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<publisher>Project Aon</publisher>
- <date class="publication"><year>2007</year><month>8</month><day>29</day></date>
+ <date class="publication"><year>2007</year><month>9</month><day>17</day></date>
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<p>You are Lone Wolf<ch.emdash/>Kai Grand Master of Sommerlund. During your long voyage home from a successful quest you discover the Dark God Naar is poised to unleash a horde of fire-breathing dragons upon the Kai Monastery. Will his agents assassinate you <foreign xml:lang="fr">en route</foreign>? Or will you manage to arrive at your monastery in time to take command of the new order of young Kai warriors in what could be their first and final battle against Naar<ch.apos/>s champions of evil?</p>
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<p>It is the year MS 5077, twenty-seven years since your brave kinsmen perished at the hands of the Darklords of Helgedad. These champions of evil, who were sent forth by Naar, the King of the Darkness, to destroy the fertile world of Magnamund, have themselves since been destroyed. You vowed to avenge the murder of the Kai and you kept your pledge, for it was you who brought about their downfall when alone you infiltrated their foul domain<ch.emdash/>the Darklands<ch.emdash/>and caused the destruction of their leader and the base of his power that was the infernal city of Helgedad.</p>
- <p>In the wake of their destruction, chaos befell the Darkland armies who, until then, had been poised to conquer all of Magnamund. Some factions which comprised this huge army, roost notably the barbaric Drakkarim, began to fight with the others for control. This disorder quickly escalated into an all-out civil war which allowed the Freeland armies of Magnamund time in which to recover and launch a counter-offensive. Skilfully their commanders exploited the chaos and secured a swift and total victory over an enemy far superior in numbers.</p>
+ <p>In the wake of their destruction, chaos befell the Darkland armies who, until then, had been poised to conquer all of Magnamund. Some factions which comprised this huge army, most notably the barbaric Drakkarim, began to fight with the others for control. This disorder quickly escalated into an all-out civil war which allowed the Freeland armies of Magnamund time in which to recover and launch a counter-offensive. Skilfully their commanders exploited the chaos and secured a swift and total victory over an enemy far superior in numbers.</p>
<p>For seven years now peace has reigned in Sommerlund. Under your direction the once-ruined Monastery of the Kai has been thoroughly rebuilt and restored to its former glory, and the task of teaching a New Order of Kai warriors the skills and proud traditions of your ancestors is also well established. The new generation of Kai recruits, all of whom were born during the era of war against the Darklords, possess latent Kai skills and show exceptional promise. These skills will be nurtured and honed to perfection during their time here at the monastery so that they may teach and inspire future generations, thereby ensuring the continued security of your homeland in future years.</p>
<p>Your attainment of the rank of Kai Grand Master brought with it great rewards. Some, such as the restoration of the Kai and the undying gratitude of your fellow Sommlending, could have been anticipated. Yet there have been rewards which you could not possibly have foreseen. The discovery that within you lay the potential to develop Kai Disciplines beyond those of the Magnakai, which, until now, were thought to be the ultimate that a Kai Master could aspire to, was truly a revelation. Your discovery has inspired you to set out upon a new and previously unknown path in search of the wisdom and power that no Kai Lord before you has ever possessed. In the name of your creator, the God Kai, and for the greater glory of Sommerlund and the Goddess Ishir, you have vowed to reach the very pinnacle of Kai perfection<ch.emdash/>to attain all of the Grand Master Disciplines and become the first Kai Supreme Master.</p>
- <p>With diligence and determination you set about the restoration of the Kai Monastery and the training of the New Order recruits. Your efforts were soon rewarded for, within the space of two short years, the first raw recruits had graduated to become a cadre of gifted Kai Masters who, in turn, were able to commence the teaching of their skills to subsequent intakes of Kai novices. Readily the Kai Masters rose to their newfound responsibilities, leaving you free to devote more of your time to the pursuit and perfection of the Grand Master Disciplines. During this period you also received expert tutelage in the ways of magic from two of your most trusted friends and advisors: Guildmaster Banedon, leader of the Brotherhood of the Crystal Star, and Lord Rimoah, speaker for the High Council of be Elder Magi.</p>
+ <p>With diligence and determination you set about the restoration of the Kai Monastery and the training of the New Order recruits. Your efforts were soon rewarded for, within the space of two short years, the first raw recruits had graduated to become a cadre of gifted Kai Masters who, in turn, were able to commence the teaching of their skills to subsequent intakes of Kai novices. Readily the Kai Masters rose to their newfound responsibilities, leaving you free to devote more of your time to the pursuit and perfection of the Grand Master Disciplines. During this period you also received expert tutelage in the ways of magic from two of your most trusted friends and advisors: Guildmaster Banedon, leader of the Brotherhood of the Crystal Star, and Lord Rimoah, speaker for the High Council of the Elder Magi.</p>
<p>In the deepest subterranean level of the monastery, one hundred feet below the Tower of the Sun, you ordered the excavation and construction of a special vault. In this magnificent chamber wrought of granite and gold you placed the seven Lorestones of Nyxator, the gems of Kai power which you had recovered during an earlier quest for Kai knowledge. In this vault, bathed in the golden light of those radiant gems, you spent countless hours in pursuit of perfection. Sometimes alone, sometimes in the company of your two able advisors<ch.emdash/>Banedon and Rimoah<ch.emdash/>you worked hard to develop your innate Grand Master Disciplines, and grasp the fundamental secrets of Brotherhood and Old Kingdom magic. During this time you noticed many remarkable changes taking place within your body: you became physically and mentally stronger, your five primary senses sharpened beyond all that you had experienced before, and, perhaps most remarkably, your body began to age at a much slower rate. Now, for every five years that elapse you age but one year.</p>
<p>In the years following your victory over the Darklords, peace has reigned victorious and the peoples of the Free Kingdoms rejoice in the knowledge that the evil which once threatened to destroy them has been banished from the face of Magnamund. Readily men have exchanged their swords for hoes and their shields for ploughs, and now the only marching they do is along the ruts of their fleshly furrowed fields. Few are the watchful eyes that scan the distant horizon in fear of what may appear, although there are still those who maintain their vigilance, for the agents of the Dark God Naar come in many guises and there are those upon Magnamund who wait quietly in the shadows for the chance to do his evil bidding.</p>
- <p>Already your newfound skills have been tested against Naar<ch.apos/>s agents and you have, on each occasion, acquitted yourself admirably. But your continuing victories against his minions have enraged the Dark God and inflamed his lust for vengeance. One such minion, the powerful Deathlord of Ixia, threatened to enslave the free nations of Magnamund with a weapon forged by Naar himself. Bravely you ventured alone into the Deathlord<ch.apos/>s icy domain and confronted him in a life-or-death battle in which you were triumphant. However, as you were returning from the Deathlord<ch.apos/>s frigid realm you learned that Sommerlund had been attacked. In your absence, Naar had sent forth host of dragon-creatures to destroy the New Order of the Kai and lay waste to your homeland.</p>
+ <p>Already your newfound skills have been tested against Naar<ch.apos/>s agents and you have, on each occasion, acquitted yourself admirably. But your continuing victories against his minions have enraged the Dark God and inflamed his lust for vengeance. One such minion, the powerful Deathlord of Ixia, threatened to enslave the free nations of Magnamund with a weapon forged by Naar himself. Bravely you ventured alone into the Deathlord<ch.apos/>s icy domain and confronted him in a life-or-death battle in which you were triumphant. However, as you were returning from the Deathlord<ch.apos/>s frigid realm you learned that Sommerlund had been attacked. In your absence, Naar had sent forth a host of dragon-creatures to destroy the New Order of the Kai and lay waste to your homeland.</p>
<p>The news came as a terrible shock. In Ixia you had won a great victory over Evil, yet at what cost? You had no doubts that the New Order were worthy Kai warriors, but they were all so young, their mettle as yet untested in the furnace-heat of battle. Secretly you feared that they would be unable to resist Naar<ch.apos/>s newest champions, and so you resolved to return as quickly as possible to Sommerlund to take command of the Kai Monastery and orchestrate your country<ch.apos/>s defences.</p>
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<p>Before you set off on your long journey to Sommerlund you take with you a <a idref="map">map of Northern Magnamund</a> 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> and add 20 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>.</p>
<p>If you have successfully completed any of the previous <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> adventures (Books 1<ch.endash/>17), you may add this sum to the total sum of crowns you already possess. Fifty Crowns is the maximum you can carry, but additional Crowns can be left in safekeeping at your monastery.</p>
- <p>You can take four items from, the list below, again adding to these, if necessary, any you may already possess from previous adventures (remember, you are still limited to two weapons, but you may now carry a maximum of ten Backpack Items).</p>
+ <p>You can take four items from the list below, again adding to these, if necessary, any you may already possess from previous adventures (remember, you are still limited to two weapons, but you may now carry a maximum of ten Backpack Items).</p>
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<li><p>Quarterstaff (Weapons)</p></li>
<li><p>Bow (Weapons)</p></li>
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<dt>Weapons</dt>
- <dd><p>The maximum number of weapons that you can carry is two. Weapons aid you in combat. If you have the Grand Master Discipline of Grand Weaponmastery and a correct weapon, it adds 5 points to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>. If you find a weapon during your adventure, you may pick it up and use it.</p></dd>
+ <dd><p>The maximum number of weapons that you can carry is <em>two</em>. Weapons aid you in combat. If you have the Grand Master Discipline of Grand Weaponmastery and a correct weapon, it adds 5 points to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>. If you find a weapon during your adventure, you may pick it up and use it.</p></dd>
<dt>Bows 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, such as a sword or axe.</p>
<dt>Grand Huntmastery</dt>
<dd><p>Kai Sun Lords with this skill are able to see, with acute accuracy, light in the infrared spectrum, <!--ERRTAG-RE-58448-->i.e. they<!--/ERRTAG-RE-58448--> can see complex patterns generated by heat in near or total darkness. They can also see light in the ultraviolet spectrum.</p></dd>
<dt>Kai-surge</dt>
- <dd><p>Sun Lords who possess mastery of this Discipline are able to launch a Kai-blast<ch.emdash/>a pulse of intense psychic energy which is capable of affecting both psychically active and inactive enemies. This form of psychic attack is very effective, more so than a usual Kai-surge, Psi-surge or Mindblast. It can cause an enemy to lose between 2 and 18 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points in one attack. A Kai Sun Lord using Kai-blast determines the damage inflicted on an enemy by picking two numbers from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. These numbers should be added together (a <quote>0</quote> = 1) and the resultant total equals the damage inflicted. However, use of a Kai-blast will reduce a Sun Lord<ch.apos/>s <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points total by 4. It cannot be used in conjunction with any other form of psychic attack.</p></dd>
+ <dd><p>Sun Lords who possess mastery of this Discipline are able to launch a Kai-blast<ch.emdash/>a pulse of intense psychic energy which is capable of affecting both psychically active and inactive enemies. This form of psychic attack is very effective, more so than a usual Kai-surge, Psi-surge
, or Mindblast. It can cause an enemy to lose between 2 and 18 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points in one attack. A Kai Sun Lord using Kai-blast determines the damage inflicted on an enemy by picking two numbers from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. These numbers should be added together (a <quote>0</quote> = 1) and the resultant total equals the damage inflicted. However, use of a Kai-blast will reduce a Sun Lord<ch.apos/>s <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points total by 4. It cannot be used in conjunction with any other form of psychic attack.</p></dd>
<dt>Telegnosis</dt>
- <dd><p>Sun Lords who possess this Discipline are able to alter their body weight in order to walk successfully upon different kinds of surface, e.g. water, mud, lava and quicksand. Time duration and degree of surface difficulty increases as a Grand Master rises in rank.</p></dd>
+ <dd><p>Sun Lords who possess this Discipline are able to alter their body weight in order to walk successfully upon different kinds of surface, e.g. water, mud, lava, and quicksand. Time duration and degree of surface difficulty increases as a Grand Master rises in rank.</p></dd>
<dt><!--ERRTAG-RE-57185-->Magi-magic<!--/ERRTAG-RE-57185--></dt>
<dd>
<p>Grand Masters who have reached the rank of Sun Lord are able to use the following battle-spells of the Elder Magi:</p>
<dt>Assimilance</dt>
<dd><p>Grand Thanes who possess this skill are able to protect themselves from detection by creatures using infravision (the ability to see the heat radiating from a person or thing), or ultravision (the ability to detect objects or movement in the ultraviolet spectrum of light).</p></dd>
<dt>Kai-surge</dt>
- <dd><p>Grand Thanes with this skill are able to focus their mind-power upon inanimate breakable objects, e.g. bottles, windows, all ceramics, urns, jugs etc., and cause them to explode violently. Any person or creature in close proximity to such an explosion risks injury from flying shrapnel.</p></dd>
+ <dd><p>Grand Thanes with this skill are able to focus their mind-power upon inanimate breakable objects, e.g. bottles, windows, all ceramics, urns, jugs, etc., and cause them to explode violently. Any person or creature in close proximity to such an explosion risks injury from flying shrapnel.</p></dd>
<dt>Grand Nexus</dt>
<dd><p>Grand Thanes who possess mastery of this Discipline can pass freely through Shadow Gates. These phenomena are special portals which enable one to access other dimensions and planes of existence outside of Magnamund. Kai Grand Thanes are able to detect the location of Shadow Gates and pass through them without suffering any physical ill effects. The range of their detection increases as a Kai Grand Master rises in rank.</p></dd>
<dt>Telegnosis</dt>
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- <p>It is near dusk when you emerge from the hills and see the glimmering waters of River Kinam less than five miles distant. This great river marks the border between Talestria and Palmyrion, Queen Evaine<ch.apos/>s neighbouring ally. The road descends to a border toll bridge beyond which you can see the sprawling town of Scade. The troop is challenged by the bridge warden to halt and pay a fee of 100 Silver Lune. This fee is soon forgotten, though, when the Lord Constable shows the pedantic old man his Royal Seal. With a stiff salute he steps aside and bids you all a safe journey.</p>
+ <p>It is near dusk when you emerge from the hills and see the glimmering waters of the River Kinam less than five miles distant. This great river marks the border between Talestria and Palmyrion, Queen Evaine<ch.apos/>s neighbouring ally. The road descends to a border toll bridge beyond which you can see the sprawling town of Scade. The troop is challenged by the bridge warden to halt and pay a fee of 100 Silver Lune. This fee is soon forgotten, though, when the Lord Constable shows the pedantic old man his Royal Seal. With a stiff salute he steps aside and bids you all a safe journey.</p>
<p>Scade is a bustling market town which has grown rich and fat in the years following the defeat of the Darklords. Its brightly painted buildings and paved thoroughfares exude affluence, and even its lowly street-beggars look clean and well-fed by comparison to those in other parts of Magnamund. Nathor leads the troop to an inn near the centre of the town, a fine establishment called <quote>The Lucky Bucket</quote>. Its owner, a corpulent fellow with a polished bald pate, welcomes him with open arms. After the ordeal at Pinepeaks and the long day<ch.apos/>s ride, you are looking forward to a hot bath and a large supper. However, it soon transpires that the inn is almost full and the owner can only provide rooms for five of the troop.</p>
