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Tavig has stopped screaming long before you force the hand to give up its prize and withdraw, gashed and bleeding, into the gloom of the tunnel. Tavig's body lies motionless at your feet. You stoop to close his sightless eyes and lay his sword upon his bloodstained chest, as is the custom in the land of Slovia when a warrior falls in battle.

If you decide to leave the body and continue, turn to 323.

If you wish to search the body before you go, turn to 227.

Text copyright © 1986 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1986 Gary Chalk.