Barsoom
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Barsoom is a planet that features in Barsoom.
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Barsoom
Overview
Life forms native to the planet included:
- Sith :
- White Apes :
- Plant Men :
Noted sapient species included:
- Black Martians :
- White Martians :
- Yellow Martians :
- Red Martians : the dominant culture on Barsoom who were organized into a system of imperial city-states including Helium, Ptarth, and Zodanga, controlling the planetary canal system, as well as other more-isolated city-states in the hinterlands. The Red Martians were the interbred descendants of the ancient Yellow Martians, White Martians and Black Martians, remnants of which exist in isolated areas of the planet, particularly the poles.
- Green Martians : a tall 15 feet (4.6 m) tall (males) and 12 feet (3.7 m) tall (females) humanoid race possessing two arms, two legs and two intermediary limbs that can be used as either arms or legs at will. Their eyes are mounted at the side of their heads and can move independently of each other in order to see in two directions at once. They were nomadic, warlike and barbaric, do not form families, have little concept of friendship or love and enjoy inflicting torture upon their victims. Their social structure was highly communal and rigidly hierarchical, consisting of various levels of chiefs, with the highest office of Jeddak obtained by mortal combat.
- Kaldanes :
Inhabitants
- Dejah Thoris : Princess of Helium noted for being courageous, chaste, and resourceful despite frequent abduction by villains. The daughter of Mors Kajak, Jed (prince or king) of Lesser Helium and granddaughter of Tardos Mors, Jeddak (king or emperor) of Helium, she was highly aristocratic and fiercely proud of her heritage.
- Vor Daj :
- Tan Hadron :
- Ras Thavas :
- Tars Tarkas :
- John Carter :
- Ulysses Paxton :
Notes
- Barsoom was created by Edgar Rice Burroughs where it made its first appearance in A Princess of Mars (1912).
In other media
Film
- In John Carter, Barsoom appeared in the setting of the 2012 live-action film adaptation.
Comic Books
Appearances
- A Princess of Mars: (1912)
- John Carter:
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