The Warlord of Mars characters

Appears from the start

The Virginia-born prince of Helium who remains outside the Temple of the Sun after Dejah Thoris, Thuvia, and Phaidor are sealed inside. Carter devotes the Barsoomian year before their chamber reopens to watching the temple and searching for any hidden means of entry.

Also known as Princess of Helium

Appears from the start

John Carter's wife, carried into the Temple of the Sun at the end of the preceding book. She is trapped for a Barsoomian year with Thuvia and with Phaidor, whom Carter last saw raising a knife toward her as the chamber closed.

Also known as Princess of Ptarth

Appears from the start

The princess of Ptarth and ally of Carter and Dejah. Thuvia is confined in the same rotating temple chamber as Dejah and Phaidor when the book opens.

Appears from the start

The thern princess imprisoned with Dejah and Thuvia. At the close of the preceding book, her jealousy of Dejah had culminated in an apparent attempt to stab her just before the Temple of the Sun carried their chamber out of reach.

Also known as Hekkador of the Holy Therns

Appears from the start

The leader of the therns and Phaidor's father. Matai Shang survived the destruction of the old religious order and now seeks to recover his daughter, retain Dejah as leverage, and escape Carter's pursuit.

Appears from the start

A First Born officer who remains hostile to Carter after Issus's fall. Thurid secretly cooperates with Matai Shang and knows of concealed passages that may bypass the ordinary rotation of the Temple of the Sun.

First appears in chapter 2

An old keeper connected with the hidden mechanisms and passages beneath the Temple of the Sun. Solan's knowledge makes him useful to Matai Shang and Thurid as they attempt to reach the prisoners without waiting for the public doorway to return.

First appears in chapter 5

The many-legged calot whose loyalty to Carter began during his first captivity among the Tharks. Woola rejoins him during the pursuit and uses his speed and tracking instincts to help follow the fugitives.

First appears in chapter 6

Jeddak of the Tharks and Carter's longstanding friend. Tars Tarkas brings green Martian strength to the expanding pursuit of Matai Shang and the captives.

First appears in chapter 6

The son of John Carter and Dejah Thoris and a prince of Helium. Carthoris joins the allied effort to recover his mother and the other prisoners as the chase broadens beyond the former domains of the therns.

First appears in chapter 7

Jeddak of Ptarth and Thuvia's father. Thuvan Dihn commits his forces to Carter's pursuit, linking Ptarth with Helium and the Tharks in the effort to rescue the abducted women.

First appears in chapter 7

The jeddak of Kaol, a city whose people have retained respect for the thern religion. Kulan Tith grants Matai Shang protection before hearing Carter's account of the deception in the Valley Dor.

First appears in chapter 9

A prince among the yellow Martians of the northern realm of Okar and the leader of resistance to Salensus Oll. Talu understands the tyrant's court and offers Carter disguises, local allies, and a route toward the captives.

Also known as Jeddak of Jeddaks

First appears in chapter 10

The ruler of the northern yellow Martian realm of Okar. Salensus Oll governs through fear, suppresses Talu's faction, and regards Dejah Thoris as both a desired wife and a political prize.