BARSOOMIAN CHARACTERS

Book references listed below in italic at the end of each description are the FIRST APPEARANCE of the character.

A-Kor

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Dwar Home: Manatja & Manatos
Desc: son of O-Tar and Haja, a slave woman who was a princess of Gathol; keeper of the Towers of Jetan; Gahan of Gathol's cousin. Chessmen

A-Sor

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Padwar Home: Gathol
Desc: a friend of Gahan of Gathol's youth, also known as Tasor, the under padwar of Jeddak O-tar of Manator. His father died trying to save Gahan's father from assassins. Chessmen

Anatok

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jed Home: Gooli
Desc: Jed of the Kangaroo men of Gooli; a liar and coward. Synthetic

Assassin of Toonol

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Assassin Home: Toonol
Desc: The title given to Gor Hajus, a famous assassin who defied Vobis Kan, Jeddak of Toonol. Mastermind

Astok

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Prince Home: Dusar
Desc: Prince of Dusar. Caused the abduction of Thuvia of Parth. Thuvia

Ay-mad

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jed Home: Morbus
Desc: Member of the Council of Seven Jeds, Ay-mad, which means One Man, Number One Man, or First Man, was originally the 3rd Jed. When the 3rd Jed is first named, Ay-mad appears as Aymad. This is apparently a typographical error since all subsequent appearances are spelled Ay-mad. Synthetic

Bal Tab

Gender: Male Rank/Title: green man Home: unknown
Desc: Green warrior in Prince Jal Had's zoo of oddities. Banded together with Tor-Dur-Bar (Vor Daj) and Ur Raj to escape and rescue Janai. Saved Tor-Dur-Bar's life by slaying Jal Had; killed by rifle fire when their flier was attacked by Amhorian pursuit. Synthetic

Bal Zak

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Pilot Home: Toonol
Desc: Commanded the Vosar, one of Ras Thavas' airships; the son of a man the assassin Gor Hajus refused to kill for Vobis Kan; Bal Zak assisted Vad Varo, Gor Hajus, Hovan Du and Dar Tarus in their escape from Ras Thavas' island laboratory. Mastermind

Bandolian

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Emperor Home: Morgor (Jupiter)
Desc: Related to Xaxak's wife; one of Xaxak's men who belittled Ptang's inability to best John Carter in swordsmanship. Fought a short duel with Carter and failed, later tried to fix the Lesser Games duel between John Carter and Dator Nolat by substituting a shorter long sword in Carter's harness. Skeleton

Ban-Tor

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Warrior Home: Kamtol
Desc: Related to Xaxak's wife; one of Xaxak's men who belittled Ptang's inability to best John Carter in swordsmanship. Fought a short duel with Carter and failed, later tried to fix the Lesser Games duel between John Carter and Dator Nolat by substituting a shorter long sword in Carter's harness. Llana

Bar Comas

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Warhoon
Desc: Leader of Warhoons, hereditary enemies of the Tharks. Killed by Dak Kova, how then took command of the Warhoons Princess

Carter, John

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Prince Home: Helium
Desc: the gentleman adventurer from Virginia; possibly immortal. See John Carter

Carthoris

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Prince Home: Helium
Desc: son of John Carter and Dejah Thoris; inherited extraordinary strength from his earthly sire; Thuvia's husband. Thuvia

corphals

Gender: n/r Rank/Title: legend Home: Manator
Desc: ghosts; legendary spirits that haunt the lower levels of Manator; perhaps believed in elsewhere on Barsoom. Chessmen

Dak Kova

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jed Home: Warhoon
Desc: killed his leader Bar Comas, later became Jeddak. Princess

Dar Tarus

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Phundahl
Desc: Phundalian whose body was stolen by Sag Or of Xaxa's court and accompanied Vad Varo to recover Valla Dia's body which was taken by Xaxa; a noble who was later elevated to Jeddak by Vad Varo. Mastermind

Dator

Gender: n/r Rank/Title: Dator Home: Valley Otz
Desc: First Born title. No Jeddak titles are used until after the publication of Gods of Mars. Dator is the highest title of respect, for officers only, and roughly translates to prince. Gods

Dejah Thoris

Gender: Female Rank/Title: Princess Home: Helium
Desc: The princess of Helium, granddaughter of Tardos Mors, daughter of Mors Kajak; John Carter's mate, mother of Carthoris and Tara, grandmother of Llana. Often referred to as the daughter of 1,000 jeddaks (though 10,000 jeddaks appears once in the texts), loved by her nation; considered a great beauty by all, was about to be forced to marry Sab Than of Zodanga to stop the war between their countries but was rescued at the last minute by John Carter. Was a major character in Princess, Gods, and Warlord, and a minor character in Chessmen, Giant, and Skeleton. The princess of Helium was kidnaped and taken to Sasoom (Jupiter) by the Morgors. She, John Carter, and a number of others managed to escape, though Carter was recaptured. Dejah Thoris and her fellow escapees boarded an airship and headed for Zanor on Jupiter. Their fate is not known. Princess

Djor Kantos

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Padwar Home: Helium
Desc: Son of Kantos Kan; Padwar of the 5th Utan; once betrothed to Tara of Helium; married Olvia Marthis Chessmen

Dotar

Gender: Male Rank/Title: n/r Home: Thark
Desc: green martian killed by John Carter Princess

Dotar Sojat

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jed Home: Helium
Desc: John Carter's Green Martian names, won in combat, is also a Carter alias. Princess

Doxus

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Kamtol
Desc: An evil hearted man, Doxus ruled the Rift Valley with an iron hand, using a neural machine which maintained a recording of every adult's neural index by which he could destroy individuals at a distance. A degenerate wastrel, Doxus was a curious mixture of honor and vice. As a warrior his standards were the highest, as a man, he publicly seduced the wives of other nobles while his own wife looked on. Llana

Dur Ajmad

Gender: n/r Rank/Title: noble Home: Amhor
Desc: A relative of Jal Had's first wife Vanuma; leader of the opposition movement against Jal Had. Most likely became jeddak after Jal Had died. Synthetic

Dur-Dan

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Hormad Home: Morbus
Desc: One of Ras Thavas' must trusted aides, participated in the scientist and John Carter's escape from Morbus. Synthetic

