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Windhammer, Copyright Wayne Densley 2008 All Rights Reserved
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 In the space of a heartbeat the floor falls away beneath you. Opening as a long slit in the ground the loose dust that covers the floor disappears as a wide slab of stone swings away. Instinctively you jump forward, lunging for the edges of the pit but you are a fraction too slow. In a flurry of dessicated earth and tangling roots you hit the side of the trap, grabbing for whatever purchase you can find upon its crumbling face as you fall into the pit's open maw. Desperately you dig your hands into the loose earth, sliding downwards until your left hand gains a hold upon the long dead remains of an old vine. Showered in earth and debris you reach out with your right hand and gain a further purchase upon the vine, but your situation is precarious, the difference between life and death only the strength of the hold you have on the withered piece of vegetation.
Looking down you can see the pit reaching into darkness, but within the gloom you can also hear the muffled squeak of a multitude of rats below. There is far more than just a drop here to worry about. Above you the way is just as perilous. You have fallen almost fifteen metres into the hole, and the way back to solid ground looms above you as a morass of crumbled earth and loose vegetation. You have only one way forward and it must be up. It is not going to be an easy climb.
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It will take all the strength you have to pull yourself out of this pit. Test your strength attribute. If you are successful turn to section 574. If you fail this test turn to section 508. If however, you have the Strong Back talent this task will be easily overcome without the need for a strength test. If you have this talent turn immediately to section 574.
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This book, and its associated books and other documents in the Chronicles of Arborell series are the intellectual property of the author, Wayne F Densley, and all rights are reserved by him. Windhammer is best viewed at 1024 x 768 resolution. Any questions regarding the Chronicles of Arborell can be answered by emailing the author at densleyw@shoal.net.au
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Windhammer, Copyright Wayne Densley 2008 All Rights Reserved
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