<p><quote>Not to worry,</quote> says Nathor, noticing the look of disappointment on your face. <quote>I know Knight Tranius<ch.emdash/>the lord of this manor. Many<ch.apos/>s the time we<ch.apos/>ve hunted boar in the hills. His castle is but two miles from here. Five can billet here tonight while the rest of us lodge with Tranius.</quote></p>
<p>You agree to Nathor<ch.apos/>s proposal and set off with him, accompanied by three of the troopers, along a river track which heads north to Castle Tranius.</p>
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<p>Desperately you urge the horse forwards, but the combined weight of you and Lord Nathor conspire to slow its progress. Before it can carry you through the gatehouse and onto the drawbridge beyond, the portcullis comes crashing down, sealing your only means of escape. Then a second portcullis descends, preventing you from returning into the castle keep. You are caught, trapped like fish in a barrel in the narrow corridor between these two gates.</p>
<p>This area is called the <quote>murder hole</quote>, and, as you soon discover to your cost, it is an apt description of what can occur in this dreadful place. Within seconds of your capture, the walls above are ringed by guardsmen, each armed with bows which they aim at you and your companion. At a given signal they open fire, pouring volley after relentless volley of arrows into your defenceless forms.</p>
- <p>Tragically, your life and your journey home to Sommerlund ends here, in the murder hole of Castle Tranius.</p>
+ <p>Tragically, your life and your journey home to Sommerlund end here, in the murder hole of Castle Tranius.</p>
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<line>dagger and lunges for your heart.</line>
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<combat><enemy>Bargee (master thief):</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">36</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">25</enemy-attribute></combat>
<meta><title>30</title></meta>
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- <p>You abandon your horse at the derelict barn and creep down stealthily to the river<ch.apos/>s edge. After stowing your cloak and boots in your backpack, you wade out into the cold dark waters of the Storn and begin your swim to the opposite bank. The river current is strong and, before long, you find yourself being carried swiftly downstream.</p>
+ <p>You abandon your horse at the derelict barn and creep down stealthily to the river<ch.apos/>s edge. After stowing your cloak and boots in your backpack, you wade out into the cold, dark waters of the Storn and begin your swim to the opposite bank. The river current is strong and, before long, you find yourself being carried swiftly downstream.</p>
<choice idref="sect232">If your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score is 10 or less, <link-text>turn to 232</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect177">If it is 11 or more, <link-text>turn to 177</link-text>.</choice>
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<line><ch.lsquot/>Is she not magnificent?<ch.rsquot/></line>
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<p><quote>Yes, indeed she is,</quote> you reply, as you dismount from Wildwind who, to your greater astonishment, displays not the slightest sign of fatigue after your incredible ride from Varetta. <quote>Pray tell me, High-Mayor, what is the craft<ch.apos/>s name?</quote></p>
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<p>You continue along the avenue until you reach the city<ch.apos/>s north wall. Here you stop to read a proclamation that has been nailed to the door of a coaching inn and stables. It states that a curfew is in force in Rhem, and anyone found on the streets an hour after nightfall will be arrested by the city watch.</p>
<p>You are about to leave when you overhear the owner of the stables talking to one of his stable-hands. The boy is holding the reins of an aged horse that is severely lame in one leg, and the owner is telling him that he can no longer afford to stable the sick old mare.</p>
- <p><quote>She<ch.apos/>ll have to go,</quote> says the owner, shaking his head, <quote>she<ch.apos/>s worthless to me now she<ch.apos/>s not earning her keep.</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>She<ch.apos/>ll have to go,</quote> says the owner, shaking his head. <quote>She<ch.apos/>s worthless to me now she<ch.apos/>s not earning her keep.</quote></p>
<p>Tears are streaming down the young boy<ch.apos/>s face. Clearly he loves the old horse and is heartbroken at the prospect of her being destroyed. Boldly you approach the owner and propose a deal.</p>
<p><quote>Sir, if I am able to cure this lame mare,</quote> you say, stroking the horse<ch.apos/>s velvety nose, <quote>then will you allow me to keep her?</quote></p>
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<p>You erect a psychic shield to protect your mind from Roark<ch.apos/>s assault, and you successfully deflect his attack. But as his ghastly apparition gallops past, it stirs in its wake a whirling maelstrom that is filled with rocks, broken glass, and other city debris. This whirlwind assails you physically and knocks you to the ground.</p>
<combat><enemy>Ghost of Roark</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">48</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">30</enemy-attribute></combat>
- <p>You conduct this combat in the normal way. While attacking the ghost of Roark using your psychic Kai abilities, you must defend yourself from the injurious effects of the debris-storm. Only by defeating Roark<ch.apos/>s ghost an combat will you cause the maelstrom to cease.</p>
+ <p>You conduct this combat in the normal way. While attacking the ghost of Roark using your psychic Kai abilities, you must defend yourself from the injurious effects of the debris-storm. Only by defeating Roark<ch.apos/>s ghost in combat will you cause the maelstrom to cease.</p>
<choice idref="sect146">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 146</link-text>.</choice>
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<line>a wild animal and they rush forward.</line>
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+ <combat><enemy>Duadon guardsmen</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">42</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">42</enemy-attribute></combat>
<choice idref="sect335">You may evade this combat after four rounds, by <link-text>turning to 335</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect290">If you win the fight, <link-text>turn to 290</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You rush into the forest and glance overhead to make doubly sure that you are not being tracked by the winged Lavas. The darkening sky is clear of the enemy and confidently you press on through the trees, sure in your ability to remain undetected now that you are in your natural environment of the forest.</p>
- <p>Soon you reach the clearing and hurry to a boulder which bears the imprint of a human band. You place your right hand upon it and the imprint fits around it like a glove. Silently a hinged stone slab rises up from the ground revealing a stair that leads down into a brick-lined passageway. You enter and hurry along this familiar tunnel, covering a mile before you come to a door that opens automatically at your approach. Beyond lies the Vault of the Sun, your personal stronghold. It radiates a warmly golden light: they are the rays of the Lorestones of Nyxator. Once safely inside your underground lair, you pause to allow the radiant light of the Lorestones to wash over your tired and aching limbs and, within the space of a few heartbeats, the fatigue of your long journey home is melted away (restore all lost <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points).</p>
+ <p>Soon you reach the clearing and hurry to a boulder which bears the imprint of a human hand. You place your right hand upon it and the imprint fits around it like a glove. Silently a hinged stone slab rises up from the ground revealing a stair that leads down into a brick-lined passageway. You enter and hurry along this familiar tunnel, covering a mile before you come to a door that opens automatically at your approach. Beyond lies the Vault of the Sun, your personal stronghold. It radiates a warmly golden light: they are the rays of the Lorestones of Nyxator. Once safely inside your underground lair, you pause to allow the radiant light of the Lorestones to wash over your tired and aching limbs and, within the space of a few heartbeats, the fatigue of your long journey home is melted away (restore all lost <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points).</p>
<p>Revived and revitalized, you throw open the door to the vault and see a young Kai Master standing guard at the foot of the tower stairwell. He is Sabre Fox, one of your most gifted students.</p>
<p><quote>Gr<ch.ellips/> Grand Master!</quote> he stammers, hardly daring to believe his eyes. <quote>You have returned. Praise the Gods! Our prayers have been answered!</quote></p>
<p>You smile at the young Kai Master who now has tears of joy in his steel-grey eyes.</p>
<meta><title>53</title></meta>
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- <p>Suddenly an explosion of while light fills your vision and the taste of blood fills your mouth: you have been hit in the head by an armour-piercing arrow. Mercifully, death is virtually instantaneous.</p>
- <p>Sadly, your life and your journey home comes to an abrupt end here, in the cold dark waters of the River Reloni.</p>
+ <p>Suddenly an explosion of white light fills your vision and the taste of blood fills your mouth: you have been hit in the head by an armour-piercing arrow. Mercifully, death is virtually instantaneous.</p>
+ <p>Sadly, your life and your journey home come to an abrupt end here, in the cold, dark waters of the River Reloni.</p>
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- <p>Guided by beacons blazing atop the King<ch.apos/>s Citadel, the crew of the <cite>Cloud-dancer</cite> bring her gently in towards the city. The craft is made to hover directly above the Citadel and hawsers are lowered to anchor her in position against the wind. Then you descend by rope ladder to the Citadel roof where your are greeted by a distinguished party of Barons and Fryearls, led by King Ulnar himself.</p>
+ <p>Guided by beacons blazing atop the King<ch.apos/>s Citadel, the crew of the <cite>Cloud-dancer</cite> bring her gently in towards the city. The craft is made to hover directly above the Citadel and hawsers are lowered to anchor her in position against the wind. Then you descend by rope ladder to the Citadel roof where you are greeted by a distinguished party of Barons and Fryearls, led by King Ulnar himself.</p>
<p><quote>Welcome home, Grand Master,</quote> he says, his voice breaking with emotion. Then he clasps you to his chest, like a father welcoming home a lost son. <quote>Thank Kai and Ishir you are safe, Lone Wolf,</quote> he says. <quote>Now may the darkness of Naar be lifted from our land.</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect44"><link-text>Turn to 44</link-text>.</choice>
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<p><quote>In the name of the Gods!</quote> splutters Nathor, spilling liqueur down the front of his tunic. <quote>What was that?</quote></p>
<p>A knot of fear tightens in the pit of your stomach. <quote>A Kraan,</quote> you reply, recognizing at once the fell cry of this unwelcome creature.</p>
<p>You hurry to a window and see the large, bat-like Kraan silhouetted against the moon. A man-sized rider clings precariously to the creature<ch.apos/>s reptilian back as it swoops and soars among the hills and gullies.</p>
- <p><quote>You had best come away from the window, my Lord,</quote> replies an anxious Nathor, <quote>lest it detects your presence here,</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>You had best come away from the window, my Lord,</quote> replies an anxious Nathor, <quote>lest it detects your presence here.</quote></p>
<p>You take heed of the Lord Constable<ch.apos/>s advice and retreat from the window. Furthermore, you use your Magnakai skill of Psi-screen to shield your mind in case the Kraan rider is able to employ psychic abilities to locate your presence.</p>
<p><quote>It is not the first time it has come,</quote> says Rasbarin. <quote>Every night for the past ten days we<ch.apos/>ve heard it circling the hills. Sometimes there is more than one of its kind.</quote> He suggests that you bunk in the cellar of the monastery where you may be safer from detection, and you accept his offer gladly.</p>
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<line>a crackling blue flame ignites at its tip.</line>
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<p><quote>Draw steel!</quote> commands Nathor, and his men respond by unsheathing their swords in readiness for combat. You focus your psychic powers at the figure and sense that it is not human: it possesses an aura of evil that marks it as a dark disciple, a magician versed in the forbidden black arts of the Nadziranim.</p>
<p>Suddenly there is a low, concussive boom and a spiral of blue flame shoots the length of the hall, fired from the tip of the figure<ch.apos/>s iron stave. You are its intended target and you dive to the floor to avoid being hit. The bolt ricochets off the stone wall close behind you and shatters one of the tall windows into a thousand glittering shards.</p>
<p><quote>Take him!</quote> shouts Nathor, and his men rush forward, but a second blast from the stave puts an end to their brave advance. All three are cut down by an arc of blue fire that leaves their corpses heaped and smouldering in the middle of the hall.</p>
<p>Nathor curses the sinister figure and it responds by uttering a chilling, inhuman laugh. Now you sense a new danger approaching<ch.emdash/>the being<ch.apos/>s sickly laughter is summoning its minions to the hall.</p>
- <p><quote>Lord Nathor!</quote> you cry. <quote>We cannot prevail here. We must escape<ch.ellips/> follow me!</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>Lord Nathor!</quote> you cry. <quote>We cannot prevail here. We must escape<ch.ellips/> Follow me!</quote></p>
<p>And with these words, you race to the window and leap feet-first through its shattered pane.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
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- <p><quote>My steed has shed a shoe,</quote> you say. <quote>Can replace it?</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>My steed has shed a shoe,</quote> you say. <quote>Can you replace it?</quote></p>
<p><quote>Aye,</quote> he says, without bothering to look up from his work, <quote>but it<ch.apos/>ll cost you 20 Lune. In cash, and in advance, if you please.</quote></p>
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<p>You shout the order to fire and the Kai let loose their straining bowstrings. A cloud of arrows with armour-piercing tips, hardened in the fires of the monastery forge, whistle towards the swooping Lavas with impressive accuracy. All find their target, but only one of the winged creatures falls from the sky. You see that the beast has been struck in the eye. Hurriedly the acolytes reload as the Lavas prepare to land on the battlements.</p>
- <p><quote>Fire at their eyes!</quote> you shout, and a cloud of fifty Kai arrows are sent screaming through the sky to seek their elusive mark. This time more than half find their target, decimating the onrushing Lavas at a single stroke, yet those winged creatures who do survive this deadly volley are quick1y among the defenders on the wall.</p>
+ <p><quote>Fire at their eyes!</quote> you shout, and a cloud of fifty Kai arrows are sent screaming through the sky to seek their elusive mark. This time more than half find their target, decimating the onrushing Lavas at a single stroke, yet those winged creatures who do survive this deadly volley are quickly among the defenders on the wall.</p>
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<line>their leader stalks you like a cat.</line>
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<p>High above, swooping in and out of the clouds, are scores of cackling Lavas. You sense also another presence, a wispy dark shadow that exudes malevolence. You shudder when you realize that you are in the presence of a manifestation of Naar himself. He has come to witness your doom, to enjoy the sport of your final, futile battle, before he unleashes his dragons upon Sommerlund. The Lavas<ch.apos/> attacks were but a preliminary phase of his master plan to destroy Sommerlund and the Kai.</p>
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<p>Using the Old Kingdom Battle-spell <spell>Hold Enemy</spell>, you command the Eldenoran to cease all movement. Instantly, the drunken thug freezes like a stone statue, enabling the young woman and her child to break free from his grasp. She runs towards you, cradling the sobbing child in her arms.</p>
<p><quote>Thank you, thank you<ch.ellips/></quote> she cries as she falls to your feet. Gently you lift her, assuring her with kind words that her ordeal is over. She smiles, reassured, but her expression quickly changes when she spots something moving behind you.</p>
