Tars Tarkas
Tars Tarkas is a male extraterrestrial literary character who features in the Barsoom series.
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Biography
Tars Tarkas was a male Green Martian who came to be an inhabitant of Barsoom.
He came to be a cruel and heartless fighter who served the evil jeddak Tal Hajus, but Tars Tarkas became a good person when he met a young Tharkian woman named Gozava. He met Gozava when he was in the city one day and he noticed her sitting on a bench, so he sat down beside her and they had a casual conversation. Then Gozava started talking about how she felt about Tharkian society, how she hated the cruelty and heartlessness of her people, Tars Tarkas couldn't help but agree with her. From then on, Tars Tarkas knew love and began to love instead of hate, and he started a romantic relationship with Gozava. Gozava and Tars Tarkas kept their love a secret because Tal Hajus would not be pleased if he knew one of his warriors had become soft and fallen in love. Gozava and Tars Tarkas later had a daughter named Sola but kept her a secret, Gozava hid the child in an abandoned ancient Tharkian structure and visited her everyday. Eventually Sarkoja discovered the child and had Gozava imprisoned in the castle of Tal Hajus, Sola was adopted by an unknown Martian family and never found by Sarkoja. Whilst in the castle of Tal Hajus, Gozava was tortured by Tal Hajus and died a slow and painful death. After hearing what had happened to his wife, Tars Tarkas hated Tal Hajus and vowed one day to kill Tal Hajus and avenge his beloved wife's death. Tars Tarkas later had risen up in the ranks of the Tharks. He was the first Green Martian John Carter encountered. After being impressed by Carter's ability to jump extremely high, he convinced the earthman to come with him to the city, Thark. Once there, John Carter quickly earned honors in the Thark community for his fighting skill. This greatly impressed Tars Tarkas. During this time the Tharks captured the Princess of Helium, Dejah Thoris. Quickly, she and John Carter began a romantic relationship. Tars allowed them to spend time together and put Sola in charge of watching them. John continued to display remarkable fighting skills. Upon hearing of the Helium princess who was captured, Jeddak Tal Hajus ordered her to be brought to his fortress. After arriving, John and Dejah escaped. During their get away, John Carter had punched Tal Hajus. This angered the Jeddak so much that he ordered if ever the earthman should fall into Thark hands, we would be tortured and die.
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Notes
- Tars Tarkas was created by Edgar Rice Burroughs where he made his first appearance in A Princess of Mars (1912).
In other media
Films
- In John Carter, Tars Tarkas appeared in the setting of the 2012 live-action film where he was voiced by actor Willem Dafoe.
Appearances
- A Princess of Mars: (1912)
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