E-Med

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Dwar Home: Manator
Desc: Burly, evil man who took command of the Towers of Jetan after A-Kor was sent to the pits. Chessmen

E-Thas

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Major-domo Home: Manator
Desc: O-Tar's right hand man, elevated from an obscure warrior to the second most powerful man in Manator. Chessmen

Em-Tar

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Warrior Home: Kobol
Desc: Conscripted warrior in Hin Abtol's army as it lay siege to Gathol; was frozen in suspended animation for 50 years before being thawed for the Gatholian invasion. Llana

Fal Sivas

Gender: Male Rank/Title: inventor Home: Zodanga
Desc: scientist/thief; built a spaceship; constructed a mechanical brain (computer); John Carter's (Vandor's) employer; one of the few red martians showing signs of advanced age. Swords

Floran

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Slave Home: Gathol
Desc: enslaved by Manator, Floran fought with Gahan of Gathol in the Jetan games. Later escaped and brought Gatholian and Heliumetic forces to rescue Gahan and Tara Chessmen

Fo-nar

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Than Home: Jahar
Desc: fled his homeland after attempting to kill Jeddak Tul Axatar; captured by Hin Abtol's forces when they sacked Raxar; later became First Padwar on the Dusar, under John Carter's command. Llana

Gahan of Gathol

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Gathol
Desc: Tara's husband. Ruler of Gathol. Used the aliases of Turan and U-Kal of Manataj. Father of Llana, who was kidnapped by Hin Abtol and was later rescued by John Carter.Chessmen

Gan Had

Gender: Male Rank/Title: officer Home: Toonol
Desc: Captive at Morbus; Gan Had provides John Carter and Vor Daj (and the reader) with the events following Ras Thavas' escape from Vobis Kan's invasion of his family island, the beginnings of the master mind's research into human growth at Morbus, and the take over of the hormads which kept Ras Thavas a prisoner; assisted in the escape of Tor-Dur-Bar (Vor Daj) and Janai from Morbus; later deserted the escape with Tun Gan in the Toonolian Marshes. We do not know what happens to him. NOTE: Tun Gan, Gan Had and Tor-Dur-Bar are in one canoe chasing after Sytor, Pandar and Janai, but when Tor-Dur-Bar (Vor Daj) next sees Tun Gan the latter remarks that Pandar just escaped (diving over the side of the Amhorian ship). Gan Had effectively disappears when they desert Tor-Dur-Bar and it, thus, appears that ERB has mixed up his characters! Synthetic

Gan Hor

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Dwar Home: Gathol
Desc: commanded a force of guerilla ranchers harrassing Hin Abtol's army laying seige to Gathol. Llana

Gan-ho

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Assassin Home: Amhor
Desc: Conscripted by Hin Abtol 25 years earlier, Gan-ho became a mutineer when John Carter declared the Dusar and all on board were going to Panar to rescue Llana of Gathol. After his defeat in a brief duel with Carter, Gan-ho took his life by leaping from the Dusar in flight. Llana

Gantun Gur

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Assassin Home: Amhor
Desc: The most powerful assassin of Amhor, Prince Jal Had ordered Gantun Gur to kill Janai's father. Later captured by the hormads of Morbus, Gantum Gur's brain was removed from his body and destroyed. The body was then given to the hormad brain of Tor-Dur-Bar, who then used the name Tun Gan. Synthetic

Gar Nal

Gender: Male Rank/Title: inventor Home: Zodanga
Desc: Rival of Fal Sivas; builds a spaceship which travels to Thuria with kidnapped Dejah Thoris on board; has thinning hair, unusual in red martians. Swords

Ghek

Gender: None Rank/Title: Drone Home: Bantoom
Desc: a kaldane spider-man of the Bantoom valley, of the Luud swarm, with his brainless rykor assisted in freeing captive Tara, with Gahan, from Bantoom and accompanied them on the rest of their adventure. Is presumed to be living in Helium. Chessmen

Ghron

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jed Home: Ghasta
Desc: The insane ruler of the small city of Ghasta in the Valley Hohr. His usual entertainment was torturing and maiming his slaves and captured travelers. Fighting

Gor Hajus

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Assassin Home: Toonol
Desc: Known as the Assassin of Toonol, Gor Hajus was murdered by Vobis Kan when he refused to kill a man. Later resurrected by Vad Varo, Gor Hajus helped recover Valla Dia's body and then took service under Dar Tarus, Jeddak of Phundhal. In SYNTHETIC we learn Gor Hajus led a small Phundhalian army against Vobis Kan of Toonol to free Ras Thavas' island. This endeavor failed. Nothing is mentioned regarding the outcome of the event. Mastermind

Gor-don

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Dwar Home: Pankor, Panar
Desc: Rescued by Carter, protected from murder by mutineers, Gor-don later assists Carter in Pankor. Gor-don's family, a mother, father and sister, are mentioned, though not named. Llana

Gore

Gender: Male Rank/Title: n/r Home: Korvas
Desc: n/r

Gorgum

Gender: Male Rank/Title: n/r Home: Morgor
Desc: a man of Jupiter in the Morgor ruler's service. Skeleton

Gozava

Gender: Female Rank/Title: green martian Home: Thark
Desc: Tars Tarkas' dead wife, mother of Sola. Princess

Gur Tus

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Dwar Home: Helium
Desc: Dwar of the 10th Utan. Was present at the invasion of the Omean and capture of the Temple of Issus. Gods

Gridley, Jason

American inventor residing in Tarzana, California; discoverer of the Gridley Wave which is employed in a special radio device that allows communication between Earth and Barsoom. Mastermind

Had Urtur

Gender: Male Rank/Title: n/r Home: Hastor, Helium
Desc: Father of Tan Hadron, husband of an unnamed princess of Gathol, Odwar of the 1st Umak of Hastor. Fighting

Haglion

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Commander Home: Morgor
Desc: Captain of a Morgor spaceship. Skeleton

Haj Alt

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Prince Home: Tjanath
Desc: Son of Haj Osis. Fighting

Haj Osis

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Tjanath
Desc: ruler of Tjanath, a small nation concerned about invasion by Jahar. Fighting

