Dezra's Quest is a novel by Chris Pierson. It is the fifth and final book in the Bridges of Time series.
Blurb[]
During Krynn's Second Cataclysm, an ambitious centaur chieftain makes a terrible pact with Chaos. Ten years later, smarting under the consequences of that pact, a lone centaur journeys to Solace, seeking help from Caramon, the aging Hero of the Lance.
Plot Summary[]
After being arrested for stealing at the Solace Spring Dawning Festival when Dezra was 19, Caramon threw her out. This led to her meeting Trephas, a centaur and son of the Chief of the Soaring Mane Tribe, Nemeredes. Dezra agreed to accompany Trephas to Darken Wood and aid him in his fight against some renegades. The renegades were centaurs who had turned from the Forestmaster and had become further corrupted by a remnant from the Chaos War, a Daemon Tree called Grimbough. The tree turned the traitor centaurs into ‘ Skorenoi’ - deformed versions of their former selves, with bodies foul and twisted. They formed a strong side against the remaining loyal centaurs in what was essentially a civil war. Grimbough’s intent was to kill the captured Forestmaster, thereby destroying Darken Wood.
Caramon, his friend Borlos the bard, and a young Solace guard with a crush on Dezra called Uwen, followed Dezra into Darken Wood. Uwen was killed in a fight with the Skorenoi, later revealing Dezra’s softer side as she mourned at his funeral. The centaurs requested that the Majeres and Borlos recover an enchanted war axe, Soulsplitter, in order to kill Grimbough. With the help of some Dryads, Dezra and the others traveled through the earth and the kingdom of the Fey Folk and retrieved the axe from an abandoned wizard’s tower, where it was being guarded by a Golem.
The axe was then stolen by a minion of Grimbough, as one of the only weapons capable of killing the Forestmaster. The centaurs again asked Dezra, Caramon, and Borlos to go after Soulsplitter to save the Forestmaster. They were successful and Caramon and Dezra chopped down the daemon tree, destroying Soulsplitter in the process. Afterwards, Caramon saw some redeeming qualities in his daughter and asked her to come home. Dezra didn’t return to Solace with her father, instead continuing on her travels to Haven and Ankatavaka, but they parted on good terms.
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Main Characters[]
- Dezra Majere - Daughter to Caramon, asked to help Darken Wood.
- Caramon Majere - Father to Dezra, going to "rescue" her.
- Chrethon - The main antagonist.
- Grimbough - The being corrupting Darken Wood.
- Borlos - A minstrel that journeys with Caramon and Dezra.
- Trephas - A centaur that recruited Dezra.
