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If you have the codeword Assassin, turn to 50 immediately. If not, read on.

If you have just arrived in Yellowport, tick the first empty box above (use a pencil). The boxes are a record of the number of times you have visited the city. If this is your fourth visit, turn to 273. If you have visited the city fewer than or more than four times, read on.

Yellowport is the second largest city in Sokara. It is mainly a trading town, and is known for its exotic goods from distant Ankon-Konu, way to the south.

The Stinking River brings rich deposits of sulphur from the Lake of the Sea Dragon down to the town, where it is extracted and stored in the large waterfront warehouses run by the merchants’ guild. From here, the mineral is exported all over Harkuna. Unfortunately, all that sulphur has its drawbacks. The stink is abominable, and much of the city has a yellowish hue. The river is so full of sulphur that it is virtually useless as a source of food or of drinking water. However, the demand for sulphur, especially from the sorcerous guilds, is great.

Politically, much has changed in the past few years. The old and corrupt king of Sokara, Corin VII, has been deposed and executed in a military coup. General Grieve Marlock and the army now control Sokara. The old Council of Yellowport has been ‘indefinitely dissolved’ and a provost marshal, Marloes Marlock, the general’s brother, appointed as military governor of the town.

You can buy a town house in Yellowport for 200 Shards. Owning a house gives you a place to rest, and to store equipment.

If you buy one, tick the box by the town house option and cross off 200 Shards from your Adventure Sheet.

To leave Yellowport by sea, buy or sell ships and cargo, go to the harbourmaster.

If you have the codeword Artefact and the Book of the Seven Sages, you can turn to 40.

Choose from the following options:

Seek an audience with the provost marshal turn to 523
Visit the market turn to 30
Visit the harbourmaster turn to 555
Go the merchants’ guild turn to 405
Explore the city by day turn to 302
Explore the city by night turn to 442
Visit your town house [] (if box ticked) turn to 300
Visit the Gold Dust Tavern turn to 506
Visit the temple of Maka turn to 141
Visit the temple of Elnir turn to 316
Visit the temple of Alvir and Valmir turn to 220
Visit the temple of Tyrnai turn to 526
Travel north-east towards Venefax turn to 621
Head north-west to Trefoille turn to 233
Follow the Stinking River north turn to 82
Strike out north-west, across country turn to 558