Malfus, a wanted necromancer, has finally run out of luck. Not that he had much to begin with. Now he just wants to escape. Captured by an Inquisitor who would like nothing more than to see this sarcastic wizard tortured and executed for his crimes against the dead. After they are forced to take refuge in a backwater fort under siege by an army of gnolls, fate may have other plans in store for them both. Will a common enemy create an unlikely alliance? Or an opportunity for one to gain an edge against the other?