### 4

As you move the strands aside they suddenly begin to writhe and twist like a seething mass of snakes, coiling round your weapon and turning it back towards your hand. You release your grip and fall back in horror as your weapon is consumed in their corrosive grasp.1

You turn and run back towards the junction, your stomach churning as you realize how close you came to a grisly death. Erase your lost weapon from your Action Chart before choosing which channel to take.

If you wish to go straight ahead, turn to 339.

If you wish to take the channel to your left, turn to 269.

#### Footnotes

[1] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter No.6 clarifies: ‘Strictly speaking, the Sommerswerd [or Dagger of Vashna] is a Special Item—not a Weapon. You should erase a Weapon from your Action Chart. If you do not possess a Weapon, only then do you lose the Sommerswerd [or Dagger of Vashna].’