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The leather Drakkar battle jacket and leggings fit easily over your close-fitting Kai tunic. The jacket has a large hood, with slits cut for your eyes and mouth, and you pull this down to cover your whole face. You stow your Backpack in a canvas satchel and sling this over your shoulder before opening the door and setting off towards the distant thoroughfare.

You stride boldly towards the two guards, hoping they will let you pass unhindered. But as you draw closer, they cross their jewel-encrusted spears to block your way. Raw power crackles like a sparkling crimson serpent where the shafts of the two spears touch, warning you that these are no ordinary weapons.

'What is your business here?' growls the guard on the left, his voice gritty and full of suspicion. 'Why do you seek access to the Hall of Unholy Worship?'

If you possess the Disciplines of Kai-surge and Kai-alchemy, turn to 314.

If you do not possess both of these Grand Master skills, turn to 26.

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