2

You make a wide detour around the encampment before continuing your ride south. It is mid-afternoon when you see a settlement in the distance, one of many that can be found on the fringes of the Yua Tzhan province. As you are passing through this ragged plains village, you see a busy market in operation. The traders and their costumers stop to stare as you ride past; their eyes drawn by the unusual cut and colour of your tunics.

Gildas points to a clothes stall that is heaped with simple straw-coloured robes, much favoured by these Bhanarian plains-dwellers. ‘Maybe a wise purchase, Sir Kai?’ he mutters. ‘I fear our tunics may arouse yet more suspicion the further south we venture.’ You nod in agreement and halt to ask the trader how much he wants for four of his robes.

‘One hundred and fifty Ren,’ he replies, breezily.

The trader’s price is the equivalent to 15 Gold Crowns. The rangers do not have any money, so if you wish to purchase these garments you must pay the full price.

If you can afford to pay the trader’s price, turn to 218.

If you do not have sufficient Gold Crowns to pay for these robes, turn to 83.