### 186

You use your advanced fieldcraft skills to prevent yourself from sinking any deeper into the treacherous yellow dust. This action enables you to follow the base of the gully as it cuts a winding course through the dust-blasted hills. You are within a few hundred yards of reaching the gully’s end when you are lashed once more by the gritty wind. As you tug the hood of your cloak down to protect your eyes, you suddenly hear a loud screeching caw echoing in the dark stormy skies.

If you wish to attempt to scour the sky for the source of this chilling cry, turn to 215.

If you decide to take cover among the boulders that litter the slopes of the gully, turn to 335.