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The blood pounds in your ears as you gallop towards the onrushing warriors. There is a mighty crash, and suddenly you are in the thick of the battle. Steel bites steel and the curses and cries of the enemy ring loudly in your ears as you fight desperately to survive. You swing in the saddle and fell a warrior with a crushing blow to his chest, ducking an instant later as a spiked mace whistles past your head. Paido dispatches its wielder, running him through with his blue-steel blade. Their leader bellows an order and they pull away, standing off a dozen paces to regroup and recover. Paido reins his horse to your side as the bronze-helmed warrior lord yells his battle-cry: ‘Shaag Drakkarim!’

Drakkarim Horselords: COMBAT SKILL 24 ENDURANCE 30

If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Animal Control, add 2 points to your COMBAT SKILL for the duration of the combat.

If you win the combat, turn to 144.