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You call to Sergeant Yeng to fetch some blasting powder from the fort’s armoury. He carries out your order and returns swiftly with a keg of gunpowder. You pour a handful into the crack beneath the portal and set a fuse. Then you light it and retreat to a safe distance. There is a dull boom and the door creaks open amidst a cloud of dust and blue-tinged smoke. The coughs and cries of the entourage can be heard echoing throughout the distant corridors of this labyrinth. Fearing that it may already be too late to save the Khea-khan and his family from the clutches of Autarch Sejanoz, you and Sergeant Yeng rush along an arched corridor in search of them until you come to a junction.

If you possess Grand Pathsmanship, turn to 246.

If you do not, turn to 167.