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Suddenly, you see Ashur’s foot fly out from under him and he starts to go down. Tarquin manages to grab his arm just in time, yanking him back from what turns out to be the edge of a huge, deep pit. His hat, however, is not so lucky, and—jolted from his head by the near miss—goes spiraling down into the shadows.

Cautiously leaning over the edge, you peer down into the chasm and realize that the pit is even bigger than you thought… and that it’s full of darkspawn.

“There must be a whole army of them down there,” you whisper.

Ashur’s hat reaches the bottom and every darkspawn near it dives for it.

“And they have my hat,” he agrees sadly.

“We’ve got to get it back,” says Tarquin.

Ashur, who is still staring down into the pit, says, “There’s no way.”

“Well, we can’t just leave all these darkspawn here,” says Tarquin and elbows you. “Come on. Back me up.”

• To abandon the hat and run, turn to page 52.
• To sacrifice the hat and blast the pit with magic, turn to page 54.
• To save the hat at any cost, turn to page 56.