| 345 As you gaze northwards you can see the power building in the storm. For some time it has held off, great towers of cloud crowding together in a line, but now it moves in your direction. Even from this distance you can see arcs of lightning jumping between the clouds and hitting the unprotected earth below. After a time rolls of distant thunder rumble through the air, underlining the fact that this storm will do all in its power to harm the unprotected. Within the hour it will hit and you will have to find shelter before it does. Finding shelter should not be difficult though. There are a number of abandoned buildings further to the west that will provide you with protection, however you must also make as much distance as possible before the storm arrives. Tempests such as these can be murderous, this you know from long experience, but they can also be relatively short. If you can stay beyond the storm for as long as possible it should not delay you unduly. With one eye on the worsening weather you ride on, Pallenten a magic carpet skimming the grasslands and devouring the leagues before you effortlessly. With the great horse on a westerly course you find the marshes retreating to the north. Overhead the sky has darkened to gloom and a solid wall of rain and mist is advancing straight towards you. Looking around you see an abandoned cattle shed nestled between two old gnarled trees. It still has a roof and sturdy walls.
| Do you wish to shelter here? If you do turn to section 317. If you would like to try and find something better further to the west turn to section 351.
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