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Someone or something is approaching the door of the hold from the other side. If you climb out through the shattered deck, you will leave your legs vulnerable to attack from below and there is no other way out. You sense that it is an evil creature of some considerable power. Raise the Sommerswerd and prepare for combat.

Turn to 5.

Text copyright © 1984 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1984 Gary Chalk.