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DAVlD RUCf
OZARTH
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TAIf Ol CONTfNTS
CCFYRlCH1S und C1HLR lN|C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
SHARlNC CR DlS1RlU1lNC 1HlS |lLL . . . . . . . . . 2
RCLL FLAYLRS und CAML CRLA1CRS . . . . . . . . . . 2
1ALL C| CCN1LN1S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
|oroword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
A rof o of Ldgur Rco urroughs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
FLCFLL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Croon Murtuns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Croon Fopuuton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Anutomy of tho Croon Murtun . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Rod Murtuns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Crgn of tho Rod Ruco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
1ho Rod Cuturo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
uck Murtuns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Whto Murtuns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Yoow Murtuns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Non-humun Murtuns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
1ho Kudunos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
1ho Kunguroo Mon of Coo . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Homuds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
1ho Funt Mon of Vuoy Dor . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Cthor Word Rucos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Musonus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
1urds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Morgors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Suvutors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
ursoomun Chuructors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
ozurth's Hypothoss Rogurdng tho Lxtrutorrostru
Crgns of Ldgur Rco urroughs' }ohn Curtor of Murs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
FLACLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Funots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Ctos & Nutons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Mup Locutons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Coogruphc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Murtuns Lstod by Ctos or Nutons . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Mun-mudo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Conoru Constructon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Mups of ursoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Ldgur Rco urroughs' Mup . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Hons Mup wth |unfc Locutons . . . . . . . . . 97
A NASA usod Mup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
1HlNCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Woghts & Mousuros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Lnour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
1mo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Numbors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Curroncy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Woghts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Customs & 1tos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Customs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Lunguugo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Murtun Frovorbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
1tos of Royuty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
1tos of Mtury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
1tos of Rogon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Rogous Fhrusos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Yuno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
}otun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Rogon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
1ho 1roo of Lfo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
lssus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Komu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
1ur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Rogon on Cthor Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
1ochnoogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Arshps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Numod Arshps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Numod 1ochnoogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Funts, Anmus & Mnorus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
1ho Novos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Word Count/|roquoncy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
ursoomun |un |cton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
About tho Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
A ARSOOM GIOSSARY - DAVlD RUCf OZARTH
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lorcword
1hs gossury bogun us u wrtng ud for my Doud Ctos of
Murs pustcho l onco hopod to murkot vu prnt chunnos. 1hut
ddn't huppon, howovor, snco 1996 A ARSCCM CLCSSARY
hus bocomo un ntornutonuy rocognzod on-no roforonco for
tho Murtun works of Ldgur Rco urroughs.
Whut orgnuy sturtod us rosourch to wrto u ursoomun
Spoof soon bocumo un obsosson to dotu Ldgur Rco urroughs'
wondrous Murtun Sugu. Forhups my munuscrpt Doad Ctos oi
Mats w bo uvuubo ono duy (t s, on tho wob ut orbst.com).
Whon t s l hopo you w onjoy tunt thon my rosourch
producod u ruthor hundy gossury of ursoomun fucts whch
shoud ntorost od und now funs of urroughs' udvonturo tuos
sot on tho punot Murs.
l frst roud tho Murtun soros botwoon 1960 und 1965. Whon
l bogun work on Doad Ctos oi Mats n 1982 l ro-roud tho ontro
soros und took notos. Cthors huvo dono uuthortutvo works on
ursoom but l huvo not roud thom us of yot. l fot t wus nocos-
sury to do ths rosourch ndopondonty to uvod huvng thor
nfuoncos or obsorvutons obstructng my computon und
commonts.
l um not u schour, so don't ook for schoury work. l'm just
u pun od 1oxus boy who kos u tto funtusy whon ho cun.
Nowuduys t sooms thut most funtusos nvovo two or moro of
tho opposto sox, u ko of coko n u ockod room or somothng
oso urtfcu. Cvo mo ursoom uny duy of tho wook! Cot hgh
on your own mugnuton. And tho bost of tho mugnutvo
wrtors of uny gonoruton s Ldgur Rco urroughs.
Duvd ruco ozurth
Houston, 1oxus
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A ricf io of fdgar Ricc urroughs
Whon Mury Lvuno urroughs guvo brth to tho ffth of sx
sons to husbund Coorgo 1yor urroughs on Soptombor 1, 1875,
tto dd sho know whut tho futuro hod for Ldgur Rco ur-
roughs. Ld uttondod Chcugo's rown oomontury und utor tho
Hurvurd Schoo ut 18th und lndunu Avonuo. Young urroughs
ournod Crook und Lutn ut un oury ugo. Durng tho 1891
Chcugo nfuonzu opdomc LR's puronts sont hm to lduho
whoro hs brothors Hurry und Coorgo ownod u runch n Cussu
County. Ld thrvod n tho now onvronmont, bocomng un oxport
horsomun.
|u 1891, ho uttondod Fhps Acudomy ut Andovor,
Mussuchusotts. Ld wus ooctod cuss prosdont. Unhuppy thoro,
ho run uwuy. Coorgo, u Unon cuvury offcor n tho Amorcun
Cv Wur, sont Ld to Mchgun Mtury Acudomy n 1892.
Cuptun Churos Kng, tho commundunt, wus un oury nfuonco
for Ldgur Rco urroughs. Ld puyod footbu und purtcputod on
tho cuvury toums. Ho wus tho odtor und urtst for tho studont
nowspupor. Whon ho gruduutod n 1896 Ld stuyod on us
Assstunt Commundunt und Frofossor of Cooogy, Cuvury und
Cutng Cun.
urroughs fuod tho Wost Font ontrunco oxum. Ho thon
onstod n tho urmy. Ho sorvod ut |ort Crunt, Arzonu, ""
1roop, 7th Cuvury. 1ho duty wus oss thun storng. l wth
dysontury, LR rocovod un honorubo dschurgo. Ho roturnod to
lduho. Shorty thorouftor, ho sturtod hs own stutonury storo
busnoss n Focutoo (1898). A your utor ho cuod t quts.
Roturnng to hs brothors' runch Ld soon docdod runchng wus
not hs vocuton. Ho roturnod to Chcugo n 1898 und wus
ompoyod to work ut hs futhor's Amorcun uttory Compuny.
Ld murrod hs chdhood swoothourt Lmmu Contonnu
Hubort on }unuury 31, 1900. Lmmu und Ld movod to lduho n
1903 to hop oporuto u urroughs' brothors' god drodgo n tho
Stunoy usn.
Ld hod u potcu offco for u your, tho drodgng compuny
fuod, und ho und Lmmu thon movod to Sut Luko Cty, Utuh
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whoro urroughs workod us u ruroud cop. Unhuppy wth tho
work, tho coupo uuctonod ovorythng und roturnod to Chcugo.
urroughs trod hs hund ut muny jobs from 1904 to 1908.
1mo-koopor, ght bub und cundy suos, poddng Stoddurd's
octuros, L. S. Wnsow Compuny uccountunt und ovon ut-
tomptod to onst n tho Chnoso urmy. ln 1908 ho munugod tho
corcu dopurtmont ut Sours, Roobuck & Compuny, wth somo
succoss but, ovor rostoss, ho rosgnod n August 1908.
Sof-ompoymont vonturos put u strun on tho young coupo.
Hockng Lmmu's jowory hopod, but fo bocumo moro comp-
cutod wth tho brth of }oun (}o-Ann) n }unuury 1908. |rst sono
Hubort wus born n August 1909. Ld's job us offco munugor for
Fhyscuns Co-Cporutvo Assocuton ovuporutod whon tho |DA
shut tho compuny down.
LR (Stuco-urroughs Compuny) trod song bookots on
oxport suosmunshp.
urroughs noxt omburkod on song ponc shurponors.
Runnng uds n tho pup muguznos, ho roud somo of tho fcton
und docdod "f poopo uro pud for wrtng such rot, l cun wrto
somothng just us rotton."
Ld ponnod u tuo busod on tho thooros of ustronomor
Forcvu Lowo n 1911. 1homus Nowo Motcuf, odtor of A-
Story, uccoptod urroughs' tuo mmodutoy. "Undor tho Moons
of Murs" run n sx nstumonts n 1912. Ld rocovod S400 for tho
story, u most prncoy sum n thut duy und ugo!
Motcuf suggostod LR wrto un Arthurun story. LR ponnod
"1ho Cutuw of 1orn," whch wus rojoctod! Undotorrod, Ld wroto
u thrd story "1urzun of tho Apos" botwoon Docombor 1911 und
Muy 1912.
"1urzun of tho Apos" uppourod compoto n A-Story,
Cctobor 1912. LR rocovod S700. Ld docdod to tuko up wrtng
fu tmo, u furthor mporutvo to do so cuusod by tho brth of
thrd chd }ohn Coomun urroughs (|obruury 28, 1913).
ln tho foowng twovo months LR wroto oght novos.
"1urzun of tho Apos" wus u hurd so. A.C. McCurg &
Compuny, Chcugo ovontuuy uccoptod tho "upo-mun" n 1914.
ost soor stutus soon foowod. McCurg pubshod 29 LR
books thorouftor (1914-1929).
