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  (332) Replaced ‘half-way’ with ‘halfway’.

  (333) Replaced ‘flash and’ with ‘flash, and’. Replaced ‘blood-stained’ with ‘bloodstained’.

  (335) Replaced ‘death blow’ with ‘death-blow’. Moved the Sixth Sense choice into the first position.

  (336) Replaced ‘craft, is’ with ‘craft is’. Replaced ‘forward and’ with ‘forward, and’. Replaced ‘stiffen and’ with ‘stiffen, and’.

  (337) Moved the Sixth Sense choice into the first position.

  (339) Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

  (342) Replaced ‘half-way’ with ‘halfway’. Replaced ‘Jala’ with ‘jala’.

  (343) Replaced ‘behind you but’ with ‘behind you, but’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption. Replaced ‘Dahir mountains’ with ‘Dahir Mountains’. Deleted ‘at the front of this book ’. Replaced ‘Dahir pass’ with ‘Dahir Pass’. Replaced ‘Drakkar warrior’ with ‘Drakkarim warrior’ to reflect standard usage.

  (344) Replaced ‘yellow and’ with ‘yellow, and’. Replaced ‘herb, and’ with ‘herb and’.

  (345) Replaced ‘hand, and’ with ‘hand and’. Replaced ‘is another arch and a staircase’ with ‘are another arch and a staircase’.

  (347) Replaced ‘below but’ with ‘below, but’. Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

  (349) Replaced ‘terror and’ with ‘terror, and’.

  (350) Added ‘Erase the Sommerswerd from your Action Chart’.

  (351) Replaced ‘semi-circle’ with ‘semicircle’.

  (352) Replaced ‘place, and’ with ‘place and’.

  (353) Replaced ‘Cryptspawn’ with ‘Crypt Spawn’. Replaced ‘fire but’ with ‘fire, but’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

  (354) Replaced ‘deck but’ with ‘deck, but’. Replaced ‘bang’ with ‘bang’.

  (355) Replaced ‘If the fight lasts longer’ with ‘If you win and the fight lasts longer’.

  (357) Deleted the words ‘forgets about his scattered gold and’ from the third sentence. (See the erratum for section 295.) Replaced ‘combat, and’ with ‘combat and’.

  (361) Replaced ‘boomsail’ with ‘boom-sail’. Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

  (362) Replaced both occurrences of ‘Jala’ with ‘jala’. Replaced ‘Jala, or’ with ‘jala or’.

  (366) Replaced ‘drawbolt’ with ‘bolt’. Replaced ‘death blow’ with ‘death-blow’.

  (370) Replaced ‘stranger, and’ with ‘stranger and’. Replaced ‘falls to zero’ with ‘falls to zero or below’. Replaced ‘points to zero’ with ‘points to zero or below’.

  (371) Replaced ‘sky-ship’ with ‘skyship’. Replaced ‘bang’ with ‘bang’.

  (372) Replaced ‘drawbolt’ with ‘bolt’.

  (374) Replaced ‘happening, you’ with ‘happening; you’. Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘sky-ship’ with ‘skyship’. Replaced ‘sky-ship and’ with ‘skyship, and’.

  (375) Replaced ‘blow, and’ with ‘blow and’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

  (376) Replaced ‘white-washed’ with ‘whitewashed’.

  (377) Replaced ‘turn round’ with ‘turn around’.

  (380) Replaced ‘helm but’ with ‘helm, but’. Replaced ‘bo'sun’ with ‘Bo'sun’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption. Replaced ‘Drakkar riders’ with ‘Drakkarim riders’ in both the section text and the illustration's caption to reflect standard usage.

  (382) Replaced the choice at the end of this section to match those in Section 288. Replaced ‘If you possess a Crystal Star Pendant’ with ‘If you have ever been given a Crystal Star Pendant’ in harmony with the Collector's Edition.

  (384) Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

  (385) Replaced ‘seering’ with ‘searing’.

  (386) Moved the Tracking choice into the first position.

  (389) Deleted the words ‘forgets about his gold and’ from the second sentence. (See the erratum for section 295.) Replaced ‘pen, combat’ with ‘pen; combat’. Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

  (388) Replaced ‘Armourer's Quarter’ with ‘Armourers' Quarter’.

