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 Kept at a distance by the light from your sputtering torch the Arachnari Queen rears before you one too many times, and pays a lethal price as your sword buries itself deep in the monster's body. In a pain-racked spasm the creature collapses upon the matted web and dies. For a moment you keep at a distance, unsure that the Arachnari is actually dead, but a hesitant kick to one of its outstretched legs tells you that it has indeed gone. Quickly quiet returns to the nest, and as you attempt to regain your breathe you consider where your victory now leaves you.
At this juncture you have only two choices. The first is to attempt to climb upwards. At the edge of your vision you can see two exits from the pit. The doorway through which you have fallen, and a small ventilation shaft that opens at a much higher level above. The doorway is closed and has no visible way of being opened from this side. The other is a small ventilation shaft that should provide you with a way out of the pit. It is a long climb however, and one that may not be without its own dangers.
The other option is far more dangerous. Below you is a dark lake of water, a drop of perhaps two hundred metres to its cold waters. The state of the pit's walls below the nest will not allow you to climb any further down but you could jump. It is not unknown for a Dwarvendim to survive such a descent into water, and there is the possibility that the lake may offer another exit from this part of the mountain.
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If you believe that the ventilation shaft is your best hope for continuing your quest turn to section 485. If you will risk the fall into the waters below turn to section 447.
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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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