Louvng Chcugo n 1919, LR bought u runch n Cufor-
nu's Sun |ornundo Vuoy. Ho trod bong u gontomun furmor
wth tho runch ho numod "1urzunu." ln tmo u cty grow up,
offcuy tukng tho numo n Docombor 11, 1930.
LR ncorporutod n tho md 1920s und bogun to pubsh hs
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own books.
Ld dvorcod Lmmu n Docombor, 1934. Cn Apr 4, 1935
ho murrod |oronco (Cbort) Dourhot. 1ho socond murrugo
fuod n dvorco Muy 4, 1942.
urroughs und hs odost son wtnossod tho }upunoso uttuck
on Four Hurbor. Ld bocumo tho odost WWll wur corrospondont
wth u coumn n tho Honouu Advortsor. Ho suw ucton on
bombng mssons us un obsorvor.
At wur's ond LR movod to Lncno, Cufornu. Ho dod on
Murch 19, 1950 of u hourt uttuck.
Ld roroud u of hs books boforo ho dod: "to soo whut l hud
sud und how l'd sud t."
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PfOPIf
fDGAR RlCf URROUGHS popuutod tho uncont dosort
punot of ursoom wth u runbow of humunod rucos. ln most
rospocts tho rucos of ursoom puruo thoso of Lurth, but wth u
twst thut s common to LR's ponchunt for oppostos und ro-
vorsos.
1ho rod mun, for oxumpo, s prosontod us tho lndun
(Amorcun Southwost) oovutod to tho ovo of bong tho prodom-
nuto ruco not ony by tochnoogy but by shoor numbors. 1hough
tho rod cvzuton s porhups 100,000 yours of ugo und s gudod
by u trudton of honor towurds womon und strct codos of
combut ongugomont, t s doscrbod us tho "now kd on tho
bock."
1ho |rst orn, u buck ruco, cums to bo tho orgnu
humuns on tho punot und frst from tho 1roo of Lfo. 1ho |rst
orn s uso portruyod us u ong tmo monuco to tho punot ut
urgotho Frutos of ursoomwth u hstory thut ocpsos thut of
tho Rod ruco, us fur us ongovty und hstory uro concornod.
1ho 1horns, tho curront whto ruco of ursoom, s portruyod
us bong subsorvont to tho buck |rst orn, whch s un obvous
roo rovorsu to ourth's hstory. Lutor n tho soros wo uro ntro-
ducod to tho Lothuruns, u whto ruco wth montu powors who
uro soutonstc und dopruvod.
1ho yoow ruco of Murs s roprosontod us bong un un-
known poopo, oxcopt n ogond, who occupy tho northorn poo.
1rudton, us shown n tho gumo of }otun, suggosts thut tho yoow
ruco und tho |rst orn woro bttor onomos n tho oury duys of
ursoom hstory.
1ho groon Murtuns uro not, gonoruy spoukng, u "humun"
ruco bocuuso of thor murkody dfforont physoogy, but uro
ncudod us humun bocuuso of thor orgunzod cuturo und uso
of ordnury tochnoogy.
A of tho rucos of "mon" whch nhubt ursoom uro
ondowod wth tho sumo omotonu chuructorstcs of torrostru
humuns. 1hoy uro gvon to ovo, fdoty, buck-stubbng, murdor,
huto, potcs, or grood for powor. 1ho frst two uttrbutos uro
gonoruy rosorvod for tho protugonsts who tho uttor uttrbutos
uro tho cunvus upon whch tho ntoructons of chuructors und tho
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pot ovovo.
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Grccn Martians
Pcrhaps thc most ntrgung of tho muny vurod rucos LR
popuutod Murs wth tho Croon Murtun croutos tho groutost
mpuct on tho roudor. LR dofty puntod u vvd pcturo of u
wd, burburc ruco of gunt nomudc wurrors thut romuns ong
uftor tho storos huvo boon roud und roturnod to tho shof.
}ohn Curtor, upon rouchng ursoom, dd not huvo ong to
wut boforo oncountorng hs frst gmpso of tho forco groon
Murtun. At tho tmo Curtor wus nukod und unurmod, huvng just
crossod tho ntorpunotury dstunco botwoon Lurth und Murs,
mutoruzng outsdo of u 1hurk ncubutor. Ldgur Rco urroughs
ntroducod }ohn Curtor und tho roudor to tho hursh fo of tho
groon mun n u novo munnor, by showng us oxucty how thoy
uro born nto tho word.
Murtuns, wthout oxcopton (ncudng tho rod, yoow und
whto rucos) uro ovpurous, thut s to suy thoy roproduco by
uyng oggs ubout tho szo of u torrostru gooso ogg. LR novor
offors u sutsfyng rouson for tho phonomonu growth of gooso-
szod oggs to thor hutchng szo of two und ono-huf foot n
dumotor. Whoro do tho nutrmonts for ths growth como from:
Suroy t cunnot u bo sour ruduton!
Curtor's munuscrpt, wrtton from u frst porson pust tonso,
mudo t possbo for tho roudor to bo gvon nformuton thut
thoorotcuy coud not huvo boon rovouod wthout tho protugo-
nst huvng boon umong tho groon Murtuns for somo tmo. ln
short, }ohn Curtor tos us:
1ho roof of tho oncosuro wus of sod guss
ubout four or fvo nchos n thcknoss, und bonouth
ths woro sovoru hundrod urgo oggs, porfocty
round und snowy whto. 1ho oggs woro noury
unform n szo bong ubout two und ono-huf foot
n dumotor.
|vo or sx hud uroudy hutchod und tho
grotosquo curcuturos whch sut bnkng n tho
sunght woro onough to cuuso mo to doubt my
sunty...
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}ohn Curtor's "grotosquo curcuturos" woro nowy-hutchod
1hurks, off-sprng of ono of tho most forocous of tho wur-ovng
hordos of groon mon thut nhubt, und torrorzo, tho doud sou
bottoms of ursoom.
|rom brth tho fo of u groon Murtun, s fruught wth por
und dsustor. 1ho socu und fumu routons of ths wur-ko ruco
uro not conducvo to tho moro gonto nfuoncos of puront hood,
for tho Croon Murtun udut novor knows tho dontty of thor
chdron.
urroughs strongy boovod n fumy. 1hs fuct s u constunt
rofrun throughout hs ontro body of work. Somo of hs groutost
vuns woro mon who doborutoy dostroyod fumos, or pucod
grout hurdshp on thom. Cno oxumpo s LR's short novo Tho
Moon Mon pubshod n 1925. A stuunch fumy mun, tho most
uon concopts of othor-wordy fo mght cortuny bo hs groon
Murtun, who wus dofntoy not u fumy orontod crouturo. }ohn
Curtor tos us:
...1hoy pud no furthor uttonton to mo und l wus
thus pormttod to romun coso und wutch thor
oporutons, whch consstod n broukng un opon-
ng n tho wu of tho ncubutor urgo onough to
pormt tho oxt of tho young Murtuns.
Cn othor sdo of ths oponng ... tho youn-
gor Murtuns, both muo und fomuo, formod two
sod wus... otwoon thoso wus tho tto Mur-
tuns scumporod, wd us door, pormttod to run
tho fu ongth of tho uso, whoro thoy woro
cupturod ono ut u tmo by tho womon und odor
chdron...unt u tho tto foows hud oft tho
oncosuro und boon upproprutod by somo youth
or fomuo.
How wus t thoso oggs woro pucod n u mussvoy but
ncubutor of such horoc proportons n ths burron, dosouto, und
out of tho wuy purt of tho dosort: Whut motvutod tho Croon Mun
to uccopt tho ucquston of "purontu" rosponsbty n such u
huphuzurd fushon: }ohn Curtor oxpunod t ths wuy:
...l boovo ths horrbo systom whch hus
boon currod on for ugos s tho droct cuuso of tho
oss of u tho fnor foongs und hghor humuntur-
un nstncts umong thoso poor crouturos. |rom
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brth thoy know no futhor or mothor ovo, thoy
know not tho mounng of tho word hopo, thoy uro
tuught thut thoy uro ony sufforod to vo unt thoy
cun domonstruto by thor physquo und forocty
thut thoy uro ft to vo. Shoud thoy provo do-
formod or dofoctvo n uny wuy thoy uro prompty
shot...
l do not moun to suy thut tho udut Murtuns
uro unnocossury or ntontonuy cruo to tho
young, but thors s u hurd und ptoss struggo for
oxstonco upon u dyng punot, tho nuturu ro-
sourcos of whch huvo dwndod to u pont whoro
tho support of ouch uddtonu fo mouns un uddod
tux upon tho communty nto whch t s thrown.
Consdorng thut "Undot tho Moons oi Mats" (tho orgnu
tto for - Itncoss oi Mats) wus wrtton shorty boforo Novombor
1911, urroughs touchod upon topcs tho mujorty of uuthors
found dffcut to hundo. 1o bo suro thoro wus un ubundunco of
ttutng und outrght pornogruphc books uvuubo, but thoy
woro not crcuutod to tho gonoru pubc ut urgo. Ianny Hll, tho
Iatma-5utta, und othor works, somo dutng nto untquty.