  (389) Replaced ‘combat, and’ with ‘combat and’.

  (390) Replaced ‘flame, is’ with ‘flame is’.

  (392) Replaced the last choice to read ‘7 or above’ instead of ‘above 7’ in order to avoid the ambiguous situation of having picked 7. Replaced ‘Savant add’ with ‘Savant, add’.

  (394) Replaced ‘madman, as’ with ‘madman as’. Replaced ‘mass of writhing insects tumble’ with ‘mass of writhing insects tumbles’.

  (395) Replaced ‘it, and’ with ‘it and’. Replaced ‘beneath it, and come’ with ‘beneath it and come’. Replaced ‘crackle and splutter’ with ‘crackle and sputter’.

  (396) Moved the Sixth Sense choice into the first position. Replaced ‘spirals stairs’ with ‘spiral stairs’.

  (397) Added ‘(only if you have heard that name before)’ since you will not have heard the name Soushilla unless you cured the vaxeler in Section 356.

  (399) Replaced ‘Alas I’ with ‘Alas, I’.

  (400) Added ‘(If you lost the Sommerswerd in the confrontation with the Darklord, you may now retrieve it.)’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption. Replaced ‘Lone Wolf series’ with ‘Lone Wolf series’. Replaced ‘peaceful as’ with ‘peaceful, as’.

  (Combat Rules Summary) Replaced ‘cross reference’ with ‘cross-reference’. Replaced ‘top of chart’ with ‘top of the chart’. Replaced ‘fall to 0’ with ‘falls to 0 or below’. Replaced ‘Pick number from’ with ‘Pick a number from the’. Replaced ‘Turn to Combat’ with ‘Turn to the Combat’. Replaced ‘to random number’ with ‘to the random number’. Replaced ‘when ENDURANCE’ with ‘when the ENDURANCE’. Replaced ‘ignored, only’ with ‘ignored; only’.

  Note on Standard Usage

  Quite a number of contributors to Project Aon have reported inconsistencies regarding the use of words such as Drakkar across the series. After much research into the usage of Drakkar/Drakkarim, Nadziran/Nadziranim, and Ligan/Liganim across the books, we have decided to standardise the usage of the words in the following ways, which represent majority usage:

  noun (s.): Drakkar

  noun (pl.): Drakkarim

  adj: Drakkarim

  noun (s.): Nadziran

  noun (pl.): Nadziranim

  adj: Nadziranim

  noun (s.): Ligan

  noun (pl.): Liganim

  adj: Liganim

  All of the other words ending in -im either already conform to these rules (i.e. gazim, kuzim, lajakim, rekenarim, Sharnazim, and Tefarim) or cannot be conclusively tied to Darkland languages (e.g. Ghagrim).

  Footnotes

  [1] (Section 20) Restore half of any ENDURANCE points that you lose (fractions rounded down) during this combat if you win or evade (note what happens if you lose).

  [2] (Section 31) Note that you do not need any of your own Torches to use the Tinderbox in this case.

  [3] (Section 56) You may record the Jakan on your Action Chart as a Weapon. Although you may not use it in this adventure, it may be of use to you in the future.

  [4] (Section 58) The section corresponding to the correct answer will have a footnote confirming that it is indeed correct. If you choose the wrong section, then turn to Section 98. You do not get a second guess.

  [5] (Section 67) This section is the correct answer for the Cloeasian combination lock from Section 58.

  [6] (Section 135) Restore half of any ENDURANCE points that you lose (fractions rounded down) during this combat if you win (note what happens if you lose).

  [7] (Section 239) You may only use Graveweed in its Tincture form in this case (you may not use a concentrated potion if you have one).

  [8] (Section 331) To solve this puzzle you will need to use the Map of the Empire of Vassagonia with the
code instructions in mind before coming back to this section. The section corresponding to the correct answer will have a footnote confirming that it is indeed correct. If you do not see this footnote at the bottom, you have chosen the wrong section. Come back to this section, reconsider the code and make your selection again, repeating the process until you turn to the correct section.

