into the forest. You have been running for nearly ten minutes when you discover that you have lost your Weapon(s). Well, at least you still have your life and your Backpack. Wiping the grime from your face, you push on through the trees ahead.
Turn to 331 .
276
Reaching for your weapon you manage to hack your way through the tangle of wood and twisted branches to the clearer forest beyond. Your cloak is torn in several places and your right leg is badly bruised above the knee.
Lose 1 ENDURANCE point and turn to 213 .
278
You quickly leave the path and gallop off along the track heading towards the capital. When you reach the point where the Doomwolves stopped, you can see just beyond a meadow the main highway which runs from the northern port of Toran to Holmgard. You should reach the capital by morning.
Turn to 149 .
282
Looking above the heads of the crowd, you notice that one of the shops opposite the main gate is the timbered surgery of a city physician. Suddenly, a bold plan springs to mind. Bracing yourself against the tide of bodies, you struggle across to the other side of the street. You quickly enter to find that there is no sign of life, apart from a brightly coloured parrot in its cage by the window.
Taking a selection of small bottles you slip on a white surgeon's cloak, and fight your way back to the main gate. ‘An emergency!’ you bluff, as guards stop and question you. ‘It's the royal cook's wife … she's having a baby.’
The guards hesitate for a moment, but you assure them that the matter is most urgent and they decide to let you in. One of the great doors swings open about two feet, and you are roughly pushed through the narrow gap into the courtyard beyond.
Turn to 11 .
283
You are only ten feet or so away from the robed stranger when the raven squawks a warning to its master who instantly spins around. You are frozen in your tracks by the hideous apparition of a Vordak, a lieutenant of the Darklords and one of the undead. You must fight him.
Due to the surprise of your attack, you may add 2 points to your COMBAT SKILL for the first round of combat only.
Unless you have the Kai Discipline of Mindshield, deduct 2 points from your COMBAT SKILL for the second and subsequent rounds of fighting, for the creature is attacking you with the power of its Mindforce as well as with a large black mace!
Vordak: COMBAT SKILL 17 ENDURANCE 25
If you win, turn to 123 .
284
Your passage through the Graveyard will not be easy, for the ground is broken and covered with a thorny graveweed. This wicked briar tears your cloak and cuts your legs. The air hangs heavy and still. Foul gases seep from open crypts and the haunting murmur of distant whispering fills your ears.
Illustration XVI —Your passage through the Graveyard is not easy — the ground is broken and covered with thorny graveweed.
Carefully, you approach a gap between two ancient pillars, and part the graveweed with your cloaked hand. Suddenly, the ground collapses beneath you and you fall in a tumble of earth and stone.
Turn to 71 .
285
With a sickening thud, the chunk of marble cracks open the back of the Giak's head. The creature drops to its knees and slowly falls forward, down to the ruins below. Elated by your skill, you race forward to aid the young wizard.
Turn to 325 .
286
Messengers of death — and ones eager to deliver their news — the Doomwolves surround and then attack you. Valiantly you fight, but it is to no avail for there are too many of them.
As your life's blood seeps away and eternal dark approaches, the last sight you remember is the glint of sunlight on the spires of Holmgard.
You have failed in your mission.
288
As you reach the walls of the fieldworks, the large oak gates open and you are quickly hurried inside. A sergeant, bloodstained and battle-weary, calls to an officer who turns and recognizes your cloak.
‘My Lord,’ he says. ‘Where are the other Kai Masters? We are in
Turn to 331 .
276
Reaching for your weapon you manage to hack your way through the tangle of wood and twisted branches to the clearer forest beyond. Your cloak is torn in several places and your right leg is badly bruised above the knee.
Lose 1 ENDURANCE point and turn to 213 .
278
You quickly leave the path and gallop off along the track heading towards the capital. When you reach the point where the Doomwolves stopped, you can see just beyond a meadow the main highway which runs from the northern port of Toran to Holmgard. You should reach the capital by morning.
Turn to 149 .
282
Looking above the heads of the crowd, you notice that one of the shops opposite the main gate is the timbered surgery of a city physician. Suddenly, a bold plan springs to mind. Bracing yourself against the tide of bodies, you struggle across to the other side of the street. You quickly enter to find that there is no sign of life, apart from a brightly coloured parrot in its cage by the window.
Taking a selection of small bottles you slip on a white surgeon's cloak, and fight your way back to the main gate. ‘An emergency!’ you bluff, as guards stop and question you. ‘It's the royal cook's wife … she's having a baby.’
The guards hesitate for a moment, but you assure them that the matter is most urgent and they decide to let you in. One of the great doors swings open about two feet, and you are roughly pushed through the narrow gap into the courtyard beyond.
Turn to 11 .
283
You are only ten feet or so away from the robed stranger when the raven squawks a warning to its master who instantly spins around. You are frozen in your tracks by the hideous apparition of a Vordak, a lieutenant of the Darklords and one of the undead. You must fight him.
Due to the surprise of your attack, you may add 2 points to your COMBAT SKILL for the first round of combat only.
Unless you have the Kai Discipline of Mindshield, deduct 2 points from your COMBAT SKILL for the second and subsequent rounds of fighting, for the creature is attacking you with the power of its Mindforce as well as with a large black mace!
Vordak: COMBAT SKILL 17 ENDURANCE 25
If you win, turn to 123 .
284
Your passage through the Graveyard will not be easy, for the ground is broken and covered with a thorny graveweed. This wicked briar tears your cloak and cuts your legs. The air hangs heavy and still. Foul gases seep from open crypts and the haunting murmur of distant whispering fills your ears.
Illustration XVI —Your passage through the Graveyard is not easy — the ground is broken and covered with thorny graveweed.
Carefully, you approach a gap between two ancient pillars, and part the graveweed with your cloaked hand. Suddenly, the ground collapses beneath you and you fall in a tumble of earth and stone.
Turn to 71 .
285
With a sickening thud, the chunk of marble cracks open the back of the Giak's head. The creature drops to its knees and slowly falls forward, down to the ruins below. Elated by your skill, you race forward to aid the young wizard.
Turn to 325 .
286
Messengers of death — and ones eager to deliver their news — the Doomwolves surround and then attack you. Valiantly you fight, but it is to no avail for there are too many of them.
As your life's blood seeps away and eternal dark approaches, the last sight you remember is the glint of sunlight on the spires of Holmgard.
You have failed in your mission.
288
As you reach the walls of the fieldworks, the large oak gates open and you are quickly hurried inside. A sergeant, bloodstained and battle-weary, calls to an officer who turns and recognizes your cloak.
‘My Lord,’ he says. ‘Where are the other Kai Masters? We are in
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