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Your abrupt reply seems to satisfy the sergeant. He knows only too well that there is no ‘Square of the Dragons’ in the centre of Luyen, nor an armourer called Daliem. He is trying to trick you. You tell him that he must be mistaking Luyen for some other city, and he laughs: ‘Of course, of course. I meant Kron. My cousin Daliem lives in Kron, not Luyen.’

The rising gate reaches its full height and creaks to a halt. Delissa says farewell and the sergeant replies by bidding you both a safe journey. Then his guardsmen move aside so that the way is clear for you to leave Duadon.

Turn to 325.