### 128

Carefully parting the dense foliage, you are horrified by the sight that meets you. In a small clearing ahead, three Giaks have tied a man to a wooden stake and are setting fire to a mass of brushwood bundled at his feet. You recognize his tunic as that of a Border Ranger, one of the King’s men who police the kingdom near the Durncrag Mountains of the west. He has been badly beaten and is nearly unconscious.

If you have the Kai Discipline of Hunting, turn to 297.

If you do not, you must attack the Giaks now in order to save the ranger’s life. Turn to 336.