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At first light, you prepare to enter the valley. The highway is enshrouded by mist and soon, on both sides, the Ruanon Forest closes in; a tangle of pale grey tree trunks of every shape and size crowd thickly around you. After a few minutes’ ride, you find the wreck of a burnt-out wagon abandoned at the side of the road. Behind it, a track disappears eastwards into the hills.

If you wish to search the wrecked wagon, turn to 38.

If you wish to ignore the wagon and press on along the highway, turn to 175.

If you wish to investigate the track that leads up into the hills, turn to 293.