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‘For Sommerlund and the Kai!’ you cry, as you leap fearlessly from the rear deck into the midst of the enemy horde. You fell three armoured warriors with the first sweep of your arm, and cleave the head from the shoulders of another on your backstroke. Noise, death, and confusion press in on all sides, yet you remain ice cool in the heat of this fierce deck battle. Bright steel flashes in your face and you duck to avoid its bite; then you spring forward like a charging lion, your weapon a deadly blur as you cut a devastating path through the raiders’ packed ranks. You have fought to within a dozen paces of Sergeant Dryan when suddenly the raiders launch a desperate counterattack in an effort to halt your inexorable advance.

Shadakine Raiders: COMBAT SKILL 36 ENDURANCE 40

You may evade this combat after three rounds by turning to 13.

If you win the combat, turn to 97.