- <p><quote>There he is, that cur Holkar!</quote> she spits. <quote>He<ch.apos/>s the murdering leader of these bandits. All this chaos his doing.</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>There he is, that cur Holkar!</quote> she spits. <quote>He<ch.apos/>s the murdering leader of these bandits. All this chaos is his doing.</quote></p>
<p>You turn to look at the object of her hatred, and see a swarthy brigand dodging between the gravestones that line the abbey grounds. He has a sack full of loot slung over his shoulder and he is hurrying towards his horse which stands close to the abbey<ch.apos/>s perimeter wall. Determined not to let him escape, you rush into the grounds of the abbey and give chase.</p>
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- <p>You are part-way across the lord when alarm bells sound on both sides of the river.</p>
+ <p>You are part-way across the ford when alarm bells sound on both sides of the river.</p>
<p><quote>Deserter at the ford!</quote> goes the cry from the Eldenoran fort. <quote>Enemy spy approaching!</quote> shout the Slovian guards.</p>
<p>Moments later, a hissing cloud of arrows and bolts descend on you from both sides and several missiles graze your back and thighs: lose 5 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points. But the speed of your surprise crossing and your Kai camouflage skills enable you to reach the Slovian side intact, and you disappear swiftly into the darkness of the plains beyond.</p>
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- <p>After the dangers of Eldenora, the plains of peaceful Slovia seem like a tranquil paradise. The grasslands are rich a
rid fertile, and an abundance of game keeps you well fed during the five days it takes you to ride north to the walled city of Tekaro. Here, at an inn close by the city<ch.apos/>s cathedral, where, years ago, you discovered one of the Lorestones of Nyxator during your quest for Kai knowledge, you spend a fortunate evening in the company of a band of Salonese mercenaries. Aided by your Kai skills, you fleece them of 30 Gold Crowns while playing cards, and with your gain you purchase a fresh horse for your continuing journey home. (Your new horse and a night<ch.apos/>s lodging at the inn cost you 25 Cold Crowns; you may add the balance of 5 Cold Crowns to your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>, maximum allowances permitting.)</p>
+ <p>After the dangers of Eldenora, the plains of peaceful Slovia seem like a tranquil paradise. The grasslands are rich a
nd fertile, and an abundance of game keeps you well fed during the five days it takes you to ride north to the walled city of Tekaro. Here, at an inn close by the city<ch.apos/>s cathedral, where, years ago, you discovered one of the Lorestones of Nyxator during your quest for Kai knowledge, you spend a fortunate evening in the company of a band of Salonese mercenaries. Aided by your Kai skills, you fleece them of 30 Gold Crowns while playing cards, and with your gain you purchase a fresh horse for your continuing journey home. (Your new horse and a night<ch.apos/>s lodging at the inn cost you 25 Gold Crowns; you may add the balance of 5 Gold Crowns to your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>, maximum allowances permitting.)</p>
<p>Early the following day you leave Tekaro and set out on the highway bound for Tido. You plan to reach Casiorn by means of the North Pass through the Slovarian Range, but during your second day on the road you are forced to revise your plans drastically. During a chance meeting at a wayside inn with a merchant who has journeyed from Casiorn, you learn that an avalanche has blocked the North Pass and travel by that route is now impossible. It will be several months before the pass is cleared and the mountain road rebuilt. You resolve instead to reach Casiorn by way of Varetta, the ancient city of crossed swords, and the following day you resume your ride north.</p>
<p>During your ride, you stop to assist a farmer whose cart has shed a wheel. In return for your help, he offers the services of his brother who operates a raft ferry across the River Quarl. Gladly the brother transports you and your horse across the river to Salony, where you enter the great forest by way of a timberland trail. After a full day<ch.apos/>s ride along this lonely track, you find yourself approaching the outskirts of a town called Ellio.</p>
<p>During your long day<ch.apos/>s ride through the forest of Salony, unless you possess Grand Huntmastery, you must eat a Meal or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<line>destroy the Shadow Gate,<ch.rsquot/> Gwynian tells you.</line>
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<p>You look down at the glowing crystal with fearful respect. Gwynian notes your concern and smiles.</p>
<p><quote>You need not fear the crystal<ch.apos/>s power for it cannot cause harm in our world. Only if it is cast into another plane of existence will its powers be released. Grand Master, you must cast it into the Shadow Gate that Naar has created.</quote></p>
<p><quote>So this is how I can save my brethren,</quote> you whisper, as you peer into the glittering head of the crystal.</p>
<p><quote>Just so,</quote> replies Gwynian. <quote>Just so.</quote></p>
- <p><quote>Then I must away at once,</quote> you say, placing the Sun-crystal into the pocket of your tunic. <quote>Now that I have the weapon I need to save my people, I can stay not a moment longer, I must leave for Casiorn at once.</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>Then I must away at once,</quote> you say, placing the Sun-crystal into the pocket of your tunic. <quote>Now that I have the weapon I need to save my people, I can stay not a moment longer; I must leave for Casiorn at once.</quote></p>
<p><quote>Yes,</quote> says Gwynian, still smiling, <quote>I know of your plans, and I have made provision for you to travel to the City of Merchants more swiftly. Come, follow me, and all will be revealed.</quote></p>
<p>Record the Sun-crystal on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as a Special Item. You must discard another item in its favour if you already possess the maximum permissible.</p>
<choice idref="sect323"><link-text>Turn to 323</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>You dismount and toss your horse<ch.apos/>s reins to a sniffing stable-boy before entering the dry and welcome warmth of the inn. The innkeeper is a burly, ginger-bearded man with an incongruous lisp, who attends to his small group of patrons with an air of bored indifference. You hand him 2 Cold Crowns and in return you receive a small and draughty room over the stables.</p>
+ <p>You dismount and toss your horse<ch.apos/>s reins to a sniffing stable-boy before entering the dry and welcome warmth of the inn. The innkeeper is a burly, ginger-bearded man with an incongruous lisp, who attends to his small group of patrons with an air of bored indifference. You hand him 2 Gold Crowns and in return you receive a small and draughty room over the stables.</p>
<p>You sleep well (restore 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points) and wake at dawn. The innkeeper offers you breakfast, but the unsavoury plate of stale cheese and bacon rind that he produces from under the taproom counter does little to excite your appetite. You decline his offer, collect your horse, and set off on the trail which heads east out of Ellio.</p>
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- <p>The sun is now above the horizon and this hamlet is slowly stirring to life. You decide to while away the next hour or so by looking around its simple shops and riverside stores. One building in particular catches your eye: it is a hall perched precariously on the end of a wide wooden jetty. You can hear an old man<ch.apos/>s voice trailing from its open doors, answered by the occasional murmur of a crowd. Inside you discover a wizened old cleric administering to a sick woman whose head is swathed with bandages. The cleric is attempting to cure the woman of her ills by laying-on his hands, but the pressure is simply making the pain in her head feel worse.</p>
+ <p>The sun is now above the horizon and this hamlet is slowly stirring to life. You decide to wile away the next hour or so by looking around its simple shops and riverside stores. One building in particular catches your eye: it is a hall perched precariously on the end of a wide wooden jetty. You can hear an old man<ch.apos/>s voice trailing from its open doors, answered by the occasional murmur of a crowd. Inside you discover a wizened old cleric administering to a sick woman whose head is swathed with bandages. The cleric is attempting to cure the woman of her ills by laying-on his hands, but the pressure is simply making the pain in her head feel worse.</p>
<p><quote>Charlatan,</quote> mumbles one onlooker. <quote>Old fake,</quote> whispers another. The aged cleric hears these dissenting voices and he becomes flustered. Although he may be incompetent as a healer, you sense that he is a good man at heart and so you decide to save him from the disgruntled crowd, who look as if they are on the brink of throwing him in the river at any moment.</p>
<p><quote>Hold, good brother!</quote> you say, moving swiftly through the crowd to the small stage on which he and the bandaged woman are standing. <quote>You should not be placing your hands upon this good woman<ch.apos/>s head. Surely the source of her pain stems from her aching heart!</quote></p>
<p>And with this you take hold of the man<ch.apos/>s hands and place them on the woman<ch.apos/>s chest. Her first reaction is one of shock and she starts to pull away, but when you transmit your own healing powers through the cleric<ch.apos/>s hands and into her body, the pain in her head suddenly vanishes. A smile of pure joy lights up her face and hurriedly she strips off her bandages.</p>
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<p>You learn that the Elector has already elicited, on your behalf, the help of High-Mayor Cordas of Casiorn. Cordas is reputedly the richest man in all of Magnamund. Manatine tells you that Cordas has ordered the construction of a sky-vessel to transport you swiftly to Sommerlund.</p>
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- <p>Queen Evaine commands the Lord Constable to take you to the citadel dungeons which are located several levels below the State Hall. Here, shackled to the dank stone wall of a rat-infested cell, is the man who was caught in a Garthen tavern plotting your murder. Limp and unconscious, he hangs by his wrists in chains, his emaciated body showing all too clearly the signs of recent tortures. A pot-bellied gaoler scoops a bucket of foul water from a through by the cell door and revives the prisoner by pouring it unceremoniously over his head. Coughing and spluttering, the wretch stirs to consciousness. He raises his face and you sense that he recognizes immediately who you are; his eyes blaze with an undisguised hatred.</p>
+ <p>Queen Evaine commands the Lord Constable to take you to the citadel dungeons which are located several levels below the State Hall. Here, shackled to the dank stone wall of a rat-infested cell, is the man who was caught in a Garthen tavern plotting your murder. Limp and unconscious, he hangs by his wrists in chains, his emaciated body showing all too clearly the signs of recent tortures. A pot-bellied gaoler scoops a bucket of foul water from a trough by the cell door and revives the prisoner by pouring it unceremoniously over his head. Coughing and spluttering, the wretch stirs to consciousness. He raises his face and you sense that he recognizes immediately who you are; his eyes blaze with an undisguised hatred.</p>
<p><quote>He<ch.apos/>s a tough <ch.apos/>un,</quote> growls the gaoler. <quote>I<ch.apos/>ve used all o<ch.apos/> me skills on <ch.apos/>im but <ch.apos/>e won<ch.apos/>t say who <ch.apos/>is paymaster be.</quote></p>
<p>The fat gaoler reaches for a pair of long-handled pincers which are protruding from a brazier of hot coals.</p>
<p><quote>Perhaps you<ch.apos/>ll be wanting to interrogate <ch.apos/>im yourself, sire?</quote> he says, offering you the pincers. Wisps of smoke curl from their sharpened tips which are red and glowing.</p>
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<p><quote>Oh, and this is my personal guard<ch.emdash/>Dorst.</quote></p>
<p><quote>We made <ch.apos/>em pay dearly for wastin<ch.apos/> our time, though,</quote> adds Dorst, with quiet menace.</p>
<p><quote>It appears that we shall now have to encamp here in the hills this night,</quote> says the Baroness. <quote>Perhaps you would care to join us, my Lord? I would feel so much safer if you did.</quote></p>
<p>Despite Dorst<ch.apos/>s cutting glances, you agree to the Baroness<ch.apos/>s proposal. Then you produce the six trout that you caught earlier and offer them to her as a gift.</p>
- <p><quote>Why, thank you,</quote> she says, with a wide smile, <quote>they look<ch.ellips/> delicious.</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>Why, thank you,</quote> she says, with a wide smile. <quote>They look<ch.ellips/> delicious.</quote></p>
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<p>The first spatterings of rain are dampening your shoulders as you approach the forest town<ch.apos/>s solitary inn. The smell and soft noises of horses waft from an adjoining stable, and the flickering orange light of an open fire can be seen shimmering through the bulls-eye glass of the inn<ch.apos/>s leaded windows. You halt outside the main door and stoop to read a weather-faded board that is fixed to the wall:</p>
<signpost>The Towering Pine Inn</signpost>
- <signpost>Room <ch.ampersand/> Stabling<ch.emdash/>2 Cold Crowns per night</signpost>
+ <signpost>Room <ch.ampersand/> Stabling<ch.emdash/>2 Gold Crowns per night</signpost>
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<p>The pack leader comes leaping through the air as you are unsheathing your weapon. You only just manage to sidestep in time to avoid being slammed to the ground beneath its vast bulk. As it flashes past, you spin around and sever its spine with one mighty, backhanded blow.</p>
<p>Within seconds, the remaining pack members appear. They catch the scent of their leader<ch.apos/>s blood and it drives them into a frenzy.</p>
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+ <choice idref="sect216">If you do not possess this skill, or if you have yet to attain this level of Kai Mastery, <link-text>turn to 216</link-text>.</choice>
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<line>then attack with chilling ferocity.</line>
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<p>With a silent signal you bring the regiment to a halt. Captain D<ch.apos/>Val leans towards you from his saddle and whispers: <quote>Here is the enemy who have your monastery surrounded, Grand Master, and this is the weakest point in their line.</quote></p>
<p><quote>I know this place,</quote> you reply quietly. <quote>The monastery lies over the next ridge of trees. If we are to break through here, we must be quick about it. These creatures can take to the skies<ch.emdash/>it would not take them long to summon reinforcements.</quote></p>
- <p><quote>You are right, Grand Master. The risks are indeed great, but I and my men men are willing to take them to ensure your return to the Monastery of the Kai. You must get through. You are the only one who can destroy the Shadow Gate and remove this curse from our land.</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>You are right, Grand Master. The risks are indeed great, but I and my men are willing to take them to ensure your return to the Monastery of the Kai. You must get through. You are the only one who can destroy the Shadow Gate and remove this curse from our land.</quote></p>
<p><quote>Very well then, Captain,</quote> you reply, unsheathing your weapon. <quote>Pass the order to prepare to charge.</quote></p>
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- <p>For several minutes you ride the river, keeping to the centre of its course to avoid being dashed against the rough rock walls of the tunnel through it flows. Then you glimpse a moonlit opening in the distance and, a few moments later, you are tumbling from an outflow at the base of Duadon<ch.apos/>s east city wall. You fall amidst a torrent of frothing water and hit the surface of a river twenty feet below.</p>
- <p>Immediately you strike out with your hands and rise as quickly as you can, spitting out a mouthful of foul-tasting water as soon as your head breaks the surface. The current pushes you towards the river bank where a group of beggars, clad in mouldering rags, are sifting through the flotsam that is being flushed out of the city. You note with disgust that this floating debris consists mainly of corpses, many the victims of Prince Lutha<ch.apos/>s brutal regime. The beggars take fright and scatter when you stagger out of the water. You watch them run away, then you hurry towards the beckoning safety of a wood which borders upon a rutted river road. Here you spend a damp uncomfortable night trying to formulate a new plan of action that will enable you to reach Casiorn as quickly as possible. At length you resolve to go east and attempt to cross the River Storn to the Salonese city of Rhem, located on its east bank. It has the reputation for being a tough and lawless place but you feel sure it can be no worse than Duadon.</p>
+ <p>For several minutes you ride the river, keeping to the centre of its course to avoid being dashed against the rough rock walls of the tunnel through which it flows. Then you glimpse a moonlit opening in the distance and, a few moments later, you are tumbling from an outflow at the base of Duadon<ch.apos/>s east city wall. You fall amidst a torrent of frothing water and hit the surface of a river twenty feet below.</p>
