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Still, Chanc's beard grew in the Hylar manner, and it
did not displease him that it made him look as though he
were standing sturdy and proud, facing down a strong
wind.
The Valley of the Thanes, noblest place in all of Thor-
bardin, Chane had seen only once. He wondered briefly
if the supposed "secret way" could lead there. The valley
was sacred to the dwarves, for it contained a magical
floating tomb - final resting place of the great King Dun-
can, some said. And the tomb of Grallen, which lay
nearby on the lakeshore, was, after all, the only place in
Thorbardin that was open to the sky. Yet the only ac-
cesses to the Valley of the Thanes were three roads from
within Thorbardin itself. And certainly if there were the
slightest passage-point through the Guardian Walls,
somebody within would have noticed it.
Not the Valley of the Thanes then, Chane decided.
And not Southgate, which was the common entrance
to Thorbardin since the Cataclysm, nor likely the mostly
abandoned Northgate, with its shattered portal ledge.
Northgate might be unused, Chane told himself, but it's
not undefended. It was equipped for the same impenetra-
ble defenses as Southgate.
Possibly some long-forgotten tunnel or shielded pass
breaking through into one of the warrens, or one of the
lower cities? Kiar, Theiwar
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