Habit al-Haffi

Habib al-Haffi was a soldier in the Desert Phantoms.

He was a special forces soldier in the Omani military.

He reveals to Kara Kensington and her expidition that he he is a member of the Shushra clan that guarded Ubar as the Rahim. They were given this burden by the last Queen before the two lines parted ways. They divided the keys and the royal lines, each with its own secrets. They were trusted with the old path into Ubar, the one walked by the first queen and forbidden to open it until Ubar was tread again.

Early years
Years before, as a young boy, he was a volunteer to help her and her father. He was the giude on the day of the hunt. He was to attend to him because of his interest in Ubar. Fear had kept him from following them into the forbidden sands. He followed later, but it was too late. He took her from the sands and returned to the Thumbrait base. He feels it was a personal debt.