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On your second attempt, you manage to overcome the difficulties of the climb and reach the top of this wall. As you pull yourself onto its crumbling parapet, you note that it curves away in a semicircle and joins with the perimeter wall. You follow the parapet to this junction and then jump down onto the battlements. Through the murky air, you glimpse an arched doorway in the wall of a distant tower and you hurry towards it.

The tower door is unlocked and you are able to enter and descend to ground level by way of a spiral staircase, but as you reach the foot of these stone steps, you are confronted by two Drakkarim who come striding into the tower through an open arch. With grunts of shocked surprise, the two leather-clad warriors pull their swords from their belts and attempt to cut you down.

Helkona Drakkarim: COMBAT SKILL 30   ENDURANCE 35

If you win this combat, turn to 14.