelief when you see who is sitting in the Chief Magistrate's chair. It is Gwynian, the Sage of Varetta, the man who foretold the dangers of the Chasm of Doom and helped you find the Lorestone of Varetta.</p>
+ <p>You shake your head in disbelief when you see who is sitting in the Chief Magistrate<ch.apos/>s chair. It is Gwynian, the Sage of Varetta, the man who foretold the dangers of the Chasm of Doom and helped you find the Lorestone of Varetta.</p>
<p><quote>Our stars unite, Lone Wolf,</quote> he says, the trace of a smile wrinkling his kindly face. <quote>Destiny has decreed that we should meet again.</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect54"><link-text>Turn to 54</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<meta><title>300</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>The great flagstoned precinct at the entrance to the Anarium is packed with hundreds of people. Senate officials, soldiers and citizens crowd the steps that give access to the grand foyer and outer chambers of the hall. You notice that a side entrance is being used exclusively by army scouts who arrive with dispatches and leave with orders for the lookouts hidden in the surrounding hills. You take a calculated gamble and order the carriage driver to draw up at the side entrance. This bold move pays off; upon seeing your presidential scroll not only do the guards allow you into the Anarium, but you are escorted to the Appellant's Gallery inside the assembly hall itself.</p>
+ <p>The great flagstoned precinct at the entrance to the Anarium is packed with hundreds of people. Senate officials, soldiers and citizens crowd the steps that give access to the grand foyer and outer chambers of the hall. You notice that a side entrance is being used exclusively by army scouts who arrive with dispatches and leave with orders for the lookouts hidden in the surrounding hills. You take a calculated gamble and order the carriage driver to draw up at the side entrance. This bold move pays off; upon seeing your presidential scroll not only do the guards allow you into the Anarium, but you are escorted to the Appellant<ch.apos/>s Gallery inside the assembly hall itself.</p>
+
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<meta>
<creator>Brian Williams</creator>
- <description>President Toltuda occupies a seat in the centre of the<br />hall and presides over a heated discussion</description>
+ <description>
+ <line>President Toltuda occupies a seat in the centre of</line>
+ <line>the hall and presides over a heated discussion.</line>
+ </description>
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+
<p>From your seat in the gallery you stare down at an oval hall, ringed by twelve arches beneath which the senators of Anari sit upon their throne-like chairs of lacquered oak. President Toltuda occupies a seat in the centre of the hall and presides over a heated discussion that is raging back and forth. Having heard all sides of the argument he calls for a vote, and the issue is decided by a show of hands.</p>
<p><quote>We now come to a quite extraordinary matter, which has been raised by one of our most eminent citizens,</quote> says President Toltuda, introducing your appeal to the Senate. He turns to the gallery and calls out, <quote>Sommlending Lord, Lone Wolf, please make yourself known to the assembly.</quote></p>
<p>You rise from your seat and bow to the senators. <quote>Please present your request to us, Lone Wolf,</quote> says the President, and a hush descends on the hall as you explain the purpose of your journey to Tahou. When you have finished, the President calls upon the senators to speak.</p>
<p><quote>And I say we should refuse to open the Cauldron,</quote> booms the powerful voice of Senator Chil. <quote>I say that if it were not for his presence in our city, we would be spared the attention of the Darklords. He is the object of their anger and spite. I say we should give him to them, and in doing so we will save our city, our country, our people and ourselves!</quote> A surge of support echoes from the arches, and your skin prickles at the thought of what could happen. President Toltuda calls for a vote to decide whether the Senate should allow you to enter the Cauldron, or use you to bargain for peace with the Darklords.</p>
<p>Tensely you await the result. The votes are cast and counted and the Senate is split evenly: six votes for you and six votes against. The decision now rests with the President himself. He must cast the deciding vote.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
- <choice idref="sect58">If the number you have picked is 0&endash;4, <link-text>turn to 58</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect137">If the number is 5&endash;9, <link-text>turn to 137</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect58">If the number you have picked is 0<ch.endash/>4, <link-text>turn to 58</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect137">If the number is 5<ch.endash/>9, <link-text>turn to 137</link-text>.</choice>
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</section>
<footnotes>
<footnote id="sect301-1-foot" idref="sect301-1">
- <p>If you possess the Sommerswerd, you may double this undead creature's <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point loss.</p>
+ <p>If you possess the Sommerswerd, you may double this undead creature<ch.apos/>s <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point loss.</p>
</footnote>
</footnotes>
<meta><title>303</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>With their leader slain, the Giaks suddenly lose their nerve and fall back to their ladder. You leap forward and help them on their way with a flurry of blows that leaves six dead at your feet. Several leap from the battlements into the moat rather than stand and face your deadly counter-attack. Within minutes the wall is cleared of the enemy and a squad of Slovian mercenaries arrives to plug the gap.</p>
+ <p>With their leader slain, the Giaks suddenly lose their nerve and fall back to their ladder. You leap forward and help them on their way with a flurry of blows that leaves six dead at your feet. Several leap from the battlements into the moat rather than stand and face your deadly counterattack. Within minutes the wall is cleared of the enemy and a squad of Slovian mercenaries arrives to plug the gap.</p>
<choice idref="sect35">If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Huntmastery and have reached the Magnakai rank of Principalin, <link-text>turn to 35</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect168">If you do not possess this skill, or have yet to reach this level of Magnakai training, <link-text>turn to 168</link-text>.</choice>
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<data>
<p>A tingle runs down your spine as you recognize the Chief Magistrate. It is Gwynian, the Sage of Varetta, the man who foretold the dangers of the Chasm of Doom and helped you find the Lorestone of Varetta. <quote>Come hither, Lone Wolf,</quote> he beckons. His words sound in your head as if he were standing beside you, whispering them in your ear. <quote>Destiny has decreed that we should meet again.</quote></p>
- <p>Drawn by his words and your own curiosity, you climb the steps of the Magistrates' Court and follow him to his private chambers.</p>
+ <p>Drawn by his words and your own curiosity, you climb the steps of the Magistrates<ch.apos/> Court and follow him to his private chambers.</p>
<choice idref="sect76"><link-text>Turn to 76</link-text>.</choice>
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</section>
<meta><title>306</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>The dead Doomwolf drops heavily to the ground and your horse rears up on its hind legs, churning the air with its forehooves, which strike like steel hammers amid the remaining wolf-riders. More than one ends its days with your horse's hoofprint stamped upon its shattered skull. A gap appears and you see Banedon gallop past, his loose robe streaming out behind him like a pair of blue wings. You dig in your heels and urge your brave horse after him, fleeing the battleground as yet more of the wolf-riders loom into view.</p>
+ <p>The dead Doomwolf drops heavily to the ground and your horse rears up on its hind legs, churning the air with its forehooves, which strike like steel hammers amid the remaining wolf-riders. More than one ends its days with your horse<ch.apos/>s hoofprint stamped upon its shattered skull. A gap appears and you see Banedon gallop past, his loose robe streaming out behind him like a pair of blue wings. You dig in your heels and urge your brave horse after him, fleeing the battleground as yet more of the wolf-riders loom into view.</p>
<choice idref="sect293"><link-text>Turn to 293</link-text>.</choice>
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</section>
<meta><title>308</title></meta>
<data>
- <p><quote>Your actions betray your guilt,</quote> growls the mercenary leader. Contemptuously he hurls aside the trembling soldiers and draws his sword. <quote>Get 'em, lads!</quote> he cries, and leaps to the attack.</p>
+ <p><quote>Your actions betray your guilt,</quote> growls the mercenary leader. Contemptuously he hurls aside the trembling soldiers and draws his sword. <quote>Get <ch.apos/>em, lads!</quote> he cries, and leaps to the attack.</p>
<combat><enemy>Deldenian Mercenaries</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">26</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">34</enemy-attribute></combat>
<choice idref="sect223">If you wish to evade after one round of combat, <link-text>turn to 223</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect174">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 174</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>310</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>You steel yourself to renew your aim as the flying serpent makes its attack. At the last possible moment you release the arrow, sending it burrowing into the creature's pear-shaped skull. It gives vent to a chilling sound and somersaults backwards in the air, its wings thrashing wildly as it crashes to the ground amid a spray of blood and broken feathers.</p>
+ <p>You steel yourself to renew your aim as the flying serpent makes its attack. At the last possible moment you release the arrow, sending it burrowing into the creature<ch.apos/>s pear-shaped skull. It gives vent to a chilling sound and somersaults backwards in the air, its wings thrashing wildly as it crashes to the ground amid a spray of blood and broken feathers.</p>
<choice idref="sect247"><link-text>Turn to 247</link-text>.</choice>
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</section>
<choice idref="sect183">If you have a bow and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 183</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect244">If you wish to draw a hand weapon and prepare for combat, <link-text>turn to 244</link-text>.</choice>
<choice>If you wish to try to escape this ambush by galloping along the pass, pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect293">If the number you have picked is 0&endash;3, <link-text>turn to 293</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect257">If it is 4&endash;9, <link-text>turn to 257</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect293">If the number you have picked is 0<ch.endash/>3, <link-text>turn to 293</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect257">If it is 4<ch.endash/>9, <link-text>turn to 257</link-text>.</choice>
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</section>
<meta><title>315</title></meta>
<data>
- <p><quote>Find somewhere else to sit, stranger: that place is mine,</quote> he demands, grasping the hilt of his dagger with his free hand. You sense movement outside in the street and you glance nervously at the cellar door. <quote>Get up,</quote> growls the man impatiently, drawing his dagger slowly from its sheath. <quote>If you dare cross Sogh of Suentina, you'll not live long enough to regret it!</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>Find somewhere else to sit, stranger: that place is mine,</quote> he demands, grasping the hilt of his dagger with his free hand. You sense movement outside in the street and you glance nervously at the cellar door. <quote>Get up,</quote> growls the man impatiently, drawing his dagger slowly from its sheath. <quote>If you dare cross Sogh of Suentina, you<ch.apos/>ll not live long enough to regret it!</quote></p>
