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A figure dressed in black robes, whom you recognize as one of Roark's followers, is waving a burning torch in front of him at arm's length and shouting. Five spectral shadow-shapes wreathed in mist swirl around him, trying repeatedly to penetrate his fiery guard. Behind him stands an ancient burial mound, and lying near its dark entrance are the bodies of two soldiers clad in leather armour and three horses. A dozen of the ghost-like apparitions hover over each of the soldiers, as if they are feasting on their bodies.

If you possess the Magnakai Discipline of Divination and have reached the rank of Mentora, turn to 303.

If you wish to help the black-robed man fight off his ghostly attackers, turn to 71.

If you choose to avoid this conflict, skirt around the edge of the quarry and continue deeper into the forest, turn to 175.

Text copyright © 1987 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1987 Brian Williams.