+ <p>Immediately you strike out with your hands and rise as quickly as you can, spitting out a mouthful of foul-tasting water as soon as your head breaks the surface. The current pushes you towards the river bank where a group of beggars, clad in mouldering rags, are sifting through the flotsam that is being flushed out of the city. You note with disgust that this floating debris consists mainly of corpses, many the victims of Prince Lutha<ch.apos/>s brutal regime. The beggars take fright and scatter when you stagger out of the water. You watch them run away, then you hurry towards the beckoning safety of a wood which borders upon a rutted river road. Here you spend a damp, uncomfortable night trying to formulate a new plan of action that will enable you to reach Casiorn as quickly as possible. At length you resolve to go east and attempt to cross the River Storn to the Salonese city of Rhem, located on its east bank. It has the reputation for being a tough and lawless place but you feel sure it can be no worse than Duadon.</p>
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<line>Holona are littered with the ruins of war.</line>
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<p>Inside the city walls the situation is tense. Every available dwelling is packed to overflowing with wounded soldiers, and the civilian populace, displaced from their homes by the army<ch.apos/>s needs, wander the streets and alleyways in a state of shocked confusion, greatly adding to the chaos.</p>
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<p>From the top of the Tower of the Sun you survey the mountainous northern approaches with growing trepidation. Banedon is by your side, so too are Kai Masters Black Hawk and Wild Weasel and a score of Kai warmarns and savants. You sense the lower ranks of the Kai are proud and excited to be stationed here with their Grand Master. Your presence inspires their courage and you feel confident that they will fight exceptionally well in the coming battle.</p>
- <p>You look down at the shattered wreck of the <cite>Skyrider</cite> lying in the monastery grounds far below, and I reminds you of your sky journey from Casiorn to Holmgard. You tell Banedon about the <cite>Cloud-dancer</cite> and you promise him that, if your mission to destroy the Shadow Gate is successful, you will make a gift of it to him in recognition of the help he has given the Kai in your absence.</p>
+ <p>You look down at the shattered wreck of the <cite>Skyrider</cite> lying in the monastery grounds far below, and it reminds you of your sky journey from Casiorn to Holmgard. You tell Banedon about the <cite>Cloud-dancer</cite> and you promise him that, if your mission to destroy the Shadow Gate is successful, you will make a gift of it to him in recognition of the help he has given the Kai in your absence.</p>
<p><quote>Thank you, Grand Master,</quote> he says. <quote>Yours is a most gracious gesture.</quote></p>
<p>Then the first of the Lavas horde are seen, their burnished wings glinting in the moonlight.</p>
<p><quote>Here they come!</quote> shouts Black Hawk, from the far end of the tower.</p>
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<p>You step away from the heaped bodies of the bogus castle guardsmen and sheathe your bloodied weapon. Then you take hold of Nathor and heave him across the neck of a saddled horse. Quickly you mount this steed and urge it to the gallop, bursting forth from the stables at breakneck speed. Outside, the castle keep is alive with screams and curses as you steer your horse towards the gatehouse, where, to your mounting horror, you see that the portcullis is beginning to fall.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you possess Telegnosis, and have reached the Kai rank of Sun Lord or higher, add 2 to the number you have picked. If you possess the Discipline of Grand Huntmastery, add 2. If you possess Animal Mastery add 1.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you possess Telegnosis, and have reached the Kai rank of Sun Lord or higher, add 2 to the number you have picked. If you possess the Discipline of Grand Huntmastery, add 2. If you possess Animal Mastery, add 1.</p>
<choice idref="sect21">If your total score is now 2 or less, <link-text>turn to 21</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect230">If it is 3 or higher, <link-text>turn to 230</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>After bidding a hurried farewell to the Lord Constable and his men, you take a fresh horse and leave the inn by a door at the rear of the stables. Some of the mob have gathered in an adjoining alleyway, but aided by your Kai camouflage skills, you evade these bloodthirsty thugs with ease.</p>
- <p>Keeping to the smaller alleys and passages, you make your way across Scade unseen and then head north towards the open plains. You ride all night, using your infravision to help guide your horse through the lush grasslands and keep watch for potential dangers. As the hours slip past you cannot help but think about Nathor and the men of his troop; they are risking their lives by staying behind as bait for the mob. You admire their courage and it strengthens your resolve to return home to Sommerlund. Should the Lord Constable and his men have to pay or your escape with their lives, then you are determined that their sacrifice shall not be a wasted one.</p>
+ <p>Keeping to the smaller alleys and passages, you make your way across Scade unseen and then head north towards the open plains. You ride all night, using your infravision to help guide your horse through the lush grasslands and keep watch for potential dangers. As the hours slip past you cannot help but think about Nathor and the men of his troop; they are risking their lives by staying behind as bait for the mob. You admire their courage and it strengthens your resolve to return home to Sommerlund. Should the Lord Constable and his men have to pay for your escape with their lives, then you are determined that their sacrifice shall not be a wasted one.</p>
<p>During your long night ride, unless you possess the Discipline of Grand Huntmastery you must eat a Meal or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<choice idref="sect75">To continue, <link-text>turn to 75</link-text>.</choice>
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<line>time with a dagger in his hand.</line>
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<p>Prince Lutha (with Ring of Power) <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> 54 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> 39</p>
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- <p>Ten days after leaving Vadera, the <cite>Saxin</cite> drops anchor in Varnos Harbour in Garthen<ch.emdash/>the crown capital of Talestria. The sleek and elegant lines of the Lencian craft contrast starkly with the drab, functional hulls of the merchant ships and dhows which crowd this city-port<ch.apos/>s jetties and wharfs. Lencian craft are a rare sight in Garthen, and the <cite>Saxin</cite> is the rarest of Lencian craft; it is no wonder that its arrival stirs a frenzy of interest and speculation among the citizens of this capital.</p>
+ <p>Ten days after leaving Vadera, the <cite>Saxin</cite> drops anchor in Varnos Harbour in Garthen<ch.emdash/>the crown capital of Talestria. The sleek and elegant lines of the Lencian craft contrast starkly with the drab, functional hulls of the merchant ships and dhows which crowd this city-port<ch.apos/>s jetties and wharves. Lencian craft are a rare sight in Garthen, and the <cite>Saxin</cite> is the rarest of Lencian craft; it is no wonder that its arrival stirs a frenzy of interest and speculation among the citizens of this capital.</p>
<p>Word of your arrival travels quickly to the Royal Citadel and a troop of Queen Evaine<ch.apos/>s court cavalry are dispatched to the harbour. They are led by a stern-faced man who wears the uniform and gold insignia of the Lord Constable, the highest military rank in the Talestrian army. He brings his column of regal horsemen to a halt at the quayside, then he dismounts and strides forward to welcome you in person as you disembark from the ship.</p>
<choice idref="sect292">If you have ever visited Garthen or Torgar in a previous <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> adventure, <link-text>turn to 292</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect48">If you have not, <link-text>turn to 48</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>The sides of the ravine are composed of gravel and shale which is loose and treacherous underfoot, yet your natural agility enables you to make the descent about too much difficulty. Climbing up the far side, however, proves to be a far harder task than expected.</p>
+ <p>The sides of the ravine are composed of gravel and shale which is loose and treacherous underfoot, yet your natural agility enables you to make the descent without too much difficulty. Climbing up the far side, however, proves to be a far harder task than expected.</p>
<choice idref="sect262">If you possess Kai-alchemy, <link-text>turn to 262</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect143">If you do not possess this Grand Master Discipline, <link-text>turn to 143</link-text>.</choice>
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<line>beggar-monks who have taken a vow of poverty.<ch.rsquot/></line>
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<choice idref="sect319">If you wish to take Nathor<ch.apos/>s advice and ignore the Shoni pilgrims, <link-text>turn to 319</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You lead the regiment along the trail to where the surrounding forest opens out into a shallow meadow. Along the centre of this grassy clearing there meanders a small stream, where a dozen of the winged creatures are spread unevenly along the muddy banks. They are staring intently at the water, seemingly fascinated by the sight of the trout swimming there, and at first they do not see the regiment approaching. You give the signal to change formation, to form into two lines abreast for the charge. Then you glance at the wooded rise on the far side of the meadow, knowing that beyond this ridge lies your goal<ch.emdash/>the Kai Monastery.</p>
<p>Suddenly one of the creatures hovering over the stream raises the alarm and his ghastly brothers growl with surprise. Unnervingly, they clack their beaked jaws as they survey the King<ch.apos/>s Cavalry, as if they are relishing the thought of an imminent feast. You order the men to lower their lances and then, with a smile of grim determination on your lips, you spur your horse forward and give voice to your battle-cry: <quote>For Sommerlund and the Kai!</quote></p>
- <p>The King<ch.apos/>s Cavalry sweep down the meadow and engulf the winged horrors, driving their lances through their steely hides. You see two of the creatures disappear beneath a thundering wave of hooves, and another two are caught from behind as they attempt to take to the air. You strike one creature a blow to its head as you gallop across the stream. It glances off its iron-hard skull, but the force s sufficient to stun the beast. As it staggers drunkenly in your wake, Captain D<ch.apos/>Val, who is leading the second line, veers towards it and runs it through with his lance.</p>
- <p>Once you are over the stream, you spur your horse up the grassy rise towards the top of the ridge, now no more than a hundred yards distant. You are within seconds of reaching the crest of the ridge when suddenly one of the creatures comes swooping out of the sky. It flies you with its glowing eyes and extends its talons as it comes screaming down towards your face.</p>
+ <p>The King<ch.apos/>s Cavalry sweep down the meadow and engulf the winged horrors, driving their lances through their steely hides. You see two of the creatures disappear beneath a thundering wave of hooves, and another two are caught from behind as they attempt to take to the air. You strike one creature a blow to its head as you gallop across the stream. It glances off its iron-hard skull, but the force is sufficient to stun the beast. As it staggers drunkenly in your wake, Captain D<ch.apos/>Val, who is leading the second line, veers towards it and runs it through with his lance.</p>
+ <p>Once you are over the stream, you spur your horse up the grassy rise towards the top of the ridge, now no more than a hundred yards distant. You are within seconds of reaching the crest of the ridge when suddenly one of the creatures comes swooping out of the sky. It fixes you with its glowing eyes and extends its talons as it comes screaming down towards your face.</p>
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<choice idref="sect129">If you possess Kai-alchemy, and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 129</link-text>.</choice>
<p>The brigand leader mounts his horse, but before he can make good his escape, you take a running leap over the abbey wall and drag him out of the saddle. Together you crash to the frost-hardened ground and desperately he kicks and struggles to break free from your steely grip. Out of his boot he snatches a stiletto blade and thrusts it viciously at your throat. You dodge your head aside, avoiding its razor-sharp tip, but in doing so you let the brigand slip out of your hands. He rolls away and begins to rise to his feet, but then he freezes, his eyes wide with fearful recognition, as he stares at your face.</p>
<p><quote>L<ch.ellips/> Lone Wolf!</quote> he gasps, mortified, as if he is confronting a ghost.</p>
<p><quote>Drop the dagger and surrender!</quote> you order, levelling your weapon at his head to reinforce your command. Swiftly the brigand<ch.apos/>s expression changes from one of shock to one of sneering defiance.</p>
- <p><quote>You<ch.apos/>ll never take me alive!</quote> he spits, and to your shocked surprise he thrusts his danger deep into his chest.</p>
+ <p><quote>You<ch.apos/>ll never take me alive!</quote> he spits, and to your shocked surprise he thrusts his dagger deep into his chest.</p>
<choice idref="sect337">If you possess the Grand Master Discipline of Deliverance, and have attained the Kai rank of Sun Knight or higher, <link-text>turn to 337</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect35">If you do not possess this skill, or if you have yet to attain this level of Kai Mastery, <link-text>turn to 35</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>The road which crosses the plains to the east of the River Phoen is deeply rutted. Fortunately though, it is dry, there having been little rain in these parts for weeks. Progress is good and by midday you and your troop have covered more than thirty miles. You pass many wagons on this road, mostly driven by farmers who are taking their crops to the markets and wharfs of Garthen. These wagon drivers seem an unusually loyal and friendly breed; invariably they wave and cheer the moment they recognize the uniforms of Queen Evaine<ch.apos/>s Court Cavalry.</p>
+ <p>The road which crosses the plains to the east of the River Phoen is deeply rutted. Fortunately though, it is dry, there having been little rain in these parts for weeks. Progress is good and by midday you and your troop have covered more than thirty miles. You pass many wagons on this road, mostly driven by farmers who are taking their crops to the markets and wharves of Garthen. These wagon drivers seem an unusually loyal and friendly breed; invariably they wave and cheer the moment they recognize the uniforms of Queen Evaine<ch.apos/>s Court Cavalry.</p>
<p>After a brief rest at a village on the road, you continue your ride across the open plains and descend into a wide valley where a shallow stream winds its way through a mass of reed-beds and willow copses. Beyond this valley, the land becomes increasingly hilly. The sun is almost touching the horizon when you come to a small wayside shrine dedicated to the Goddess Ishir. Here a track leads off to the north and, a mile distant, you can make out the walls and tall bell-tower of a chateau high in the hills.</p>
<p><quote>That<ch.apos/>s the monastery of the Vaderish Brethren,</quote> says Nathor. <quote>They<ch.apos/>re a holy order devoted to the worship of the Goddess Ishir. We will find safe shelter with them this night.</quote></p>
<p>The sun has set and dusk is quickly turning to darkness by the time the troop reaches the gates of the Vaderish Monastery. The brothers of this holy order are led by an elderly monk called Rasbarin whom Nathor has met once before. The old cleric welcomes him warmly, as if he was his son, then he invites you to stay here overnight.</p>
- <p>The monk<ch.apos/>s evening meal is simple fare but well-prepared and wholesome nonetheless (restore any <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points you may have lost during your adventure so far). Afterwards, Rasbarin invites you and Nathor to his chambers to sample some of the monks<ch.apos/> speciality<ch.emdash/>a fine liqueur called Aquas. You are raising a glass of this golden liquid to your lips when suddenly the peace is shattered by a loud, cawing shriek which echoes through the surrounding hills.</p>
+ <p>The monks<ch.apos/> evening meal is simple fare but well-prepared and wholesome nonetheless (restore any <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points you may have lost during your adventure so far). Afterwards, Rasbarin invites you and Nathor to his chambers to sample some of the monks<ch.apos/> speciality<ch.emdash/>a fine liqueur called Aquas. You are raising a glass of this golden liquid to your lips when suddenly the peace is shattered by a loud, cawing shriek which echoes through the surrounding hills.</p>
