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(
116
) Replaced ‘a Liganim, dressed’ with ‘a Ligan, dressed’ to reflect
standard usage
.

(
117
) Replaced ‘The western face’ with ‘The eastern face’ since you cannot be facing the eastern side of the range yet, and if there were any question of whether you might be looking at a northern or even a north-eastern face,
Section 137
definitely states that you are heading
west
through the pass. Replaced ‘skill, or’ with ‘skill or’. Replaced ‘Kai training’ with ‘Magnakai training’.

(
118
) Replaced ‘bow, or’ with ‘Bow or’. Replaced ‘bow and’ with ‘Bow and’.

(
119
) Replaced ‘
‘Shez dot got!’
’ with ‘
‘Shez dok tot!’
’ as the original does not seem to make any sense. Replaced ‘bow’ with ‘Bow’. Replaced ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’. Replaced ‘Just then the first of his troops appear at the rail’ with ‘As you shoulder your Bow, the first of his troops appear at the rail’ (cf.
Errata for Section 347
).

(
120
) Replaced ‘Mentora or more’ with ‘Mentora or higher’. Replaced ‘a Liganim armed’ with ‘a Ligan armed’ to reflect
standard usage
. Replaced ‘Curing, and’ with ‘Curing and’. Replaced ‘skill, or’ with ‘skill or’. Replaced ‘Kai training’ with ‘Magnakai training’.

(
121
) Replaced ‘Nexus, and’ with ‘Nexus and’. Replaced ‘skill, or’ with ‘skill or’. Replaced ‘Kai training’ with ‘Magnakai training’.

(
124
) Replaced ‘blood-lust’ with ‘bloodlust’.

(
125
) Replaced ‘Principalin or more’ with ‘Principalin or higher’. Replaced ‘Kaltesee’ with ‘Kaltersee’. Replaced ‘skill, or’ with ‘skill or’. Replaced ‘Kai training’ with ‘Magnakai training’.

(
126
) Replaced ‘Jeg tok! Tok narg’ with ‘Jeg dok! Dok narg’ since
tok
means ‘[to] open’ while
dok
means ‘he/him’.

(
128
) Replaced ‘
‘Shez dot got!’
’ with ‘
‘Shez dok tot!’
’ as the original does not seem to make any sense. Replaced ‘hesitates, then’ with ‘hesitates, and then’. Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’. Replaced ‘Drakkar leader’ with ‘Drakkarim leader’ to reflect
standard usage
.

(
129
) Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

(
131
) Replaced ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’. Replaced ‘arrows and’ with ‘Arrows and’.

(
132
) Replaced ‘summit, then’ with ‘summit, and then’. Replaced ‘water, then’ with ‘water, and then’.

(
134
) Replaced ‘Darkland's’ with ‘Darklands' ’.

(
135
) Replaced ‘bow skill’ with ‘bow-skill’. Replaced ‘bow’ with ‘Bow’.

(
138
) Replaced ‘youself’ with ‘yourself’. Replaced ‘backpack’ with ‘Backpack’. Replaced ‘face, then’ with ‘face, and then’. Replaced ‘service, and’ with ‘service and’.

(
140
) Replaced ‘leave, then’ with ‘leave, and then’.

(
142
) Replaced ‘gold braided’ with ‘gold-braided’.

(
143
) Replaced ‘semi-circular’ with ‘semicircular’.

(
144
) Replaced ‘Mentora or more’ with ‘Mentora or higher’. Replaced ‘click’ with ‘
click
’. Replaced ‘Animal Control, and’ with ‘Animal Control and’. Replaced ‘skill, or’ with ‘skill or’. Replaced ‘Kai training’ with ‘Magnakai training’.

(
145
) Replaced ‘the
Random Number Table
). Also, the’ with ‘the
Random Number Table
. Also, the’. Added ‘(This loss of
ENDURANCE
is permanent.)’ in harmony with the Collector's Edition.

(
146
) Replaced ‘bow and’ with ‘Bow and’. Replaced ‘bow, or’ with ‘Bow or’. Replaced ‘Drakkar warrior’ with ‘Drakkarim warrior’ to reflect
standard usage
.

(
148
) Replaced ‘
‘Sez dot got!’
’ with ‘
‘Shez dok tot!’
’ as the original does not seem to make any sense. Replaced ‘Drakkar officer’ with ‘Drakkarim officer’ to reflect
standard usage
.

(
150
) Replaced ‘fireswept’ with ‘fire-swept’. Replaced ‘it is their pain, not their bodies, that feed’ with ‘it is their pain, not their bodies, that feeds’. Replaced ‘ice-cold’ with ‘ice cold’.

(
153
) Replaced ‘much-needed’ with ‘much needed’. Replaced ‘death-throes, then’ with ‘death-throes, and then’.

(
154
) Replaced ‘backpack’ with ‘Backpack’. Replaced ‘albeit it reluctantly’ with ‘albeit reluctantly’. Replaced ‘This particular Liganim’ with ‘This particular Ligan’ to reflect
standard usage
. Replaced ‘Drakkar armour’ with ‘Drakkarim armour’ to reflect
standard usage
.

