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Fighting back your fear, you set off along the soot-encrusted street, keeping your head down and your shoulders forward to maintain your balance against the blasts of fiery wind that lash you mercilessly. At one corner, you happen upon a line of shallow pits, all filled with blazing oil. In the middle of each one is a pyramid of stone, festooned with chains, to which are manacled a dozen wretched creatures. They stand waist-deep in the flames, and, as they scream in pain, a group of Giaks amuse themselves by pushing them under with the hafts of their spears.

The Giaks are preoccupied with their cruel sport and you evade them easily. You continue along the street opposite the torture pits and arrive at a square flanked by four tall towers.

If you possess the Magnakai Discipline of Divination, and have reached the rank of Archmaster, turn to 124.

If you do not possess this skill, or have yet to attain this level of Kai training, turn to 283.

Text copyright © 1988 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1988 Brian Williams.