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In episode 12, Farangis (or however we wanna spell the priestess' name) shoots
Xandes in the back while he's running away after facing Daryun in battle and
losing to him. After the arrow lands on his back, Xandes falls off a cliff to
what I thought was his death:

[![Xandes with an arrow on his back falling off a
cliff](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WnQf9.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WnQf9.jpg)

However, in 19 I saw a character that looked like Xandes again:

[![Sam, Hermes and
Xandes](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VogKj.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VogKj.jpg)

And that was then confirmed to be him indeed:

[![Sam mentioning Xandes by
name](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hJEjZ.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hJEjZ.jpg)

How exactly did Xandes survive? Is it mentioned in the previous adaptations or
in the original novel?


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How did Xandes survive?


Unfortunately, the details behind his survival are not mentioned in the
original novels either as he is a minor character. Therefore, all they wrote
is that he survived, that is all.

> [Xandes](http://arslansenki.wikia.com/wiki/Xandes/Anime) survived the
> encounter, and at the beginning of the next year he joins Hilmes's Army of
> Parsians after the latter is task by Guiscard to subdue the rebellious
> Temple Knights of Bodin.

My first intuition is that, judging from the fact that he can swing such giant
weapons, it shows he does have amazing physical strength and probably
dexterity and this allowed him to survive a non-fatal arrow to the shoulder
and get back to Hilmes.

> Xandes carries a very large sword and stated that he is a great warrior.

My second guess would be
[Arzhang](http://arslansenki.wikia.com/wiki/Arzhang/Anime) saving him after he
fell off the cliff, like how he saved Hilmes in the 2nd last episode. Arzhang
also collected Xandes after he was wounded in his duel with Daryun, so we can
say that Arzhang probably saved him when he was hit by the arrow.


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