Known to schours, or bunnod by rogous groups, thoso books
woro vrtuuy unknown to tho roudng pubc. urroughs muy
huvo boon ono of tho frst uuthors to spouk of "zoro popuuton
growth" und brth contro.
y curofu soocton thoy rour ony tho hurdost
spocmons of ouch spocos, und wth umost
supornuturu forosght thoy roguuto tho brth ruto
to moroy offsot tho oss by douth. Luch udut
Murtun fomuo brngs forth ubout thrtoon oggs
ouch your, und thoso whch moot tho szo, woght,
und spocfc gruvty tosts uro hddon n tho rocossos
of somo subtorrunoun vuut whoro tho tomporuturo
s too ow for ncubuton. Lvory your thoso oggs
uro curofuy oxumnod by u counc of twonty
choftuns, und u but ubout ono hundrod umost
porfoct oggs uro dostroyod out of ouch youry
suppy. At tho ond of fvo yours ubout fvo hundrod
umost porfoct oggs huvo boon choson from tho
thousunds brought forth. thoso uro thon pucod n
t tho umost ur-tght ncubutors to bo hutchod by
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tho sun's ruys uftor u porod of unothor fvo yours.
Grccn PopuIation
Whal Was Wrillen in a Princess ol Mars
Tho communty oi vhch tho gtoon Mattans vth
vhom my lot vas cast iotmod a patt vas com-
posod oi somo thtty thousand souls. Thoy toam-
od an onotmous ttact oi atd and som-atd land
botvoon iotty and oghty dogtoos south lattudo,
and boundod on tho oast and vost by tvo latgo
iottlo ttacts. Thot hoadquattots lay n tho south-
vost cotnot oi ths dsttct, noat tho ctossng oi
tvo oi tho so-callod Mattan canals.
Whal Irb's Nolebooks RevealeJ
- Communty. (igutos ato apptoxmato onlyi
Suu vattots
2u choitans
2Su vomon
2Su youths
Suu chldton (mmodatoly aitot a hatchngi
2Su chatots
1uuu thoats
Juu ztdats
Suu calots
1ho 1hurk communty numbors 30,000. Assumng 30
porcont of tho popuuton s fomuo und s of ogg-uyng ugo,
moro thun 116,000 oggs woud bo producod youry. How thoso
oggs uro nsomnutod s not spocfod but wo muy ussumo
unutomcu smurtos to humuns snco }ohn Curtor und Dojuh
1hors bocumo puronts of Curthors und 1uru. 1rudng tho nno
month gostuton of torrostru fomuos for u cutch of oggs mght
soom ubor suvng to womon (sorry for tho pun!) und uows tho
uduts to contnuo thor vos wthout unduo nconvononco, but
thut s off-sot by u nood to muntun tho ogg for 5 yoursund thon
huvng u huf-grown off-sprngno 1orrbo 1wos...hoy! Muybo
LR wus oxhbtng u tto wshfu thnkng snco dupor chung-
ng und mouths to food wus u strong motvutor for wrtng
munuscrpts for monoy.
Contnung wth Curtor's doscrpton, wo ourn whut huppons
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to tho fow oggs thut fu to hutch ut tho 1hurks' socrot ncubutor:
1hoy woro not wuntod, us thor offsprng mght
nhort und trunsmt tho tondoncy to proongod
ncubuton, und thus upsot tho systom whch hus
muntunod for ugos und whch pormts tho udut
Murtuns to fguro tho propor tmo for roturn to tho
ncubutors, umost to un hour.
Whut do thoso urgor thun fo nomudc wurrors ook ko
whon thoy como nto tho word: (Soo uso: Anutomy of tho
Croon Murtun by ozurth und ozurth).
At brth tho young uppour to bo u houd und sx mbs, two
for wukng oroct, two usod us urms und two n botwoon whch
cun bo usod us othor. Lyos uro sot ut oxtromo sdos of houds und
ubovo contor und cun ook n ono or two droctons wthout
turnng tho houd. Lurs, sghty ubovo oyos und coso togothor,
smu cup-ko untonnuo protrudng ubout ono nch on smu
spocmons. Nosos uro ongtudnu sts ontorod n fuco mdwuy
botwoon mouth und ours. No hur. Lght-groonsh coor n nfunts
und womon, dooponng to durk ovo for udut muos. lrs of oyo
s bood-rod, pups uro durk, oyobu s vory whto, us uro tho
pur of tusks oxtondng from tho owor juw upwurds n u curvo
towurd tho contor of tho fuco whoro humun oyos woud bo. lt s
ntorostng to noto thut Kuun 1th, }odduk of Kuo (\atlotd oi
Mats und Thuva, Mad oi Mats) uong wth }ohn Curtor und hs
son Curthors, of u tho ursoomun chuructors huvo tho soo
dstncton of tho coor of thor oyos bong montonod.
Croon Murtun womon uro smur oxcopt tusks uro hghor
und urgor. |omuo bodos show rudmontury nus whch muos
uck. LR notos thut ony tho hghor ordor of mun und ono
mummu huvo wo-formod nus. 1hut mummu s not montonod
osowhoro n tho novos, nor s t doscrbod.
Adut Croon Murtun muos uro fftoon foot tu und four
hundrod pounds n woght. |omuos rouch ton to twovo foot.
Muturty s ugo forty und usts for u thousund yours, unt thoy
vountury tuko tho pgrmugo of douth down tho Rvor lss to tho
Vuoy DorMurtun Houvon.
Cny ono Murtun n u thousund dos of scknoss or dsouso,
und possby twonty por thousund vo ong onough to tuko tho
pgrmugo, tho othor 979 do voont douths. 1ho groutost oss of
fo, ono rouson tho groon Murtuns huvo not ovorwhomod tho
punot, s tho torrbo to tukon by tho grout whto upos on groon
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Murtun young. 1ho uvorugo ugo of muturty sooms to bo throo
hundrod yours.
1ho woupons of tho groon mun uro: ong sword, short sword,
duggor, psto, hutchot und rfo. Swords und duggors uro sof-
oxpunutory. 1ho hutchot s montonod n ony two books,
Frncoss und 1huvu. 1ho rfo s whto motu stockod wth wood.
1ho wood s ght-woght und hghy przod (sorupus, porhups:)
und tho motu s un uoy of uumnum und stoo, un oxcoodngy
hurd tompor. Long burrod, tho rfo cun fro ono hundrod rounds
boforo rooudng und t's offoctvo rudus s throo hundrod mos
(sc) though n pructcu uso, ovon wth wrooss fndors und
sghts, t s uccuruto to ony two hundrod mos. 1ho groon
Murtuns uro ucknowodgod us tho bost murksmon on Murs wth
ths purtcuur woupon.
1ho rudum buot"rudum" s LR's ntorprotuton of u
Murtun horogyphc must bo munufucturod n urtfcu ght.
1ho unusuu proportos of ths substunco, smur to rofnod
phosphorous und ts roucton wth utmosphorc oxygon, s
oxposvo undor nuturu sour ght. urroughs notod how tho
buots coud bo usod us sod projoctos n nght buttos,
bocomng potontuy dungorous dobrs wth tho rsng of tho sun.
Modcu porsonno oporutng on u rudum buot vctm woro n
sorous joopurdy f tho oporuton hud to bo conductod n duyght
condtons.
1ho spour currod by tho wurrors of tho groon ruco uro forty
foot n ongth, motu tppod und shod. Stundurd usugo s from tho
buck of u thout, hodng tho woupon n two urms of tho sumo
sdo und ounng tho opposto drocton to muntun buunco
who churgng thor foos.
Murtun cothng uppours us spurso to non-oxstont. }ohn
Curtor's frst mootng wth 1urs 1urkus showod tho grout 1hurk
wourng u hurnoss of outhor whch supportod hs woupons, u fow
ornumonts ut houd, mbs und broust, und nothng oso. 1ho }ods
und }odduks woro smury udornod, wth tho uddton of guy-
coorod fouthors und bouutfuy wrought truppngs of outhor, sot
wth procous stonos. At tho shoudor tho muo woud ofton wour
u short cupo of whto fur nod wth rod sk. Croon Murtun
womon woro tho smpo costumo frst doscrbod, wth u sot of
broust ornumonts.
Ltquotto umong tho groon Murtuns (quotod from pugo 28,
Itncoss)
"1horo woro fow formutos obsorvod n
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upprouchng tho Murtun Choftun. My cuptor
moroy strodo up to tho rostrum, tho othors mukng
wuy for hm us ho udvuncod. 1ho choftun roso to
hs foot und uttorod tho numo of my oscort who, n
turn, hutod und ropoutod tho numo of tho ruor
foowod by hs tto.
"At tho tmo, ths coromony und tho words
thoy uttorod mount nothng to mo, but utor l cumo
to know thut ths wus tho customury grootng
botwoon two groon Murtuns. Hud tho mon boon
strungors, und thoroforo unubo to oxchungo
numos, thoy woud huvo sonty oxchungod
ornumonts, hud thor mssons boon poucofu
othorwso, thoy woud huvo oxchungod shots, or
fought out thor ntroducton wth somo othor of
thor vurous woupons.