(
157
) Replaced ‘zig-zags’ with ‘zigzags’.

(
158
) Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

(
159
) Replaced ‘discipline’ with ‘Discipline’. Replaced ‘either (or both) the Bronin Vest or the Silver Bracers, mark’ with ‘either the Bronin Vest or the Silver Bracers (or both), mark’. Added ‘It may be worn with a Padded Leather Waistcoat, but not with a Chainmail Waistcoat.’ in harmony with the Collector's Edition.

(
160
) Replaced ‘imposter’ with ‘impostor’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Liganim’ with ‘Ligan’ and ‘Liganim's’ with ‘Ligan's’ to reflect
standard usage
.

(
161
) Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

(
162
) Reordered the choices at the end of the section. Replaced ‘ Kika, and wish’ with ‘Kika (Gold Crowns or Lune may not be used in lieu of Kika in this instance) and wish’ in harmony with the Collector's Edition.

(
163
) Replaced ‘bow’ with ‘Bow’. Replaced ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’. Replaced ‘Drakkar warrior’ with ‘Drakkarim warrior’ to reflect
standard usage
.

(
165
) Replaced ‘skill, or’ with ‘skill or’. Replaced ‘Kai training’ with ‘Magnakai training’.

(
166
) Replaced ‘hard pressed’ with ‘hard-pressed’. Replaced ‘god Kai’ with ‘God Kai’. Replaced ‘freelands’ with ‘Freelands’. Replaced ‘blockade, then’ with ‘blockade, and then’.

(
167
) Replaced ‘eyes, then’ with ‘eyes, and then’.

(
168
) Replaced ‘Scion-kai or more’ with ‘Scion-kai or higher’. Replaced ‘skill, or’ with ‘skill or’. Replaced ‘Psi-screen, and’ with ‘Psi-screen and’. Replaced ‘Kai training’ with ‘Magnakai training’.

(
169
) Replaced ‘Pathmanship’ with ‘Pathsmanship’. Replaced ‘Shadaegina’ with ‘Shada egina’. While
shadaegina
could conceivably mean ‘sea-soldiers (i.e. marines)’ the ‘ae’ juxtaposition seems very awkward and the most parsimonious explanation for this phrase is a simple typo in the book.

(
170
) Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption. Replaced ‘Sommerswerd, and’ with ‘Sommerswerd and’.

(
174
) Replaced ‘zig-zags’ with ‘zigzags’.

(
176
) Replaced ‘sword, Helshezag, and’ with ‘sword Helshezag and’. Replaced ‘Zejar-deluga’ with ‘Zejar-dulaga’. Replaced ‘bow’ with ‘Bow’. Replaced ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’. Replaced ‘Sommerswerd, and’ with ‘Sommerswerd and’.

(
177
) Replaced ‘discipline’ with ‘Discipline’.

(
178
) Replaced ‘Control, and have’ with ‘Control and have’.

(
179
) Replaced ‘Were you to take this item, it is possible that it could detonate and kill you at any time.’ with ‘If you decide to take this item, it is possible that it could detonate and kill you at any time.’ in harmony with the Collector's Edition.

(
180
) Replaced ‘Kaltesee’ with ‘Kaltersee’.

(
181
) Replaced ‘Pathmanship’ with ‘Pathsmanship’. Replaced ‘Kaltesee’ with ‘Kaltersee’.

(
183
) Replaced ‘icy-cold’ with ‘icy cold’. Replaced ‘gulley’ with ‘gully’. Replaced ‘throughly’ with ‘thoroughly’. Replaced ‘fatigue and’ with ‘fatigue, and’. Replaced ‘Kaltesee’ with ‘Kaltersee’.

(
184
) Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption. Replaced ‘the name of the Liganim’ with ‘the name of the Ligan’ to reflect
standard usage
. Replaced ‘Ak nart gug?’ with ‘Stak nart gug?’ since Ak means
red
and Stak means
orange
. Replaced ‘Kika and wish’ with ‘Kika (Gold Crowns or Lune may not be used in lieu of Kika in this instance) and wish’ in harmony with the Collector's Edition. Replaced ‘Kika, or’ with ‘Kika or’.

(
185
) Replaced ‘wavers, then’ with ‘wavers; then’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’. Replaced ‘withdraw, then’ with ‘withdraw, and then’. Replaced ‘wall, then’ with ‘wall, and then’.

(
186
) Replaced ‘bow skill’ with ‘bow-skill’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘bow’ with ‘Bow’.

(
187
) Added ‘The Zejar-dulaga occupies the same space in your Quiver as a normal Arrow. If you have 6 Arrows, you may discard one in favour of the Zejar-dulaga.’ in harmony with the Collector's Edition.

(
188
) Replaced ‘Principalin or more’ with ‘Principalin or higher’. Replaced ‘Drakkar officer’ with ‘Drakkarim officer’ to reflect
standard usage
. Replaced ‘Curing, or’ with ‘Curing or’. Replaced ‘skill, or’ with ‘skill or’. Replaced ‘Kai training’ with ‘Magnakai training’.