<choice idref="sect61">If you possess the Discipline of Telegnosis, <link-text>turn to 61</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect198">If you do not possess this Grand Master Discipline, <link-text>turn to 198</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>While you are observing the town, your thoughts wander to your homeland and the threat that is confronting the New Order acolytes at the Kai Monastery. Your fervent desire to be with them is rekindled, making you wish that you possessed a horse to help speed your journey to Casiorn.</p>
- <p>Near the junction at the centre of the town, you see a large timbered building. Painted on its facia and roof are two words: Narsha Stables.</p>
+ <p>Near the junction at the centre of the town, you see a large timbered building. Painted on its facia and roof are two words: Nursha Stables.</p>
<choice idref="sect349">If you wish to enter the deserted-looking town and go in search of a horse, <link-text>turn to 349</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect3">If you would rather avoid this town, you can skirt around its perimeter and take the road which heads east towards Abisko, by <link-text>turning to 3</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You are halfway across the ford when alarm bells sound on both sides of the river.</p>
<p><quote>Deserter at the ford!</quote> goes the cry from the Eldenoran fort. <quote>Enemy spy approaching!</quote> shout the Slovian guards.</p>
<p>Moments later, a hissing cloud of arrows and bolts descend on you from both sides and your horse is killed instantly in the crossfire. It crashes head-first into the water and you are thrown out of the saddle to land heavily amongst the rocks which lie strewn along the Slovian bank. You try to rise but suddenly an explosion of white light fills your vision and the taste of blood fills your mouth: you have been hit in the head by an armour-piercing arrow. Mercifully, death is virtually instantaneous.</p>
- <p>Sadly, your life and your journey home comes to an abrupt end here, on the Slovian banks of the River Storn.</p>
+ <p>Sadly, your life and your journey home come to an abrupt end here, on the Slovian banks of the River Storn.</p>
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<p>Steeling yourself for impact, you smash through the thatched roof of the stables and land amidst a tangle of hay and broken timbers. Moments later, Nathor comes crashing through the roof and lands just a few yards from where you are lying. You are badly bruised but you have survived the fall (lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points). Nathor, too, is alive, but his injuries are more severe. His left ankle is badly broken and his face is a mess of cuts and contusions. Despite his obvious pain he manages a smile, revealing gaps where he is missing two of his teeth.</p>
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<p>You hear the hiss of the crossbow bolt in flight, then suddenly an explosion of white light fills your vision and the taste of blood fills your mouth: you have been shot in the base of the skull by an iron bolt and, mercifully, death is virtually instantaneous.</p>
- <p>Sadly, your life and your journey home comes to an abrupt end here, in the timberlands of southern Eldenora.</p>
+ <p>Sadly, your life and your journey home come to an abrupt end here, in the timberlands of southern Eldenora.</p>
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- <p>Your hurried blow rips a jagged hole in the wing of the beast, and, suddenly off-balanced by the wound it loses control and slams into the ground with a sickening crunch. You give a cry of elation, then you hear Captain D<ch.apos/>Val<ch.apos/>s strident voice rising above the din of the battle:</p>
+ <p>Your hurried blow rips a jagged hole in the wing of the beast, and, suddenly off-balanced by the wound, it loses control and slams into the ground with a sickening crunch. You give a cry of elation, then you hear Captain D<ch.apos/>Val<ch.apos/>s strident voice rising above the din of the battle:</p>
<p><quote>Ride on, Lone Wolf!</quote> he shouts. <quote>Ride to the monastery!</quote></p>
<p>You glance over your shoulder and see the Captain and his men locked in combat with the winged creatures. More are swooping in from the east now, drawn by the cries of their brothers. The tide of the battle is turning against D<ch.apos/>Val<ch.apos/>s men and your heart goes out to them as they struggle bravely against increasing odds. Your instinct is to turn back, but you heed the Captain<ch.apos/>s plea and urge your horse on towards the top of the ridge. The best way you can serve these courageous men now is to reach the Kai Monastery and destroy the Shadow Gate.</p>
<choice idref="sect250"><link-text>Turn to 250</link-text>.</choice>
<p>You race through the gatehouse arch just moments before the heavy portcullis comes crashing down. Without daring to look back, you urge your horse across the wooden drawbridge and along the open track that lies beyond. The angry shouts of the gate guards echo from the battlements but so too do the unexpected sounds of clanking chains and baying hounds.</p>
<p>You have covered more than half a mile when you chance a glance over your shoulder. To your dismay you see that you are being pursued by a snarling pack of wolf-like creatures with drooling fangs and eyes that gleam menacingly in the darkness. An icy chill invades your heart. These are no ordinary hunting hounds<ch.emdash/>these are hellish beasts born of a dark sorcery.</p>
<p>Soon you reach the tributary bridge that is lined with statues, and you catch sight of the twinkling lights of Scade about a mile beyond. The feral pack are closing fast and you know that your encumbered horse cannot outpace them indefinitely. You must do something to delay them, if you and Nathor are to escape in one piece.</p>
- <choice idref="sect322">If you possess the discipline of Magi-magic, and have reached the Kai rank of Grand Thane <link-text>turn to 322</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect322">If you possess the discipline of Magi-magic, and have reached the Kai rank of Grand Thane, <link-text>turn to 322</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect281">If you possess Kai-surge, and have reached the Kai rank of Grand Thane, <link-text>turn to 281</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect195">If you do not possess these skills, or if you have yet to attain the necessary level of Kai Mastery, <link-text>turn to 195</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>As soon as your feet touch the ground, the sergeant and his men swarm around you and force you to your knees. Quickly they bind your hands with cord and confiscate your weapons, money pouch, backpack, and cape (delete these from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>; you need not erase your Special Items however, as none of these are taken).</p>
+ <p>As soon as your feet touch the ground, the sergeant and his men swarm around you and force you to your knees. Quickly they bind your hands with cord and confiscate your weapons, money pouch, backpack, and cape (delete these from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>; you need not erase your Special Items, however, as none of these are taken).</p>
<p>Then the staff-wielding Cener arrives with a horse-drawn cart into which the soldiers bundle you unceremoniously. The robed druid cackles like a crazed maniac, ecstatic at having identified and captured Lone Wolf<ch.emdash/>the destroyer of so many of his evil brethren. His vile laughter echoes in your ears as he lashes his horses and steers his rickety cart through the dark streets of Duadon. After a short and bruising journey at breakneck speed, you pass beneath the imposing arch of Skull-Tor, the fortified bastion of Duadon<ch.apos/>s long line of past rulers, and descend a stone ramp to an underground gaol. Here you are greeted by a squad of brutal guards who beat you with staves (lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points) before imprisoning you in a circular pit infested with vermin.</p>
<choice idref="sect300"><link-text>Turn to 300</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>You accept Lord Constable Nathor<ch.apos/>s offer of an escort to Queen Evaine<ch.apos/>s citadel and call to Lord Ardan, who has been watching from the deck of the <cite>Saxin</cite>, to come and join you. As Ardan disembarks, Nathor gives a signal to his men who are busy keeping an inquisitive crowd of citizens at bay. Hurriedly they clear a gap in the pressing wall of curious, wide-eyed Garthanians, and moments later the horse-drawn coach comes trundling through towards the quay.</p>
+ <p>You accept Lord Constable Nathor<ch.apos/>s offer of an escort to Queen Evaine<ch.apos/>s citadel and call to Lord Ardan, who has been watching from the deck of the <cite>Saxin</cite>, to come and join you. As Ardan disembarks, Nathor gives a signal to his men who are busy keeping an inquisitive crowd of citizens at bay. Hurriedly they clear a gap in the pressing wall of curious, wide-eyed Garthenians, and moments later the horse-drawn coach comes trundling through towards the quay.</p>
<p>Once you and Ardan are safely aboard, Lord Constable Nathor shouts a terse command to the driver and the coach speeds away from the harbour, escorted by the troop of court cavalry. A swervingly swift journey through Garthen<ch.apos/>s steeply narrow streets ends when the coachman reins in his horses in the courtyard of the Royal Citadel. Everywhere you look you see soldiers of the Royal Household in uniforms bedecked with glittering braid. A fanfare of trumpets announces your arrival and, with minimal delay, Nathor escorts you personally to the State Hall where Queen Evaine of Talestria, seated upon a throne and surrounded by a dozen of her court advisors, is waiting patiently for you to appear.</p>
- <p><quote>Welcome, Grand Master,</quote> she says, graciously. <quote>We have been expecting you. King Sarnac sent word of your arrival by message-hawk and we have made arrangements to help speed your passage homewards,</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>Welcome, Grand Master,</quote> she says, graciously. <quote>We have been expecting you. King Sarnac sent word of your arrival by message-hawk and we have made arrangements to help speed your passage homewards.</quote></p>
<p>Respectfully you bow to the queen and voice your thanks for the cooperation she has seen fit to offer you.</p>
<p><quote>Not at all, Grand Master, for Talestria is in your debt. Were it not for you, our land would be in the thrall of the Darklords.</quote></p>
<p>With this, Queen Evaine dismisses her advisors and motions for you, Ardan, and Lord Constable Nathor to approach to the foot of her throne.</p>
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<p>During your long day<ch.apos/>s ride through the forest, unless you possess Grand Huntmastery, you must eat a Meal or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
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<p>The New Order have indeed proved themselves worthy in your absence. However, the pride you feel for your young acolytes is tempered by the price that has been paid. At the base of the Tower of the Sun you can see the blackened wreckage of the <cite>Skyrider</cite>, Banedon<ch.apos/>s skyship, twisted and gutted where it fell to earth. There are bodies strewn about it, but at this distance, even with your magnified vision, you cannot tell if they are friend or foe.</p>
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<p>The numbing blast leaves you slumped against the wall of the pit. Rather than invite a second devastating blast from Lutha<ch.apos/>s Ring of Power, you pretend to be dead in the hope that you may be able to escape when Lutha<ch.apos/>s guards come to dispose of your body.</p>
- <p>High above you, you hear Prince Lutha howling delightedly at the sight of your seemingly dead corpse. He calls for his guards and, a few minutes later, you hear them entering the pit. There follows the tinny sound of metal scraping on metal before you feel yourself being lifted by the shoulders and feet and lowered into a slippery chute. A wave of panic makes you open your eyes and struggle to break free of their grip. This sudden and unexpected resurrection in turn makes the guards scream and drop you. They scurry away, gibbering like idiots, and you are left to slide headlong down a chute which leads to a fast-flowing underground river. You hit the cold waters feet-first and are carried swiftly away by the strong undercurrent.</p>
+ <p>High above you, you hear Prince Lutha howling delightedly at the sight of your seemingly dead corpse. He calls for his guards and, a few minutes later, you hear them entering the pit. There follows the tinny sound of metal scraping on metal before you feel yourself being lifted by the shoulders and feet and lowered into a slippery chute. A wave of panic makes you open your eyes and struggle to break free of their grip. This sudden and unexpected resurrection in turn makes the guards scream and drop you. They scurry away, gibbering like idiots, and you are left to slide headlong down a chute which leads to a fast-flowing underground river. You hit the cold waters head-first and are carried swiftly away by the strong undercurrent.</p>
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<p>Lacking cash, you decide instead to try and barter with the blacksmith in return for his services. You offer him a choice of any item in your backpack and, after some initial reluctance, he decides to accept. (Erase the third item you have recorded on your list of Backpack Items.)</p>
- <p><quote>Alright stranger,</quote> he says, tossing the item on a bench at the rear of the smithy, <quote>leave y<ch.apos/> horse outside and come back in an hour<ch.emdash/>I<ch.apos/>ll <ch.apos/>ave it done by then.</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>Alright, stranger,</quote> he says, tossing the item on a bench at the rear of the smithy, <quote>leave y<ch.apos/> horse outside and come back in an hour<ch.emdash/>I<ch.apos/>ll <ch.apos/>ave it done by then.</quote></p>
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<p>West<ch.endash/>Holona<ch.endash/>50 miles</p>
<p>South<ch.endash/>Tenzha<ch.endash/>20 miles</p>
Should the <ch.emdash/>es be removed as per the table?-->
- <p>You are anxious to leave hostile Eldenoran territory as soon as possible and, after checking your <a idref="map">map,</a>, you set off to the south, towards the Slovian border town of Tenzha.</p>
+ <p>You are anxious to leave hostile Eldenoran territory as soon as possible and, after checking your <a idref="map">map</a>, you set off to the south, towards the Slovian border town of Tenzha.</p>
<p>During your ride, unless you possess Grand Huntmastery, you must eat a Meal or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<choice idref="sect343">To continue, <link-text>turn to 343</link-text>.</choice>
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<li>Mace</li>
<li>Rope</li>
<li>Tinderbox</li>
- <li>8 Lune (equivalent to 2 Cold Crowns)</li>
+ <li>8 Lune (equivalent to 2 Gold Crowns)</li>
<li>Mirror</li>
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<p>If you decide to keep any of these items, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.</p>
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<p>From out of the crowd of panic-stricken soldiers there bursts a unit of Duadon guards armed with spears and throwing nets. They are led by a bearded, one-eyed sergeant who barks an order at you to throw down your weapons and dismount from your horse.</p>
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<p>You instruct Captain D<ch.apos/>Val to retreat with the regiment fifty yards back along the trail. When he has complied with your order, you move upstream until you can see, at an angle, the source of the ultraviolet beam: it is a small metallic polyhedron, studded with rivets.</p>
- <p>You utter the words of the Brotherhood Spell <spell>Lightning Hand</spell> and point the index finger of your right hand at the device. A tingle runs the length of your arm and a crackling arc of power jumps from your finger to the polyhedron. Instantly, there is a violent explosion which peppers lie area around the ford with sharp splinters of rock. As the dust of the explosion clears, you signal to D<ch.apos/>Val to bring the regiment forward.</p>
+ <p>You utter the words of the Brotherhood Spell <spell>Lightning Hand</spell> and point the index finger of your right hand at the device. A tingle runs the length of your arm and a crackling arc of power jumps from your finger to the polyhedron. Instantly, there is a violent explosion which peppers the area around the ford with sharp splinters of rock. As the dust of the explosion clears, you signal to D<ch.apos/>Val to bring the regiment forward.</p>
<p><quote>Thank Ishir you<ch.apos/>re with us,</quote> says the Captain, as he leads the men across the ford. <quote>Without you, this wicked sorcery would have cost us dear.</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect235"><link-text>Turn to 235</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Dorst doubles the guard in case the Kraan should decide to return during the night. Then he and the others unpack their sleeping furs and settle down to a night<ch.apos/>s rest beside the warmth of the campfire embers. For an hour you lay awake, staring uneasily at the sky, until fatigue finally overtakes you and you slip into a deep sleep.</p>
