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476
 With a desperate jump for the stone you take a firm handhold as the web collapses behind you. As you watch the body of the Queen fall in flames into the darkness below, followed closely by the burning remains of the huge web. Against the side of the pit you look to the wall above and consider what you should do.
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 perilous. Below you is the dark lake, glimmering in the shadows and with of a drop of perhaps two hundred metres to reach 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 435.
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