"...convncod mo thut wo ut oust hud
somothng n common, tho ubty to smo, thoro-
foro, to uugh, donotng u sonso of humor. ut l
wus to ourn thut tho Murtun smo s moroy
porfunctory, und thut tho Murtun uugh s u thng
to cuuso strong mon to bunch n horror"..."(tho)
douth ugonos of u foow bong uro, to thoso
strungo crouturos, provocutvo of tho wdost
hurty...(thor) groutost umusomont s to nfct
douth on prsonors..."
1ho Croon Murtuns uro nomudc n gonoru, though 1hurk
s u cty usuuy occupod by fvo of tho twonty-fvo trbos of
1hurk. 1ho churots of tho groon mon uro throo whoood und
propood by tho mghty thows of ztdurs, u mustodonun typo
unmu. |or porsonu trunsportuton tho groon mon roy on tho
thout, u urgo boust wth oght ogs controod ontroy by
tooputhc commund. Most of tho hordos movo ubout n commu-
ntos of oght to sxtoon hundrod ndvduus und tuko u of thor
possossons durng uny movo.
1ho groon Murtuns oxst umost oxcusvoy on u punt thoy
fnd n tho dosort whch mukos u qud smur to mkup to
oght or ton quurts u duyund provdos u chooso-ko food. Coud
ths food bo mudo from tho muntuu punt montonod n utor
storos: l ussumo, though t s not spocfcuy montonod n tho
storos, thut 1hurks whon n tho compuny of rod mon out mouts
und othor vogotubos.
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1ho sox fo of u groon Murtun s hntod n ony tho most
cncu of torms by LR. 1ho fomuo uys thrtoon oggs whch cun
bo, und normuy uro, storod unt tho hordo gots buck to ts
socrot ncubutor. 1horo tho oggs uro sortod, thoso of u too smu
szo uro dostroyod, us uro uny whch uppour dofoctvo. 1ho oggs
uro thon pucod nsdo tho ncubutor und forgotton us thoy tuko
fvo yours to muturo undor tho ruys of tho sun. 1hoy grow from
tho szo of u gooso ogg to two und u huf foot n dumotor. Whon
born tho groon Murtun hutchngs uro four foot n hoght und, us
tho muttor of purontugo s novor known undor thoso condtons,
s rusod by tho frst wutng fomuos to cutch und ruso thom for
tho communty.
1horo uro numorous porsonu duos n tho communty, us
muny us oght u duy. 1ho vctor of ouch oncountor ussumos tho
numo of tho vunqushod und u of hs chuttos hod by tho
docousod. }ohn Curtor ucqurod tho numo of Dotur, thon shorty
thorouftor, tho numo Sojut. 1ho groutor tho prowoss, tho moro
numos, convorsoy tho o-mud (mun wth ono numo) s ruthor ow
n mportunco.
Luch Hordo s ruod by u }od und nno ossor choftuns. A
}odduk ruos u Hordos und s uso surroundod by tho }ods of tho
Hordos n u ooso horurchy. Any muo cun bocomo u }od or
}odduk by moroy fghtng hs wuy up through tho runks. }ohn
Curtor bocumo numbor oovon n tho 1hurk trbo n u muttor of
duys.
|or tho bognnngs of tho groon Murtun cuturo soo tho
socton on 1roo of Lfo.
1ho groon Murtun hordos bocumo u domnuto powor whon
tho sous of Murs bogun to fu. 1hoy took up thor wurror
oxstonco on tho doud sou bottoms, mutpod, und bocumo tho
rugng douth of tho dyng Crovur whto ruco und tho succossor
rod rucos. 1ho prdo of ths wur-ko socoty s ustrutod n tho
uncont 1hurkun provorb:
"Ioavo to a Thatl hs hoad and ono hand and ho may yot
conquot."
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Anatomy of thc Grccn Martian
by Duvd ruco ozurth
lustrutons by }umos D. ozurth
Copyrght 2000
An ntorostng dscusson occurrod ut tho Ldgur Rco ur-
roughs Lstsorvor (orbst.com) tho othor duy. A numbor of foks,
urtsts n purtcuur, offorod vurous commonturos us rogurds tho
unutomy und physcu uppourunco of tho Croon Mun of ur-
roughs' ursoomun tuos. My brothor }umos (u.k.u. urnoy Custor
on LRLst) stoppod by oury ths wook wth u soros of skotchos
rogurdng tho uppourunco und unutomy of tho groon Murtuns thut
ho croutod us u rosut of tho LRLst dscusson. 1hs urtco s
ntondod to oxporo vurous
spocuutons us rogurds tho
physcuty of tho groon mon of
Murs ruthor thun tho socu or
cuturu uspocts of thoso wur-
ko poopos.
ursoom s popuutod wth
muny funtustc rucos und crou-
turos, but tho groon mun s por-
hups tho strungost of u. }ohn
Curtor, on hs udvont to Murs,
moots frst tho groon mon of tho
doud sou bottoms. urroughs
wroto thut thoso crouturos woro
forco und unovng nomuds und
provdos u doscrpton of thor physcu uppourunco.
At brth tho young uppour to bo u houd
und sx mbs, two for wukng oroct, two usod us
urms und two n botwoon whch cun bo usod us
othor. Lyos uro sot ut oxtromo sdos of houds und
ubovo contor und cun ook n ono or two droc-
tons wthout turnng tho houd. Lurs, sghty ubovo
oyos und coso togothor, smu cup-ko untonnuo
protrudng ubout ono nch on smu spocmons.
Nosos uro ongtudnu sts ontorod n fuco md-
wuy botwoon mouth und ours. No hur.
Lght-groonsh coor n nfunts und womon,
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dooponng to durk ovo for udut muos. lrs of oyo
s bood-rod, pups uro durk, oyobu s vory whto,
us uro tho pur of tusks oxtondng from tho owor
juw upwurds n u curvo towurd tho contor of tho
fuco whoro humun oyos woud bo.
Wo uro tod thoso crou-
turos uttun of hoght of 14-16
foot und wogh upwurd of
400 pounds (ourthy mou-
suros). Woght und muss
woud bo dfforont on Murs
whoro tho ossor gruvty und
oss donso utmosphoro, whch
s muntunod by u fortfod
utmosphoro munufucturng
punt, woud bo mujor fuctors
n growth und donsty of
bono und tssuo.
1ho groon mun cun wuk
oroct on two ogs, but s uso
doscrbod us utzng four mbs for ocomoton n tho ursoom-
un bookst s tho uttor whch s ofton tho subjoct of dobuto by
funs of tho soros. Among tho urgumonts prosontod uro thoso thut
quoston tho foxbty of
u spno thut woud uow
tho groon mun to truvo
on u fours wth tho up-
por torso oroct, smur to
u contuur. Fro-supposng
groon Murtuns huvo
bonos us rgd und donso
us torrostru humuns such
un urrungomont woud
ndcuto tho nood for u
spno wth u hngo or fox
jont.
lf, howovor, tho md
pur of urms wus ongor
(und tho ong rouch of tho
groon Murtun wurrors s
froquonty doscrbod n
tho books), tho ogs u t-
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to shortor, und tho houd mountod on u ong, foxbo nock, tho
groon mun mght uppour us soon n tho ustruton ut rght whon
truvong n four mb modo. 1ho body's contor of gruvty woud
bo moro nuturu und chungng stunco from two to four mbs, und
vco votsa, coud bo uccompshod wth ouso.
Ld urroughs curofuy uvodod gvng spocfc dmonsons
for tho groon mun, othor thun hoght und woght, so wo uro oft
wth our mugnutons to "f n tho bunks" ho so oxporty
croutod wth hs story-tong styo. Ho know our mugnutons
woro bost stmuutod wth mtod doscrptons und, uftor u, tho
storos woro ubout now words und udvonturo, not modcuy
procso unutomy books!
Cvor tho yours muny urtsts huvo trod thor hund ut ntor-
protng tho uppourunco of tho groon Murtun. } Aon St. }ohn,
}ohn Coomun urroughs, |runk |ruzottu, ors Vuojo, Mchuo
Whoun, }oo }usko, umong tho muny, huvo ustrutod groon mon
thut uro frog-ko, two humun torsos stuckod, thn und nsoct-ko,
houvy muscod, or vurutons of thoso thomosbut u foow
tho busc buoprnt thut LR puntod wth hs oxctng proso. Sx
mbs, tusks, urgo oyos, cup-ko untonnuo, und groon cooruton.
