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You pause to incant the words of the Brotherhood spell Strength and within seconds you feel the fatigue disappear from your aching muscles. A vibrant sense of power and well-being infuses your whole body, enabling you to attack the rockfall with increased effect. Soon you have removed enough debris to enable you to squeeze through the gap to a clear section of the stairwell beyond. Once here, you block the opening behind you, and then race up the steps to the level above.

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