Editing Xanderan the Wizard Slayer (section)

===Episode 4: A Line In the Sand===

'''Summary''': In one of the Foreign Legion’s outposts, Xanderan finds the man who ordered his parent’s murder. As he seeks his vengeance, and large group of nomadic warriors attacks, and Xanderan must help the 10 to 1 outnumbered defenders. When the murderer, desperate to save his own life, tries to betray the garrison it leads to a climatic final battle amid the ruins of the siege and a rising sandstorm, where Xanderan fights the murderer to the death.

'''Teaser''': A group of Danelek desert nomads riding two-legged lizards that look like raptors sits watching an approaching sand-storm. The second in command speaks to the leader, asking if he is sure the plan will work. The leader laughs and says “The one we deal with, he does not break his word. He said the garrison will fall, and so it will. He said if we did not attack he would tear us screaming to shreds. What do you think our choices are?”

'''First Bang''': Xanderan and Eches get caught between a sandstorm and a group of Danelek raiders, and have to flee to the safety of the Legion Outpost. It’s a running battle, with harsh conditions, screaming barbarian warriors, rough terrain, and with the Outpost semi-hidden by the storm. When they get to the Outpost they learn that a huge coalition of Danelek is going to attack the Outpost as soon as the stand-storm passes.

'''Second Bang''': While the sandstorm rages, men start turning up dead in parts of the Outpost. They were always alone when they died, and seem to have died of natural causes – save that their eyes are black and lusterless. A panic starts up among the soldiers as word spreads, and suspicious eyes and rumors of plague start up. The culprit is a Mirajan (pg 291) that has been summoned to haunt the Outpost. Anyone with Arcane Lore knows that this should not be possible, unless a powerful sorcerer is involved – from within the Outpost.

'''Third Bang''': As the Danelek horde attacks, Commander Maul asks Xanderan to find the sorcerer while Eches goes to man the walls. Xanderan is left in the middle of a fortress at war, trying to find the traitorous sorcerer inside the walls. At the same time the sorcerer summons a demon to attack Xanderan and then open the gate – the demon caries a blade almost identical to the one the assassin carried. The Enim (337) can be made to wager that it will tell all it knows of its summoner if it is beaten in some way.

'''Final Scene''': Xanderan fights Aathoth as he opens the gates of the fortress. In the middle of a storm Xanderan must fight the man who ordered his parent’s death while trying to stop the rush of Danelek warriors and save the fortress.