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You grasp the frightened guard in a secure head-lock and threaten to break his neck if he does not answer your questions. He immediately promises to tell you everything he knows. He says that the new Zakhan fears that you are an assassin, sent by his enemies in the west. He claims to hate the new Zakhan himself. He is only a simple jailer, he says, and knows nothing more.

If you have the Kai Discipline of Sixth Sense, turn to 39.

If you do not possess this skill, turn to 9.

Text copyright © 1985 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1985 Gary Chalk.