Dervis d'Cariti

Dervis d'Cariti is the point-of-view character of Dervis' Quest, a spinoff of the original Adventures in the Beaten Lands. Dervis is first seen on the run after an unlikely freeing from the Morani dungeons, where he had been held captive, tortured, and experimented on with Constructor-make by the Baron Harianus d'Morani since the defeat of the Cariti family by the Morani Army. He meets the Risthi, a group of cave-dwelling aliens below the Citadel d'Morani, who offer him a phaseblade and the title of Guardian of the Soul-Father in exchange for going with them to the Broken City of Foronkai to retrieve a portal device.