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The rain has become torrential during the short while it takes you to reach the knoll. It hammers at the rocky ground and transforms the dust into rivulets of mud. The knoll is devoid of trees and undergrowth and offers no protection from the storm, but beneath its jutting slate base you discover a dry hollow that shelters you from the lashing wind.

You settle yourself in the hollow and attempt to sleep while the storm rages. Unless you possess the Discipline of Grand Huntmastery, you must now eat a Meal or lose 3 ENDURANCE points.

To continue, turn to 345.