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Your suspicions are aroused as you ride towards the watchtower. No flag flutters from its battlements and no guards appear to challenge your approach. You pass along a roadway littered with clothes and belongings, and the settlement looks deserted; it is as if the inhabitants have left in a great hurry. You are about to spur your horse to a canter when your Kai instincts warn you that danger lies ahead.

Like demons from a nightmare, a host of snarling Giak wolf-riders bursts into view, streaming out from their shadowy hiding places behind the empty huts. They thunder towards you on every side, shrieking and thrusting their spears at the darkening sky.

If you have a Bow and wish to use it, turn to 183.

If you wish to draw a hand weapon and prepare for combat, turn to 244.

If you wish to try to escape this ambush by galloping along the pass, pick a number from the Random Number Table.

If the number you have picked is 0–3, turn to 293.

If it is 4–9, turn to 257.