  [9] (Section 373) This section is the correct answer to the code in Section 331.

  Table of Illustrations

  The following is a list of all Sections containing illustrations found in this book:

  Primary Illustrations

  Illustration I (Section 12)

  Illustration II (Section 20)

  Illustration III (Section 54)

  Illustration IV (Section 64)

  Illustration V (Section 90)

  Illustration VI (Section 106)

  Illustration VII (Section 123)

  Illustration VIII (Section 135)

  Illustration IX (Section 143)

  Illustration X (Section 162)

  Illustration XI (Section 177)

  Illustration XII (Section 190)

  Illustration XIII (Section 216)

  Illustration XIV (Section 223)

  Illustration XV (Section 253)

  Illustration XVI (Section 264)

  Illustration XVII (Section 285)

  Illustration XVIII (Section 306)

  Illustration XIX (Section 323)

  Illustration XX (Section 343)

  Illustration XXI (Section 353)

  Illustration XXII (Section 375)

  Illustration XXIII (Section 380)

  Illustration XXIV (Section 400)

  The Empire of Vassagonia

  Action Chart

  Secondary Illustrations

  Equipment

  Kai Disciplines

  Section 1

  Section 24

  Section 27

  Section 44

  Section 56

  Section 83

  Section 88

  Section 99

  Section 121

  Section 140

  Section 149

  Section 154

  Section 206

  Section 241

  Section 247

  Section 279

  Section 320

  Section 337

  Project Aon License

  21 August 2009

  0. Preamble

  Joe Dever, author of the Lone Wolf game books, and Ian Page, author of the World of Lone Wolf books are providing certain of their works for free (gratis) download from the internet. Rob Adams, Paul Bonner, Gary Chalk, Melvyn Grant, Richard Hook, Peter Andrew Jones, Cyril Julien, Peter Lyon, Trevor Newton, Peter Parr, Graham Round, and Brian Williams are similarly offering the illustrations that they did for these books. This license is intended to protect the rights of the authors and the illustrators, grant rights to their readers, and preserve the quality of the books distributed in this way.

  By viewing or downloading the books or the illustrations, you agree to refrain from redistributing them in any format for any reason. This is intended to protect readers from getting poor quality, unofficial versions or from being asked for payment in exchange for the books by someone who is redistributing them unofficially.

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  1. Definitions

  1.0

  ‘License’ shall hereafter refer to this document.

  1.1

  ‘Authors’ shall hereafter refer to Joe Dever, Ian Page, and Gary Chalk, copyright holders for the literary works covered by this license. Where Joe Dever, Ian Page, or Gary Chalk is mentioned singly, they will be referred to by name.

  1.2

  ‘Illustrators’ shall hereafter refer to Rob Adams, copyright holder of portions of The Magnamund Companion; Paul Bonner, holder of the copyrights for the illustrations of the World of Lone Wolf books; Gary Chalk, holder of the copyrights for the illustrations of Lone Wolf books one through eight counted inclusively, holder of the copyrights of portions of The Magnamund Companion, and holder of the copyrights for The Lone Wolf Poster Painting Book; Melvyn Grant, holder of the copyrights for the illustrations of Freeway Warrior 1: Highway Holocaust; Richard Hook, copyright holder of portions of The Magnamund Companion; Peter Andrew Jones, copyright holder for the illustrations used in the Lone Wolf 10th Anniversary Calendar; Cyril Julien, copyright holder of portions of The Skull of Agarash; Peter Lyon, copyright holder of portions of The Magnamund Companion; Trevor Newton, copyright holder of the illustrations of Voyage of the Moonstone; Peter Parr, copyright holder of the illustrations of Black Baron and White Warlord, Emerald Enchanter and Scarlet Sorcerer; Graham Round, copyright holder of portions of The Magnamund Companion; and Brian Williams, holder of the copyrights for the illustrations of Lone Wolf books nine through twenty-eight counted inclusively with the exception of the illustrations for book twenty-one, The Voyage of the Moonstone, holder of the copyrights of portions of The Skull of Agarash, and holder of the copyrights for the illustrations of books two through four, counted inclusively, of the Freeway Warrior series. Where Paul Bonner, Gary Chalk, Melvyn Grant, Richard Hook, Peter Andrew Jones, Cyril Julien, Peter Lyon, Trevor Newton, Peter Parr Graham Round, or Brian Williams is mentioned singly, they will be referred to by name.

