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Gildas falls unconscious at your feet, and you hear the Autarch’s thin laughter echoing around the chamber. He has enjoyed watching the two of you fight, but now he wants what he has come all the way from Otavai for.

‘You have the Claw—I sense it,’ he growls, in a quiet, menacing tone. ‘Give it to me and you shall be rewarded. Deny me, and you will perish in agony.’

Your Kai senses detect that the evil aura which surrounds the Autarch is growing stronger. Suddenly you feel a strong wave of nausea rising in the pit of your stomach, and you feel unable to prevent it from overwhelming your senses.

If you possess some Poghlam, turn to 175.

If you do not possess this potion, turn to 285.