<p>At that instant the door bursts open and in rush six heavily armed Senate House guards. Thinking that the ale cellar is being raided, something of a routine event here at the Purple Purse, the shady patrons drop their drinks and flee towards the open door in an attempt to escape arrest. Sogh, the thief who threatened you, heads towards a shadowy arch. You run after him and grab him by the arm.</p>
<p><quote>Get me out of here,</quote> you plead, <quote>you can name your price.</quote> The wily thief smiles at the thought of making some easy money and holds out his hand.</p>
- <p><quote>Give me your money pouch and I
'll save your skin.</quote> Grudgingly you hand over your gold and follow the thief into the archway. Delete any Gold Crowns or Lune you have recorded in the Belt Pouch section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p><quote>Give me your money pouch and I
<ch.apos/>ll save your skin.</quote> Grudgingly you hand over your gold and follow the thief into the archway. Delete any Gold Crowns or Lune you have recorded in the Belt Pouch section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect135"><link-text>Turn to 135</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<section class="numbered" id="sect316">
<meta><title>316</title></meta>
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="sect316-1-foot" idref="sect316-1">
+ <p>The normal penalty for entering a combat without a weapon is -4 <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> points. Remember that Tutelaries (Kai Lords with mastery of five Magnakai Disciplines) only suffer a penalty of -2 <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> points for entering combat unarmed.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
<data>
- <p><quote>I know where your friend is,</quote> he says, a note of desperation creeping into his voice, <quote>and I know where they've stowed your equipment. Let me loose and I'll show you.</quote> Grudgingly you undo the manacles that encircle his wrists.</p>
- <p><quote>A thousand thanks,</quote> he says, massaging his aching arms. <quote>My name is Sogh, master-thief of Suentina; at your service.</quote> He bows then motions you to follow him to a closed door behind you, next to the open one through which you entered the chamber. <quote>This is the second time I've been invited to stay at these lodgings,</quote> he whispers, working on the lock with a length of wire taken from the sleeve of his leather tunic. <quote>Because I decided to cut short my last visit they thought it best to keep me chained up this time.</quote></p>
- <p>There is a soft click and Sogh smiles proudly as he removes the wire from the lock. <quote>Ha! that was easy!</quote> he says, pushing open the door. Standing in the doorway are two burly guards, one clutching a bowl of food and the other holding a large iron key. <quote>Hmm&ellips; I thought that lock opened a bit too easily,</quote> mumbles Sogh, as he backs away from the advancing guards. They drop what they are carrying and draw their swords; they are determined to prevent your escape.</p>
+ <p><quote>I know where your friend is,</quote> he says, a note of desperation creeping into his voice, <quote>and I know where they<ch.apos/>ve stowed your equipment. Let me loose and I<ch.apos/>ll show you.</quote> Grudgingly you undo the manacles that encircle his wrists.</p>
+ <p><quote>A thousand thanks,</quote> he says, massaging his aching arms. <quote>My name is Sogh, master-thief of Suentina; at your service.</quote> He bows then motions you to follow him to a closed door behind you, next to the open one through which you entered the chamber. <quote>This is the second time I<ch.apos/>ve been invited to stay at these lodgings,</quote> he whispers, working on the lock with a length of wire taken from the sleeve of his leather tunic. <quote>Because I decided to cut short my last visit they thought it best to keep me chained up this time.</quote></p>
+ <p>There is a soft click and Sogh smiles proudly as he removes the wire from the lock. <quote>Ha! that was easy!</quote> he says, pushing open the door. Standing in the doorway are two burly guards, one clutching a bowl of food and the other holding a large iron key. <quote>Hmm<ch.ellips/> I thought that lock opened a bit too easily,</quote> mumbles Sogh, as he backs away from the advancing guards. They drop what they are carrying and draw their swords; they are determined to prevent your escape.</p>
+
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- <description>The advancing guards drop what they are carrying<br />and draw their swords</description>
+ <description>
+ <line>The advancing guards drop what they are</line>
+ <line>carrying and draw their swords.</line>
+ </description>
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+
<combat><enemy>Gatehouse Guards</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">20</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">26</enemy-attribute></combat>
- <p>You must deduct 4 points from your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> for the duration of the fight, as you are without a Weapon. You fight alone: Sogh is cowering behind you, using your body as a shield.</p>
+ <p>Make the proper adjustments to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> for the duration of this fight, as you are without a Weapon.<a id="sect316-1" idref="sect316-1-foot" class="footnote"/> You fight alone: Sogh is cowering behind you, using your body as a shield.</p>
<choice idref="sect259">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 259</link-text>.</choice>
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</section>
<meta><title>317</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>You leap from the swinging ladder a fraction too late, overshoot the ledge, and crash painfully against a wall of rough, jagged rock. As you rebound from the wall you land on the ledge and manage to cling to the boulders that litter its surface. You have suffered cuts to your face and chest, and your side is gashed and bruised&emdash;lose 4 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>You leap from the swinging ladder a fraction too late, overshoot the ledge, and crash painfully against a wall of rough, jagged rock. As you rebound from the wall you land on the ledge and manage to cling to the boulders that litter its surface. You have suffered cuts to your face and chest, and your side is gashed and bruised<ch.emdash/>lose 4 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<choice idref="sect157"><link-text>Turn to 157</link-text>.</choice>
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</section>
<data>
<p>Five miles along the highway you reach another junction, where a cart track bears off to the west. A whitewashed stone marker at the side of the road says:</p>
- <signpost>SIDARA&emdash;5 MILES</signpost>
+ <signpost>SIDARA<ch.emdash/>5 MILES</signpost>
<choice idref="sect45">If you wish to follow the cart track to Sidara, <link-text>turn to 45</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect145">If you wish to stay on the highway to Tahou, <link-text>turn to 145</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>The soldiers demand one Crown each before even hearing your question. You pay them their price (remember to deduct this from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>) and ask if a blond-haired Northlander, dressed in blue robes, is being held under arrest here.</p>
- <p><quote>Wait here,</quote> says the bearded soldier, and enters the barracks. Suddenly his companion takes a swipe at you with the shaft of his halberd. Instinctively you duck, avoiding the full force of the blow, but it still catches your temple and leaves you stunned: lose 1 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point. <quote>There he is!</quote> says the bearded man, who has reappeared with a dozen of his comrades. <quote>Don't let 'im get away. They want him down at the South Gate. Seems he's been givin' them a bit o' trouble.</quote></p>
- <p>They surround you with a circle of spears and march you back to the South Gate tower. On the way you overhear the bearded mercenary say to another soldier, <quote>If only he hadn't tried to bribe us with Northland coinage, he'd have got clean away!</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>Wait here,</quote> says the bearded soldier, and enters the barracks. Suddenly his companion takes a swipe at you with the shaft of his halberd. Instinctively you duck, avoiding the full force of the blow, but it still catches your temple and leaves you stunned: lose 1 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point. <quote>There he is!</quote> says the bearded man, who has reappeared with a dozen of his comrades. <quote>Don<ch.apos/>t let <ch.apos/>im get away. They want him down at the South Gate. Seems he<ch.apos/>s been givin<ch.apos/> them a bit o<ch.apos/> trouble.</quote></p>
+ <p>They surround you with a circle of spears and march you back to the South Gate tower. On the way you overhear the bearded mercenary say to another soldier, <quote>If only he hadn<ch.apos/>t tried to bribe us with Northland coinage, he<ch.apos/>d have got clean away!</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect162"><link-text>Turn to 162</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<meta><title>321</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>The guards inspect the Invitation, their expressions conveying their doubt that the signature it bears is genuine. They order you to dismount and one of them hurries off to summon the gatehouse commander. Fortunately, when he arrives he recognizes Lortha's mark and allows you to leave the enclosure, although he impounds both your horses. You protest and demand that they be returned, but to no avail.</p>
+ <p>The guards inspect the Invitation, their expressions conveying their doubt that the signature it bears is genuine. They order you to dismount and one of them hurries off to summon the gatehouse commander. Fortunately, when he arrives he recognizes Lortha<ch.apos/>s mark and allows you to leave the enclosure, although he impounds both your horses. You protest and demand that they be returned, but to no avail.</p>
<p><quote>Orders of the Senate,</quote> says the commander, offhandedly; <quote>an emergency decree. All horses belonging to the civil population must be delivered into the care of the garrison stables until the state of emergency is lifted.</quote></p>
- <p>Reluctantly you allow the guards to take your steeds and, as they are being led away, the commander hands you each a piece of vellum stamped with a date and a number. <quote>Receipts,</quote> he explains, his tone noticeably more friendly. You pocket your Receipt (mark this as a Special Item on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>; owing to its size, you need not delete another Special Item should you already carry the maximum quota) and are about to walk away when he calls out, <quote>Report to the citadel first thing in the morning. You'll be allocated your battle positions for when the enemy attack.</quote></p>
+ <p>Reluctantly you allow the guards to take your steeds and, as they are being led away, the commander hands you each a piece of vellum stamped with a date and a number. <quote>Receipts,</quote> he explains, his tone noticeably more friendly. You pocket your Receipt (mark this as a Special Item on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>; owing to its size, you need not delete another Special Item should you already carry the maximum quota) and are about to walk away when he calls out, <quote>Report to the citadel first thing in the morning. You<ch.apos/>ll be allocated your battle positions for when the enemy attack.</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect242"><link-text>Turn to 242</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<footnotes>
<footnote id="sect322-1-foot" idref="sect322-1">
- <p>If you possess the Sommerswerd, you may double these undead creatures' <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point loss.</p>
+ <p>If you possess the Sommerswerd, you may double these undead creatures<ch.apos/> <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point loss.</p>
</footnote>
</footnotes>
<data>
- <p>No sooner have you managed to prise the dead ghoul's hands from around your throat than his brethren reach the hollow. Your skin crawls at the touch of their slick, clammy flesh, but you struggle against your rising nausea and counter their attack.</p>
+ <p>No sooner have you managed to prise the dead ghoul<ch.apos/>s hands from around your throat than his brethren reach the hollow. Your skin crawls at the touch of their slick, clammy flesh, but you struggle against your rising nausea and counter their attack.</p>