+ <p>Dorst doubles the guard in case the Kraan should decide to return during the night. Then he and the others unpack their sleeping furs and settle down to a night<ch.apos/>s rest beside the warmth of the campfire embers. For an hour you lie awake, staring uneasily at the sky, until fatigue finally overtakes you and you slip into a deep sleep.</p>
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<p>As the last of your attackers collapses at your feet, you turn and run headlong down the steep hill track. Arrows and spears whistle past on all sides as you endeavour to outrun the remaining ambushers. By dint of luck and speed, Nathor and his troop of court cavalry have survived the Eldenoran ambush with little injury and no loss of life. You see them in the distance, gathered in a group on the valley floor, and you wave to them to show that you are still alive. Immediately Nathor gallops away from the troop and comes speeding up the track to your rescue. As he gets nearer he slows his horse to allow you to leap astride its rump. Once aboard, he pulls his steed about and descends once more towards the valley floor, cheered on by his anxious men.</p>
<p><quote>Follow me!</quote> commands the Lord Constable as he gallops past his troop without slowing. You glance over your shoulder and see them spur their steeds forward, their faces set in expressions of grim determination. Upon entering the village, you note a number of frightened women and children who are huddled beside stone walls or lying beneath hay carts. Some are cradling the bodies of their dead menfolk who lie scattered in the fields nearby. Then you catch sight of a group of Eldenorans in the grounds of the abbey. All are laden with loot, yet even so there are some who are squabbling amongst themselves in an effort to grab an even bigger share of the booty.</p>
<p>Nathor brings his steed to a halt and you both quickly dismount. As your feet touch the ground, you notice a drunken Eldenoran come lurching out of the doorway of a nearby cottage. He has a flagon of ale in one hand and a young woman, with a crying baby in the other. He sees you and, in a moment of drunken panic, he drops the flagon and unsheathes a dagger from his belt. It is clear from his actions that he intends to stab the screaming child.</p>
- <choice idref="sect82">If you possess Magi-magic and have reached the Kai rank of Grand Thane, or higher, <link-text>turn to 82</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect82">If you possess Magi-magic, and have reached the Kai rank of Grand Thane, or higher, <link-text>turn to 82</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect225">If you possess the Grand Master Discipline of Kai-surge, <link-text>turn to 225</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect243">If you possess a bow, and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 243</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect55">If you possess neither a bow, nor any of the above skills, (or should you decide not to use them), <link-text>turn instead to 55</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect55">If you possess neither a bow, nor any of the above skills (or should you decide not to use them), <link-text>turn instead to 55</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Cearmaine<ch.apos/>s son has a deep chest wound which, on closer inspection, you determine was made by a poisoned arrow. The physician has removed the shaft but the poison has long since entered the young man<ch.apos/>s bloodstream. His life is fast ebbing away and you sense there is very little you can do to save him.</p>
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<p>Having slain all of the guardsmen, and their sergeant, with stunning ease, the surrounding crowd of Eldenoran pikemen now look at you with fearful respect. You seize the opportunity to wheel your horse about and then you spur him to the gallop and scatter a score of soldiers as you attempt an escape along the crowded west road. Soon the cry goes up from the city<ch.apos/>s battlements to stop you and, when you are only a few hundred yards away from the gatehouse, your horse is brought crashing to the ground by a volley of arrows.</p>
- <p>A mass of angry Eldenorans close in and grab hold of you before you can get to your feet. Roughly they bind your hands with cord, then they confiscate your weapons, money pouch, backpack, and cape (delete these from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>; you need not erase any Special Items however, as none of these are taken).</p>
+ <p>A mass of angry Eldenorans close in and grab hold of you before you can get to your feet. Roughly they bind your hands with cord, then they confiscate your weapons, money pouch, backpack, and cape (delete these from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>; you need not erase any Special Items, however, as none of these are taken).</p>
<p>Minutes later, the staff-wielding Cener arrives with a horse-drawn cart into which the soldiers bundle you unceremoniously. The robed druid cackles like a crazed maniac, ecstatic at having identified and captured Lone Wolf<ch.emdash/>the destroyer of so many of his evil brethren. His vile laughter echoes in your ears as he lashes the horses and steers his rickety cart back to the gatehouse and into the dark streets of Duadon beyond. After a short and bruising journey at breakneck speed, you pass beneath the imposing arch of Skull-Tor, the fortified bastion of Duadon<ch.apos/>s long line of past rulers, and descend a stone ramp to an underground gaol. Here you are greeted by a squad of brutal guards who beat you mercilessly with staves (lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points) before imprisoning you in a circular pit infested with vermin.</p>
<choice idref="sect300"><link-text>Turn to 300</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Quickly your eyes grow accustomed to the light and you see, peering over the lip of an open trapdoor at the top of the shaft, the sneering face of a young man. His pointed beard and moustache are trimmed to perfection, and his dark eyes twinkle with a cold malevolence that places a chill in your very soul. His skin is unusually pale and, judging from the wealth of gold embellishment that bedecks the neck of his velvet tunic, you feel sure that he is Prince Lutha, the self-appointed ruler of this city.</p>
<p><quote>What do you intend for me?</quote> you ask aloud, but silently you are dreading his answer. The Prince does not reply directly, he simply utters a soft, chilling laugh as he extends his right hand. On his index finger you see a glowing ring of green crystal and, in a moment of terror, you realize that it is an artefact of pure evil, fashioned by, and imbued with, the power of the Dark God Naar himself.</p>
<choice idref="sect267">If you possess the Sommerswerd, and wish to unsheathe it, <link-text>turn to 267</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect9">If you possess Magi-magic, and have attained the Kai rank of Grand Thane, or higher, <link-text>turn to 9</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect306">If you possess Kai-alchemy, and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 306</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect9">If you possess Magi-magic, and have attained the Kai rank of Grand Thane, <link-text>turn to 9</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect172">If you possess Assimilance, and have attained the rank of Kai Grand Guardian or higher, <link-text>turn to 172</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect306">If you possess Kai-alchemy, and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 306</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect287">If you do not possess any of the above Special Items, Grand Master Disciplines, or if you have yet to attain the relevant levels of Kai Mastery, <link-text>turn to 287</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You raise your weapon and brace yourself in the stirrups as the winged horror comes swooping down to rake you with its sword-sharp claws.</p>
<combat><enemy>Lavas</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">45</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">45</enemy-attribute></combat>
- <p>The creature is attempting to claw you as it swoops past, therefore fight this combat for <em>one round only</em>.</p>
+ <p>The creature is attempting to claw you as it swoops past; therefore fight this combat for <em>one round only</em>.</p>
<choice idref="sect263">If, in this single round of combat, you lose more <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points than your enemy, <link-text>turn to 263</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect226">If your enemy loses more <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points, or if the loss is identical, <link-text>turn to 226</link-text>.</choice>
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<line><ch.lsquot/>Whadya want?<ch.rsquot/> snaps the ugly old woman.</line>
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<p><quote>A room for the night and feed for my horse, if you<ch.apos/>d be so kind,</quote> you reply, as politely as you feel able. <quote>I<ch.apos/>d be prepared to pay, of course.</quote></p>
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<p>And with these words you bid Gwynian farewell and leave the Halls of Learning. You depart from Varetta through its great east gate and, once outside the city, you spur Wildwind to the gallop. You are astounded by his speed and untiring stamina: Gwynian was right<ch.emdash/>he is the fastest horse you have ever ridden. In little more than an hour you have covered sixty miles. It is only when you find yourself approaching a stone bridge, commanded by a huge gated archway, that you are forced to rein him to a halt. Above the archway you notice the words <quote>Denka Gate</quote> engraved into the stone. Below them, written in chalk, is the message: Toll<ch.emdash/>4 Gold Crowns.</p>
<p>After a few minutes, an unshaven old man emerges from a door set into this grand gate. He holds out his hand and demands that you pay him the toll.</p>
- <choice idref="sect74">If you wish to pay the gateman his toll of 4 Cold Crowns, <link-text>turn to 74</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect74">If you wish to pay the gateman his toll of 4 Gold Crowns, <link-text>turn to 74</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect331">If you cannot pay, or if you do not wish to, <link-text>turn to 331</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You resolve to reach a clearing in the Fryelund Forest, a mile to the east of the monastery, where a secret entrance and passageway are located. The passage leads directly to your vault beneath the Tower of the Sun and it is your intention to gain entry to the monastery by this way. But no sooner have you begun to run for the trees, than a flight of winged Lavas come soaring out of the clouds overhead. Swiftly you throw yourself to the ground and pray that they will not see you as they fly towards the ridge.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you possess Assimilance, add 2 to the number you have picked. If you possess Grand Huntmastery add 1.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you possess Assimilance, add 2 to the number you have picked. If you possess Grand Huntmastery, add 1.</p>
<choice idref="sect314">If your total score is now 3 or less, <link-text>turn to 314</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect51">If it is 4 or more, <link-text>turn to 51</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Suddenly an explosion of scarlet light fills your vision and the taste of blood fills your mouth: you have been hit in the head by a crossbow bolt. Mercifully, death comes instantaneously.</p>
- <p>Sadly, though, your life and your journey home come to an abrupt end here, in the cold dark waters of the River Reloni.</p>
+ <p>Sadly, though, your life and your journey home come to an abrupt end here, in the cold, dark waters of the River Reloni.</p>
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<line><ch.lsquot/>He<ch.apos/>s the murdering leader of these bandits!<ch.rsquot/></line>
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<p>You turn to look at the object of her hatred, and see a swarthy brigand dodging between the gravestones that line the abbey grounds. He has a sack full of loot slung over his shoulder and he is hurrying towards his horse which stands close by the abbey<ch.apos/>s perimeter wall. Determined not to let him escape, you rush across the road and into the grounds of the abbey to give chase.</p>
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<p>You sheathe your weapon and wheel your horse away from the shouting guardsmen. Spurring him to the gallop, you scatter and trample a score of soldiers as you attempt to escape along the crowded west road. Soon the cry goes up to stop you and, when you are only a few hundred yards away from the gatehouse, your horse is brought crashing to the ground by an arrow in its right foreleg.</p>
- <p>A mass of angry Eldenorans close in and hold you firm until the garrison sergeant and his men catch up. Roughly they force you to your knees and quickly bind your hands with cord. Then your weapons, money pouch, backpack, and cape are all confiscated (delete these from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>; you need not erase any Special Items however, as none of these are taken).</p>
+ <p>A mass of angry Eldenorans close in and hold you firm until the garrison sergeant and his men catch up. Roughly they force you to your knees and quickly bind your hands with cord. Then your weapons, money pouch, backpack, and cape are all confiscated (delete these from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>; you need not erase any Special Items, however, as none of these are taken).</p>
<p>Minutes later the staff-wielding Cener arrives with a horse-drawn cart into which the soldiers bundle you unceremoniously. The robed druid cackles like a crazed maniac, ecstatic at having identified and captured Lone Wolf<ch.emdash/>the destroyer of so many of his evil brethren. His vile laughter echoes in your ears as he lashes the horses and steers his rickety cart back to the gatehouse and into the dark streets of Duadon beyond. After a short and bruising journey at breakneck speed, you pass beneath the imposing arch of Skull-Tor, the fortified bastion of Duadon<ch.apos/>s long line of past rulers, and descend a stone ramp to an underground gaol. Here you are greeted by a squad of brutal guards who beat you mercilessly with staves (lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points) before imprisoning you in a circular pit infested with vermin.</p>
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<p>Revived and revitalized, you throw open the door to the vault and see a young Kai Master standing guard at the foot of the tower stairwell. He is Sabre Fox, one of your most gifted students.</p>
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- <p>You leave the wood and make your way across open fields to a farm at the edge of the town. Here, among the outbuildings of this deserted property, you make a shocking discovery. The burnt remains of men, women, and children are heaped in small mounds all over the farmyard. Open trenches, containing fire-blackened bones and skulls, have been dug in lines behind the farmhouse, and cattle carcasses fill the ditches which border the muddy road into the town. You detect no life at all, not even a bird or lowly farm animal wonders freely here.</p>
+ <p>You leave the wood and make your way across open fields to a farm at the edge of the town. Here, among the outbuildings of this deserted property, you make a shocking discovery. The burnt remains of men, women, and children are heaped in small mounds all over the farmyard. Open trenches, containing fire-blackened bones and skulls, have been dug in lines behind the farmhouse, and cattle carcasses fill the ditches which border the muddy road into the town. You detect no life at all, not even a bird or lowly farm animal wanders freely here.</p>
<choice idref="sect325">If you possess the Discipline of Grand Nexus, <link-text>turn to 325</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect23">If you do not possess this skill, <link-text>turn to 23</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Congratulations, Grand Master Lone Wolf. Once again you have triumphed over the evil forces of the Dark God. You are truly a brave and exceptional warrior. Yet the fight against Evil has still to be won. A new and chilling manifestation of this Evil will soon appear in your world, and it is an Evil that will test your skills to the limit. The nature of this challenge awaits you in the next Grand Master adventure, which is entitled:</p>
- <p><bookref series="lw" book="19wb"><cite>Wolf<ch.apos/> Bane</cite></bookref></p>
+ <p><bookref series="lw" book="19wb"><cite>Wolf<ch.apos/>s Bane</cite></bookref></p>
