Finding myself in the middle of a red sand desert, I groaned and glared hatefully up at the crystalline blue sky, despising my luck; as I growled "Why does everything always have to be so damn sandy and hot?!" the ground around me rumbled a little, and I prepared myself for a fight instantly.
With the heat from the sun beating down on my shoulders, I raked my gaze over the sands and searched for the threat, wondering what was causing the earth to shake like this, only to have my question answered as a single golden brazier rose from the sands.
It was just a few feet away, and the moment it was completely free from the sands below the ornate golden brazier pulsed with mana, sending out a wave of it that marked out a zone around itself; a circular zone that was probably thirty feet in diameter spread out across the sands, and immediately I understood what was happening.
