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You have pulled yourself halfway through the deck when the door to the hold below bursts open. A Helghast runs shrieking towards you. You cannot escape in time and it badly wounds you in the legs with its black sword. You lose 5 ENDURANCE points and drop to the hold. You must fight this creature to the death.

Helghast: COMBAT SKILL 22 ENDURANCE 30

It is an undead creature, so remember to double all ENDURANCE points that it loses in this combat as a result of the power of the Sommerswerd. This creature is immune to Mindblast.

If you kill the Helghast, you may leave the hold by the open door. Turn to 166.

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