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The night passes without incident, and you awake refreshed by your sleep: restore 1 ENDURANCE point. After breaking camp, you enter the forested valley. Your warrior instincts warn you that the highway would be the ideal place for an ambush; the densely packed trees lining the roadside could easily conceal an attacker. As a precaution against such a surprise attack, you send three of your men on ahead with orders to report back if they should sight anything at all unusual.

After travelling some distance, you come across the wreck of a burnt-out wagon abandoned at the side of the road. Behind it, a track disappears eastwards up into the hills. There is no sign of your scouts, who should have returned to report this abandoned wreck.

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

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

If you wish to investigate the track leading into the hills, turn to 293.