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You intone the words of the Brotherhood Spell Levitation and immediately you feel yourself rising out of the dust. You are little more than ten feet above the ground when you recite the words of another spell Net and aim the palm of your right hand at a large boulder which is embedded in the gully wall. A gush of sticky fluid jets from your palm and hits this large rock, bringing you to a halt in mid-air. Quickly you pull yourself towards the boulder. As soon as your feet touch its smooth surface, you cancel both spells and stand upon it.

The sides of the ravine are steep, but the rocks and boulders which pepper its surface make it easy for you to climb. Swiftly you ascend to the top of the gully where you take shelter from the wind behind a rocky knoll. As you settle yourself into a hollow beside a pillar of jagged stone, you are startled by a loud screeching caw that echoes in the dark skies above.

Turn to 295.