14

‘Halt!’ bellows a guard, and a knot of fear tightens in the pit of your stomach. You do as he commands and watch with trepidation as he levels his spear menacingly at your chest. ‘We don’t often see field scouts up here. Your kind normally report to the duty sergeant at the west gate, so state your business and be quick about it.’

You raise the map that you took from the unwitting herald and say: ‘I’ve been ordered to deliver this map to an officer in the inner keep. It’s urgent. I must deliver it at once, and in person.’

‘Is that so?’ replies the guard, sceptically. ‘And what, pray tell, is the name of this officer?’

If you wish to answer: ‘Captain Dvorkar’, turn to 243.

If you wish to answer: ‘Captain Dvedka’, turn to 90.

If you wish to answer: ‘Captain Dvadic’, turn to 46.