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You race up the remaining steps and take hold of the Drakkar by the throat. Desperately he fights to free himself from your crushing grip, kicking and scratching like a wild animal, until you are forced to let him go. As you do so, he stumbles and falls backwards over the parapet, landing with a shriek in the street below. You glance over the stone rail and see that he has met his doom, impaled upon the spikes of his cruel device.

Now you turn your attention to the five Kraan which are feeding on the roof. Gingerly you approach them, hoping not to startle them into flight, but the commotion, and your presence, has made them very uneasy.

If you possess the Discipline of Animal Mastery, turn to 90.

If you do not possess this skill, turn to 136.

Text copyright © 1991 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1991 Brian Williams.