The sand constructs seemed indestructible and ever-ready to do damage while the Alliance Heroes were hard worn to varying degrees and discouraged. But they had no choice but to keep engaging the constructs.
Kael could see that Zephyr was already down and the sand construct was moving in for a deadly strike but his hands were full and so were the others. There seemed to be nothing they could do to help Zephyr.
Saved by bloodline's tie
However, the Alliance Heroes were saved in the nick of time. Zephyr's blood had already soaked his trousers and it had started flowing into the sandy ground. As the blood penetrated the soil, it seemed to have gotten to a required control point. At this point, the sand constructs seemed to freeze.