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You leave the repository and retrace your steps back along the darkened passageway to the fiery heat of the armoury hall. Quickly you ascend the ramp and, upon your return to the entrance of the inner keep, you are questioned by the scribe.

‘Who are you looking for, trooper?’ he barks.

‘Er … Captain Dvedka,’ is your hasty reply. You hold up the map that you took from the herald and add: ‘I’ve to deliver this to him, urgently.’

The scribe scoffs at the map. Then, with an arrogant tone, he says: ‘Dvedka’s in the Council of War Chamber. It’s over there.’

With the feather of his quill pen, he points towards the portal to the left of the entrance archway. You thank him for his assistance and then you stride across the hall towards this open door.

Turn to 314.