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Windhammer, Copyright Wayne Densley 2008 All Rights Reserved
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For what seems like hours the storm thunders down upon the defenceless grasslands. Caught in your barely adequate shelter you stand soaked to the skin, Pallenten no less affected by the cold, icy tempest that rages about you. The storm is a surging maelstrom of hail and stinging sleet, thrown by impossibly strong winds against the plains, flailing the grasses and piling mounds of white against any obstacle that stands in its way. Trapped beneath the thin rock shelf you feel every blast of wind and every pulverised hailstone as it smashes against the rock about you. Deafened by this battleground of pounding thunder and detonating light you huddle closer to Pallenten and try and keep her calm. It is a raging assault that leaves nothing untouched, and there is little you can do except endure it.
But then, as quickly as it fell upon you, it ends. In the grip of powerful winds the storm moves southwards, taking with it its armoury of lightning and deafening drumrolls of thunder. In the quiet that follows the storm's passing you take a few moments to extricate yourself from the shelter. Standing stiffly in the cool air, you coax Pallenten out from under the rock shelf and try and shake some movement into stiff, sore limbs. Looking about, you see that the storm has taken the remains of the day from you. It is now almost dark, the thin red glow of an approaching dusk prominent in the west.
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Do you wish to stay here at the boulder outcrop for the night? If so, turn to section 288. If you would rather try and find better shelter further to the south-west, then you should turn to section 307.
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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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