The camp maintains a semblance of defenses, most of
which take the form of patrols. Patrols have two purposes.
The first is to guard the camp's perimeter and provide
ample warning of any threats from outside. The second
is to guard the camp's interior, for occasionally something
decidedly unfriendly emerges from the caverns below the
ruins. Often, the defiler can herd these nightmares back
into the depths. The patrols have been established for
those times when he cannot turn them back, as well as to
protect the tribe until he can be located.
Otherwise, it seems the Black Sand camp does not
concern itself with defenses. There are no sturdy walls
to hide behind, no formal militia to turn to. Instead,
every raider protects himself until Zeburon calls them all
together. That is the way in the camp of the Black Sand.
The Black Sand Raiders make their camp in the ruins
of an ancient city, rumored to be located somewhere
in the vicinity of Silver Spring in the area called the
Tablelands. The ruins rest within a pool of black sand,
from which the tribe takes its name. Their camp is said
to be a jumble of tents stretched between the ruins, but
some of the more privileged raiders make their homes
within the shattered and collapsing structures.
A number of factors work to protect the camp, though
few of them have anything to do with the tribe. Most
travelers have heard tales of the Black Sand Raiders, so
any who come upon an area of black sand tend to leave
the area immediately. Those who haven't heard of the
raiders still tend to avoid the area, for black sand hints at
things beyond the natural world.