Free The Eye of Winter's Fury by Michael J. Ward

belt.
    Before you have a chance to react, the creature rushes towards you, its bare feet splashing through the muddy puddles. Gripped by panic, you try to run but the creature is too fast for you, barrelling into your side and taking you both tumbling to the ground. Luckily, you manage to untangle yourself from its flailing limbs, twisting aside in the nick of time to avoid the thrust of the dagger. When it tries to stab you again, you catch the creature’s wrist in your hands, looking to turn the blade away from yourself and back against your assailant. It is time to fight:
Speed
Brawn
Armour
Health
Fengle
1
0
0
8
    If you manage to defeat the Fengle, remember to restore your health then turn to 73 .
    35
    It will take you seven turns to climb to the top of the tree (Five turns if you have ice hooks .). In each turn Ratatosk throws an acorn, aiming for the hungry mouths below you. You must take a challenge test for each acorn (note: if Leif is with you, he will aid you in destroying the acorns – add 2 to your dice result for each challenge.):
 
Speed
Nutcracker
15
    If you are successful you have managed to smash the acorn, stopping it from feeding the growth. If you fail, the acorn lands in one of the growth’s mouths, making the plant grow even larger. Repeat until one of the following occurs:
    If you miss three acorns in total, turn to 159 . If you reach the top of the tree (after seven/five turns), turn to 597 .
    36
    Skoll leads the charge, an axe in one hand, magic lighting the other – chopping and blasting through the bodies that block his way. Behind him Anise hollers a defiant cry, swinging her sword to sever heads from bodies, clipping limbs and frozen weapons, leaving a trail of ice and writhing corpses in her wake.
    And then there is Maune. A glowing beacon of holiness. The heat from his scripted body sears through the statues’ ice armour, exposing their decayed flesh to his brutal strikes. Each movement of his blade, each cut and thrust, leaves another corpse burning, consumed by white flame. Turn to 761 .
    37
    As you close with the wolf, you notice a series of deep cuts around the beast’s throat and torso. Evidently the inquisitor made good use of your sword, weakening your savage opponent and buying you a valuable advantage in the coming battle. It is time to fight:
 
Speed
Brawn
Armour
Health
Alpha
0
1
0
15

 
Special abilities
Pack leader : The alpha rerolls allresults, accepting the result of the reroll.
Wounded : At the end of each combat round, the alpha must lose 1 health from the wounds that it has already suffered.
 
 
 
If you manage to defeat this powerful predator, turn to 298 .
    38
    With the spectral guardian defeated, you may now help yourself to one of the following rewards:
Mammoth mitts
Graven might
Stolen thunder
(gloves)
(cloak)
(talisman)
+1 speed +2 magic
+1 speed +2 magic
+1 speed +4 health
Ability: insulated, heal
Ability: curse
Ability: windblast
    When you have updated your hero sheet, turn to 339 .
    39
    The sides of the shaft are pitted with holes and crevices – providing just enough foot- and handholds to make the climb. However, navigating the circular tunnel will not be easy, as you will need to spread your weight between the narrow walls as you push yourself higher up the shaft.
    To reach the top, you will need to complete a speed or brawn challenge, using whichever attribute is highest:
 
Speed/Brawn
Risky ascent
9
    If you are successful, turn to 83 . If you fail, then turn to 323 .
    40
    You stand over the last of the downed creatures, its strange bulbous brain flickering with magic. Teeth gritted, you drive your weapons through the bloated flesh, turning your head as a bright spray of fluid fountains into the air.
    Caul leans on his spear, forcing a grin past his pained exhaustion. ‘Those things have been hounding me for days. Never thought I’d see the last of them. I offer you my thanks, friend.’
    You kneel next to the creatures’ remains. ‘If it’s all