### 264

The crowd howls its approval as a rickety, hunchbacked creature, swathed in a hooded robe, approaches the platform on which you stand manacled to the wall. Deftly he strips you of all your weapons and passes them to an ugly-faced dwarf, hovering close by his side.

‘Take him to the maze,’ commands the white-haired lord. His cruel, mocking laughter echoes in your ears as you are dragged from the hall in chains.

Erase all weapons and weapon-like Special Items from your Action Chart and make a note of them on a separate piece of paper in case you should rediscover them at a later stage of your adventure.

Now turn to 286.