Haja

Gender: Female Rank/Title: Princess Home: Gathol
Desc: A-Kor's mother by O-Tar, Jeddak of Manator, Haja was a princess of Gathol who was enslaved by Manator. Gahan of Gathol's aunt; married U-Thor, Jed of Manatos. Chessmen

Hal Vas

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Dwar Home: Dusar
Desc: son of Vas Kor the Dusarian noble; Dwar of the Road near the waterways that circle the edge of Torquas. Thuvia

Hamas

Gender: Male Rank/Title: major-domo Home: Zodanga
Desc: Employed by Fal Sivas; in charge of household. Swords

Han Du

Gender: Male Rank/Title: n/r Home: Savator
Desc: a man of Jupiter held captive by the Morgors, escaped with John Carter. Skeleton

Hin Abtol

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Pankor, Panar
Desc: Self-styled Jeddak of Jeddaks of the North, Hin Abtol's red men eventually overran the Okarians and slowly built a formidible fighting force with captured warriors kept in suspended animation until Hin Abtol was ready to begin his conquest of Barsoom. Abducted Llana of Gathol. Llana

Ho Ran Kim

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Horz
Desc: Sentenced John Carter and Pan Dan Chee to death; revealed the history of the Orovars during a long conversation with Carter. Llana

Hor Kai Lan

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Noble Home: Horz
Desc: The Horzian corpse which provided John Carter with harness and weapons after he and Pan Dan Chee were sent to the pits. The brother of a jeddak who took the throne in the year 27M38J4. Llana

Hor Vastus

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Padwar Home: Helium
Desc: in Helium's navy, crucial in building a fleet to rescue Dejah Thoris. Gods

Hora San

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Phundahl
Desc: last great High Priest of Tur and once Jeddak of Phundahl, died mysteriously inside the idol of Tur. Mastermind

Horur

Gender: Male Rank/Title: n/r Home: Morgor
Desc: a man of Jupiter, high in the Morgor ruler's court. Skeleton

Hortan Gur

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Torquas
Desc: ruler of green martians Thuvia

Hovan Du

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Warrior Home: Ptarth
Desc: subject of an experiment by Ras Thavas, Hovan Du had half of his brain transplanted into the body of a white ape. Assisted Vad Varo in recovering Valla Dia's body. Later was restored to his own. Mastermind

I-Gos

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Artist Home: Manator
Desc: the royal 'taxidermist', the man who preserved the dead in Manatos; maintains the Hall of Chiefs. Chessmen

I-Mal

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Chief Home: Manator
Desc: The harness Gahan of Gathol wore during the Jetan game was taken from the corpse of I-Mal. Chessmen

I-Zav

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Guard Home: Manator
Desc: Guard assigned to remain with Ghek in his cell. Was hypnotized and disarmed by the kaldane. Chessmen

Il-Dur-En

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Hormad Home: Morbus
Desc: one of Ras Thavas' trusted hormad assistants. Synthetic

Issus

Gender: Female Rank/Title: goddess Home: Valley Otz
Desc: Ancient First Born woman treated as a goddess, favored human meals prepared from kidnap victims or slaves captured by her First Born raiders. She would eat women who looked upon her. Held many lesser titles and absolute power until John Carter exposed Issus as an utterly vile and depraved fraud. Gods

Jad-Han

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Prince Home: Amhor
Desc: Janai's brother. Captured by the Black Pirates of Kamtol, a fellow slave of John Carter and Pan Dan Chee. Llana

Jal Had

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Prince Home: Amhor
Desc: Ruler of Amhor, collector of exotic creatures for his private zoo; ordered the assassination of Janai and Jad-Han's father; forced himself upon Janai, who fled Amhor; husband of Vanuma and another unnamed woman (multiple wives). Synthetic

Janai

Gender: Female Rank/Title: Noble Home: Amhor
Desc: Fled Amhor when Prince Jal Had desired her. Jal Had ordered the assassination of Janai's father; sister of Jad-Han. Wife of Vor Daj. Synthetic

Jason Gridley

See Gridley, Jason

Jat Or

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Padwar Home: Helium
Desc: lieutant in the personal guard of Dejah Thoris; accompanies John Carter to Zodanga and later to Thuria. Swords

Jav

Gender: Male Rank/Title: n/r Home: Lothar
Desc: Second to Tario in the city of Lothar, hidden in the Mountains of Torquas. According to his recitation of Lotharian history, the inhabitants would have to be at least 500,000 years old. Thuvia

John Carter

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Prince Home: Virginia/Helium
Desc: Southern gentleman, swordsman, warrior, crossed the gulfs of space and became a hero on Barsoom, winning the hand of Dejah Thoris; Father of Carthoris and Tara. Princess
    Described by Vor Daj as ...a great man, a statesman, a soldier, perhaps the greatest swordsman that ever lived, grim and terrible in combat; but with it all he is modest and approachable, and he has never lost his sense of humor. Appeared in: PRINCESS, GODS, WARLORD, SWORDS, SYNTHETIC, LLANA, GIANT, SKELETON.

Joog

Gender: Male Rank/Title: n/r Home: Korvas
Desc: 130 foot tall giant created by Pew Mogel. Giant

Kab Kadja

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Warhoon
Desc: Jeddak of the Warhoons of the South Gods

Kal Tavan

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Slave Home: Tjanath
Desc: born in Tjanath, wife murdered by assassins, daughter abducted by Tul Axtar of Jahar, became Padwar, took work in Kobol and was captured during war with Helium. Fighting

Kam Han Tor

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Noble Home: Horz
Desc: One of the Horzian sleepers who awoke when Lum Tar O died. A ship builder. Llana

Kamehameha

Gender: Male Rank/Title: King Home: Hawaii
Desc: Early Hawaiian King Llana

Kandus

Gender: n/r Rank/Title: n/r Home: Invak
Desc: a man of Invak who captuered John Carter and Llana of Gathol in the Forest of Lost Men Llana

Kantos Kan

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jedwar Home: Helium
Desc: originally a padwar in the Heliumetic navy, Carter's staunch companion and friend, later elevated to the highest rank in the navy. Father of Djor Kantos. Princess

