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 Quickly you search the edge of the marsh and find the overgrown remains of a track leading into the Faerron. As the Ranger closes the distance between you, you turn Pallenten for the opening, a narrow path that lies beckoning between a bed of reeds and a hedgerow of large domed-shaped bushes. With a flick of her reins Pallenten charges onto the trail and immediately you are embraced within the overwhelming verdancy of the marshes.
About you the Faerron spreads, a huge wetland that, for a reason unknown to Men, has been growing, swallowing up the plain surrounding it, and most of the farmlands and farmsteads within its reach. Even upon Pallenten's back you cannot see very far; the dome-shaped bushes and ruined earthworks of farmers who had tried to hold back the marsh's advance, all conspiring to turn the Faerron into a maze of water and weed, overgrown bush and shallow spreading meres.
Within this patchwork it is easy to take a winding path along old animal trails and the remnants of man-made roads and trackways. After a few minutes you find yourself alone, a solitary figure upon a narrow track heading roughly north into the heart of the Faerron. To make sure of your escape you take cover behind a stand of rotting Beech and watch for any sign of pursuit. It does not come, and with only the company of water-fowl upon a wide pool of water at your back you return to the trail and continue northwards.
After a time you come to a junction with another pathway leading to the west. It is the remains of a wagon trail, although barely recognisable. The trail you have been following reaches northwards, before disappearing behind a high hedgerow of overgrown bush.
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Will you take the trail northwards? If this is your choice turn to section 514. If you would take the wagon trail into the west turn to section 550. If you would rather take the chance and return the way you have come, turn to section 578.
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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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