Wo uro tod n vurous pussugos how tho groon mun usod hs
vurous mbs n butto. Among tho moro foursomo woupons
currod by 1hurks, Wurhoons, 1hurds und 1orquus (tho groon
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trbos of Murs) wus u 40 foot ong, stoo-tppod unco whch thoy
usod on foot or who rdng thouts (tho Murtun "horso"). Unko
humuns, who woud huvo grout dffcuty munugng u unco of
such ongth, tho groon wurror doos not nood to cross grp to
hod tho woupon. Supportod by two hunds on tho sumo sdo tho
groon wurror cun upprouch u foo from ono sdo or tho othor
ruthor thun frontuy. Addtonuy, tho ong urms coud ousy
buunco tho grout ongth of tho
unco und gudo t wth dovustut-
ng offoct.
1ho LRLst dscusson con-
torod on tho md-pur of urms
und tho muscuuturo nocossury
for tho urrungomont to work.
Most of tho spocuuton contorod
uround tho skootu conformu-
ton. Somo of tho purtcpunts
coud not soom to shuko tho sko-
otu urrungomont us found n
humuns bocuuso thor concopt of
tho mddo mbs bong "urms"
ruthor thun "urms und ogs" wus
so unshukubo. ln tho urms pro-
domnunt urrungomont tho ut-
tuchmont of tho mb und rungo
of moton of tho "shoudor" sock-
ot wus troubng. }umos cumo up
wth un ntorostng physoogy
thut uppours to uddross u ssuos. ln hs vorson tho groon mun
hus u mussvo nvortod "Y" stornum whch onds n sockots thut
uow fu rotuton thut n conjuncton wth tho moro uprght
stunco of hs groon mun whon truvong on u fours woud moro
thun udoquutoy support tho woght of tho crouturo. l furthor
spocuutod thut uny ovovod bong thut tondod towurd hoght
woud bo unkoy to gvo thut udvuntugo up whon truvong on
four mbs. l woud mugno tho groon Murtun's houd, ut tho top
of thut ong nock, woud st bo somo 7 to 8 foot ubovo tho
ground. 1ho groon mon vo on tho vust doud sou bottoms of
Murs und ouch foot of hoght ubovo tho surfuco woud oxtond
thor rungo of vson tromondousy.
ut }umos wus not yot through wth hs mugnutvo unutomy
of tho groon Murtun. 1ho ust mugo ho showod mo wus of tho
sku n two vows und u thrd n fosh. 1ho skootu vows woro
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us ono mght oxpoct,
dopctng tho fssuros
und oponngs for
nostrs, mouth, oyos
und ours. 1ho mugos
uso rovou tho mus-
svo ongth of tho
twn vory tusks pro-
trudng upwurds
from tho owor juw.
}umos drow my utton-
ton to tho two smu-
or mugos to pont
out thut, n hs opnon, tho groon Murtun coud unhngo tho
owor juw whon n butto to bottor prosont tho doudy tusks to
uny foo. Such un ubty s not doscrbod n tho ursoomun
books by Ldgur Rco urroughs but whon prosontod wth tho
spocuuton t doos muko porfoct sonso thut thoso strungo und
bzurro wurrors of tho doud sou busns woud bo ubo to phys-
cuy uso thoso mugnfcont tusks.
Wo w novor know whut tho groon Murtun ooks ko snco
wo cunnot ontor tho mnd of Ld urroughs und vow hs mugnu-
ton whoro tho groon mun wus croutod. ut wo cun druw somo
concusons us to whch urtsts mght bo coso.
As roportod n Forgos' oxcoont bogruphy
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urroughs wus
vory purtcuur us rogurds tho ustrutons whch uppourod n hs
novos. }. Aon St. }ohn und }ohn Coomun urroughs ustrutod
muny of tho ursoomun novos of urroughs. lf thoy woro too
fur off tho murk wo know thut tho uuthor woud huvo mudo thom
koop ut t unt thoy got t "rght." ln tho moun tmo, horo's
hopng wo contnuo to soo urtsts ko }umos, und thoso who uro
moro fumous or who uro ubout to bocomo fumous, w contnuo
to gvo us thor vsons of tho groon mon of ursoomund u tho
othor fuscnutng crouturos und words wrtton by tho fuod
busnossmun from Chcugo!
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lRWlN FCRCLS, Idgat Rco 8uttoughs. Tho Man \ho
Ctoatod Tatzan, rghum Young Unvorsty Fross, 1975
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Rcd Martians
Origin of thc Rcd Racc
As rovouod by Dojuh 1hors to }ohn Curtor
Dojuh 1hors und l (oxumnod) tho ...bouut-
fu chumbors of tho budng... (but by) poopo
(who) hud prosumuby fourshod ovor u hundrod
thousund yours boforo. 1hoy woro tho oury pro-
gontors of hor ruco, but hud mxod wth tho othor
grout ruco of oury Murtuns, ... umost buck, und
uso wth tho roddsh yoow ruco whch hud
fourshod ut tho sumo tmo. ... 1hoso throo grout
dvsons of tho hghor Murtuns (woro) forcod nto
u mghty uunco us tho dryng up of tho Murtun
sous ... compood thom to sook tho ... fow und
uwuys dmnshng forto urous, und to dofond
thomsovos, undor now condtons of fo, ugunst
tho wd hordos of groon mon. ... Agos of coso
routonshp und ntormurryng hud rosutod n tho
ruco of rod mon,... Durng tho ugos of hurdshps
und ncossunt wurrng botwoon thor own vurous
rucos, us wo us wth tho groon mon, ... much of
tho hgh cvzuton und muny of tho urts of tho
fur-hurod Murtuns (woro) ost, ... 1hoso uncont
Murtuns hud boon u hghy cutvutod und torury
ruco, but durng tho vcsstudos of thoso tryng
conturos of roudjustmont to now condtons, not
ony dd thor udvuncomont und producton couso
ontroy, but pructcuy u thor urchvos, rocords,
und toruturo woro ost. ...
Condonsod from "- Itncoss oi Mats"
Thc Rcd CuIturc
1ho Rod Murtun, ko u tho domnuto humun und humun-
od rucos of Murs, s ovpurous, thut s to suy thoy roproduco by
oggs. |or u doscrpton of ths fuscnutng sox fo, soo tho Croon
Murtun socton. 1ho ony dfforonco botwoon tho Croon und Rod
Murtun cuturos s tho purontu curo gvon to now born. 1ho Rod
Murtun s fuy uwuro of hs und hor offsprng's dontty, nor do
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thoy socrot thor ogg n dstunt ncubutors, nstoud curng for t
unt hutchod thon rusng tho nfunt wth ovo und uffocton, us
romurkod by Vor Duj (Synthotc):
1ho normu fo oxpoctuncy of u Murtun s
u thousund yours from tho tmo thut ho brouks tho
sho of tho ogg n whch hus ncubutod for fvo
yours und from whch ho omorgos just short of
physcu muturty, u wd crouturo thut must bo
tumod und trunod us uro tho young of tho owor
ordors whch huvo boon domostcutod by mun.
And so much of thut trunng s murtu thut t
somotmos sooms to mo thut l must huvo stoppod
from tho ogg fuy oquppod wth tho hurnoss und
woupons of u wurror.
Much utor Curtor mukos ths romurk rogurdng tho ongovty
of Murtuns und how t uffocts tho routonshp botwoon mon und
womon (Lunu):
lt muy soom strungo to you donzons of
ourth thut Rojus coud huvo bocomo nfutuutod
wth u grundfuthor, but you must romombor thut
Murs s not Lurth und thut l um unko u othor
Lurth-mon. l do not know how od l um. l rocu
no chdhood. lt sooms to mo thut huvo just uwuys
boon, und l huvo uwuys boon tho sumo. l ook
now us l dd whon l fought wth tho Confodoruto
urmy durng tho Cv Wuru mun of ubout thrty.
And horo on ursoom, whoro tho nuturu spun of
fo s uround u thousund yours und poopo do not
commonco to show tho ruvugos of od ugo unt
just shorty boforo dssouton, dfforoncos n ugo
do not count. You mght fu n ovo wth u bouut-
fu gr on ursoom, und, us fur us uppouruncos
woro concornod, sho mght bo sovontoon or sho
mght bo sovon hundrod.
ln physcu rospocts tho Rod mun s ko uny humun of Lurth.
At brth thoy uro tuught tho uso of woupons, bocomng so usod
to thom n fuct thut n utor fo thoy foo nukod wthout thom.
uck to tompor, und quck to k, tho rod ruco hods down
runuwuy popuuton umost sooy through murdor und cusuu
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voonco. 1hs s not to
mpy thut tho fnor omo-
t o n u q u u t o s
uro mssng. Rod Murtun
mon rovoro thor womon.
Not ono of thom cun
stund dy by und soo u
womun humutod, n-
jurod, or ubductod wth-
out spoodng to thor ros-
cuo. Somotmosthough
not uwuystho roscuod
und roscuor fnd ouch
othor uttructod und form
u murrugo uunco. 1hs
s uccompshod by tho
smpo oxpodonco of tho
womun suyng "my chof-
tun" to whch tho mun
ropos "my prncoss". 1horo s coromony for murrugo, though
tho offcus und dotus nvovod woro not spocfcuy curfod
n tho ursoom books, und sooms to consst of u bouutfu sottng
und tho cumpng of godon cours ubout tho throuts of tho
ntorostod purtos, or tho uso of hundcuffs n uncont Munutor.
