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Dragonlance -- Mary Kirchoff - Kendermore
Atec Март 01 2008 15:16:58
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Peering closely at the numbers and shapes scribbled on the upper
left corner of each, he finally selected one and unfurled it on the
ground. It was slightly faded and the corners were torn, but otherwise
the map was in good shape and readable. "That's odd," Tas said,
blinking at the page. "Solace isn't on here. Well, it's a small
village, and everyone knows where it is," he concluded. "It's just
west of Xak Tsaroth, which is marked. He traced his finger from that
city to where he knew Solace was.
"Now, I'll bet you came up the Southway Road from Pax Tharkas,
right? Everyone does." Gisella nodded, studying the map over his
shoulder.
"Look at this." Tasslehoff drew an invisible line to the right
edge of the map. "The region of Balifor is almost seven hundred miles
straight east of here, and that's right next to the city of
Kendermore. We'll have to climb a few mountains and travel through
some thick forests, but we should save a lot of time over going the
long way to the south." He did some quick figuring in his head. "If we
really hurry, we should be able to make it to the city in near to a
month."
Something about the plan bothered Gisella. "Let me see that,"
she said, indicating the map, her expression puzzled. "I know what's
different! I don't see any of the landmarks here that were on my other
map."
"Was it made by a kender?" Tas asked. She shook her head. "Well,
that's it, then," Tas said definitively. "Kender often use their own
sorts of landmarks, symbols, and elaborate measurements
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