Kar Komak

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Odwar Home: Lothar
Desc: white man with auburn hair a term once archaically used to describe a whitish or flaxen color but now (and at the time Burroughs wrote the Martian books) refers to reddish-brown. Commander of the fleets of Lothar--from the time before the oceans of Barsoom vanished. He is a hypnotic visualization of Jeddak Tario, who eventually became substance a million years after his era disappeared. Listed as Odwar of Lotharian Bowmen in the Glossary appendix of Thuvia, Maid of Mars. Thuvia

Kara Vasa

Gender: Female Rank/Title: Noble Home: Phundahl
Desc: The woman Dar Tarus loved, who escaped when Sag Or tried to take her by force. Found refuge in Helium and returned to Phundahl with John Carter's fleet. Mastermind

Kor San

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Duhor
Desc: Valla Dia's father Mastermind

Kor-an

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Warrior Home: Gathol
Desc: Fought a duel with John Carter when the Virginian was captured by the warrior-herders harrassing Hin Abtol's invasion force surrounding Gathol. Llana

Kulan Tith

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Kaol
Desc: The man Thuvia of Parth was promised to by her father Thuvan Dihn. Warlord

Lakor

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Thern Home: Valley Dor
Desc: A thern killed by Woola. Warlord

Lan Sohn Wen

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Dwar Home: Horz
Desc: Commander of the 1st Utan of the Jeddak's Guard. Arrested John Carter after he assisted Pan Dan Chee in battle. Llana

Lan-O

Gender: Female Rank/Title: Slave Home: Gathol
Desc: Gatholian woman enslaved in Manator; Tara's confidant Chessmen

Larok

Gender: Male Rank/Title: n/r Home: Dusar
Desc: a warrior-artificer who made a key to unlock the mechanisms created by Carthoris. Thuvia

Lee Um Lo

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Embalmer Home: Horz
Desc: The master embalmer of Horz, legend said that Lee Um Lo was so perfect in his trade that the dead did not know they were deceased and, according the Pan Dan Chee, '...upon several occasions they arose and walked out during the funeral services. The end of Lee Um Lo came when the wife of a great jeddak failed to realized that she wasd dead, and walked right in on the jeddak and his new wife. The next day Lee Um Lo lost his head.' Llana

Llana

Gender: Female Rank/Title: Princess Home: Gathol
Desc: John Carter's granddaughter; daughter of Gahan and Tara; abducted by Hin Abtol; later may have married Pan Dan Chee of Horz. Llana

Lorquas Ptomel

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jed Home: Thark
Desc: Captured John Carter upon his first arrival to Barsoom. Princess

Lum Tar O

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Embalmer Home: Horz
Desc: The THING which nearly killed John Carter and Pan Dan Chee through mental powers and a dagger. Lum Tar O had been embalmed by Lee Um Lo, which possible explains why he managed to survive hundreds of centuries in the pits of Horz. Lum Tar O was so skillful that his mental powers and techniques preserved the bodies of ancient Horzians he lured to the pits then ensnared. When he died by Carter's hand, the sleepers awoke. Llana

Luud

Gender: Bi-sexual Rank/Title: King Home: Bantoom
Desc: king of the Tower of Luud at the time of Tara's capture, a powerful super-brain murdered by Ghek, one of his subjects. Chessmen

Man-Lat

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Officer Home: Kamtol
Desc: Jeddak Doxus' man assigned to take charge of John Carter. Llana

Matai Shang

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Hekkador Home: Valley Dor
Desc: Holy Hekkador of the Holy Therns. Other names in his title include Brother of Issus Master of Life and Death upon Barsoom and Father of Holy Therns. Father of Phaidor. Ultimately was killed by Dator Thurid. Gods

Moak

Gender: n/r Rank/Title: King Home: Bantoom
Desc: king of one of the tower swarms of Bantoom. Chessmen

Mors Kajak

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jed Home: Helium
Desc: Jed of Lesser Helium, son of Tardos Mors; Dejah Thoris' father. Princess

Motus

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Noble Home: Invak
Desc: died dueling John Carter. Has the distinction of being the only character chronicled as giving a groin kick in the stories, to John Carter. Llana

Mu Tel

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Prince Home: Toonol
Desc: of the House of Kan, nephew to the jeddak, a friend of Gor Hajus the assassin. Assisted Vad Varo and friends. Mastermind

Multis Par

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Noble Home: Zor
Desc: son of Zu Tith, Jed of Zor, captured by the Morgors and used as a pawn for their invasion of Barsoom. Skeleton

Myr-lo

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Scientist Home: Kamtol
Desc: The inventor of Kamtol, the man responsible for maintaining the recording machine used to control the neural systems of all inhabitants of the Great Rift Valley. Llana

Nastor

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Dator Home: Kamtol
Desc: The First Born prince who wagered Xaxak 100,000 tampi that his champion could best John Carter in the Lesser Games. Llana

Nolach

Gender: Male Rank/Title: King Home: Bantoom
Desc: One of the bi-sexual rulers of a Bantoomian Hive. Chessmen

Nolat

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Dator Home: Kamtol
Desc: Nolat, a gambling man, owed Dator Nastor a large sum of money. He agreed to fight Dotar Sojat (John Carter) at the Lesser Games of Kamtol. If he won, Nastor would cancel all debts. Llana

Notan

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Psychologist Home: Zodanga
Desc: Royal psychologist of Zodanga. Could read the last moments of brain activity in the minds of slain men. Princess

Nur An

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Noble Home: Jahar
Desc: Forced to flee Jahar when Tul Axtar took the family land and wealth, he was captured and imprisoned in Tjanath, sentenced to "The Death" with Tan Hadron, they ultimately had several adventures together. Fighting

Nutus

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Dusar
Desc: Father of Astok, who abducted Thuvia of Ptarth. Thuvia

O Ala

Gender: Female Rank/Title: wife Home: Savator
Desc: wife of Han Du. Skeleton

O-mad

Gender: Male Rank/Title: n/r Home: Thark
Desc: Man with one name, low in rank; the name is in common usage throughout the Green Hordes of Barsoom. Names are increased by duelling, the victor taking the name of the slain opponent as well as his women and belongings. John Carter quickly accumulated names during his initial stay with the Tharks, though in later years he only used the names of the first two slain Tharks as an alias: Dotar Sojat. Princess