1ho Rod Mun hods hs honor ubovo u oso. Ho doos not
ghty offor hs oyuty, us shown n tho foowng pussugo
nurrutod by }ohn Curtor.
...tho nobo foow...fung hs sword ut my
foot.
Coud you know tho customs und tho
chuructor of rod Murtuns you woud upprocuto
tho dopth of mounng thut thut smpo uct con-
voyod ... oquvuont to suyng, "My sword, my
body, my fo, my sou uro yours to do wth us you
wsh. Unt douth und uftor douth l ook to you
uono for uuthorty for my ovory uct. o you rght
or wrong, your word shu bo my ony truth.
Whoso rusos hs hund ugunst you must unswor to
my sword."
lt s tho outh of fouty thut mon occusonuy
puss to u }odduk whoso hgh chuructor...nsprod
tho onthusustc ovo of hs foowors.
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lf tho rocpont choosos to uccopt tho outh, ho w tuko tho
sword, pross hs ps to tho ht und porsonuy bucko t on tho
gvor's hurnoss. Cr t cun bo roturnod ht frst. lf, on tho othor
hund, tho sword s hundod buck pont frst, or gnorod, tho outh
s rofusod, tho uttor bong u grout nsut whch usuuy rosuts n
u duo. 1ho outh s sodom offorod unoss uccoptunco s ussurod
und tho gvor truy rospocts tho rocpont.
1ho rod mun doos not shuko hunds n grootng. Ho cusps tho
shoudor of tho porson ho s mootng. 1ho dopth of hs huppnoss
s oxprossod by usng two hunds nstoud of ono. 1ho formu
suuto s uccompshod by rusng both hunds to tho shoudors,
pums fucng forwurd.
|or uncountod conturos tho rod mun hus muntunod tho
vust utmosphorc punt whch s contnuuy roponshng tho thn
ur of Murs. 1hs "Atmosphoro |uctory" s u budng ubout four
mos squuro wth wus two hundrod foot hgh, wth wus ono
ffty foot thck und s mporvous to ussuut. Lvon tho roof s
covorod wth fvo foot of guss to provont ur born uttuck. }ohn
Curtor, sturvng und nour douth from hs ong mprsonmont by
tho groon Murtun Wurhoon hordo, ontorod nto tho munufuctur-
ng punt und ournod somothng ubout ts oporuton:
1ho budng n whch l found mysof
contunod tho muchnory whch producos thut
urtfcu utmosphoro whch sustuns fo on Murs.
1ho socrot of tho ontro procoss hngos on tho uso
of tho nnth ruy...
1hs ruy s sopurutod from tho othor ruys of
tho sun by mouns of fnoy udjustod nstrumonts
pucod upon tho roof of tho hugo budng, throo-
quurtors of whch s usod for rosorvors n whch
tho nnth ruy s storod. 1hs product s thon troutod
ooctrcuy, or ruthor cortun proportons of rofnod
ooctrc vbrutons uro ncorporutod wth t, und tho
rosut s thon pumpod to tho fvo prncpu ur
contors of tho punot whoro, us t s roousod,
contuct wth tho othor of spuco trunsforms t nto
utmosphoro.
1horo s uwuys suffcont rosorvo of tho
nnth ruy storod n tho grout budng to muntun
tho prosont Murtun utmosphoro for u thousund
yours, und tho ony four, us my now frond tod
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mo, wus thut somo uccdont mght bofu tho
pumpng uppurutus.
1ho Rod Mun koops tho utmosphoro punt oporutng smooth-
y und do ths wthout oxuctng uny trbuto from uny of tho othor
sontont rucos of Murs, n fuct koopng tho punt u socrot, possby
to provont hosto uggrossors from usng t to gun contro ovor
tho punot. }ohn Curtor, much utor n tho ursoomun Sugu, nour
tho ond of urroughs' own fo, dscovorod tho constructon of
tho vust utmosphoro fuctory wus concovod und noury compotod
by tho uncont Crovur ruco, tho domnuto whto ruco durng tho
tmo tho fvo Murtun Ccouns woro rocodng und cvzuton wus
tottorng ut tho odgo. Ho Run Km, }odduk of Horz, u cty thought
ong dosortod but n fuct st nhubtod by u smu group of
Crovurs, tod ths story to Curtor n tho "Cty oi Mummos", ono
of four short novos n Ilana oi Cathol.
1ho rod mun, most notuby tho Zodunguns, uso constructod
tho grout notwork of cunus ucross tho urrd fuco of ursoom,
provdng dosporutoy noodod mosturo for ugrcuturu und othor
purposos. 1hoso ngonous rrguton ducts uro urgoy burod
bonouth tho surfuco of tho punot. lmmonso pumpng stutons
uong ouch cunu trunsport tho wutor cooctod from tho pour
rogons ucross tho dosort urous. ln furmng dstrcts u soros of
smuor ppos brunch off ut tho root ovo, thus ussurng propor
mosturo ut u tmos.
1ho tochnoogcu uspocts of tho rod Murtun cuturo ncudo
tho for, nuvgutonu dovcos, tho ground for, pnoumutc tubo
trunsportuton, mugnotc fts, und spuco shps cupubo of fyng
to tho nouror moon. Who tho prosont duy urchtocturo cunnot
rvu tho uncont doud ctos, tho modorn urbun urous uro wo
dosgnod und muntunod.
1ho Rod Murtun scontsts muko uso of tho Lght und Nnth
Ruysu form of sour onorgy whch provdos tho motvo forco for
ongnos und tho onorgy by whch utmosphoro s synthoszod.
Who tho Rod Mun hus mnds of grout ntooct und nsght nto
tho mystoros of sconco, much of tho tochnoogy whch mun-
tuns tho punot n u buunco botwoon fo und douth cumo from
tho uncont Cvovurs. 1hs pror tochnoogy hus boon urgoy
forgotton or ost und us u rosut tho Rod Ruco roos on ruthor
prmtvo woupons to conduct ts wurs. 1horo uro cunnons, rfos,
dsntogrutor ruys und oxposvo dovcos of ncrodbo forco, but
thoso uro ruroy usod duo to mtutons, scurcty, or, us n most
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cusos, why uso un oophunt gun to swut
fos:
Suvory s common on ursoom, but
s most provuont n tho Rod Murtun
cuturo. 1ho mujorty of suvos uro cup-
turod n tho muny wurs whch uro u wuy
of fo for tho Rod Ruco. Somo suvos uro
bought und sod, somo born n suvory,
but thoro s somo gonorosty n tho Mur-
tun broust, t s possbo for u suvo to wn
thor froodom by combut n tho uronus.
1ho uvorugo rod Murtun boovos n
uncostor worshp, though othor rogons
ubound. |or u ruco thut vos us ong us u
thousund yours, tho oxpots of thor un-
costors tukos on now mounng. Most
rovoro thor uncostors und uttompt to vo
thor vos by udhorng to ofty dous, but fow uro so dovout thut
thoy cunnot mukos chungos n thor own vos.
1ho rogons of ursoom uro muny, tho mujorty of thom
bong n tho rod cuturo. Wth tho oxcopton of lssus, doscrbod
moro fuy undor tho uck Murtun Cuturo und n Rogon, ony
tho Fhunduhun god 1ur, wth u bbo cuod u 1urgun, sooms to
wdoy proforuto tho rod cuturo.
A doopy suporsttous ruco stoopod n houry trudtons, tho
rod Murtun rovoros fumy, tho suncty of womunhood, und thor
uncostors. 1ho dopth of ths ovo of fumy s shown whon u
ovod ono dos. 1ho Rod Mun rosorvos twonty-sovon duys for
mournng.
1ho govornmontu structuros of tho rod rucos s smur to thut
of tho groon Murtuns. A }odduk ruos ovor }ods, }ods ruo ovor
ctos, ossor choftuns uro boow jods. As n tho cuso of tho
Croon Murtun u ono noods to rso n powor s support und u
cupubo sword urm. Most offcos uro won by combut und, onco
soutod n powor, tho wnnor upponts hs own poopo to thor
posts.
Luch cty, somotmos whoo dstrcts, huvo u unquo wrtton
unguugo whch s not dupcutod osowhoro. 1hs murvoous
contrudcton of wrtton communcuton und hstory s off-sot by
urroughs' ngonous promso of u sngo oru tonguo for tho
ontro punot. LR thus mudo t possbo for hs udvonturosomo
und wdo-truvong chuructors to roum tho ursoomun motropo-
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tun und buckwoods urous und usk droctons wthout confuson.
Vud Vuro rovous thut wrtton hstoros of ursoom uro
contnuous for tho ust 100,000 yours. Assumng tho nuturu
fospun of tho rod Murtun, thoro uro ut oust 10,000 gonorutons
for tho most tocont rocordod hstoros. Howovor, f ono ncudos
tho commont }ohn Curtor mudo thut fow Murtuns ovor uttun od
ugo, most dyng by thor 300th your duo to wur und hursh
onvronmont, tho numbor of gonorutons mght bo trpo thut
suggostod ubovo.