<combat><enemy><a id="sect322-1" idref="sect322-1-foot" class="footnote">Ghoul Pack</a></enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">24</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">35</enemy-attribute></combat>
<choice idref="sect147">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 147</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<data>
<p>It is a grim grey building, devoid of decoration or colour, its stark bare walls serving to remind the Tahouese of its sober purpose. It is a place where justice is meted out to wrongdoers and harsh punishments are imposed. All trials are conducted before a magistrate and his decision is final; there are no juries in Tahou. The Chief Magistrate presides over crimes that are serious enough to warrant the death penalty and, as you stare at the courthouse from the shadows of a doorway, your pulse quickens when you see his carriage draw up outside. An old man with long grey hair and a beard, he is wearing the purple and silver robes of the judiciary. He is accompanied by court guards and scribes, who help him to climb the steps to his private chambers located within the court building. When he reaches the top step he halts, turns, and points his finger at you.</p>
+
<illustration class="float">
<meta>
<creator>Brian Williams</creator>
- <description>An old man with long grey hair and beard halts at<br />the top step and points his finger at you</description>
+ <description>
+ <line>An old man with long grey hair and beard halts</line>
+ <line>at the top step and points his finger at you.</line>
+ </description>
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- <choice idref="sect304">If you have ever visited the city of Varetta or a hut on the Ruanon Pike in a previous Lone Wolf adventure, <link-text>turn to 304</link-text>.</choice>
+
+ <choice idref="sect304">If you have ever visited the city of Varetta or a hut on the Ruanon Pike in a previous <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> adventure, <link-text>turn to 304</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect263">If you have never visited either of these places, <link-text>turn to 263</link-text>.</choice>
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</section>
<data>
<p>Pressing your shoulder to the door you force it open and advance into the corridor beyond. But a shock awaits you: two reptilians kneel at the end of the passage, supporting on their scaly shoulders a huge rod of crystal encircled with tubes and glowing with metallic buttons. Terror grips your heart as you see the rod become charged with a bolt of power that is aimed at your chest.</p>
<choice idref="sect295">If you possess the Sommerswerd, <link-text>turn to 295</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect152">If you do not possess this Special Item, <link-text>turn to 152</link-text></choice>
+ <choice idref="sect152">If you do not possess this Special Item, <link-text>turn to 152</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
</footnotes>
<data>
- <p><a id="sect326-1" idref="sect326-1-foot" class="footnote">There is a soft whirr as the mechanism of the lock disengages,</a> but the door does not open. <thought>You will need this key,</thought>&emdash;the words sound in your head.</p>
+ <p><a id="sect326-1" idref="sect326-1-foot" class="footnote">There is a soft whirr as the mechanism of the lock disengages,</a> but the door does not open. <thought>You will need this key,</thought><ch.emdash/>the words sound in your head.</p>
<p>You spin around to see the female reptilian, the leader of her kind. She moves towards you from an archway to your right, holding a rod of Korlinium in her webbed hand. The glint of several eyes in the darkness of the other arches warn that she is not alone. Telepathically, she calls to you. <thought>You are unlike the other man-things that have dared to enter Zaaryx. What is it that you seek?</thought></p>
<choice idref="sect256">If you wish to tell her why you are here, <link-text>turn to 256</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect83">If you choose to prepare to defend yourself in case you are attacked, <link-text>turn to 83</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>328</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>You give a hefty kick and send a bench whirling against the man's legs. He falls heavily, slamming his head against the table and knocking himself out. The watching crowd find this greatly amusing, and while they are helpless with laughter, you escape through the door and along the street.</p>
+ <p>You give a hefty kick and send a bench whirling against the man<ch.apos/>s legs. He falls heavily, slamming his head against the table and knocking himself out. The watching crowd find this greatly amusing, and while they are helpless with laughter, you escape through the door and along the street.</p>
<choice idref="sect146"><link-text>Turn to 146</link-text>.</choice>
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</section>
<data>
<p>Although you cannot gauge how deep you are, you know that your strength is fading fast. If you are to avoid a watery death, you must shed some of your equipment.</p>
- <choice idref="sect91">If you wish to discard half the number of Items in your Backpack, <link-text>turn to 91</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect91">If you wish to discard half the number of items in your Backpack, <link-text>turn to 91</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect346">If you decide to discard your Backpack completely, <link-text>turn to 346</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
</section>
<meta><title>331</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>The villagers swarm around you like hungry locusts, pleading with you to buy their humble goods. Most of the baskets contain food with a greasy, off-putting smell, and small earthenware flasks full of boza&emdash;a pale yellow wine with a bouquet like sour milk. Those villagers that are too poor to offer any goods at all simply cup their hands and beg for money. For every one Gold Grown you spend here you can purchase 2 Meals or one Flask of Boza.</p>
+ <p>The villagers swarm around you like hungry locusts, pleading with you to buy their humble goods. Most of the baskets contain food with a greasy, off-putting smell, and small earthenware flasks full of boza<ch.emdash/>a pale yellow wine with a bouquet like sour milk. Those villagers that are too poor to offer any goods at all simply cup their hands and beg for money. For every one Gold Grown you spend here you can purchase 2 Meals or one Flask of Boza.</p>
<choice idref="sect163">If you wish to give the beggars some money, <link-text>turn to 163</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect52">If you decide to remount your horse and continue, <link-text>turn to 52</link-text>.</choice>
</data>
<meta><title>334</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>Brooker Court ends at a plaza known as Glassblower's Square. All the shops and houses in this area are owned by the Glassblower's Guild and, as a symbol of their wealth and influence in this part of the city, each of the slabs that pave the square is made entirely of coloured glass, several feet thick. Three roads lead from this plaza of glass: Lamp Street, Southgate, and Rainbow Lane.</p>
+ <p>Brooker Court ends at a plaza known as Glassblower<ch.apos/>s Square. All the shops and houses in this area are owned by the Glassblower<ch.apos/>s Guild and, as a symbol of their wealth and influence in this part of the city, each of the slabs that pave the square is made entirely of coloured glass, several feet thick. Three roads lead from this plaza of glass: Lamp Street, Southgate, and Rainbow Lane.</p>
<choice idref="sect110">If you wish to go north into Lamp Street, <link-text>turn to 110</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect278">If you choose to head south into Southgate, <link-text>turn to 278</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect245">If you decide to go west into Rainbow Lane, <link-text>turn to 245</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>335</title></meta>
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- <p>Stones rattle beneath your horse's hooves as you skirt the slopes of the Tahou Hills. Nearly an hour slips by before you happen upon the mouth of a gorge that offers a shorter route to the north. You enter and ride along a dried-out watercourse that winds for a mile between turrets of dull-coloured rock before rising steeply into the hills. At this point a small stone hut sits overhanging the gorge. Candlelight flickers at its window and a wisp of wood smoke rises from its chimney.</p>
+ <p>Stones rattle beneath your horse<ch.apos/>s hooves as you skirt the slopes of the Tahou Hills. Nearly an hour slips by before you happen upon the mouth of a gorge that offers a shorter route to the north. You enter and ride along a dried-out watercourse that winds for a mile between turrets of dull-coloured rock before rising steeply into the hills. At this point a small stone hut sits overhanging the gorge. Candlelight flickers at its window and a wisp of wood smoke rises from its chimney.</p>
<choice idref="sect18">If you wish to stop and investigate the hut, <link-text>turn to 18</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect123">If you choose to ignore it and press on, <link-text>turn to 123</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>You raise the Sommerswerd and its golden light plays across the creature's glistening black scales. The dragon-like eyes blaze with anger and a deep growl rumbles from its cavernous mouth as it makes ready to attack.</p>
+ <p>You raise the Sommerswerd and its golden light plays across the creature<ch.apos/>s glistening black scales. The dragon-like eyes blaze with anger and a deep growl rumbles from its cavernous mouth as it makes ready to attack.</p>
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+ <line>he creature<ch.apos/>s dragon-like eyes blaze with anger</line>
+ <line>and a deep growl rumbles from its cavernous mouth.</line>
+ </description>
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<combat><enemy>Zadragon</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">43</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">58</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>This powerful creature is immune to Mindblast (but not Psi-surge).</p>
<choice idref="sect93">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 93</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The first floor is soon set ablaze as the wind whips the roof fire into a raging inferno. A soldier, his face and uniform completely blackened by soot, staggers down the stairs and collapses into your arms.</p>
- <p><quote>The captain's up there&ellips;</quote> he croaks, his throat burned from inhaling the scorching air. <quote>He went to save his brother just before the roof caught.</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>The captain<ch.apos/>s up there<ch.ellips/></quote> he croaks, his throat burned from inhaling the scorching air. <quote>He went to save his brother just before the roof caught.</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect159">If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Nexus and have reached the Magnakai rank of Principalin, <link-text>turn to 159</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect59">If you do not have this skill, or have yet to reach this level of Magnakai training, <link-text>turn to 59</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>The sergeant draws his curved cavalry sword and levels it menacingly at your chest. <quote>By the right of the Senate of Tahou, government of Anari,</quote> he snarls, in reply to your demand. <quote>And by the right of majority&emdash;twenty rangers against two outlanders. Both of you drop your weapons&emdash;at once!</quote></p>
- <choice idref="sect24">If you wish to obey the sergeant's order, <link-text>turn to 24</link-text>.</choice>
+ <p>The sergeant draws his curved cavalry sword and levels it menacingly at your chest. <quote>By the right of the Senate of Tahou, government of Anari,</quote> he snarls, in reply to your demand. <quote>And by the right of majority<ch.emdash/>twenty rangers against two outlanders. Both of you drop your weapons<ch.emdash/>at once!</quote></p>
+ <choice idref="sect24">If you wish to obey the sergeant<ch.apos/>s order, <link-text>turn to 24</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect85">If you wish to resist arrest, <link-text>turn to 85</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>344</title></meta>
