It turns out that NORTH was not a real direction at all! It was a RED HERRING.
The RED HERRING is very large and consumes your TRIREME. You settle down in its gut to a short and miserable life of being slowly DIGESTED. You at least get the satisfaction of causing it a degree of stomachache.
(http://www.artberman.com/wp-content/uploads/red_herring.png)
Would you like to play again (http://exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3275.0)?
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