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For three days and nights you have followed the highway to the capital as it runs parallel to the River Durenon. The river valley is a wide belt of rich, cultivated land that climbs towards the Hammerdal Mountains, one of the highest ranges in all of Magnamund.

It is on the morning of the fourteenth day of your quest, when six cloaked men appear at the edge of your camp. Lord-lieutenant Rhygar is the first to draw his sword. With a voice of authority he demands an explanation for their intrusion. In reply, they unsheathe black swords. Rhygar shouts to his men to prepare for combat as the cloaked strangers advance towards you.

If you have the Kai Discipline of Sixth Sense, turn to 344.

If you wish to draw your weapon and prepare to fight, turn to 69.

If you do not want to fight, you can evade by running into the woods before combat begins by turning to 183.

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