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- <p><quote>Make sure he doesn't get away again,</quote> commands the officer, as his men surround you with a ring of spears. <quote>This is the one that escaped from the South Gate tower. I wouldn't like to be in his shoes when they get their hands on him!</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>Make sure he doesn<ch.apos/>t get away again,</quote> commands the officer, as his men surround you with a ring of spears. <quote>This is the one that escaped from the South Gate tower. I wouldn<ch.apos/>t like to be in his shoes when they get their hands on him!</quote></p>
<p>The patrol march you along Rainbow Lane and then down a street called Southgate towards the South Gate tower. In less than fifteen minutes you find yourself delivered back into the clutches of the angry gatehouse guard.</p>
<choice idref="sect162"><link-text>Turn to 162</link-text>.</choice>
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<p><quote>Look out, Lone Wolf,</quote> shouts Banedon, as you are rising from your seat. The soldier has drawn a curved dagger and he lunges forward to stab you in the heart.</p>
<choice idref="sect36">If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Divination or Huntmastery, <link-text>turn to 36</link-text>.</choice>
<p>If you do not possess either of these skills, pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
- <choice idref="sect260">If the number you have picked is 0&endash;6, <link-text>turn to 260</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect119">If it is 7&endash;9, <link-text>turn to 119</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect260">If the number you have picked is 0<ch.endash/>6, <link-text>turn to 260</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect119">If it is 7<ch.endash/>9, <link-text>turn to 119</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>348</title></meta>
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- <p>Your companion heeds your warning and shouts a reply, but you fail to hear what he says. A tremendous noise fills your ears as the giant snake rises into the air, lifted by a pair of powerful feathered wings. Two vulture-like legs, tipped with sharp, rending claws, scrabble the air as it dives towards your chest. A bolt of crackling energy surges past your head and streaks towards the onrushing snake. But the creature is quick to avoid Banedon's attack; it banks over to the left and the bolt arcs harmlessly into the distance. You barely have time to unsheathe a hand weapon as it closes for the kill.</p>
+ <p>Your companion heeds your warning and shouts a reply, but you fail to hear what he says. A tremendous noise fills your ears as the giant snake rises into the air, lifted by a pair of powerful feathered wings. Two vulture-like legs, tipped with sharp, rending claws, scrabble the air as it dives towards your chest. A bolt of crackling energy surges past your head and streaks towards the onrushing snake. But the creature is quick to avoid Banedon<ch.apos/>s attack; it banks over to the left and the bolt arcs harmlessly into the distance. You barely have time to unsheathe a hand weapon as it closes for the kill.</p>
<choice idref="sect82"><link-text>Turn to 82</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>At the very moment of his death, the shimmering web of energy that encases the Zakhan's body flares with a scarlet brilliance so intense that you are forced to avert your eyes for fear of it blinding you. The light surges and fades, leaving behind a mound of glowing fragments that crumble and dissolve noisily until all that remains of the Zakhan and the Orb of Death is a dark stain on the earth where they fell.</p>
+ <p>At the very moment of his death, the shimmering web of energy that encases the Zakhan<ch.apos/>s body flares with a scarlet brilliance so intense that you are forced to avert your eyes for fear of it blinding you. The light surges and fades, leaving behind a mound of glowing fragments that crumble and dissolve noisily until all that remains of the Zakhan and the Orb of Death is a dark stain on the earth where they fell.</p>
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- <p>Spurred on by your triumph, the Anarian defenders rally themselves and counter-attack to secure the West Gate. The Vassagonians who gained entry are either killed or forced back into the moat as the gate is quickly retaken. A cheer resounds from the city wall, a cheer that becomes a chant carrying word of Kimah's demise to the enemy beyond the moat, and gradually the advancing legions slow to a halt as their hope of an easy victory dies. Officers ride to and fro, cursing and threatening their men with all manner of punishment, but their morale is severely shaken; the ranks of armoured warriors merely stand in shocked silence and refuse to advance. The sound of distant trumpets is heard and all eyes turn to the south to see wave upon wave of mounted warriors emerging from the hills around Varta. They pour from every valley and pass to fill the southern flats with regiments of horsemen resplendent in uniforms of blue, white and grey.</p>
- <p><quote>Our prayers have been answered,</quote> says Chiban, as he and Banedon rejoin you at the city wall. <quote>Behold, the allies of Anari have come to aid us in our darkest hour.</quote> He points to the advancing cavalry and you recognize, fluttering from their lances, the battle standards of three countries: Firalond, Lourden, and Kakush. Then the thunder of their horses' hooves fills the air and a wave of joy surges through you as you witness their first charge devastate the enemy's ranks, throwing them into chaos and confusion. A great battle ensues as the enemy slowly gather themselves to resist this unexpected assault. By noon two of their armies have been smashed and routed, and the third fights a desperate rearguard action as it covers the chaotic retreat westwards.</p>
+
+ <p>Spurred on by your triumph, the Anarian defenders rally themselves and counterattack to secure the West Gate. The Vassagonians who gained entry are either killed or forced back into the moat as the gate is quickly retaken. A cheer resounds from the city wall, a cheer that becomes a chant carrying word of Kimah<ch.apos/>s demise to the enemy beyond the moat, and gradually the advancing legions slow to a halt as their hope of an easy victory dies. Officers ride to and fro, cursing and threatening their men with all manner of punishment, but their morale is severely shaken; the ranks of armoured warriors merely stand in shocked silence and refuse to advance. The sound of distant trumpets is heard and all eyes turn to the south to see wave upon wave of mounted warriors emerging from the hills around Varta. They pour from every valley and pass to fill the southern flats with regiments of horsemen resplendent in uniforms of blue, white and grey.</p>
+ <p><quote>Our prayers have been answered,</quote> says Chiban, as he and Banedon rejoin you at the city wall. <quote>Behold, the allies of Anari have come to aid us in our darkest hour.</quote> He points to the advancing cavalry and you recognize, fluttering from their lances, the battle standards of three countries: Firalond, Lourden, and Kakush. Then the thunder of their horses<ch.apos/> hooves fills the air and a wave of joy surges through you as you witness their first charge devastate the enemy<ch.apos/>s ranks, throwing them into chaos and confusion. A great battle ensues as the enemy slowly gather themselves to resist this unexpected assault. By noon two of their armies have been smashed and routed, and the third fights a desperate rearguard action as it covers the chaotic retreat westwards.</p>
<p>At last the fighting around the city comes to an end, and the defenders give voice to their elation that their home has been saved from the hordes of Darklord Gnaag. Senator Zilaris proclaims you <a id="sect350-1" idref="sect350-1-foot" class="footnote"><quote>the saviour of Tahou</quote>,</a> and the victorious cheers of the citizens echo through the burning streets and across the flats that lie strewn with enemy dead. You gaze at this grim panorama and your blood runs cold. But it is not the sight of the carnage that grips you with fear, it is your growing awareness of a powerful evil that is taking shape above the West Gate. A billowing black cloud forms in the sky, and from out of this cloud there comes a harsh and terrible voice.</p>
- <p><quote>I will be avenged,</quote> it booms, its resonance shaking the battlements on which you stand. You steel yourself, half expecting a bolt of lightning to leap from the cloud and hurtle towards you, but no such attack materializes. Instead, the chilling voice continues in a mocking tone. <quote>Know this: you will pay for your defiance with your life. I, Gnaag of Mozgôar, have the three remaining Lorestones that you seek, and I shall destroy them when I destroy you, Kai Lord.</quote></p>
- <p>A gust of wind catches the cloud and it clears swiftly, but it leaves behind a numbing dread that fills your heart, for you sense that the words were no idle threat&emdash;the terrible voice of Darklord Gnaag spoke the truth.</p>
+ <p><quote>I will be avenged,</quote> it booms, its resonance shaking the battlements on which you stand. You steel yourself, half expecting a bolt of lightning to leap from the cloud and hurtle towards you, but no such attack materializes. Instead, the chilling voice continues in a mocking tone. <quote>Know this: you will pay for your defiance with your life. I, Gnaag of Mozg<ch.ocirc/>ar, have the three remaining Lorestones that you seek, and I shall destroy them when I destroy you, Kai Lord.</quote></p>
+ <p>A gust of wind catches the cloud and it clears swiftly, but it leaves behind a numbing dread that fills your heart, for you sense that the words were no idle threat<ch.emdash/>the terrible voice of Darklord Gnaag spoke the truth.</p>
<p>Your quest has succeeded, for the wisdom and strength of the Lorestone of Tahou is now a part of your body and spirit, and your defeat of Zakhan Kimah has turned the tide of war decisively against the Darklord armies. But the shocking news that the Darklords now possess the remaining Lorestones of Nyxator heralds the start of a new and deadly perilous episode of the Magnakai quest.</p>
- <p>If you have the courage of a true Kai Master, the challenge of recovering the last Lorestones from the clutches of your mortal enemies awaits you, beginning in Book 10 of the Lone Wolf series, entitled:</p>
- <p><cite><a href="&link.10tdot;">The Dungeons of Torgar</a></cite></p>
+ <p>If you have the courage of a true Kai Master, the challenge of recovering the last Lorestones from the clutches of your mortal enemies awaits you, beginning in Book 10 of the <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> series, entitled:</p>
+ <p><bookref series="lw" book="10tdot"><cite>The Dungeons of Torgar</cite></bookref></p>
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+ <p>
+ <line><typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>: <ch.blankline></ch.blankline></line>
+ <line><typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ>: <ch.blankline></ch.blankline></line>
+ </p>
+ <p>Magnakai Disciplines:</p>
+ <ol>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
+ </ol>
+ <p>Bonus Disciplines:</p>
+ <ol>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline>: 4th Discipline if you've completed one Magnakai Adventure successfully</li>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline>: 5th Discipline if you've completed two Magnakai Adventures successfully</li>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline>: 6th Discipline if you've completed three Magnakai Adventures successfully</li>
+ </ol>
+ <p>Weapons:</p>
+ <ol>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
+ </ol>
+ <p>Belt Pouch: <ch.blankline></ch.blankline></p>
+ <p>Meals: <ch.blankline></ch.blankline></p>
+ <p>Backpack Items:</p>
+ <ol>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
+ </ol>
+ <p>Special Items:</p>
+ <ol>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
+ <li><ch.blankline></ch.blankline></li>
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-
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- <li>Add your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> to any extra points given to you by your Kai Disciplines.</li>
+ <li>Add your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> to any extra points given to you by your Magnakai Disciplines.</li>
