 On his quest to get home, he acquires two human companions, Traz Onmale, a teenage barbarian chieftain, and Ankhe at afram Anacho, an outcast Dirdirman.Reith has failed twice to acquire a spaceship (as recounted in "City of the Chasch" and "Servants of the Wankh").His exploits bring him to the unwanted attention of the Dirdir.