### 131

Cutting yourself free from the last of the deadly strands, you race headlong up the stairs and out through the open portal. You discover that during the struggle you lost a Weapon and one item from your Backpack (erase a Weapon of your choice and the second item on your list of Backpack Items).

You find yourself standing in the ruins of a small storehouse. Through the shattered pane of glass of the solitary arched window, you can see the eerie outline of broken battlements and a fire-blackened tower. You are staring at the remains of Kazan-Oud.

Turn to 27.