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You watch T'uk T'ron and the driver scurry across the planks, using the parapet of the bridge as cover. They reach the centre and are examining the damage when a chilling scream, like the baying of a crazed wolf pack, echoes from the trees. Grey shapes jostle in the shadows and your heart freezes in a moment of horror as they advance into the light.

Lumbering hordes of twisted shapes stagger from the trees on both sides of the bridge. They appear to be neither human nor animal but a ghastly fusion of the two. Their heads are of differing types: some are like cats with huge, green eyes; some are like boars with snouts and twisting tusks; others have rams' heads, sabre-toothed and riddled with decay. The Ookor guards tremble with fear and whisper the word 'Agtah' as these monstrosities draw closer.

If you have a bow and wish to use it, turn to 77.

If you wish to draw a hand weapon and prepare to defend yourself, turn to 226.

If you choose to leave the chariot and join T'uk T'ron on the bridge, turn to 335.

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