O-Mai the Cruel

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Manator
Desc: ruled Manator 5,000 years before the reign of O-Tar. Chessmen

O-Tar

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Mantaja & Manatos
Desc: of Manator; ruled 433 years, later committed suicide. Chessmen

O-zar

Gender: Male Rank/Title: warrior Home: Manataj
Desc: famed for his skill on the Manator Fields of Jetan. Chessmen

Old Ben

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Slave Home: Virginia
Desc: the writer's body servant (colored). Aka Uncle Ben. Princess

Olvia Marthis

Gender: Female Rank/Title: royal Home: Hastor
Desc: Daughter of the Jed of Hastor; married Djor Kantos, the son of Kantos Kan. Chessmen

omad

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Language Home: common
Desc: man with one name is rather low in importance. Princess

Orm-o

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Slave Home: Duhor
Desc: Young boy who fed Tor-Dur-Bar (Vor Daj), Bal Tab and Ur Raj when they were imprisoned in Prince Jal Had's exotic zoo; provided service to Tor-Dur-Bar (Vor Daj) as an informant as regards Princess Janai. Synthetic

Ozara

Gender: Female Rank/Title: Jeddara Home: Ombra
Desc: kidnapped from Domnia, her home country, Ozara was made the wife of Ul Vas, Jeddak of Ombra; romantic rival of Dejah Thoris; a princess of Domnia. Swords

Pan Dan Chee

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Warrior Home: Horz
Desc: Orovar of the white race; from the ancient city of Horz; captured by the First Born of Kamtol with John Carter and Llana of Gathol; sold into slavery on Dator Nastor's chain; Llana of Gathol's suitor and possible mate. Llana

Pandar

Gender: Male Rank/Title: n/r Home: Phundahl
Desc: Became an officer in the hormad armies of the Seven Jeds of Morbus. Aided Vor Daj in escaping from Morbus. Later accompanied Sytor, who had kidnapped Janai. Captured by Amhorian animal collecting expedition and escaped by diving over the side of the airship; picked up by John Carter's fleet. (See errors of identity between this character and Gan Had) Synthetic

Parthak

Gender: Male Rank/Title: n/r Home: Zodanga
Desc: The man who brought food to John Carter in the Pits of Zat Arrras. Gods

Paxton Ulysses

Gender: Male Rank/Title: American Home: Toonol
Desc: An American on Barsoom, apprentice to Ras Thavas, husband to Valla Dia, a princess of Duhor; accquired very advanced medical skills, including the ability to transplant brains from one body to another. Mastermind

Pew Mogel

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Scientist Home: Korvas
Desc: a homad bent on world domination. Giant

Phaidor

Gender: Female Rank/Title: equivalent to a princess Home: Valley Dor
Desc: Daughter of Matai Shang; a beautiful woman with a mad crush on John Carter; instrumental in several combats by John Carter; later becomes jealous of Dejah Thoris and is ultimately imprisoned with the Princess of Helium and Thuvia in the rotating shaft below the palace of Issus; a Thern, Phaidor is white-skinned and bald; she wears a blond wig as do all of her race. Gods

Phao

Gender: Female Rank/Title: slave Home: Jahar
Desc: Nur An's sweetheart, missing for a time, enslaved in Tjanath; rescued by Hadron of Hastor; eventually rejoined her lover. Fighting

Pho Lar

Gender: Male Rank/Title: n/r Home: Savator
Desc: blue skinned man of Jupiter, escaped with John Carter from Morgor imprisonment; eventually reached his home country. Skeleton

Phor San

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Odwar Home: Pankor, Panar
Desc: in charge of Hin Abtol's aerial navy. A drunken fool. Llana

Phor Tak

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Scientist Home: Jahar
Desc: Originally from Jahar, this ancient scientist fled Tul Axtar's oppressive influence and relocated at a white castle he named Jhama. He is the creator of the disentegrator ray, the invisiblity paint, and "the flying death," a smart bomb. Has distinction of being the ONLY character in all eleven Barsoom books to be described as "nude." The head was followed by the body of a man, whose harness was so scant as to leave him almost nude. He was an old man with a finely shaped head, covered with scant, gray locks. Fighting

Phystal

Gender: Male Rank/Title: slave master Home: Zodanga
Desc: Employed by Fal Sivas, managed the slaves of that household. Swords

Pnoxux

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Prince Home: Invak
Desc: Son of the jeddak, Ptantus. Captured John Carter and Llana of Gathol when they landed in the Forest of Lost Men. Llana

Povak

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Assassin Home: Zodanga
Desc: Ur Jan's assassin ordered to kill Vandor (John Carter) Swords

Powell, James K.

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Captain Home: Richmond, Virginia
Desc: John Carter's mining partner in Arizona, 1865; killed by Apaches. Princess

Ptang

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Warrior Home: Kamtol
Desc: One of Xaxak's men in the Valley of the First Born who dueled with John Carter. Later became Carter's "trainer" for the Lesser Games at Kamtol. Llana

Ptanus

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Invak
Desc: Ruler of Invak, located in the Forest of Lost Men. Llana

Ptor

Gender: Male Rank/Title: n/r Home: Zodanga
Desc: family name of three Zodangan brothers.

Ptor Fak

Gender: Male Rank/Title: government official Home: Zodanga
Desc: Overseer of farmland along a Zodangan canal; one of three brothers who befriend John Carter, and later again encounters John Carter when they are both imprisoned in the city of Invak. Princess

Rab-zov

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Guard Home: Pankor, Panar
Desc: member of Hin Abtol's bodyguard. Llana

Rapas (the Ulsio)

Gender: Male Rank/Title: assassin Home: Zodanga
Desc: cut purse and assassin employed by Fal Sivas. Swords

Ras Thavas

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Scientist Home: Toonol
Desc: Known as the Master Mind of Mars; ancestral home is an island in the Great Toonolian Marsh from which he was evicted by Vobis Kan; later rebuilt dead city Morbus as a modern city to house his experiments in artificial life forms; Ras Thavas lived more than a 1,000 years in his first body. Trained American Ulysses Paxton in medical techniques and had Paxton transplant that ancient brain into a young, healthy body. Ras Thavas developed the hormad, an artificial life form. Mastermind