<li>Subtract the <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> of your enemy from this total. This number = Combat Ratio.</li>
- <li>Pick
number from <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</li>
- <li>Turn to <a idref="crtable">Combat Results Table</a>.</li>
- <li>Find your Combat Ratio on the top of chart and cross-reference to random number you have picked. (E indicates loss of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to Enemy. LW indicates loss of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to Lone Wolf.)</li>
- <li>Continue the combat from Stage 3 until one character is dead. This is when <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points of either character fall to 0.</li>
+ <li>Pick
a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</li>
+ <li>Turn to
the <a idref="crtable">Combat Results Table</a>.</li>
+ <li>Find your Combat Ratio on the top of the chart and cross-reference to the random number you have picked. (E indicates loss of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to Enemy. LW indicates loss of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to Lone Wolf.)</li>
+ <li>Continue the combat from Stage 3 until one character is dead. This is when the <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points of either character falls to 0 or below.</li>
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<section class="backmatter" id="smevazn">
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<li>You may only do this when the text of the adventure offers you the opportunity.</li>
- <li>You undertake one round of combat in the usual way. All points lost by the enemy are ignored, only Lone Wolf loses the <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</li>
+ <li>You undertake one round of combat in the usual way. All points lost by the enemy are ignored; only Lone Wolf loses the <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</li>
<li>If the book offers the chance of taking evasive action in place of combat, it can be taken in the first round of combat or any subsequent round.</li>
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+ <table summary="This table provides the endurance losses sustained by the hero and enemy as a result of combat.">
+ <caption>Combat Results with combined hero and enemy endurance losses</caption>
+
+ <colgroup span="1"></colgroup>
+ <colgroup span="13"></colgroup>
+
+ <tfoot>
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="14">Combat results are given enemy's endurance loss first followed by the hero's endurance loss. For example, "12/0" means that the enemy loses 12 endurance points while the hero loses 0 endurance points. A combat result of "k" means that the combatant is killed. For example, "0/k" means that the enemy loses 0 endurance points while the hero is killed.</td>
+ </tr>
+ </tfoot>
+
+ <tbody>
+ <tr>
+ <th rowspan="2" scope="col">Random Number</th>
+ <th colspan="13" scope="colgroup">Combat Ratio</th>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <th scope="col" axis="combat_ratio">-11 or lower</th>
+ <th scope="col" axis="combat_ratio">-10/ -9</th>
+ <th scope="col" axis="combat_ratio">-8/ -7</th>
+ <th scope="col" axis="combat_ratio">-6/ -5</th>
+ <th scope="col" axis="combat_ratio">-4/ -3</th>
+ <th scope="col" axis="combat_ratio">-2/ -1</th>
+ <th scope="col" axis="combat_ratio">0</th>
+ <th scope="col" axis="combat_ratio">1/ 2</th>
+ <th scope="col" axis="combat_ratio">3/ 4</th>
+ <th scope="col" axis="combat_ratio">5/ 6</th>
+ <th scope="col" axis="combat_ratio">7/ 8</th>
+ <th scope="col" axis="combat_ratio">9/ 10</th>
+ <th scope="col" axis="combat_ratio">11 or higher</th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <th scope="row" axis="random_number">1</th>
+ <td>0/k</td>
+ <td>0/k</td>
+ <td>0/8</td>
+ <td>0/6</td>
+ <td>1/6</td>
+ <td>2/5</td>
+ <td>3/5</td>
+ <td>4/5</td>
+ <td>5/4</td>
+ <td>6/4</td>
+ <td>7/4</td>
+ <td>8/3</td>
+ <td>9/3</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <th scope="row" axis="random_number">2</th>
+ <td>0/k</td>
+ <td>0/8</td>
+ <td>0/7</td>
+ <td>1/6</td>
+ <td>2/5</td>
+ <td>3/5</td>
+ <td>4/4</td>
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<p>(<a idref="title">Title Page</a>) Replaced both occurrences of <quote>Skyship</quote> with <quote>skyship</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="tssf">The Story So Far&ellips;</a>) Replaced <quote>freelands of Talestria</quote> with <quote>Freelands of Talestria</quote>. Removed the quotation marks from the words from the language of Dessi (i.e. <foreign xml:lang="x-dessi">koura-tas-kai</foreign>, <foreign xml:lang="x-dessi">Ikar</foreign>, <foreign xml:lang="x-dessi">Skarn</foreign>).</p>
- <p>(<a idref="gamerulz">The Game Rules</a>) Replaced <quote>you you</quote> with <quote>you</quote>, and all occurrences of <quote>ie,</quote> with <quote>i.e.</quote>. Removed <quote>that you will find in the front of this book. For further adventuring you can copy out the chart yourself or get it photocopied</quote>. Deleted <quote>on the last page of this book</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="discplnz">Magnakai Disciplines</a>) Deleted <quote>that appears on page 9</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="equipmnt">Equipment</a>) Replaced all occurrences of <quote>ie</quote> with <quote>i.e.</quote> and <quote>eg</quote> with <quote>e.g.</quote> and removed <quote>(see the inside front cover of this book)</quote>. Replaced all occurrences of <quote>safe-keeping</quote> with <quote>safekeeping</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="cmbtrulz">Rules for Combat</a>) Removed <quote>on the inside back cover of the book</quote>. Replaced <quote>on the page after the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a></quote> with <quote>in the back of this book</quote>.</p>
+
+ <p>(<a idref="tssf">The Story So Far<ch.ellips/></a>) Replaced <quote>freelands of Talestria</quote> with <quote>Freelands of Talestria</quote>. Removed the quotation marks from the words from the language of Dessi (i.e. <foreign xml:lang="x-dessi">koura-tas-kai</foreign>, <foreign xml:lang="x-dessi">Ikar</foreign>, <foreign xml:lang="x-dessi">Skarn</foreign>). Replaced each occurrence of <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series. Replaced <quote>Kai monastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Monastery</quote>. Replaced <quote>gods</quote> with <quote>Gods</quote>. Replaced <quote>armies, others</quote> with <quote>armies; others</quote>. Replaced <quote>magician<ch.apos/>s guild</quote> with <quote>Magicians<ch.apos/> Guild</quote>.</p>
+
+ <p>(<a idref="gamerulz">The Game Rules</a>) Replaced <quote>you you</quote> with <quote>you</quote>, and all occurrences of <quote>ie,</quote> with <quote>i.e.</quote>. Removed <quote>that you will find in the front of this book. For further adventuring you can copy out the chart yourself or get it photocopied</quote>. Deleted <quote>on the last page of this book</quote>. Replaced each occurrence of <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series. Placed <quote>or below</quote> after <quote>fall to zero</quote>.</p>
+
+ <p>(<a idref="discplnz">Magnakai Disciplines</a>) Deleted <quote>that appears on page 9</quote>. Replaced each occurrence of <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series. Added <quote>(Psi-surge and Mindblast cannot be used simultaneously.)</quote> to the description of Psi-surge. Replaced <quote>knowledge mastery</quote> with <quote>knowledge that mastery</quote>. Replaced <quote>weapons list</quote> with <quote><a idref="action">Weapons List</a></quote>.<!--ERRTAG-RE-20238-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>two weapons</quote> with <quote>two Weapons</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-20238-ITEM--></p>
+
+ <p>(<a idref="equipmnt">Equipment</a>) Replaced all occurrences of <quote>ie</quote> with <quote>i.e.</quote> and <quote>eg</quote> with <quote>e.g.</quote> and removed <quote>(see the inside front cover of this book)</quote>. Replaced all occurrences of <quote>safe-keeping</quote> with <quote>safekeeping</quote>. Replaced each occurrence of <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series. Replaced all three occurrences of <quote>Kai monastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Monastery</quote>. Replaced all occurrences of <quote>bow</quote> with <quote>Bow</quote>, <quote>arrow</quote> with <quote>Arrow</quote>, and <quote>arrows</quote> with <quote>Arrows</quote>. Replaced <quote>quiver</quote> with <quote>Quiver</quote>. Replaced <quote>Weaponmastery with a bow</quote> with <quote>Weaponmastery with Bow</quote>. Replaced <quote>combat, therefore</quote> with <quote>combat; therefore</quote>.<!--ERRTAG-RE-34925-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>two weapons</quote> with <quote>two Weapons</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-34925-ITEM--></p>
+
+ <p>(<a idref="cmbtrulz">Rules for Combat</a>) Removed <quote>on the inside back cover of the book</quote>. Replaced <quote>on the page after the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a></quote> with <quote>in the back of this book</quote>. Replaced <quote>reduced to zero</quote> with <quote>reduced to zero or below</quote>. Replaced <quote>points reduced</quote> with <quote>points possibly reduced</quote>. Replaced <quote>at which point the one with the zero score is declared dead.</quote> with <quote>at which point that combatant is declared dead.</quote>.</p>
+
<p>(<a idref="lorecrcl">Lore-circles of the Magnakai</a>) Replaced <quote>Psi-shield</quote> with <quote>Psi-screen</quote>. Capitalized <quote>bonuses</quote> in the title <quote>Lore-circle Bonuses</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="imprvdsc">Improved Disciplines</a>) Replaced <quote>will be</quote> with <quote>are</quote> under the Primate's improved Animal Control; replaced <quote>will have</quote> with <quote>have</quote>, <quote>will not</quote> with <quote>is not</quote> and <quote>will be</quote> with <quote>is</quote> under the Primate's improved Curing; replaced <quote>will have</quote> with <quote>have</quote> and <quote>be able</quote> with <quote>are able</quote> under the Primate's improved Huntmastery.</p>
+
+ <p>(<a idref="imprvdsc">Improved Disciplines</a>) Replaced <quote>will be</quote> with <quote>are</quote> under the Primate<ch.apos/>s improved Animal Control; replaced <quote>will have</quote> with <quote>have</quote>, <quote>will not</quote> with <quote>is not</quote> and <quote>will be</quote> with <quote>is</quote> under the Primate<ch.apos/>s improved Curing; replaced <quote>will have</quote> with <quote>have</quote> and <quote>be able</quote> with <quote>are able</quote> under the Primate<ch.apos/>s improved Huntmastery. Replaced each occurrence of <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series.</p>
+
<p>(<a idref="sect1">1</a>) Replaced <quote>Xulun mountains</quote> with <quote>Xulun Mountains</quote>, <quote>giaks</quote> with <quote>Giaks</quote> and <quote>cavalry and</quote> with <quote>cavalry, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect2">2</a>) Replaced <quote>noon but</quote> with <quote>noon, but</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect3">3</a>) Replaced <quote>blow but</quote> with <quote>blow, but</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect5">5</a>) Capitalised all Items on the list.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect11">11</a>) Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption. Replaced <quote>lose 6 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points</quote> with <quote>lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points for each Meal missed</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect12">12</a>) Replaced <quote>yellow-flanged</quote> with <quote>yellow-fanged</quote> and <quote>mercy but</quote> with <quote>mercy, but</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect13">13</a>) Replaced <quote>items</quote> with <quote>Items</quote> and capitalised all Items on the list.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect13">13</a>) Altered list so that only the first letters of each item are capitalised.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect14">14</a>) Replaced <quote>wall and</quote> with <quote>wall, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect16">16</a>) Replaced <quote>points but</quote> with <quote>points, but</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect17">17</a>) Replaced <quote>accurate and</quote> with <quote>accurate, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect19">19</a>) Replaced <quote>lane;</quote> with <quote>lane.</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect24">24</a>) Replaced <quote>whisper;</quote> with <quote>whisper,</quote> and <quote>sight, do</quote> with <quote>sight do</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect29">29</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect30">30</a>) Replaced <quote>secure you</quote> with <quote>secure, you</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect31">31</a>) Replaced <quote>narrow but</quote> with <quote>narrow, but</quote> and <quote>of milky</quote> with <quote>of a milky</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect32">32</a>) Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect33">33</a>) Replaced <quote>life you</quote> with <quote>life, you</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect36">36</a>) Replaced <quote>attack and</quote> with <quote>attack, and</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect36">36</a>) Replaced <quote>attack and</quote> with <quote>attack, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect39">39</a>) Replaced <quote>despatched</quote> with <quote>dispatched</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect40">40</a>) Replaced <quote>west bank</quote> with <quote>east bank</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect42">42</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>. Replaced <quote>Guildhouse</quote> with <quote>Guild-house</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect43">43</a>) Replaced <quote>flames forcing</quote> with <quote>flames, forcing</quote>, <quote>creamy-coloured</quote> with <quote>cream-coloured</quote> and <quote>water and</quote> with <quote>water, and</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect47">47</a>) Replaced <quote>years the</quote> with <quote>years, the</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect46">46</a>) Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect47">47</a>) Replaced <quote>years the</quote> with <quote>years, the</quote>. Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect50">50</a>) Replaced <quote>correct and</quote> with <quote>correct, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect52">52</a>) Replaced <quote>stand and</quote> with <quote>stand, and</quote> and <quote>awful and</quote> with <quote>awful, and</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect53">53</a>) Replaced <quote>wildly, then</quote> with <quote>wildly; then</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect53">53</a>) Replaced <quote>wildly, then</quote> with <quote>wildly; then</quote>. Replaced <quote>wildly, then</quote> with <quote>wildly; then</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect54">54</a>) Replaced <quote>you but</quote> with <quote>you, but</quote> and <quote>silence he</quote> with <quote>silence, he</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect58">58</a>) Replaced <quote>supplies and</quote> with <quote>supplies, and</quote> and capitalised the list of Items.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect59">59</a>) Replaced <quote>stairs but</quote> with <quote>stairs, but</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect60">60</a>) Replaced <quote>guards, incredulous</quote> with <quote>guards incredulously</quote> and <quote>explain but</quote> with <quote>explain, but</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect61">61</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai</quote> with <quote>Magnakai</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect62">62</a>) Replaced <quote>narrow but</quote> with <quote>narrow, but</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect68">68</a>) Replaced <quote>done I</quote> with <quote>done, I</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect68">68</a>) Replaced <quote>done I</quote> with <quote>done, I</quote>. Replaced <quote>storeroom</quote> with <quote>store room</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect69">69</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect71">71</a>) Replaced <quote>above an</quote> with <quote>above, an</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect74">74</a>) Replaced <quote>sight I'll</quote> with <quote>sight, I'll</quote> and <quote>that he</quote> with <quote>that, he</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect75">75</a>) Replaced <quote>later it</quote> with <quote>later, it</quote> and <quote>freedom but</quote> with <quote>freedom, but</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect74">74</a>) Replaced <quote>sight I<ch.apos/>ll</quote> with <quote>sight, I<ch.apos/>ll</quote> and <quote>that he</quote> with <quote>that, he</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect75">75</a>) Replaced <quote>later it</quote> with <quote>later, it</quote> and <quote>freedom but</quote> with <quote>freedom, but</quote>. Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect76">76</a>) Replaced <quote>city and</quote> with <quote>city, and</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect77">77</a>) Replaced <quote>attention they</quote> with <quote>attention, they</quote> and <quote>her and</quote> with <quote>her, and</quote>. Removed the quotation marks from the telepathic speech.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect77">77</a>) Replaced <quote>attention they</quote> with <quote>attention, they</quote> and <quote>her and</quote> with <quote>her, and</quote>. Removed the quotation marks from the telepathic speech. Replaced <quote>female, she</quote> with <quote>female; she</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect81">81</a>) Replaced <quote>fatigue your</quote> with <quote>fatigue, your</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect82">82</a>) Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption. Replaced <quote>Anarian plain</quote> with <quote>Anarian Plain</quote> in the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect83">83</a>) Removed the quotation marks from the telepathic speech.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect85">85</a>) Replaced <quote>growl he</quote> with <quote>growl, he</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect86">86</a>) Replaced <quote>throat but</quote> with <quote>throat, but</quote> and <quote>You wish</quote> with <quote>If you wish</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect88">88</a>) Replaced <quote>ghorkas steak</quote> with <quote>ghorka steak</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect91">91</a>) Replaced all occurrences of <quote>items</quote> with <quote>Items</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect91">91</a>) </p>
<p>(<a idref="sect92">92</a>) Replaced <quote>doomwolves</quote> with <quote>Doomwolves</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect94">94</a>) Replaced <quote>items</quote> with <quote>Items</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect94">94</a>) </p>
<p>(<a idref="sect95">95</a>) Replaced <quote>bow-strings</quote> with <quote>bowstrings</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect97">97</a>) Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect101">101</a>) Replaced <quote>Psi-shield</quote> with <quote>Psi-screen</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect102">102</a>) Replaced <quote>direction,</quote> with <quote>direction.</quote> and <quote>desperation one</quote> with <quote>desperation, one</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect104">104</a>) Replaced <quote>hollow a</quote> with <quote>hollow, a</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect109">109</a>) Replaced <quote>Guildhouse</quote> with <quote>Guild-house</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect111">111</a>) Replaced <quote>thrown and</quote> with <quote>thrown, and</quote> and moved the last choice so that it is positioned first.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect113">113</a>) Replaced <quote>city but</quote> with <quote>city, but</quote> and <quote>items</quote> with <quote>Items</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect115">115</a>) Replaced <quote>item (or items)</quote> with <quote>Item (or Items)</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect113">113</a>) Replaced <quote>city but</quote> with <quote>city, but</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect115">115</a>) </p>
<p>(<a idref="sect119">119</a>) Replaced <quote>skin but</quote> with <quote>skin, but</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect120">120</a>) Replaced <quote>air but</quote> with <quote>air, but</quote> and <quote>punches but</quote> with <quote>punches, but</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect120">120</a>) Replaced <quote>air but</quote> with <quote>air, but</quote>, <quote>punches but</quote> with <quote>punches, but</quote>, and <quote>headfirst</quote> with <quote>head-first</quote>. Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect122">122</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai skill</quote> with <quote>Magnakai skill</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect123">123</a>) Replaced <quote>doomwolves</quote> with <quote>Doomwolves</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect125">125</a>) Replaced <quote>fire but</quote> with <quote>fire, but</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect129">129</a>) Replaced <quote>tunnel a</quote> with <quote>tunnel, a</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect129">129</a>) Replaced <quote>tunnel a</quote> with <quote>tunnel, a</quote>. Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect131">131</a>) Replaced <quote>Kraan and</quote> with <quote>Kraan, and</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect133">133</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect137">137</a>) Replaced <quote>you and</quote> with <quote>you, and</quote> and <quote>bound you</quote> with <quote>bound, you</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect139">139</a>) Replaced <quote>farewell and</quote> with <quote>farewell, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect140">140</a>) Replaced <quote>skill you</quote> with <quote>skill, you</quote> and <quote>Kai</quote> with <quote>Magnakai</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect141">141</a>) Replaced <quote><a idref="sect4">4</a></quote> with <quote><a idref="sect114">114</a></quote> and <quote><a idref="sect114">114</a></quote> with <quote><a idref="sect4">4</a></quote>. Without swapping these, the reader is given a penalty for having Nexus.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect142">142</a>) Replaced <quote>wrong-doers</quote> with <quote>wrongdoers</quote>, <quote>magistrate and</quote> with <quote>magistrate, and</quote> and <quote>struggle but</quote> with <quote>struggle, but</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect142">142</a>) Replaced <quote>wrong-doers</quote> with <quote>wrongdoers</quote>, <quote>magistrate and</quote> with <quote>magistrate, and</quote> and <quote>struggle but</quote> with <quote>struggle, but</quote>. Replaced <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect144">144</a>) Replaced <quote>silently pillar by pillar until</quote> with <quote>silently, pillar by pillar, until</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect145">145</a>) Replaced <quote>grass land</quote> with <quote>grassland</quote>, <quote>suprisingly</quote> with <quote>surprisingly</quote> and <quote>Guyuk the tavern owner greets</quote> with <quote>Guyuk, the tavern owner, greets</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect146">146</a>) Replaced <quote>you seemingly</quote> with <quote>you, seemingly</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect148">148</a>) Replaced <quote>terror his</quote> with <quote>terror, his</quote> and <quote>doomwolf</quote> with <quote>Doomwolf</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect145">145</a>) Replaced <quote>grass land</quote> with <quote>grassland</quote>, <quote>suprisingly</quote> with <quote>surprisingly</quote> and <quote>Guyuk the tavern owner greets</quote> with <quote>Guyuk, the tavern owner, greets</quote>. Replaced <quote>four Gold Crowns</quote> with <quote>three Gold Crowns</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect146">146</a>) Replaced <quote>you seemingly</quote> with <quote>you, seemingly</quote>. Replaced <quote>camp fires</quote> with <quote>campfires</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect148">148</a>) Replaced <quote>terror his</quote> with <quote>terror, his</quote> and <quote>doomwolf</quote> with <quote>Doomwolf</quote>. Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect150">150</a>) Replaced <quote>new-found</quote> with <quote>newfound</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect154">154</a>) Replaced <quote>hunting</quote> with <quote>Hunting</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect155">155</a>) Replaced both occurrences of <quote>items</quote> with <quote>Items</quote> and <quote>TWO MEALS</quote> with <quote>2 Meals</quote> and capitalised all Items on the list.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect156">156</a>) Replaced <quote>well but</quote> with <quote>well, but</quote> and <quote>skill or</quote> with <quote>skill, or</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect155">155</a>) Replaced <quote>TWO MEALS</quote> with <quote>2 Meals</quote> and capitalised all items on the list.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect156">156</a>) Replaced <quote>well but</quote> with <quote>well, but</quote> and <quote>skill or</quote> with <quote>skill, or</quote>. Replaced <quote>goddess Ishir</quote> with <quote>Goddess Ishir</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect159">159</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect167">167</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>. Replaced <quote>savanna</quote> with <quote>savannah</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect169">169</a>) Replaced <quote>choking rancid</quote> with <quote>choking, rancid</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect170">170</a>) Replaced <quote>exit but</quote> with <quote>exit, but</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect172">172</a>) Replaced <quote>items</quote> with <quote>Items</quote> and capitalised all Items on the list.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect172">172</a>) Capitalised all Items on the list.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect174">174</a>) Replaced <quote>suicidal and</quote> with <quote>suicidal, and </quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect175">175</a>) Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect176">176</a>) Replaced <quote>them and</quote> with <quote>them, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect177">177</a>) Capitalised all Items on the list.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect178">178</a>) Replaced <quote>on to the</quote> with <quote>on the</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect179">179</a>) Replaced <quote>wall a</quote> with <quote>wall, a</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect180">180</a>) Replaced <quote>Inside a</quote> with <quote>Inside, a</quote> and <quote>respond and</quote> with <quote>respond, and</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect180">180</a>) Replaced <quote>Inside a</quote> with <quote>Inside, a</quote> and <quote>respond and</quote> with <quote>respond, and</quote>. Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect182">182</a>) Replaced <quote>condition you</quote> with <quote>condition, you</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect183">183</a>) Replaced <quote>doomwolves</quote> with <quote>Doomwolves</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect185">185</a>) Replaced <quote>jet black</quote> with <quote>jet-black</quote>, <quote>pirazin</quote> with <quote>Pirazin</quote>, <quote>o'here</quote> with <quote>o' here</quote> and <quote>offer but</quote> with <quote>offer, but</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect185">185</a>) Replaced <quote>jet black</quote> with <quote>jet-black</quote>, <quote>pirazin</quote> with <quote>Pirazin</quote>, <quote>o<ch.apos/>here</quote> with <quote>o<ch.apos/> here</quote> and <quote>offer but</quote> with <quote>offer, but</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect187">187</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai</quote> with <quote>Magnakai</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect190">190</a>) Replaced <quote>items</quote> with <quote>Items,</quote> and capitalised all Items on the list.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect190">190</a>) Capitalised all Items on the list.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect192">192</a>) Replaced <quote>tower and</quote> with <quote>tower, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect194">194</a>) Replaced <quote>building turn</quote> with <quote>building, turn</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect195">195</a>) Replaced <quote>grip and with a scream of anguish you</quote> with <quote>grip, and with a scream of anguish, you</quote> and <quote>cold wet</quote> with <quote>cold, wet</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect196">196</a>) Replaced <quote>dismount and</quote> with <quote>dismount, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect197">197</a>) Replaced <quote>narrow and</quote> with <quote>narrow, and</quote> and <quote>worse the</quote> with <quote>worse, the</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect201">201</a>) Replaced <quote>special items</quote> with <quote>Special Items</quote> and all occurrences of <quote>item</quote> with <quote>Item</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect200">200</a>) Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect201">201</a>) Replaced <quote>special items</quote> with <quote>Special Items</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect202">202</a>) Replaced <quote>key and</quote> with <quote>key, and</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect204">204</a>) Replaced <quote>I and</quote> with <quote>I, and</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect204">204</a>) Replaced <quote>I and</quote> with <quote>I, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>plains farmer</quote> with <quote>plains farmers</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect206">206</a>) Replaced <quote>saying you</quote> with <quote>saying, you</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect208">208</a>) Replaced <quote>audience and</quote> with <quote>audience, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect209">209</a>) Replaced <quote>parchment and</quote> with <quote>parchment, and</quote> and corrected the ellipse in the second paragraph.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect211">211</a>) Replaced <quote>life it</quote> with <quote>life, it</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect213">213</a>) Replaced both instances of <quote>Kai</quote> with <quote>Magnakai</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect218">218</a>) Replaced <quote>exhausted and</quote> with <quote>exhausted, and</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect220">220</a>) Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect223">223</a>) Replaced <quote>confusion you</quote> with <quote>confusion, you</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect224">224</a>) Replaced <quote>descend you</quote> with <quote>descend, you</quote>, <quote>Pathmanship</quote> with <quote>Pathsmanship</quote> and <quote>or Divination</quote> with <quote>or of Divination</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect226">226</a>) Replaced <quote>shaft and</quote> with <quote>shaft, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect229">229</a>) Replaced <quote>Divination add</quote> with <quote>Divination, add</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect232">232</a>) Replaced <quote>name but</quote> with <quote>name, but</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect235">235</a>) Replaced <quote>donation and</quote> with <quote>donation, and</quote> and <quote>items</quote> with <quote>Items</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect238">238</a>) Replaced <quote>backstoke</quote> with <quote>backstroke</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect235">235</a>) Replaced <quote>donation and</quote> with <quote>donation, and</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect238">238</a>) Replaced <quote>backstoke</quote> with <quote>backstroke</quote>. Replaced both occurrences of <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect240">240</a>) Replaced <quote>identities but</quote> with <quote>identities, but</quote> and <quote>sixth sense</quote> with <quote>Sixth Sense</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect241">241</a>) Replaced <quote>silver and</quote> with <quote>silver, and</quote> and <quote>button a</quote> with <quote>button, a</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect242">242</a>) Replaced <quote>here and</quote> with <quote>here, and</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect243">243</a>) Replaced <quote>ante-chamber</quote> with <quote>antechamber</quote> and <quote>Psi-shield</quote> with <quote>Psi-screen</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect243">243</a>) Replaced <quote>ante-chamber</quote> with <quote>antechamber</quote> and <quote>Psi-shield</quote> with <quote>Psi-screen</quote>. Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect244">244</a>) Replaced <quote>scalp but</quote> with <quote>scalp, but</quote>, <quote>doomwolves</quote> with <quote>Doomwolves</quote> and both occurrences of <quote>doomwolf</quote> with <quote>Doomwolf</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect245">245</a>) Replaced <quote>camp fires</quote> with <quote>campfires</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect251">251</a>) Replaced <quote>sight, as</quote> with <quote>sight as</quote> and <quote>stygian</quote> with <quote>Stygian</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect256">256</a>) Replaced <quote>softens, as</quote> with <quote>softens as</quote>. Removed the quotation marks from the telepathic speech.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect257">257</a>) Replaced <quote>doomwolves</quote> with <quote>Doomwolves</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect258">258</a>) Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect259">259</a>) Replaced <quote>discovered but</quote> with <quote>discovered, but</quote> and capitalised all Items on the list.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect260">260</a>) Replaced <quote>yell he</quote> with <quote>yell, he</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect262">262</a>) Replaced both instances of <quote>Kai</quote> with <quote>Magnakai</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect265">265</a>) Replaced <quote>items but</quote> with <quote>Items, but</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect265">265</a>) Replaced <quote>items but</quote> with <quote>items, but</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect268">268</a>) Replaced <quote>worsened and</quote> with <quote>worsened, and</quote> and <quote>north it</quote> with <quote>north, it</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect269">269</a>) Replaced <quote>meal you</quote> with <quote>meal, you</quote> and <quote>tunnel-shaped</quote> with <quote>funnel-shaped</quote> (cf. <a idref="sect76">Section 76</a>).</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect270">270</a>) Replaced <quote>on a</quote> with <quote>on, a</quote>, <quote>100 yards</quote> with <quote>One hundred yards</quote> and <quote>companion Banedon</quote> with <quote>companion, Banedon</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect271">271</a>) Replaced <quote>help you</quote> with <quote>help, you</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect274">274</a>) Replaced <quote>approach a</quote> with <quote>approach, a</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect282">282</a>) Replaced <quote>items</quote> with <quote>Items</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect282">282</a>) </p>
<p>(<a idref="sect283">283</a>) Replaced <quote>cream-coloured</quote> with <quote>cream coloured</quote>, <quote>instantly but</quote> with <quote>instantly, but</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect286">286</a>) Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect288">288</a>) Replaced <quote>you he</quote> with <quote>you, he</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect289">289</a>) Replaced <quote>item</quote> with <quote>Item</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect289">289</a>) </p>
<p>(<a idref="sect290">290</a>) Replaced <quote>arrest!</quote> with <quote>arrest,</quote> and <quote>spying.</quote> with <quote>spying!</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect291">291</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai</quote> with <quote>Magnakai</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect293">293</a>) Replaced <quote>chase but</quote> with <quote>chase, but</quote> and both occurrences of <quote>Vanta</quote> with <quote>Varta</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect299">299</a>) Replaced <quote>him he</quote> with <quote>him, he</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect300">300</a>) Replaced <quote>finished the</quote> with <quote>finished, the</quote> and <quote>arches and</quote> with <quote>arches, and</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect300">300</a>) Replaced <quote>finished the</quote> with <quote>finished, the</quote> and <quote>arches and</quote> with <quote>arches, and</quote>. Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect302">302</a>) Replaced <quote>mind stranger</quote> with <quote>mind, stranger</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect303">303</a>) Replaced <quote>counter-attack</quote> with <quote>counterattack</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect305">305</a>) Replaced <quote>willingly and</quote> with <quote>willingly, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect306">306</a>) Replaced <quote>doomwolf</quote> with <quote>Doomwolf</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect307">307</a>) Replaced <quote>beyond a</quote> with <quote>beyond, a</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect309">309</a>) Replaced <quote>yells 'Take</quote> with <quote>yells, 'Take</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect309">309</a>) Replaced <quote>yells <ch.apos/>Take</quote> with <quote>yells, <ch.apos/>Take</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect316">316</a>) Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption. Replaced <quote>You must deduct 4 points from your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> for the duration of the fight, as you are without a Weapon.</quote> with <quote>Make the proper adjustments to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> for the duration of this fight, as you are without a Weapon.</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect321">321</a>) Replaced <quote>as Special</quote> with <quote>as a Special</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect323">323</a>) Replaced <quote>wrong-doers</quote> with <quote>wrongdoers</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect326">326</a>) Replaced <quote>key'&thinspace;</quote> with <quote>key,'&thinspace;</quote>. Removed the quotation marks from the telepathic speech.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect329">329</a>) Replaced <quote>items</quote> with <quote>Items</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect323">323</a>) Replaced <quote>wrong-doers</quote> with <quote>wrongdoers</quote>. Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption. Replaced <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect326">326</a>) Replaced <quote>key<ch.apos/><ch.thinspace/></quote> with <quote>key,<ch.apos/><ch.thinspace/></quote>. Removed the quotation marks from the telepathic speech.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect329">329</a>) </p>
<p>(<a idref="sect335">335</a>) Replaced <quote>woodsmoke</quote> with <quote>wood smoke</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect336">336</a>) Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect337">337</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai</quote> with <quote>Magnakai</quote> and <quote>direction you</quote> with <quote>direction, you</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect340">340</a>) Replaced <quote>hill a</quote> with <quote>hill, a</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect342">342</a>) Replaced both instances of <quote>Kai</quote> with <quote>Magnakai</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect345">345</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai</quote> with <quote>Magnakai</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect350">350</a>) Replaced <quote>end and</quote> with <quote>end, and</quote>, <quote>stewn</quote> with <quote>strewn</quote> and <quote>this;</quote> with <quote>this:</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="crsumary">Combat Rules Summary</a>) Replaced <quote>cross reference</quote> with <quote>cross-reference</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect350">350</a>) Replaced <quote>counter-attack</quote> with <quote>counterattack</quote>, <quote>end and</quote> with <quote>end, and</quote>, <quote>stewn</quote> with <quote>strewn</quote> and <quote>this;</quote> with <quote>this:</quote>. Replaced <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="crsumary">Combat Rules Summary</a>) Replaced <quote>cross reference</quote> with <quote>cross-reference</quote>, <quote>top of chart</quote> with <quote>top of the chart</quote>, and <quote>fall to 0</quote> with <quote>falls to 0 or below</quote>. Replaced <quote>Kai Disciplines</quote> with <quote>Magnakai Disciplines</quote>. Replaced <quote>Pick number from</quote> with <quote>Pick a number from the</quote>. Replaced <quote>Turn to Combat</quote> with <quote>Turn to the Combat</quote>. Replaced <quote>to random number</quote> with <quote>to the random number</quote>. Replaced <quote>when ENDURANCE</quote> with <quote>when the ENDURANCE</quote>. Replaced <quote>ignored, only</quote> with <quote>ignored; only</quote>.</p>
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<section class="backmatter" id="footnotz">
<meta><title>Footnotes</title></meta>
- <data>
- <p>(<a idref="sect5">Section 5</a>) This is the correct answer to Khmar's dagger riddle.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect6">Section 6</a>) This section corresponds to a partially correct combination for the pyramid lock.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect7">Section 7</a>) Remember to delete the Rope from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect11">Section 11</a>) Although this book gives no explicit restriction, it may be appropriate to consider the Zaaryx a wasteland in regard to fulfilling Meal requirements with Hunting and Huntmastery.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect12">Section 12</a>) You must possess at least one arrow in order to fire your bow again.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect25">Section 25</a>) Remember to mark off one dose of Sabito on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect29">Section 29</a>) Remember to note both doses of Sabito on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect38">Section 38</a>) You may only add 3 to the number picked if you possess both Magnakai Disciplines.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect50">Section 50</a>) This is the correct answer to Khmar's riddle about his youngest son.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect72">Section 72</a>) In this case, a 0 picked from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> counts as 10.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect94">Section 94</a>) Remember to remove the used Torch from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> if you choose to use it.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect97">Section 97</a>) If you possess the Sommerswerd, you may double this undead creature's <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point loss.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect104">Section 104</a>) If you possess the Sommerswerd, you may double this undead creature's <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point loss.</p>
- <p>Regardless of how many rounds the combat lasts, you must defeat the ghoul before continuing.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect115">Section 115</a>) To turn to the section of your choice, there are several methods. One is to turn to the <a idref="numbered">Numbered Sections</a> list and choose the appropriate section from the list.</p>
- <p>If you have chosen the correct answer to the Khmar's riddle, the footnotes for that section will tell you so.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect166">Section 166</a>) If you possess the Sommerswerd, you may double this undead creature's <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point loss.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect171">Section 171</a>) Remember to remove the used Torch from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> if you choose to use it.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect175">Section 175</a>) Although this book gives no explicit restriction, it may be appropriate to consider the Zaaryx a wasteland in regard to fulfilling Meal requirements with Hunting and Huntmastery.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect177">Section 177</a>) You do not find any weapon-like Special Items. Keep them marked with an <quote>x</quote> on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> since you may still be able to retrieve them.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect191">Section 191</a>) If you possess the Sommerswerd, you may double this undead creature's <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point loss.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect197">Section 197</a>) Remember to remove the used Torch from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> if you choose to use it.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect204">Section 204</a>) To turn to the section of your choice, there are several methods. One is to turn to the <a idref="numbered">Numbered Sections</a> list and choose the appropriate section from the list.</p>
- <p>If you have chosen the correct answer to the Khmar's riddle, the footnotes for that section will tell you so.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect218">Section 218</a>) Although this book gives no explicit restriction, it may be appropriate to consider this subterranean area a wasteland in regard to fulfilling Meal requirements with Hunting and Huntmastery.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect241">Section 241</a>) To turn to the section of your choice, there are several methods. One is to turn to the <a idref="numbered">Numbered Sections</a> list and choose the appropriate section from the list.</p>
- <p>If you have chosen the correct combination or one of the partial combinations, the footnotes for those sections will tell you so.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect253">Section 253</a>) Golds Crowns may not be paid in lieu of Lune in this instance.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect254">Section 254</a>) If you possess the Sommerswerd, you may double these undead creatures' <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point loss.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect282">Section 282</a>) Remember to remove the used Torch from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> if you choose to use it.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect301">Section 301</a>) If you possess the Sommerswerd, you may double this undead creature's <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point loss.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect309">Section 309</a>) To clarify, Sogh joins in the combat if you defeat the first two Tower Guards.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect313">Section 313</a>) Remember to remove the used Torch from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> if you choose to use it.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect320">Section 320</a>) This section corresponds to a partially correct combination for the pyramid lock.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect322">Section 322</a>) If you possess the Sommerswerd, you may double these undead creatures' <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point loss.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect326">Section 326</a>) This section corresponds to the correct combination for the pyramid lock.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect349">Section 349</a>) Remember to remove the used Torch from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> if you choose to use it.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect350">Section 350</a>) According to the <cite>Lone Wolf Club Newsletter: Summer Special 1987</cite>, if your weapons and weapon-like Special Items were confiscated by the South Gate Guard, they are now gratefully returned to you.</p>
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