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<p>(<a idref="levels">Levels of Kai Grand Mastership</a>) Moved this section of the book to its normal position after <a idref="cmbtrulz">Rules for Combat</a>. Replaced each occurrence of <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="imprvdsc">Improved Grand Master Disciplines</a>) Replaced <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series. Replaced <quote>ultra-vision</quote> with <quote>ultravision</quote>. Replaced <quote>ultra-violet</quote> with <quote>ultraviolet</quote>. Replaced <quote>Grand Kai-surge</quote> with <quote>Kai-surge</quote>. Replaced <quote>eg,</quote> with <quote>e.g.</quote>. Replaced <quote>etc</quote> with <quote>etc.</quote>. Replaced <quote>through the Shadow gates</quote> with <quote>through Shadow Gates</quote>. Replaced <quote>platinum and</quote> with <quote>platinum, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>targetted</quote> with <quote>targeted</quote>. Replaced <quote>Old Kingdom battle-spells</quote> with <quote>Old Kingdom Battle-spells</quote>. Replaced <quote><ch.thinspace/><ch.lsquot/>Improved Grand Master Disciplines<ch.rsquot/><ch.thinspace/></quote> with <quote>Improved Grand Master Disciplines</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="imprvdsc">Improved Grand Master Disciplines</a>) Replaced <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series. Replaced <quote>ultra-vision</quote> with <quote>ultravision</quote>. Replaced <quote>ultra-violet</quote> with <quote>ultraviolet</quote>. Replaced <quote>Grand Kai-surge</quote> with <quote>Kai-surge</quote>. Replaced <quote>eg,</quote> with <quote>e.g.</quote>. Replaced <quote>jugs etc</quote> with <quote>jugs, etc.</quote>. Replaced <quote>through the Shadow gates</quote> with <quote>through Shadow Gates</quote>. Replaced <quote>platinum and</quote> with <quote>platinum, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>targetted</quote> with <quote>targeted</quote>. Replaced <quote>Old Kingdom battle-spells</quote> with <quote>Old Kingdom Battle-spells</quote>. Replaced <quote><ch.thinspace/><ch.lsquot/>Improved Grand Master Disciplines<ch.rsquot/><ch.thinspace/></quote> with <quote>Improved Grand Master Disciplines</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="kaiwisdm">Grand Master<ch.apos/>s Wisdom</a>) Moved this section of the book to its normal position after <a idref="imprvdsc">Improved Grand Master Disciplines</a>. Replaced each occurrence of <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series. Replaced <quote>at all,.</quote> with <quote>at all.</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect8">8</a>) Replaced <quote>elite</quote> with <quote><ch.eacute/>lite</quote>. Replaced <quote>Sun-Crystal</quote> with <quote>Sun-crystal</quote>. Replaced <quote>shoulder, <ch.lsquot/>you</quote> with <quote>shoulder. <ch.lsquot/>You</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect9">9</a>) Replaced <quote>Old Kingdom spell</quote> with <quote>Old Kingdom Spell</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect10">10</a>) Replaced <quote>Sun-Crystal</quote> with <quote>Sun-crystal</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect11">11</a>) Replaced <quote>of River Kinam</quote> with <quote>of the River Kinam</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect13">13</a>) Replaced <quote>Magnakai healing</quote> with <quote>Magnakai Curing</quote>. Replaced <quote>to well-established</quote> with <quote>too well-established</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect14">14</a>) Replaced <quote>5 arrows</quote> with <quote>5 Arrows</quote>. Put the signposts into a table.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect15">15</a>) Replaced <quote>eh boys?</quote> with <quote>eh, boys?</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect20">20</a>) Replaced <quote>says, <ch.lsquot/>Come</quote> with <quote>says. <ch.lsquot/>Come</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect21">21</a>) Replaced <quote>ends here</quote> with <quote>end here</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect23">23</a>) Replaced <quote>Matho<ch.apos/> potion</quote> with <quote>Matho<ch.apos/>s Potion</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect24">24</a>) Replaced <quote>lavas</quote> with <quote>Lavas</quote> and <quote>the Gate</quote> with <quote>the Shadow Gate</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect26">26</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect27">27</a>) Replaced both occurrences of <quote>dug-out</quote> with <quote>dugout</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect29">29</a>) Replaced <quote>lavas</quote> with <quote>Lavas</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect30">30</a>) Replaced <quote>less turn</quote> with <quote>less, turn</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect30">30</a>) Replaced <quote>cold dark</quote> with <quote>cold, dark</quote>. Replaced <quote>less turn</quote> with <quote>less, turn</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect31">31</a>) Replaced <quote>Cloud-dancer<ch.rdquot/><ch.thinspace/><ch.rsquot/><ch.thinspace/></quote> with <quote>Cloud-dancer<ch.rdquot/>,<ch.rsquot/><ch.thinspace/></quote>. Replaced <quote>he beams</quote> with <quote>He beams</quote>. Replaced <quote>Mayor. What</quote> with <quote>Mayor, what</quote>. Replaced all four occurrences of <quote>High Mayor</quote> with <quote>High-Mayor</quote>. Replaced <quote>he beams</quote> with <quote>he asks</quote> in the illustration caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect32">32</a>) Replaced <quote>anger and pain</quote> with <quote>anger, and pain</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect33">33</a>) Replaced <quote>less turn</quote> with <quote>less, turn</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect36">36</a>) Replaced <quote>had been</quote> with <quote>has been</quote>.Replaced <quote>owner, <ch.lsquot/>Very</quote> with <quote>owner. <ch.lsquot/>Very</quote>. Replaced <quote>curing and animal control</quote> with <quote>Curing and Animal Control</quote>. Replaced <quote>new-born</quote> with <quote>newborn</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect36">36</a>) Replaced <quote>had been</quote> with <quote>has been</quote>.Replaced <quote>owner, <ch.lsquot/>Very</quote> with <quote>owner. <ch.lsquot/>Very</quote>. Replaced <quote>curing and animal control</quote> with <quote>Curing and Animal Control</quote>. Replaced <quote>new-born</quote> with <quote>newborn</quote>. Replaced <quote>head, <ch.lsquot/>she<ch.apos/>s</quote> with <quote>head. <ch.lsquot/>She<ch.apos/>s</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect37">37</a>) Replaced <quote>Old Kingdom spell</quote> with <quote>Old Kingdom Spell</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect39">39</a>) Replaced <quote>glass and</quote> with <quote>glass, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect40">40</a>) Replaced both occurrences of <quote>Sun-Crystal</quote> with <quote>Sun-crystal</quote>. Replaced <quote>north-west</quote> with <quote>northwest</quote>. Replaced <quote>Durncrag mountains</quote> with <quote>Durncrag Mountains</quote>. Replaced <quote>semi-circular</quote> with <quote>semicircular</quote>. Replaced <quote>Telegnosis turn</quote> with <quote>Telegnosis, turn</quote>. Replaced <quote>cavemouth</quote> with <quote>cave mouth</quote>. Replaced <quote>lavas</quote> with <quote>Lavas</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect50">50</a>) Replaced <quote>rounds by</quote> with <quote>rounds, by</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect51">51</a>) Replaced <quote>lavas</quote> with <quote>Lavas</quote>. Replaced <quote>Gr..Grand</quote> with <quote>Grand<ch.ellips/> Grand</quote>. Replaced <quote>Gods<ch.emdash/>Our</quote> with <quote>Gods! Our</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect52">52</a>) Replaced <quote>Brotherhood spell</quote> with <quote>Brotherhood Spell</quote>. Replaced <quote>(imposters)</quote> with <quote>(impostors)</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect53">53</a>) Replaced <quote>Sadly your</quote> with <quote>Sadly, your</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect53">53</a>) Replaced <quote>Sadly your</quote> with <quote>Sadly, your</quote>. Replaced <quote>comes to</quote> with <quote>come to</quote>. Replaced <quote>cold dark</quote> with <quote>cold, dark</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect54">54</a>) Replaced both occurrences of <quote>Brotherhood spell</quote> with <quote>Brotherhood Spell</quote>. Replaced <quote>Sun-Crystal</quote> with <quote>Sun-crystal</quote>. Replaced <quote>the Gate</quote> with <quote>the Shadow Gate</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect56">56</a>) Replaced <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect58">58</a>) Replaced <quote>the Tower</quote> with <quote>the tower</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect67">67</a>) Replaced <quote>well then</quote> with <quote>well, then</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>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>. Replaced <quote>ultra-violet</quote> with <quote>ultraviolet</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect72">72</a>) Replaced <quote>cry, <ch.lsquot/>We</quote> with <quote>cry. <ch.lsquot/>We</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect72">72</a>) Replaced <quote>cry, <ch.lsquot/>We</quote> with <quote>cry. <ch.lsquot/>We</quote>. Replaced <quote>follow</quote> with <quote>Follow</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect73">73</a>) Replaced <quote>Brotherhood spell</quote> with <quote>Brotherhood Spell</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect75">75</a>) Replaced <quote>say, <ch.lsquot/>can</quote> with <quote>say. <ch.lsquot/>Can</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect78">78</a>) Replaced all occurrences of <quote>lavas</quote> with <quote>Lavas</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect79">79</a>) Replaced <quote>Brotherhood spell</quote> with <quote>Brotherhood Spell</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect80">80</a>) Replaced <quote>doormouse</quote> with <quote>dormouse</quote>. Replaced <quote>Bow and</quote> with <quote>Bow, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>lavas</quote> with <quote>Lavas</quote> and <quote>lavas<ch.apos/></quote> with <quote>Lavas<ch.apos/></quote>.</p></p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect80">80</a>) Replaced <quote>doormouse</quote> with <quote>dormouse</quote>. Replaced <quote>Bow and</quote> with <quote>Bow, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>lavas</quote> with <quote>Lavas</quote> and <quote>lavas<ch.apos/></quote> with <quote>Lavas<ch.apos/></quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect81">81</a>) Replaced <quote>legs, With</quote> with <quote>legs. With</quote>. Replaced <quote>grasssnake</quote> with <quote>grass snake</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect82">82</a>) Replaced <quote>Old Kingdom battle-spell</quote> with <quote>Old Kingdom Battle-spell</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect84">84</a>) Replaced <quote>Vellino<ch.rsquot/>,</quote> with <quote>Vellino,<ch.rsquot/><ch.thinspace/></quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect95">95</a>) Replaced <quote>psi-surge</quote> with <quote>Psi-surge</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect96">96</a>) Replaced <quote>lavas</quote> with <quote>Lavas</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect97">97</a>) Replaced <quote>another, <ch.lsquot/>cough</quote> with <quote>another. <ch.lsquot/>cough</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect100">100</a>) Replaced all occurrences of <quote>Sun-Crystal</quote> with <quote>Sun-crystal</quote>. Replaced <quote>Gwynian, <ch.lsquot/>Just</quote> with <quote>Gwynian. <ch.lsquot/>Just</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect100">100</a>) Replaced all occurrences of <quote>Sun-Crystal</quote> with <quote>Sun-crystal</quote>. Replaced <quote>Gwynian, <ch.lsquot/>Just</quote> with <quote>Gwynian. <ch.lsquot/>Just</quote>. Replaced <quote>longer, I</quote> with <quote>longer; I</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect101">101</a>) Replaced <quote>cry, <ch.lsquot/>we</quote> with <quote>cry. <ch.lsquot/>We</quote> and <quote>feet first</quote> with <quote>feet-first</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect102">102</a>) Replaced <quote>agonising</quote> with <quote>agonizing</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect104">104</a>) Replaced <quote>cried, <ch.lsquot/>I<ch.apos/>m</quote> with <quote>cries. <ch.lsquot/>I<ch.apos/>m</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect104">104</a>) Replaced <quote>cried, <ch.lsquot/>I<ch.apos/>m</quote> with <quote>cries. <ch.lsquot/>I<ch.apos/>m</quote>. Replaced <quote>while away</quote> with <quote>wile away</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect105">105</a>) Replaced <quote>D<ch.lsquot/>Val</quote> with <quote>D<ch.apos/>Val</quote>. Changed incorrect link to <a idref="sect253">Section 253</a> to lead to <a idref="sect235">Section 235</a>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect108">108</a>) Replaced <quote>lavas</quote> with <quote>Lavas</quote>. Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>. Replaced <quote>Sun-Crystal</quote> with <quote>Sun-crystal</quote>. Replaced <quote>the Gate</quote> with <quote>the Shadow Gate</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect109">109</a>) Replaced <quote>1 Broadsword</quote> with <quote>Broadsword</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect110">110</a>) Replaced <quote>5 arrows</quote> with <quote>5 Arrows</quote>. Put the signposts into a table.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect112">112</a>) Replaced <quote>facade</quote> with <quote>fa<ch.ccedil/>ade</quote>. Replaced <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series. Replaced <quote>says, <ch.lsquot/>I</quote> with <quote>says. <ch.lsquot/>I</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect114">114</a>) Replaced <quote>battle spells</quote> with <quote>battle-spells</quote>. Replaced <quote>lavas<ch.apos/></quote> with <quote>Lavas<ch.apos/></quote>. Replaced <quote>sky, <ch.lsquot/>and</quote> with <quote>sky. <ch.lsquot/>And</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect132">132</a>) Replaced <quote>gaoler, <ch.lsquot/>I<ch.apos/>ve</quote> with <quote>gaoler. <ch.lsquot/>I<ch.apos/>ve</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect133">133</a>) Replaced <quote>dug-out</quote> with <quote>dugout</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect134">134</a>) Replaced both occurrences of <quote>Sun-Crystal</quote> with <quote>Sun-crystal</quote>. Replaced <quote>the Gate</quote> with <quote>the Shadow Gate</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect135">135</a>) Replaced <quote>smile, <ch.lsquot/>they</quote> with <quote>smile. <ch.lsquot/>They</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect136">136</a>) Replaced <quote>elite</quote> with <quote><ch.eacute/>lite</quote>. Replaced <quote>Sun-Crystal</quote> with <quote>Sun-crystal</quote>. Replaced <quote>shoulder, <ch.lsquot/>you</quote> with <quote>shoulder. <ch.lsquot/>You</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect137">137</a>) Replaced <quote>(imposters)</quote> with <quote>(impostors)</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect139">139</a>) Replaced both occurrences of <quote>lavas</quote> with <quote>Lavas</quote> and both occurrences of <quote>Sun-Crystal</quote> with <quote>Sun-crystal</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect140">140</a>) Replaced <quote>tersely, <ch.lsquot/>he<ch.apos/>s</quote> with <quote>tersely. <ch.lsquot/>He<ch.apos/>s</quote>. Replaced <quote>Scade manor</quote> with <quote>Scade Manor</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect141">141</a>) Replaced <quote>the Gate</quote> with <quote>the Shadow Gate</quote>. Replaced both occurrences of <quote>Sun-Crystal</quote> with <quote>Sun-crystal</quote>. Replaced <quote>lavas</quote> with <quote>Lavas</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect142">142</a>) Replaced <quote>back-handed</quote> with <quote>backhanded</quote> and <quote>Kai rank of</quote> with <quote>rank of Kai</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect143">143</a>) Replaced <quote>Grand Master discipline</quote> with <quote>Grand master Discipline</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect143">143</a>) Replaced <quote>Grand Master discipline</quote> with <quote>Grand Master Discipline</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect145">145</a>) Replaced <quote>lavas</quote> with <quote>Lavas</quote> and <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect146">146</a>) Replaced <quote>birdsong</quote> with <quote>bird song</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect147">147</a>) Replaced <quote>winged-horrors</quote> with <quote>winged horrors</quote>. Replaced <quote>your Monastery</quote> with <quote>your monastery</quote>. Replaced <quote>monastery of the Kai</quote> with <quote>Monastery of the Kai</quote>. Replaced <quote>quietly. <ch.lsquot/>the</quote> with <quote>quietly. <ch.lsquot/>The</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect147">147</a>) Replaced <quote>winged-horrors</quote> with <quote>winged horrors</quote>. Replaced <quote>your Monastery</quote> with <quote>your monastery</quote>. Replaced <quote>monastery of the Kai</quote> with <quote>Monastery of the Kai</quote>. Replaced <quote>quietly. <ch.lsquot/>the</quote> with <quote>quietly. <ch.lsquot/>The</quote>. Replaced <quote>my men men</quote> with <quote>my men</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect150">150</a>) Replaced <quote>damp uncomfortable</quote> with <quote>damp, uncomfortable</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect151">151</a>) Replaced <quote>treeline</quote> with <quote>tree-line</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect154">154</a>) Replaced <quote>birdsong</quote> with <quote>bird song</quote>. Replaced <quote>Vaderish brethren</quote> with <quote>Vaderish Brethren</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect155">155</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai sixth sense</quote> with <quote>Kai Sixth Sense</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect157">157</a>) Replaced <quote>emotion, <ch.lsquot/>I<ch.apos/>m</quote> with <quote>emotion. <ch.lsquot/>I<ch.apos/>m</quote>. Replaced <quote>Reloni bridge</quote> with <quote>Reloni Bridge</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect158">158</a>) Replaced <quote>says, <ch.lsquot/>yours</quote> with <quote>says. <ch.lsquot/>Yours</quote>. Replaced <quote>sky, <ch.lsquot/>and</quote> with <quote>sky. <ch.lsquot/>And</quote>. Replaced <quote>lavas</quote> with <quote>Lavas</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect159">159</a>) Replaced <quote>Mastery add</quote> with <quote>Mastery, add</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect161">161</a>) Replaced <quote>infra-vision</quote> with <quote>infravision</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect163">163</a>) Replaced <quote>mastery of Kai-alchemy</quote> with <quote>Kai-alchemy</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect164">164</a>) Replaced <quote>nadziranim</quote> with <quote>Nadziranim</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect170">170</a>) Replaced <quote>Silversmith<ch.apos/>s Guild</quote> with <quote>Silversmiths<ch.apos/> Guild</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect172">172</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect174">174</a>) Replaced <quote>Brotherhood spell</quote> with <quote>Brotherhood Spell</quote>. Replaced <quote>5 arrows</quote> with <quote>5 Arrows</quote>. Put the signposts into a table.