When Reaver arrived at Samarkand he had to admit that it was not what he had expected. He knew that Samarkand was hot, but he didn’t think it would be nearly as hot as the Archon’s Folly. ‘Do you have a hidden lava stream here or something?’ he asked Garth, who had just appeared beside him. ‘No, we merely have deserts and little water,’ replied Garth, before walking away without looking back. Reaver followed him and began to ask him all these questions about his home land. He was most disappointed with Garth’s answers. He was unable to teach the old Hero anything of interest. ‘Who? Sparrow?’