Flight from the Dark Read Online Free
Author: Joe Dever
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy, lone wolf, Magnamund
the Darklords.
He is upon you and you must fight him. Deduct 2 points from your COMBAT SKILL unless you have the Kai Discipline of Mindshield, for the creature is attacking you with its Mindforce as well as with a huge black mace.
Vordak: COMBAT SKILL 17 ENDURANCE 25
If you win the fight, turn to 270 .
30
The people look tired and hungry. They have come many miles from their burning city. Suddenly, you hear the beat of huge wings coming from the north.
‘Kraan, Kraan! Hide yourselves!’ the cry goes up all along the road.
Just in front of you, a wagon carrying small children breaks down, its right wheel jammed in a furrow. The children scream in panic.
If you wish to help the children, turn to 194 .
If you'd rather run for the cover of the trees, turn to 261 .
31
You try to comfort the injured man as best you can, but his wounds are serious and he is soon unconscious again. Covering him with his cape, you turn and press deeper into the forest.
Turn to 264 .
33
The floor of the cave is quite dry and dusty. As you explore deeper in the half-light, you detect the stale odour of rotting flesh. Littering a crevice are the bones, fur, and teeth of several small animals. You notice a small cloth bag among these remains which you open to discover 3 Gold Crowns. Pocketing these coins, you leave what appears to be the lair of a mountain cat and carefully descend the hill.
Turn to 248 .
34
Without warning, a terrible apparition in red robes swoops down from the sky on the back of a Kraan. Its cry freezes your blood. The beast is a Vordak, a fierce lieutenant of the Darklords.
He is above you and you must fight him.
Illustration III —A terrible apparition in red robes swoops down from the sky on the back of a Kraan.
Deduct 2 points from your COMBAT SKILL unless you have the Kai Discipline of Mindshield, for the creature is attacking you with the power of its Mindforce as well as with a huge black mace.
Vordak: COMBAT SKILL 17 ENDURANCE 25
If you win, turn to 328 .
35
The forest is becoming denser, and the path more tangled with thorny briars. Almost completely hidden by the undergrowth, you notice another path branching off towards the east. Your current route seems to be coming to a prickly end, so you decide to follow the new path eastwards.
Turn to 207 .
39
After a few seconds, two small furry faces nervously appear over the top of the trunk. They say they are Kakarmi and tell you that the Kraan are everywhere. To the west lie the remains of their village but little is left of it now. They are trying to find the rest of their tribe who took to the forest when the ‘Black-wings’ attacked. They point behind them — east along the path — and tell you that the trail appears to be a dead end, but that if you continue through the undergrowth for a few yards more, you will find a watchtower where the path splits into three directions. Take the east path. This leads to the King's highway between the capital city — Holmgard — and the northern port of Toran.
You thank the Kakarmi, and bid them farewell.
Turn to 228 .
40
Keeping a careful watch on the huts for any sign of the enemy, you make your way around the clearing under the cover of the trees and bracken. Rejoining the track, you hurry away from Fogwood.
Turn to 105 .
41
Three rangers gallop past the river bank, closely followed by the Giaks on their snarling Doomwolves.
Illustration IV —The Giak leader orders five of his troops to open fire at you with their bows.
The bank is steep and you are spotted by the Giak leader who orders five of his troops to open fire at you with their bows. Their black arrows rain down on you.
If you decide to paddle downstream as fast as you can, turn to 174 .
If you decide to head for the cover of the trees on the opposite bank, turn to 116 .
43
From behind the rock a huge black bear comes into view. It advances slowly towards you, its mouth open and its face lined in anger and
He is upon you and you must fight him. Deduct 2 points from your COMBAT SKILL unless you have the Kai Discipline of Mindshield, for the creature is attacking you with its Mindforce as well as with a huge black mace.
Vordak: COMBAT SKILL 17 ENDURANCE 25
If you win the fight, turn to 270 .
30
The people look tired and hungry. They have come many miles from their burning city. Suddenly, you hear the beat of huge wings coming from the north.
‘Kraan, Kraan! Hide yourselves!’ the cry goes up all along the road.
Just in front of you, a wagon carrying small children breaks down, its right wheel jammed in a furrow. The children scream in panic.
If you wish to help the children, turn to 194 .
If you'd rather run for the cover of the trees, turn to 261 .
31
You try to comfort the injured man as best you can, but his wounds are serious and he is soon unconscious again. Covering him with his cape, you turn and press deeper into the forest.
Turn to 264 .
33
The floor of the cave is quite dry and dusty. As you explore deeper in the half-light, you detect the stale odour of rotting flesh. Littering a crevice are the bones, fur, and teeth of several small animals. You notice a small cloth bag among these remains which you open to discover 3 Gold Crowns. Pocketing these coins, you leave what appears to be the lair of a mountain cat and carefully descend the hill.
Turn to 248 .
34
Without warning, a terrible apparition in red robes swoops down from the sky on the back of a Kraan. Its cry freezes your blood. The beast is a Vordak, a fierce lieutenant of the Darklords.
He is above you and you must fight him.
Illustration III —A terrible apparition in red robes swoops down from the sky on the back of a Kraan.
Deduct 2 points from your COMBAT SKILL unless you have the Kai Discipline of Mindshield, for the creature is attacking you with the power of its Mindforce as well as with a huge black mace.
Vordak: COMBAT SKILL 17 ENDURANCE 25
If you win, turn to 328 .
35
The forest is becoming denser, and the path more tangled with thorny briars. Almost completely hidden by the undergrowth, you notice another path branching off towards the east. Your current route seems to be coming to a prickly end, so you decide to follow the new path eastwards.
Turn to 207 .
39
After a few seconds, two small furry faces nervously appear over the top of the trunk. They say they are Kakarmi and tell you that the Kraan are everywhere. To the west lie the remains of their village but little is left of it now. They are trying to find the rest of their tribe who took to the forest when the ‘Black-wings’ attacked. They point behind them — east along the path — and tell you that the trail appears to be a dead end, but that if you continue through the undergrowth for a few yards more, you will find a watchtower where the path splits into three directions. Take the east path. This leads to the King's highway between the capital city — Holmgard — and the northern port of Toran.
You thank the Kakarmi, and bid them farewell.
Turn to 228 .
40
Keeping a careful watch on the huts for any sign of the enemy, you make your way around the clearing under the cover of the trees and bracken. Rejoining the track, you hurry away from Fogwood.
Turn to 105 .
41
Three rangers gallop past the river bank, closely followed by the Giaks on their snarling Doomwolves.
Illustration IV —The Giak leader orders five of his troops to open fire at you with their bows.
The bank is steep and you are spotted by the Giak leader who orders five of his troops to open fire at you with their bows. Their black arrows rain down on you.
If you decide to paddle downstream as fast as you can, turn to 174 .
If you decide to head for the cover of the trees on the opposite bank, turn to 116 .
43
From behind the rock a huge black bear comes into view. It advances slowly towards you, its mouth open and its face lined in anger and
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