Ro Tan Bim

Gender: Male Rank/Title: n/r Home: Horz
Desc: The Horzian corpse which Lum Tar O had for appetizers. Llana

Rojas

Gender: Female Rank/Title: n/r Home: Invak
Desc: Helped John Carter escape from the city of Invak, also deceived him in romance. Llana

Sab Than

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Prince Home: Zodanga
Desc: Son of jeddak Than Kosis; swore to end the war between Zodanga and Helium if Dejah Thoris would agree to marry him. Princess

Sag Or

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Noble Home: Phundahl
Desc: Jeddara Xaxa's favorite; had his brain transferred into Dar Tarus' body. Mastermind

Salensus Oll

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Kadabra, Okar
Desc: Jeddak of Jeddaks of Okar, the land of the yellow men; uncle to Talu; captured Tardos Mors, Mors Kajak, and many Helium troops brought down by the magnetic weapon which crashed their airships. Eventually slain by John Carter, who turned the throne over to Talu. Warlord

San Tothis

Gender: Male Rank/Title: airship commander Home: Gathol
Desc: San Tothis and his cruiser Vanator, and all men, were lost to an unknown fate during a violent storm. Chessmen

Sanoma Tora

Gender: Female Rank/Title: Noble Home: Hastor, Helium
Desc: daughter of Tor Hatan; abducted by Tul Axtar of Jahar. Fighting

Saran Tal

Gender: Male Rank/Title: major-domo Home: Helium
Desc: the Prince of Helium's major-domo, who purchased the Dusarian noble Vas Kor who sabotaged Carthoris's flier. Thuvia

Sarkoja

Gender: Female Rank/Title: n/r Home: Thark
Desc: Green martian woman, deeply hateful of Sola. Princess

Sator Throg

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Thern Home: Valley Dor
Desc: A Holy Thern of the Tenth Cycle. Master of the red female slave Thuvia. Apparently a physical double, sans hair, for John Carter. Gods

savages

In the Toonolian Marshes are many aboriginal human tribes, one is described as naked with bushy hair and using spears and clubs as weapons; built long, narrow canoes; considered cannibals; at war with the kangaroo men of Gooli

Sept

Gender: None Rank/Title: n/r Home: Bantoom
Desc: a kaldane of the Luud swarm. Chessmen

Sharu

Gender: Female Rank/Title: Slave Home: Ghasta
Desc: The beautiful woman who first enticed Tan Hadron and Nur An into Ghasta, then, having fallen in love with Tan Hadron, provided the two prisoners with the knife and needle needed to make their escape. Fighting

Shea, (John)

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Secretary Home: California
Desc: Edgar Rice Burroughs' assistant. Chessmen

Sil Vagis

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Teedwar Home: Helium
Desc: Teedwar, 91st Umak, Helium; with Sanoma Tora the night she was kidnapped. Fighting

Sojat

Gender: Male Rank/Title: n/r Home: Thark
Desc: green martian killed by John Carter. Princess

Sola

Gender: Female Rank/Title: n/r Home: Thark
Desc: Green martian woman. Tars Tarkas' daughter. Princess

Solan

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Scientist Home: Kadabra, Okar
Desc: a palace offical in charge of the palace switch-room. Warlord

Sorav

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Commander Home: Kadabra, Okar
Desc: an officer of Salensus Oll. Warlord

Sovan

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Prince Home: Ptarth
Desc: Overlord of the navy of Ptarth; listed as Prince Soran in the Glossary appendix of Thuvia, Maid of Mars. Warlord

Sultan of Swat

Gender: Male Rank/Title: n/r Home: Helium
Desc: an alias of John Carter. Llana

Sytor

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Dwar Home: Dusar
Desc: A red man commanding the 10th Utan, 1st Dar of the 3rd Jed's Guard in the city of Morbus. Accompanied Tor-Dur-Bar (Vor Daj), Tun Gar (Tor-Dur-Bar), Pandar and Janai when they escaped into the Toonolian Marsh. Sytor later kidnaps Janai and flees into the Toonolian Marsh, short of intended goal of Phundahl he and Janai are recaptured by hormads and returned to Morbus. We do not know what happens to Sytor. Synthetic

Tal Hadjus

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Thark
Desc: cruel leader of the Tharks when John Carter first arrived on Barsoom. Was latter challenged by Tars Tarkas and died. Princess

Talu

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Prince Home: Kadabra, Okar
Desc: rebel prince of Marentina, nephew of Salensus Oll. Warlord

Tan Gama

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jed Home: Warhoon
Desc: warrior guarding Tars Tarkas in the dungeons of Warhoon, slain by John Carter. Gods

Tan Hadron

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Padwar Home: Hastor, Helium
Desc: son of Had Urtur; mother is a princess of Gathol (Gahan's sister?); Padwar in the 91st Umak, 5th Utan of the 11th Dar. Married Tavia; later appeared in LLANA. He was captured by Hin Abtol while searching for John Carter and Llana of Gathol; became Second Padwar of the Dusar, John Carter's ship. Fighting

Tanus

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Crewman (than?) Home: Gathol
Desc: Crewman on Gahan's cruiser Vanator. Was lost with the ship. Chessmen

Tara

Gender: Female Rank/Title: Princess Home: Helium
Desc: Daughter of John Carter and Dejah Thoris; Gahan of Gathol's wife. Chessmen

Tardos Mors

Gender: Female Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Helium
Desc: grandfather of Dejah Thoris, father of Mors Kajak. Princess

Tario

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Lothar
Desc: Ruler of the Lotharians, Tario commanded such exceptional hypnotic mental powers that his visualization of Kar Komak, a long dead Orovar fleet captain, became real and substantial. Thuvia

Tars Tarkas

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Thark
Desc: The mighty green warrior who befriended John Carter. Princess

Tasor

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Padwar Home: Gathol
Desc: a friend of Gahan of Gathol's youth, also know as A-Sor, the under-padwar of Jeddak O-tar of Manator. His father had died trying to save Gahan's father from assassins; first enslaved by Manataj, he aroused the love of a wealthy woman who had her husband murdered so she might marry Tasor. Chessmen