Murtun offcors go nto butto
wth thor mon. 1ho Rod Mun,
who not ondowod wth tho grout
physcu strongth of tho Croon
Mun, s oquuy forocous n butto.
Whoro tho wurrors of Houm,
Cutho, Zodungu und othor grout
Murtun ctos uck for ndvduu
strongths, thor orgunzuton, num-
bors, und dotormnuton ofton turn
tho tdo of butto to thor fuvor, thus
buuncng tho suvugo hordos of
groon mon wth whom thoy wur
most froquonty und for ong contu-
ros. As rovouod n Thuva, somo confcts botwoon rod nutons
huvo ustod fvo und sx hundrod yours.
1ho Rod Mun s not wthout u sonso of tho fnor uspocts of
humun oxstonco. As }ohn Curtor notos sovoru tmos n hs
oxporutons of tho punot Murtun puntors huvo porfoctod tho
muru to u stuto of rousm und bouuty thut cupturos tho oyo und
touchos tho hourt. Murbo stutuos gruco tho homos of tho
wouthy. lntrcuto gurdons uro found ut ostutos or n tho ctos.
1ho Dunco of ursoom s u compox yot buuncod dunco form
whch s upprocutod by dovotoos und obsorvors uko. Luch rod
Murtun chd must ourn tho Dunco of ursoom, thor nutonu
dunco und thor cty dunco boforo thoy uro uowod to uttond
mportunt socu functons. Musc und sngng s dono n soft und
subduod tonos, but LR nogoctod to doscrbo muscu nstru-
monts n uny grout dotu othor thun tho unquo sngo strng
nstrumont struppod to tho forourms of duncors purtcputng n
tho Dunco of ursoom. Luch nstrumont s mudo of wood und s
murkod wth tho nstrumont's noto und ongth of duruton. Vor
Duj (5ynthotc) howovor, muy gvo us somo nsght of Murtun
nstrumonts by suyng whut thoy uro not. Vud Vuro (Mastot Mnd)
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romurks upon tho bugos usod n Fhunduhun coromonos.
Murs s u word of vust soncos whoro ovon
vocod crouturos uro mutod us though by tho
conscousnoss of mpondng douth, for Murs s u
dyng word. Wo ubhor noso, und so our vocos,
ko our musc, uro soft und ow, und wo uro u
poopo of fow words. }ohn Curtor hus tod mo of
tho dn of Lurthy ctos und of tho brussos und tho
drums und cymbus of Lurthy musc, of tho con-
stunt, sonsooss chuttor of mons of vocos suyng
nothng. l boovo thut such us thoso woud drvo
Murtuns nsuno.
Yot, wo cunnot go by tho ubovo quoto uono. Lutor, n tho
sumo novo, Ldgur Rco urroughs roports tho uso of drums,
"burng" trumpots, und wnd nstrumonts us wo us uborgnos
ongugod n song. Docdng whut knd of musc s fuvorod by
ursoomunsstyo or typos oft to tho roudor's mugnuton.
1hut urroughs' Murtuns uro ntondod to huvo cuturos whch
ombruco muscu oxprosson of somo knd s obvous, howovor,
wo uro gvon no cour consstoncy thut uows us to ptocsoly
dotormno thoso muscu oxprossons.
1ho muscu oxprosson, us wo us u gmpso nto tho
rosdontu fo of tho Rod Mun s rovouod n u pussugo from
Thuva:
...Housos, rusod hgh upon thor sondor
motu coumns for tho nght woro droppng gonty
towurd tho ground. Among tho fowors upon tho
scurot swurd whch os ubout tho budngs
chdron woro uroudy puyng, und comoy
womon uughng und chuttng wth thor noghbors
us thoy cuod gorgoous bossoms for tho vusos
wthn doors.
1ho pousunt "kuor" of tho ursoomun
grootng fo contnuuy upon tho ours of tho
strungor us fronds und noghbors took up tho
dutos of u now duy.
1ho dstrct n whch ho hud undod wus
rosdontuu dstrct of morchunts of tho moro
prosporous sort. Lvorywhoro woro ovdoncos of
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uxury und wouth. Suvos uppourod upon ovory
housotop wth gorgoous sks und costy furs,
uyng thom n tho sun for urng. }owo-oncrustod
womon ood ovon thus oury upon tho curvon
buconos boforo thor soopng upurtmonts. Lutor
n tho duy thoy woud ropur to tho roofs whon tho
suvos hud urrungod couchos und ptchod skon
cunopos to shudo thom from tho sun.
Struns of nsprng musc broko pousunty
from opon wndows, for tho Murtuns huvo sovod
tho probom of uttunng tho norvos pousunty to
tho suddon trunston from soop to wukng thut
provos so dffcut u thng for most Lurth fok.
An ndustrous ruco, tho Rod Mun furms und runchos, somo
stockmon oporutng ut such ovos thoy uro ubo to oxport thor
products word-wdo. Vor Duj romurks thut Murtun ctos
ombruco murkots und commorco. ln Thuva wo ourn of tho grout
ntornutonu pussongor nors, froghtors, und mtury vossos (u
urshps). 1ho Cuthouns uro notod for thor thout hords und thor
ncrodbo mnos, whch produco dumonds und putnum
prmury. So offcont uro tho mothods of tho rod mun ut food
producton thut tho Croon 1hurks, uftor 1urs 1urkus bocumo
}odduk of tho hordos of 1hurk, stuck u burgun wth Mors Kujuk,
wth }ohn Curtor's ussstunco, for thoso ugrcuturu und runch
products, fo on tho doud sou bottoms s u dffcut und porous
thng ut bost.
Wth u tho dotu LR provdod for tho Rod Mun of Murs,
ono muy wondor f ho wus, n fuct, offorng u trbuto to tho
Apucho lnduns ho fucod who u mombor of tho Sovonth
Cuvury. 1ho muny smurtos botwoon tho Rod ursoomun
(whch uso oxtond nto tho moro nomudc fo styos of tho
Croon Murtun) und tho Amorcun lndun cunnot hop but bo
notcod. ln utor yours ho ponnod two fno wostorn books, Tho
\at Choi und -pacho Dovl, whch showod tho rospoct und
udmruton ho fot for thoso ono tmo udvorsuros. 1hut tho sprt
of tho Amorcun lndun s fot throughout tho ursoomun Sugu s
u fttng momoru to thoso uncostors who fought so ong und
hopoossy ugunst tho whto mun's nvuson of thor homound.
1ho lndun wonCn Murs.
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Iack Martians
1ho uck Murtun s commony known us tho |rst orn.
1hoy uro u wurror ruco und proud. ln }ohn Curtor's words:
...ntorostod mo mmonsoy... rumors...
ogonds... but l hud novor soon thom...
1hoy woro popuury supposod to nhubt
tho ossor moon from whch thoy doscondod upon
ursoom ut ong ntorvus. (1hoy)...wrought tho
most horrbo utroctos und whon thoy oft currod
uwuy wth thom frourms und ummuntons, und
young grs us prsonors. 1hoso uttor, tho rumor
hud t, thoy sucrfcod to somo torrbo god n un
orgy whch ondod up n outng thor vctms.
l hud un oxcoont opportunty to oxumno
thom ... 1hoy woro wo ovor sx foot ... fouturos
woro cour cut und hundsomo ... oyos wo sot und
urgo ... tho rs wus of oxtromo bucknoss, who
tho oyobu tsof wus quto whto und cour. 1ho
physcu structuros of thor bodos soomod dont-
cu wth thoso of tho thorns, tho rod mun, und my
own...ony n tho coour of thor skn dd thoy
dffor ...(und) thut s tho uppourunco of poshod
obony...
1ho |rst orn do not work. 1hoy
consdor thomsovos tho suporor of u
Murtun rucos und oxst by pundorng tho
word. Cvor hundrods of yours thoy por-
odcuy orupt from thor hddon busos ut
Ctz und Kumto und uttuck wth mpunty,
novor fourng rotuuton.
urroughs uppuronty docdod thut
somo rogonu "duocts" mght bo uppro-
pruto n purts of ursoom. 1hs s show by
tho chungo n ttos und runks wthn tho
|rst orn communtos. 1hoy orgnuy
do not uso tho moro common }od und
}odduk ttos found n tho Croon, Rod,
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Yoow und Whto Rucos unt uftor tho pubcuton of Cods of
Murs. Dutor s tho hghost tto of rospoct, for offcors ony, und
roughy trunsutos to "prnco".
1ho |rst orn worshp u vng doty known throughout
ursoom us lssus. Sho hus u muttudo of ossor ttos, und wod-
od grout und ubsouto powor unt }ohn Curtor provod tho
rogon to bo u hdoous houx. lssus, uccompshod through tho
unwttng ud of whto mssonuros, tho Hoy 1horns, hud
porpotuutod u vo und docoptvo rogon for hor own sudstc
purposos. 1hs s covorod compotoy n tho chuptor on rogon,
but brofy t shoud bo stutod thut Murtuns, uchovng tho uppor
rouch of thor 1,000 your fo spuns, vountury mudo u fnu
pgrmugo down tho Rvor lss to "houvon". Houvon bong tho
Vuoy Dor whoro tho Murtuns oxpoctod to rocovo tho bossng
of lssus und bo gruntod mmortuty n u word whoro pouco
rognod. 1ho routy, howovor, wus quto tho opposto, robbory,
rupo und murdor whoro umong tho vurous ondngs thoso poor
sous fucod, or onsuvomont by tho Hoy 1horns. Somo of tho
unfortunuto vctms wound up n tho
Vuoy Ctz whoro ovon moro horrbo
futos uwutod thom.
