| 18 Not wishing to burden yourself with any more equipment you decide to try your luck and leave the lantern behind. Peering into the gathering darkness ahead you continue slowly northwards up the hall. You do not go far before you hear the disciplined tramping of heavy boots behind you. It is the unmistakable sound of a large band of creatures moving quickly from the Imperial Entrance, and they are moving directly towards your position in the Hall. Hampered by the darkness you scramble into the piles of nameless rubbish looking for a hiding spot. As the patrol gets closer you start to sweat, it is well known that all creatures of the Horde can see effectively in the dark. You do not relish the thought of fighting a large group of them under these conditions. It is not your idea of a fair fight. Just as you believe that you are about to be discovered you find a place of concealment behind a discarded metal drum. The remnants of the drums contents smell putrid of decay but you are glad for the opportunity to hide. Hardly breathing, laying motionless as the band passes, you recognise them as Hresh warriors, the dull green glow of their eyes in the darkness instantly identifiable as they scan every part of the Hall on their patrol. You do not dare move again until the Hresh patrol has passed into the gloom and the sound of their footsteps has gone. Getting up from the floor you wipe a layer of greasy clinging liquid from your chest and determine that a light of some sort is necessary. If you come across any of the Hordim again, you think, it would be better that you could at least see them. Using the faint glow of the entranceway far behind, you pick your way back to the pile of lanterns and torches and kneel to pick the lantern up.
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