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 After a short time lingering in the passageway you consider it safe to move on into the hallway beyond. Cautiously peering out into the light you see the corridor runs both east and west. To the east the hall ends at a large metal door, to the west the hall leads straight into what looks like a large Mess Hall. Although you see no creatures in view there are obviously many out of sight at the southern end of the chamber, and they are making a great deal of noise. The sounds of drinking, laughing and fighting are all punctuated by the harsher screaming and shouting of the Hordim. This is the noise that has served as an unsettling backdrop to your journey through Stoneholme. It is coming clearly from this large eating hall.
You notice however, that the tone of the noise has diminished, the frightening energy of the revelry dwindling. The creatures within the room are drunk and getting drunker as you wait. Sinister shadows flicker and march across the far wall of the Mess, projected by a large fire somewhere in the room. From within these shadows you can identify the shapes of large Hresh and Jotun warriors as they finish their violent carousing, and in turn stagger out of the Mess through some unseen exit.
As you wait in the darkness of the passageway there comes a commanding bellow from a Jotun that is answered by all those remaining in the Mess Hall. Quickly the sounds of revelry diminish until, without warning, the strange yellowish light is gone, replaced only by the flickering shadows of the single fire that sputters and crackles out of sight.
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At this point do you wish to go east and investigate the large metal door? If this seems the best path turn to section 201. If however, you would rather go west and determine if the mess hall is deserted turn to section 69. If it seems more prudent to stay where you are and consider more carefully what you should do turn to section 39.
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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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