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The track winds through the centre of the valley, following the course of a stream that meanders towards the River Phoen. It flows alongside a white-brick house, turning its waterwheel with a comforting, regular sound. As you ride past the house and over a tiny, hump-backed bridge, a cluster of cottages and an abbey come into view. In the grounds of the abbey a burial is taking place. A circle of monks dressed in hooded brown robes are lowering a coffin into one of several freshly dug graves.

Illustration XII—Monks in hooded brown robes are lowering a coffin into one of several freshly dug graves.

If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Divination, turn to 76.

If you do not possess this skill, turn to 221.