About this story
You have, chasing a legendary mine under a false name, and agree to guide Sir Henry and Captain Good north with a torn map and no promise of a grave to visit. Deep in dry country a corroded cartridge proves the brother passed this way alive, while a porter named Umbopa hides a scar no laborer should carry.
How it opens
The mail steamer rolled south while Table Bay disappeared beneath a gray horizon.
Captain GoodMr Quatermain, Sir Henry believes you met his brother in the interior.
You recognized the naval officer by his eyeglass and the care wasted on white trousers.
George came under another name, but his purpose was never ordinary.
Choose
I met a man called Neville who resembled you strongly.
The man I met chased a treasure beyond any reliable road.