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Reluctantly you leave the door and retrace your steps back down the stairs to the entrance hall. Upon your return, the scribe looks up from his work and he fixes you with a quizzical eye.

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

‘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 voice, he says: ‘Dvedka’s in the Council of War Chamber. Over there.’ With the feather of his quill pen, he points towards the portal to the left of the entrance arch. You thank him for his assistance and then you stride across the hall towards this open portal.

Turn to 314.