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As the last of the Vakovarians falls dead at your feet, you step away from their heaped bodies and wipe the sweat of battle from your bloodied brow. You have slain the enemy but you can hear more of their kind crashing through the undergrowth, eager to reach you and avenge the deaths of their brothers-in-arms.

Several of the dead have satchels, quivers and backpacks slung about their shoulders. Some have been torn open during the combat and their contents lie spilled out on the ground. A cursory glance reveals the following weapons and other items:

- 6 Arrows
- Comb
- Broadsword
- Dagger
- Pipe
- Sword
- Spyglass
- Enough food for 3 Meals
- Blanket
- 20 Gold Crowns

If you wish to keep any of these items, remember to mark them on your Action Chart.

Swiftly you make your escape into the dense pines. The area is alive with bandits and you are forced to flee northwards, away from the place where you left Bracer tethered to a tree. You are anxious for his safety and mindful that there are still many miles to be covered before you reach Lake Vorndarol, but you dare not turn back for him. Then you hear something that makes you halt in your tracks: it is the sound of a horse whinnying.

Turn to 223.

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