  1.3

  ‘Internet’ shall hereafter refer to any means of transferring information electronically between two or more ‘Licensees’. (The term ‘Licensee’ is defined in Section 1.5 of the License)

  1.4

  ‘Internet Editions’ shall hereafter refer to the document or documents, any parts thereof or derivative works thereof (including translations) made available to the public under the terms of this License via the Internet. The term ‘Internet Editions’ is limited to the electronic transcription of certain text and illustrations by the Authors and Illustrators respectively as listed hereafter.

  The following are the works written by Joe Dever which are being offered in English and Spanish under the terms of this license:

  Flight from the Dark;

  © 1984 Joe Dever and Gary Chalk.

  Fire on the Water;

  © 1984 Joe Dever and Gary Chalk.

  The Caverns of Kalte;

  © 1984 Joe Dever and Gary Chalk.

  The Chasm of Doom;

  © 1985 Joe Dever and Gary Chalk.

  Shadow on the Sand;

  © 1985 Joe Dever and Gary Chalk.

  The Kingdoms of Terror;

  © 1985 Joe Dever and Gary Chalk.

  Castle Death;

  © 1986 Joe Dever and Gary Chalk.

  The Jungle of Horrors;

  © 1987 Joe Dever and Gary Chalk.

  The Cauldron of Fear;

  © 1987 Joe Dever.

  The Dungeons of Torgar;

  © 1987 Joe Dever.

  The Prisoners of Time;

  © 1987 Joe Dever.

  The Masters of Darkness;

  © 1988 Joe Dever.

  The Plague Lords of Ruel;

  © 1990, 1992 Joe Dever.

  The Captives of Kaag;

  © 1991 Joe Dever.

  The Darke Crusade;

  © 1991, 1993 Joe Dever.

  The Legacy of Vashna;

  © 1991, 1993 Joe Dever.

  The Deathlord of Ixia;

  © 1992, 1994 Joe Dever.

  Dawn of the Dragons;

  © 1992 Joe Dever.

  Wolf's Bane;

  © 1993, 1995 Joe Dever.

  The Curse of Naar;

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p; © 1993, 1996 Joe Dever.

  Voyage of the Moonstone;

  © 1994 Joe Dever.

  The Buccaneers of Shadaki;

  © 1994 Joe Dever.

  Mydnight's Hero;

  © 1995 Joe Dever.

  Rune War;

  © 1995 Joe Dever.

  Trail of the Wolf;

  © 1997 Joe Dever.

  The Fall of Blood Mountain;

  © 1997 Joe Dever.

  Vampirium;

  © 1998 Joe Dever.

  The Hunger of Sejanoz;

  © 1998 Joe Dever.

  The Magnamund Companion;

  © 1986 Joe Dever.

  Freeway Warrior 1: Highway Holocaust;

  © 1988 Joe Dever.

  Freeway Warrior 2: Slaughter Mountain Run;

  © 1988 Joe Dever.

  Freeway Warrior 3: The Omega Zone;

  © 1989 Joe Dever.

  Freeway Warrior 4: California Countdown;

  © 1989 Joe Dever.

  Black Baron;

  © 1986 Joe Dever.

  White Warlord;

  © 1986 Joe Dever.

  Emerald Enchanter;

  © 1986 Joe Dever.

  Scarlet Sorcerer;

  © 1986 Joe Dever.

  The following are the works written by Ian Page which are being offered in English under the terms of this license:

  Grey Star the Wizard;

  © 1985 Ian Page.

  The Forbidden City;

  © 1986 Ian Page.

  Beyond the Nightmare Gate;

  © 1986 Ian Page.

  War of the Wizards;

  © 1986 Ian Page.

  The illustrations created by Rob Adams for the following book are part of the illustrations being offered under the terms of this License: