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 Within the darkness you dig your feet into the loose earth and begin the climb to safety. Amongst the dry roots and unstable earth you struggle to find a way back to the lip of the hole but it proves to be a task that is beyond your strength. Weakened by days of fatigue and the hardships of the road you cannot find the reserves needed to make it out of the pit. Unable to maintain a secure hold your right hand slips from its purchase, and it is only a matter of moments before your left must give way as well. Silently you fall away into the darkness.
In a crushing impact you hit the hard dirt floor of the pit, a shower of debris and loose stone collapsing into the hole after you. Here the pit has widened into a circular chamber, the only light coming from high above as your torch sputters in the dirt at the edge of the pit. Encompassed within a pale circle of light you attempt to stand but at first you cannot. Winded, and with your left shoulder broken by the fall you grab up your weapon and peer into the gloom. All about you there comes the scurrying of hundreds of tiny feet, and soon enough you see the pinpoints of a thousand red eyes peering out of the darkness towards you.
Painfully you attempt to stand, but as you struggle to your feet you find yourself confronted by hundreds of large, hungry rats. In the shadows they begin to move in upon your lonely figure. With the aid of your blade you keep the filthy creatures at bay, but hunger soon overcomes all fear and as you begin to weaken they attack. In this pit you die. Torn and blooded by the ferocity of a thousand needle-fanged mouths you collapse into the dirt, your screams unheard. Here your quest ends. In another life you may find better luck.
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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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