Sandcastle of the Mad Dune Mage
Names: Sandcastle of the Mad Dune MageSandcastle
First appears in Book 4: The Gate of the Feral Gods, chapter 2 (2)
Appearances
What you know
Book 4: The Gate of the Feral Gods
- Ch 20The land quadrant's sandcastle is solid sand around a stairwell, guarding the necropolis drainage tunnel.
- Ch 20Flooding the sandcastle via a drainage valve is easy but would destroy the winding box; electrifying its door with lightning opens a way inside.
- Ch 20When lightning strikes the towers, the sandcastle door vanishes and a hallway opens into darkness.
- Ch 22The sandcastle is washed away like a real sandcastle under a hose when the necropolis drainage is opened.
Connections
- inBubble 543
- inLand Quadrant
- containsMad Dune Mage
- related toNecropolis of Anserbuilt against its wall, guarding the entrance
Key moments
- Book 4 · Ch 20Opening the sandcastle
As the storm hits, lightning electrifies the towers and the door of Ghazi's sandcastle opens into a hallway; Katia charges inside.
- Book 4 · Ch 21Exploring the glass castle
Carl, Donut, Katia and Mongo explore the crystallized castle, finding a glass statue of Lika that Mongo knocks over and shatters.
- Book 4 · Ch 21Snatching the winding box
The sand ooze attacks through the door; Carl's shell blasts it back, then he takes the winding box from Ghazi and the party flees upstairs with the mage.
- Book 4 · Ch 21Interrogating Ghazi
Carl questions the revived Ghazi, learning the sand ooze is his 'wife' and the Lika statue was a companion doll, then demands how to kill the ooze.
- Book 4 · Ch 22Killing Mrs. Ghazi
While Katia distracts the ooze, Carl walks on the ceiling and sets its core ablaze with burn gel, killing the borough boss.
- Book 4 · Ch 22Buried in the sandcastle
The castle collapses as the boss dies, trapping Carl and Donut in the basement under three stories of sand while Katia escapes with Ghazi.