Tavia

Gender: Female Rank/Title: Princess Home: Tjanath
Desc: daugther of Kal Tavan; enslaved by Jaharians when she was a child; rescued by Tan Hadron from Green Martians at the dead city of Xanator during his quest to rescue Sonoma Tora. She became Tan Hadron's wife and proved to be the daughter of royalty. Fighting

Teeaytan-ov

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Hormad Home: Morbus
Desc: A member of the raiding party that captured John Carter, Vor Daj and Janai. Later befriended Vor Daj and Janai. The name, literally translated, is Eleven-Hundred-Seven. Synthetic

Thabis

Gender: Male Rank/Title: n/r Home: Valley Dor
Desc: Issus' chief. Gods

Than Kosis

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Zodanga
Desc: Father of Sab Than, prosecuted a war with Helium. Princess

Thar Ban

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jed Home: Torquas
Desc: Green man, kidnapped Thuvia from Dusarian agents at the ancient city of Aaanthor. Appears as Thor Ban in the Thuvia appendix. Thuvia

thorian

Gender: Male Rank/Title: language Home: Valley Dor
Desc: title for a chief of the Therns

Thurid

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Dator Home: Otz Valley
Desc: a First Born; a Black Pirate; working with Matai Shang, abducted Dejah Thoris; later killed Matai Shang and was then killed by Phaidor, Matai Shang's daughter. Gods

Thuvan Dihn

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Ptarth
Desc: Ally of John Carter, father of Thuvia; Carter's companion through the Carrion Caves. Warlord

Thuvia

Gender: Female Rank/Title: Princess Home: Ptarth
Desc: Daughter of Thuvan Dihn; Carthoris's wife; a slave and plaything of the Therns for fifteen years after taking the pilgrimage down the River Iss; aids John Carter and Tars Tarkas, befriends Dejah Thoris, later (in Thuvia, Maid of Mars) is kidnapped by a vile red martian prince and is ultimately rescued by Carthoris; Thuvia communicates with banths, the dangerous Barsoomian lion, by song and gesture. Gods

Tor Hatan

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Odwar Home: Helium
Desc: commander 91st Umak; father of Sanoma Tora; owned Kal Tavan. Fighting

Tor-Dur-Bar

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Warrior Home: Morbus
Desc: The original Tor-Dur-Bar was given Gantum Gar's human body. Vor Daj had Ras Thavas transfer his brain into the hormad body. Tor-Dur-Bar literally means Four-Million-Eight. Synthetic

Torith

Gender: Male Rank/Title: n/r Home: Otz Valley
Desc: Officer of the guards at the submarine pool. Gods

Torkar Bar

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Dwar Home: Kaol
Desc: Kaolian noble; dwar of the Kaolian Road; killed the sith which attacked John Carter and Woola. Warlord

Tul Axatar

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Jahar
Desc: Bent on conquering the world, Tul Axatar caused several advanced war products to be developed which would make victory guaranteed; disentegrating rays, cloaking devices, millions of starving warriors...; also had a harem of thousands of women.; took Sanoma Tora as his Jeddara. Fighting

Tun Gan

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Hormad Home: Toonol
Desc: The name hormad Tor-Dur-Bar took after Ras Thavas transfered his brain into the body of the Amhorian Assassin Gantun Gur. The name appears once as "Tun-Gan." Synthetic

Turan

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Panthan Home: Gathol
Desc: Gahan of Gathol's alias. Chessmen

Turjun

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Panthan Home: Helium
Desc: Carthoris' alias when he boarded the Dusarian ship Thuria. Thuvia

U Dan

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Padwar Home: Zor
Desc: in the jeddak's guard and pledged to marry Vaja, a cousin of Multis Par; was later forced to participate in the Morgor kidnapping of John Carter and Dejah Thoris. U Dan assisted in their escape on Sasoom and, with the princess of Helium, avoided recapture by the Morgors. How the Warlord and his mate returned to Barsoom is unknown, as is the fate of U Dan. Skeleton

U-Dor

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Dwar Home: Manator
Desc: commanded the 8th Utan; was the Orange Chief in the Jetan games. Chessmen

U-Kal

Gender: Male Rank/Title: n/r Home: Manataj
Desc: Gahan of Gathol's Manatorian alias. Chessment

U-Thor

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jed Home: Manatos
Desc: known as the Great Jed, U-Thor is loved by the people; married Haja, princess of Gathol, who had been a slave to O-tar and mother of A-Kor. Chessmen

U-Van

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Guard Home: Manator
Desc: Manatorian guard who discovered Ghek's headless rykor, then was disbelieved when he reported this to the head jailer. Chessmen

Ul Vas

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Ombra
Desc: evil ruler of Ombra; husband of Ozara; prone to change his jeddara's frequently. Swords

Ul-to

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Guard Home: Pankor, Panar
Desc: defeated by John Carter in a sword duel. Llana

Ulah

Gender: Female Rank/Title: slave Home: Ombra
Desc: in the retinue of Ozara; loyal to her mistress; assists Vandor (John Carter). Swords

Uldak

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Assassin Home: Zodanga
Desc: The first of Ur Jan's assassins to attempt the murder of Vandor (John Carter). Swords

Ulysess S Paxton

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Lieutenant Home: Earth
Desc: Only earthling to physically travel to Mars. Becomes Ras Thavas' lieutenant. Is educated in advanced medical techniques. Marries Valla Dia, a princess of Duhor. See Vad Varo Mastermind

Umka

Gender: Male Rank/Title: cat-man Home: Ladan
Desc: a Masena of the forests of Ladan; Vandor's (John Carter) fellow prisoner. Swords

Ur Raj

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Padwar Home: Hastor, Helium
Desc: Captive in Prince Jal Had's exotic zoo. Joined Tor-Dur-Bar (Vor Daj) and Bal Tab the green man in escaping the zoo and the rescue Janai. Synthetic

Ur Jan

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Assassin Home: Zodanga
Desc: head of the Zodangan Assassin's Guild; a large, powerfully built individual; employed by Gar Nal. Swords

Uthia

Gender: Female Rank/Title: Slave Home: Helium
Desc: Tara's slave. Chessmen

Vad Varo

Gender: Male Rank/Title: American Home: Earth / Duhor
Desc: Ulysses S Paxton's Martian Identity; husband of Princess Valla Dia of Duhor; resides in Duhor; mentioned in SYNTHETIC as the only person other than Ras Thavas who is capable of performing brain transplants. Mastermind