(
189
) Replaced ‘elite’ with ‘élite’. Replaced ‘imposter’ with ‘impostor’. Replaced ‘Drakkar warrior’ with ‘Drakkarim warrior’ to reflect
standard usage
.

(
190
) Replaced ‘Sommerswerd, and’ with ‘Sommerswerd and’. Replaced ‘Item, or’ with ‘Item or’.

(
191
) Replaced ‘skill, or’ with ‘skill or’. Replaced ‘Kai training’ with ‘Magnakai training’.

(
193
) Replaced ‘bow’ with ‘Bow’. Replaced ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’. Replaced ‘Sommerswerd, and’ with ‘Sommerswerd and’. Replaced ‘Item, or’ with ‘Item or’.

(
194
) Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’. Replaced ‘Drakkar sailor’ with ‘Drakkarim sailor’ and ‘Drakkar Sailor’ with ‘Drakkarim Sailor’ to reflect
standard usage
.

(
196
) Replaced the second and third occurrences of ‘Argazad’ with ‘Aarnak’ — surely the naval base (Argazad) doesn't supply itself.

(
197
) Replaced ‘Divination, and’ with ‘Divination and’. Replaced ‘skill, or’ with ‘skill or’. Replaced ‘Kai training’ with ‘Magnakai training’.

(
200
) Replaced ‘elite’ with ‘élite’. Replaced ‘Principalin or more’ with ‘Principalin or higher’. Replaced ‘Scion-kai or more’ with ‘Scion-kai or higher’. Replaced ‘newly constructed’ with ‘newly-constructed’. Added ‘(If you only possess the Kai Discipline of Hunting — not Huntmastery — you may no longer hunt for food as you venture deeper into the Darklands.)’ in harmony with the Collector's Edition. Replaced ‘Psi-surge, and’ with ‘Psi-surge and’. Replaced ‘Invisibility, and’ with ‘Invisibility and’.

(
206
) Merged the second and third paragraph. Replaced ‘Primate or more’ with ‘Primate or higher’.

(
209
) Replaced ‘a third arrow’ with ‘another arrow’, since if you arrive here from
Section 321
instead of
Section 53
, the Drakkarim assassin will have fired only one arrow rather than two. Replaced ‘Kaltesee’ with ‘Kaltersee’.

(
210
) Replaced ‘eventaully’ with ‘eventually’. Replaced ‘Principalin or more’ with ‘Principalin or higher’. Replaced ‘Divination, and’ with ‘Divination and’. Replaced ‘skill, or’ with ‘skill or’. Replaced ‘Or, you can’ with ‘Or you can’. Replaced ‘Kai training’ with ‘Magnakai training’.

(
211
) Replaced ‘Weapons list’ with ‘
Weapons List
’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’.

(
212
) Replaced ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’.

(
213
) Replaced ‘Drakkar Marines Officer’ with ‘Drakkarim Marine Officer’ and ‘Drakkar officer’ with ‘Drakkarim officer’ to reflect
standard usage
.

(
214
) Replaced ‘vibrate, then’ with ‘vibrate, and then’. Replaced ‘power of the the’ with ‘power of the’. Replaced ‘vapourized’ with ‘vapourised’.

(
216
) Replaced ‘Darklord Kraagenskûl, rises’ with ‘Darklord Kraagenskûl rises’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

(
217
) Replaced ‘blood-stained’ with ‘bloodstained’. Replaced ‘foam, then’ with ‘foam, and then’. Replaced ‘Kaltesee’ with ‘Kaltersee’.

(
221
) Reordered the choices at the end of the section. Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’. Replaced ‘Kika, and wish’ with ‘Kika (Gold Crowns or Lune may not be used in lieu of Kika in this instance) and wish’ in harmony with the Collector's Edition.

(
222
) Replaced ‘Scion-kai or more’ with ‘Scion-kai or higher’. Replaced ‘Drakkar dagger’ with ‘Drakkarim dagger’ to reflect
standard usage
. Replaced ‘Invisibility, and’ with ‘Invisibility and’. Replaced ‘skill, or’ with ‘skill or’. Replaced ‘Kai training’ with ‘Magnakai training’.

(
223
) Replaced ‘Drakkar warriors’ with ‘Drakkarim warriors’ to reflect
standard usage
.

(
224
) Replaced ‘sixth sense’ with ‘Sixth Sense’. Replaced ‘Drakkar marine’ with ‘Drakkarim marine’ and ‘Drakkar Marine’ with ‘Drakkarim Marine’ to reflect
standard usage
.

(
226
) Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption. Replaced ‘The black tendril retreats’ with ‘With bated breath, you wait for the creature to appear, fearful yet confident that your skill will put paid to the hostile intentions of this malodorous cave-dweller.

‘The tip of a thin, snaky limb rises from the abyss and glides slowly across the ground towards your legs. Its skin is smooth and dark, like black velvet, and it moves with alarming speed.

‘Suddenly the black tendril retreats’, copied and adapted from
Section 103
. Without this extensive revision, mention of the black tendril appears from nowhere, creating a large continuity issue.

(
227
) Replaced ‘over, then’ with ‘over, and then’. Replaced ‘guards in the watchtower, or the’ with ‘guards in the watchtower or the’.

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