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect175">175</a>) Replaced <quote>Varnos harbour</quote> with <quote>Varnos Harbour</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect175">175</a>) Replaced <quote>Varnos harbour</quote> with <quote>Varnos Harbour</quote>. Replaced <quote>wharfs</quote> with <quote>wharves</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect176">176</a>) Replaced <quote>forest of Salony</quote> with <quote>Forest of Salony</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect177">177</a>) Replaced <quote>riverbank</quote> with <quote>river bank</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect178">178</a>) Replaced <quote>the Tower</quote> with <quote>the tower</quote>. Replaced <quote>the Tower<ch.apos/>s</quote> with <quote>the tower<ch.apos/>s</quote>. Replaced both occurrences of <quote>lavas</quote> with <quote>Lavas</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect187">187</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>. Replaced <quote>face-down</quote> with <quote>face down</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect189">189</a>) Replaced <quote>animal control</quote> with <quote>Animal Control</quote>. Replaced <quote>Kai alchemy</quote> with <quote>Kai-alchemy</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect190">190</a>) Replaced <quote>zig-zags</quote> with <quote>zigzags</quote>. Replaced <quote>who<ch.apos/>ve</quote> with <quote>who have</quote> in the illustration caption.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect191">191</a>) Replaced <quote>Meal and</quote> with <quote>meal or</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect191">191</a>) Replaced <quote>Meal and</quote> with <quote>Meal or</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect192">192</a>) Replaced both occurrences of <quote>lavas</quote> with <quote>Lavas</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect194">194</a>) Replaced <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series. Replaced <quote>says, <ch.lsquot/>I</quote> with <quote>says. <ch.lsquot/>I</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect195">195</a>) Replaced <quote>5<ch.endash/><ch.minus/>8</quote> with <quote>5<ch.endash/>8</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect204">204</a>) Replaced <quote>delight, <ch.lsquot/>I</quote> with <quote>delight. <ch.lsquot/>I</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect206">206</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect207">207</a>) Replaced <quote>spy-glass</quote> with <quote>spyglass</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect210">210</a>) Replaced <quote>Vaderish monastery</quote> with <quote>Vaderish Monastery</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect210">210</a>) Replaced <quote>Vaderish monastery</quote> with <quote>Vaderish Monastery</quote>. Replaced <quote>wharfs</quote> with <quote>wharves</quote>. Replaced <quote>monk<ch.apos/>s</quote> with <quote>monks<ch.apos/><ch.thinspace/></quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect211">211</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect212">212</a>) Replaced <quote>new order</quote> with <quote>New Order</quote>. Replaced <quote>Abisko, turning</quote> with <quote>Abisko, by turning</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect212">212</a>) Replaced <quote>new order</quote> with <quote>New Order</quote>. Replaced <quote>Abisko, turning</quote> with <quote>Abisko, by turning</quote>. Replaced <quote>Narsha</quote> with <quote>Nursha</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect214">214</a>) Replaced <quote>animal control</quote> with <quote>Animal Control</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect215">215</a>) Replaced <quote>shouts, <ch.lsquot/>Ride</quote> with <quote>shouts. <ch.lsquot/>Ride</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect217">217</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>. Replaced <quote>tracks of quicksand</quote> with <quote>tracts of quicksand</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect218">218</a>) Replaced <quote>half-way</quote> with <quote>halfway</quote>. Replaced <quote>Sadly your</quote> with <quote>Sadly, your</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect218">218</a>) Replaced <quote>half-way</quote> with <quote>halfway</quote>. Replaced <quote>Sadly your</quote> with <quote>Sadly, your</quote>. Replaced <quote>comes to</quote> with <quote>come to</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect220">220</a>) Replaced <quote>plague-lords</quote> with <quote>Plague Lords</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect222">222</a>) Replaced <quote>guildhouse</quote> with <quote>guild-house</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect223">223</a>) Replaced <quote>rock face</quote> with <quote>rock-face</quote>. Replaced <quote>hand hold</quote> with <quote>handhold</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect224">224</a>) Replaced <quote>Sadly your</quote> with <quote>Sadly, your</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect226">226</a>) Replaced <quote>shouts, <ch.lsquot/>Ride</quote> with <quote>shouts. <ch.lsquot/>Ride</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect224">224</a>) Replaced <quote>Sadly your</quote> with <quote>Sadly, your</quote>. Replaced <quote>comes to</quote> with <quote>come to</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect226">226</a>) Replaced <quote>shouts, <ch.lsquot/>Ride</quote> with <quote>shouts. <ch.lsquot/>Ride</quote>. Replaced <quote>wound it</quote> with <quote>wound, it</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect227">227</a>) Replaced <quote>Brotherhood spell</quote> with <quote>Brotherhood Spell</quote>. Replaced <quote>fatique</quote> with <quote>fatigue</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect228">228</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect230">230</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect231">231</a>) Replaced <quote>inkeeper</quote> with <quote>innkeeper</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect232">232</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect233">233</a>) Replaced both occurrences of <quote>lavas</quote> with <quote>Lavas</quote>. Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>. Replaced <quote>Sun-Crystal</quote> with <quote>Sun-crystal</quote>. Replaced <quote>the Gate</quote> with <quote>the Shadow Gate</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect236">236</a>) Replaced <quote>horsedrawn</quote> with <quote>horse-drawn</quote>. Replaced <quote>backpack and</quote> with <quote>backpack, and</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect236">236</a>) Replaced <quote>horsedrawn</quote> with <quote>horse-drawn</quote>. Replaced <quote>backpack and</quote> with <quote>backpack, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>Items however</quote> with <quote>Items, however</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect237">237</a>) Replaced <quote>ear, <ch.lsquot/>you</quote> with <quote>ear. <ch.lsquot/>You</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect238">238</a>) Replaced <quote>graciously, <ch.lsquot/>we</quote> with <quote>graciously. <ch.lsquot/>We</quote>. Replaced <quote>co-operation</quote> with <quote>cooperation</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect238">238</a>) Replaced <quote>graciously, <ch.lsquot/>we</quote> with <quote>graciously. <ch.lsquot/>We</quote>. Replaced <quote>co-operation</quote> with <quote>cooperation</quote>. Replaced <quote>Garthanians</quote> with <quote>Garthenians</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect240">240</a>) Replaced <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect244">244</a>) Replaced <quote>forest of Salony</quote> with <quote>Forest of Salony</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect245">245</a>) Replaced <quote>new order</quote> with <quote>New Order</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect253">253</a>) Replaced <quote>glass and</quote> with <quote>glass, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect255">255</a>) Deleted <quote>at the beginning of this book</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect256">256</a>) Replaced all occurrences of <quote>the Monastery</quote> with <quote>the monastery</quote>. Replaced <quote>Durncrag tower</quote> with <quote>Durncrag Tower</quote>. Replaced <quote>Kai savant</quote> with <quote>Kai Savant</quote>. Replaced <quote>Kai lords</quote> with <quote>Kai Lords</quote>. Replaced <quote>north-west</quote> with <quote>northwest</quote>. Replaced <quote>Durncrag mountains</quote> with <quote>Durncrag Mountains</quote>. Replaced <quote>Hall, <ch.lsquot/>the</quote> with <quote>Hall. <ch.lsquot/>The</quote>. Replaced <quote>door, <ch.lsquot/>the</quote> with <quote>door. <ch.lsquot/>The</quote>. Replaced <quote>lavas</quote> with <quote>Lavas</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect257">257</a>) Replaced <quote>feet-first</quote> with <quote>head-first</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect258">258</a>) Replaced <quote>Sun-Crystal</quote> with <quote>Sun-crystal</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect259">259</a>) Replaced <quote>Alright stranger</quote> with <quote>Alright, stranger</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect260">260</a>) Replaced <quote>5 arrows</quote> with <quote>5 Arrows</quote>. Put the signposts into a table. Replaced <quote>animal mastery</quote> with <quote>Animal Mastery</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect262">262</a>) Replaced <quote>Brotherhood spell</quote> with <quote>Brotherhood Spell</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect263">263</a>) Replaced <quote>shouts, <ch.lsquot/>Ride</quote> with <quote>shouts. <ch.lsquot/>Ride</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect272">272</a>) Replaced <quote>lavas</quote> with <quote>Lavas</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect273">273</a>) Replaced <quote>Brotherhood spell</quote> with <quote>Brotherhood Spell</quote>. Replaced <quote>(imposters)</quote> with <quote>(impostors)</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect274">274</a>) Replaced <quote>Brotherhood spell</quote> with <quote>Brotherhood Spell</quote>. Replaced <quote>ultra-violet</quote> with <quote>ultraviolet</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect275">275</a>) Replaced <quote>camp fire</quote> with <quote>campfire</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect275">275</a>) Replaced <quote>camp fire</quote> with <quote>campfire</quote>. Replaced <quote>lay awake</quote> with <quote>lie awake</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect276">276</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>. Replaced <quote>Sun-Crystal</quote> with <quote>Sun-crystal</quote>. Replaced <quote>the Gate</quote> with <quote>the Shadow Gate</quote>. Replaced <quote>Kai alchemy</quote> with <quote>Kai-alchemy</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect277">277</a>) Replaced <quote>Pouch of tobacco</quote> with <quote>Pouch of Tobacco</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect279">279</a>) Replaced <quote>lording</quote> with <quote>lordling</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect280">280</a>) Replaced <quote>Alema trail</quote> with <quote>Alema Trail</quote>. Replaced <quote>treeline</quote> with <quote>tree-line</quote>. Replaced <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect282">282</a>) Replaced <quote>Sun-Crystal</quote> with <quote>Sun-crystal</quote>. Replaced <quote>lavas</quote> with <quote>Lavas</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect285">285</a>) Replaced <quote>Magi-magic and</quote> with <quote>Magi-magic, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>skills, (or</quote> with <quote>skills (or</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect286">286</a>) Replaced <quote>mindforce</quote> with <quote>Mindforce</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect288">288</a>) Replaced <quote>lavas</quote> with <quote>Lavas</quote> and <quote>the Gate</quote> with <quote>the Shadow Gate</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect290">290</a>) Replaced <quote>backpack and</quote> with <quote>backpack, and</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect290">290</a>) Replaced <quote>backpack and</quote> with <quote>backpack, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>Items however</quote> with <quote>Items, however</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect291">291</a>) Replaced both occurrences of <quote>lavas</quote> with <quote>Lavas</quote>. Replaced both occurrences of <quote>Sun-Crystal</quote> with <quote>Sun-crystal</quote>. Replaced <quote>the Gate</quote> with <quote>the Shadow Gate</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect292">292</a>) Replaced <quote>salute, <ch.lsquot/>I</quote> with <quote>salute. <ch.lsquot/>I</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect295">295</a>) Replaced <quote>despatch</quote> with <quote>dispatch</quote>. Replaced <quote>out-distance</quote> with <quote>outdistance</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect297">297</a>) Replaced <quote>Old Kingdom spell</quote> with <quote>Old Kingdom Spell</quote>. Replaced <quote>Grand Huntmastery</quote> with <quote>Grand Weaponmastery</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect298">298</a>) Replaced <quote>treeline</quote> with <quote>tree-line</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect300">300</a>) Switched the third and fourth choices. Replaced <quote>Grand Thane, or higher</quote> with <quote>Grand Thane</quote>, since that is the highest rank possible when attempting this adventure.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect303">303</a>) Replaced <quote>past, therefore</quote> with <quote>past; therefore</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect305">305</a>) Replaced <quote>face-down</quote> with <quote>face down</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect306">306</a>) Replaced <quote>Brotherhood spell</quote> with <quote>Brotherhood Spell</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect307">307</a>) Deleted <quote>at the beginning of this book</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect328">328</a>) Replaced <quote>Fryelund forest</quote> with <quote>Fryelund Forest</quote>. Replaced <quote>add 1</quote> with <quote>add 1.</quote>. Replaced <quote>lavas</quote> with <quote>Lavas</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect329">329</a>) Replaced <quote>rock face</quote> with <quote>rock-face</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect331">331</a>) Replaced <quote>Sun-Crystal</quote> with <quote>Sun-crystal</quote>. Replaced <quote>door, <ch.lsquot/>Raggin<ch.rsquot/><ch.thinspace/></quote> with <quote>door. <ch.lsquot/>Raggin<ch.rsquot/><ch.thinspace/></quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect335">335</a>) Replaced <quote>backpack and</quote> with <quote>backpack, and</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect332">332</a>) Replaced <quote>cold dark</quote> with <quote>cold, dark</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect335">335</a>) Replaced <quote>backpack and</quote> with <quote>backpack, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>Items however</quote> with <quote>Items, however</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect337">337</a>) Replaced <quote>whispers, <ch.lsquot/>I</quote> with <quote>whispers. <ch.lsquot/>I</quote>. Replaced <quote>reopens</quote> with <quote>re-opens</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect338">338</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai alchemy</quote> with <quote>Kai-alchemy</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect339">339</a>) Replaced <quote>Weapons<ch.emdash/>we</quote> with <quote>Weapons we</quote>.</p>
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