Vaja

Gender: Female Rank/Title: Noble Home: Zor
Desc: Cousin of Prince Multis Par, is kidnaped by Morgors and used to force U Dan to assist their invasion plans; escaped with U Dan and Dejah Thoris from the Morgors on Sasoom, heading for Zanor. The fate of these three is unknown. Skeleton

Val Dor

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Dwar Home: Helium
Desc: A captain of Helium, Val Dor was enslaved by Manator. Gahan of Gathol selected him as the Odwar (Flier) for the Jetan games. Later escaped and fetched a rescue party from Helium and Gathol. Chessmen

Valla Dia

Gender: Female Rank/Title: Princess Home: Duhor
Desc: Paxton's wife; daughter of Kor San, Jeddak of Duhor. Valla Dia had been taken prisoner by Amhorians, who lost her to raiders from Phundahl, where she was sold into slavery and eventually ended up in the laboratories of Ras Thavas; her brain was transplanted into the hideous body of Xaxa while that person's brain was put into her beautiful body; Vad Varo (Paxton from Earth) ultimately rescues her and retores her brain and body. Mastermind

Van-Tija

Gender: Female Rank/Title: Princess Home: Kamtol
Desc: Dator Nastor's principal wife. Her retainers purchased Llana of Gathol as a slave; later the Gatholian was desired by Doxus, Van-tija's husband. Van-tija isolated Llana in a tower and set guards to prevent Jeddak Doxus from taking Llana of Gathol. Llana

Vandor

Gender: Male Rank/Title: panthan Home: Helium
Desc: John Carter's alias in Zodanga; employed as body guard to Fal Sivas. Swords

Vanuma

Gender: Female Rank/Title: Princess Home: Amhor
Desc: First wife of Jal Had; took Janai into her personal retinue; murdered by poison, most likely by Jal Had's order or hand. Synthetic

Vas Kor

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Noble Home: Dusor
Desc: Entered Carthoris' house disguised as a slave then used the key Larok prepared to sabotage the Prince of Helium's automated flier. Father of Hal Vas; was betrayed by Prince Astok. Thuvia

Vobis Kan

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Toonol
Desc: Villianous scoundrel who had Gor Hajus murdered when the Assassin of Toonol refused to kill Bal Zak's father. Later invaded Ras Thavas' island laboratory when Vad Varo resurrected Gor Hajus. Mastermind

Vor Daj

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Padwar Home: Helium
Desc: Member of the Warlord's Guard, Vor Daj had his brain transplanted into the body of a hormad. In this guise Vor Daj, aka Tor-Dur-Bar, protected Janai of Amhor from various evil doers until their eventual rescue by John Carter. Synthetic

Vorian

Gender: Male Rank/Title: warrior Home: Morgor
Desc: man of Jupiter, escaped a Morgor prison with John Carter and others. His ultimate fate is unknown. Skeleton

Weapon Maker

Gender: n/r Rank/Title: Craftsman Home: Helium
Desc: famous weapon maker in Lesser Helium made Tan Hadron's harness. Fighting

Wolak

Gender: Male Rank/Title: slave Home: Zodanga
Desc: owned by Fal Sivas; promised his freedom if he killed John Carter. Swords

Woola

Gender: Male Rank/Title: pet Home: Helium
Desc: a calot, ten-legged animal about the size of a shetland pony. John Carter's beloved pet. Princess

Xaxa

Gender: Female Rank/Title: Jeddara Home: Phundahl
Desc: ancient hag who paid Ras Thavas to put her brain in Valla Dia's lovely body. Mastermind

Xaxak

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Dator Home: Kamtol
Desc: The First Born prince of Kamtol who purchased John Carter as a slave. Llana

Xodar

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jeddak Home: Otz Valley
Desc: a Dator at the time John Carter arrives in the land of the First Born, then a fellow prisoner with Carter, then later becomes jeddak of the First Born at the south pole, and an ally of Helium. Gods

Yamdor

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Slave Home: Toonol
Desc: Giant male slave, Ras Thavas' right hand, reported to have the transplanted brain of a woman. Mastermind

Yersted

Gender: Male Rank/Title: n/r Home: Otz Valley
Desc: commander of the submarine. Gods

Yo Seno

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jailer Home: Tjanath
Desc: Keeper of the Keys; did not treat female slaves well. Fighting

Zad

Gender: Male Rank/Title: n/r Home: Thark
Desc: warrior Sarkoja urged to challenge John Carter and subsequently died, though not before Carter had been severely wounded. Princess

Zamak

Gender: Male Rank/Title: officer Home: Ombra
Desc: in the retinue of Ul Vas, Jeddak of Ombra. Swords

Zan Dar

Gender: Male Rank/Title: n/r Home: Savator
Desc: man of Jupiter, excaped from Morgor prison with Carter and others, Carter being recaptured while the others fled to Zanor in a stolen aircraft. Fate unknown. Skeleton

Zanda

Gender: Female Rank/Title: slave Home: Zodanga
Desc: her father was a member of the lesser royalty and an officer in the Zodangan military at the time John Carter's horde of green martians sacked the city; her mother took the pilgrimage (suicided) shortly after; Zanda was enslaved by Fal Sivas; accompanied John Carter (Vandor) to Thuria; though not stated specifically, most likely became the mate of Jat Or of Helium. Swords

Zat Arrras

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jed Home: Zodanga
Desc: appointed Jed of Zodanga by Tardos Mors, sought hand of Dejah Thoris when Carter disappeared. Gods

Zithad

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Dator Home: Otz Valley
Desc: commanded the guards of Issus; later dueled with John Carter in the Valley of the First Born. Llana

Zu Tith

Gender: Male Rank/Title: Jed Home: Zor
Desc: Former jed removed from power by Helium and was slain. Skeleton

Zuki

Gender: Male Rank/Title: kangaroo man Home: Gooli
Desc: The warrior selected by Anatok to battle Tor-Dur-Bar (Vor Daj); assisted Tor-Dur-Bar in building a small boat to leave the island of Gooli. Synthetic