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Windhammer, Copyright Wayne Densley 2001 - 2007 All Rights Reserved
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 For a moment you consider the door and then begin rummaging through your pack. Amongst your camp utensils is a small eating knife, and in the semi-darkness you take its thin blade and find that it fits neatly into the keyhole that sits squarely at the centre of the door. You have no particular skill in working such devices, but there is nothing to lose in making an attempt to unlock it. Crouched against the door, in the closed and cramped confines of the narrow tunnel, you desperately attempt to pick the lock. The door is of ancient construction and very well made, but after an hour of effort the barrel deep in the doorlock turns, and a loud grinding vibration heralds the drawing back of the heavy bars holding the door firmly in place.
Hands still greasy from the sweat of your endeavours you put your weight against the door and push. With almost no resistance the door springs outward, taking you completely by surprise. Before you have any opportunity to regain your balance you are pitched forward, straight out into...
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Windhammer, Copyright Wayne Densley 2001 - 2007 All Rights Reserved
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