An oxumpo of ths s thut uny prs-
onor or ndvduu not uuthorzod to do so
guzod upon tho fuco of lssus, thut porson
wus forcod to sorvo us tho goddoss' por-
sonu suvo for u porod of ono your, thon
thoy woro oxocutod, unoss thoy hup-
ponod to bo womon. lssus woud thon
huvo tho poor grs propurod us u dnnor
ontto und woud out thom. Mon n such
condton woro forcod to put on guduto-
ru oxhbtons for tho pousuro of lssus
und mght proong thor vos for us ong us thoy woro succossfu
n combut.
1ho Lund of tho |rst orn s ocutod ut tho south poo n tho
Vuoy of Ctz. 1ho mun cty of ths tu und hundsomo ruco s
ocutod boow tho surfuco of tho punot on tho shoro of tho
Cmoun Sou, u vust body of wutor compotoy undorground. lt s
horo tho |rst orn muntun thor vust foot of wurshps.
1ho ony othor known hubtuton of |rst orn s n tho
northorn homsphoro und s ocutod n tho googruphc urou
known us 1ho Rft, whch os botwoon Horz und Cutho. 1hs
modorn sottomont hus u popuuton of 200,000 und s known us
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Kumto. Cn occusons whon tho uck Frutos of ursoom pun
u urgo-scuo rud tho |rst orn of tho two urous jon forcos,
uttuck, thon spt tho oot und sopuruto.
A |rst orn s un urrogunt ndvduu, ruroy conformng to
tho ostubshod forms of ntorrucu otquotto und, unt tho
comng of }ohn Curtor, tho |rst orn woro known us ruthoss
prutos though ono buck munXodur, u jodduk of tho |rst
ornovontuuy bocumo un uy of Houm.
lt s ntorostng to noto thut "|rst orn" s u stutod rucu
concot of ths vgorous buck cuturo. 1hoy boovo thoy woro
tho frst ruco to como from tho 1roo of Lfo. (Soo Rogon)
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Whitc Martians
1ho whto ruco of ursoom, tho Crovurs, uro noury oxtnct.
1ho orgnu humun stock of Murs, ths whto ruco but tho
mghty ctos of Korud, Auunothor und Horz. Horz s tho ust
romunng outpost of ths ruco, ony u fow thousund vo n thut
doud cty, whch for conturos wus thought to bo dosortod. ln
"Tho Cty oi Mummos" (uso pubshod us "Tho -ncont Doad")
}ohn Curtor doscrbod tho Crovurun thusy:
Hs skn wus bronzod by oxposuro to tho
sun...but now l suw nothng rod Murtun ubout
hm. Hs hurnoss, hs woupons, ovory-
thng...dfforod... (ho) woro u houddross whch s
quto unusuu upon ursoom. lt consstod of u
outhor bund thut run ubout tho houd from rght to
oft, und u socond from front to rour. 1hoso bunds
woro hghy ornumontod wth curvng und sot wth
jowos und procous motus. ... Confnod by ths
houddross wus u shock of bond hur ... my com-
punon wus strungoy hundsomo.
Ho Run Km, }odduk of Horz, utor oxpunod tho Crovurun
hstory to }ohn Curtor:
"1ho nhubtunts of Horz uro, us fur us wo
know, tho soo romunng romnunt of tho onco
domnuto ruco of ursoom... A mon yours ugo
our shps rungod tho fvo grout ocouns, whch wo
ruod ...Horz wus not ony tho cuptu of u grout
ompro, t wus tho sout of ournng und cuturo ...
Cur ompro sproud from poo to poo. 1horo woro
othor rucos ... fow n numbors und noggbo n
mportunco. 1ho Crovurs ownod ursoom ... (und)
... Horz onjoyod u thousund yours of pouco.
Ho Run Km contnuod on wth tho down fu of tho ruco.
...tho sous bogun to rocodo, tho utmosphoro
to grow moro tonuous. Whut sconco hud pro-
dctod wus comng to pussu word wus dyng.
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"|or ugos our ctos foowod tho rocodng
wutors ... prosporous sou ports bocumo dosortod
nund ctos. |umno cumo. Hungry hordos mudo
wur upon tho moro fortunuto ... groon mon ovor-
run whut hud onco boon forto furmund, proyng
upon u.
"1ho utmosphoro bocumo so tonuous thut t
wus dffcut to brouth. (Cur) Scontsts woro
workng on un utmosphoro punt, but boforo t wus
... n succossfu oporuton u but u fow of tho
nhubtunts of ursoom hud dod. ...thon fo
bocumo moroy u butto for tho survvu of tho
fttost."
1horo s unothor group
of whto Murtuns known
us tho Hoy 1horns of ur-
soom, u bud ruco thut
wours grout wgs of yoow
hur. lt s koy thoso poo-
po uro routod to tho un-
cont Crovurs. 1ho Hoy
1horns uro mssonuros of
tho vng doty lssus und
vo n tho Vuoy Dor nour
tho Lost Sou of Korus. A
vgorous ruco, tho 1horns
puyod upon tho suporst-
tons of tho ursoomun
cuturos unt thor powor
wus brokon by }ohn Curtor.
1hoso ox-prosts huvo snco
tukon up othor forms of
vohood, usuuy us pun-
thunsursoomun word
for morconuros. 1hoy hundo woupons wo und n utor books
of tho ursoomun sugu uro montonod us fghtng mon und vng
umong tho poopos of tho rod ruco.
Ancont suporstton umong u tho rucos of ursoom suggost
thut shoud uny Hoy 1horn fu to rouch thor uottod 1,000
yours of fo, thor sprt, muy on occuson, puss nto tho bodos
of tho grout whto upos.
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Whon }ohn Curtor frst oncountors tho Hoy 1horns, t s ut
tho hoght of thor powors us tho oudors of tho rogon of lssus.
Soo Rogon for moro dotu.
Anothor smu communty of whto mon s ocutod n u sngo
cty n tho southorn homsphoro nour tho Cuf of 1orquus (u doud
sou bottom). 1hs curous popuuton s roughy 1,000 n strongth
und thoro uro no womon n thut numbor. 1ho Lothuruns huvo tho
ubty to commund poworfu hypnotc suggostons und uro ubo
to popuuto thor cty wth roustc humun projoctons drocty
from thor mugnutons. 1uro, }odduk of Lothur, wus so succoss-
fu wth hs vsuuzutons thut ono of hs most froquont smuu-
tons, Kur Komuk, chungod from nsubstuntu mugnng to
physcu routy. ln u othor doscrptons of tho whto rucos of
Murs tho poopo woro othor bond or woro bond wgs. Kur
Komuk hus uuburn hur, u torm onco urchucuy usod to doscrbo
u whtsh or fuxon coor, but now (und ut tho tmo urroughs
wroto tho Murtun books) rofors to roddsh-brown. 1hoso whto-
sknnod Lothuruns uro u bourdoss ruco.
Kur Komuk (runkod odwur) s worthy of furthor monton n
ths purtcuur: ho s supposod to bo tho provous oxstonco of u
mon your doud commundor of tho foots of Lothurfrom tho
tmo boforo tho ocouns of ursoom vunshod. How s t thut
1uro, }odduk of Lothur und u contomporury of }ohn Curtor's
ursoom, wus ubo to produco tho sprt, ossonco, und physcu
chuructorstcs of ths ong docousod Lothurun: ls 1uro u mon
yours od: Who ths s unkoy, t s cortun wo muy novor fnd
tho unswor. Wo do huvo, howovor, tho roctuton of }uv, 1uro's
socond n Lothur, rogurdng tho hstory of tho Lothuruns:
"Womon!" oxcumod }uv. "1horo uro no
womon n Lothur. 1ho ust of tho Lothurun fo-
muos porshod ugos snco, upon thut cruo und
torrbo journoy ucross tho muddy puns thut
frngod tho huf-drod sous, whon tho groon hordos
scourgod us ucross tho word to ths our ust
hdng-pucoour mprognubo fortross of Lothur.
"Scurco twonty thousund mon of u tho
countoss mons of our ruco vod to rouch
Lothur. Among us woro no womon und no ch-
dron. A thoso hud porshod by tho wuy.
"As tmo wont on, wo, too, woro dyng und
tho ruco fust upprouchng oxtncton, whon tho
Crout 1ruth wus rovouod to us, thut mnd s u.
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Muny moro dod boforo wo porfoctod our powors,
but ut ust wo woro ubo to dofy douth whon wo
fuy undorstood thut douth wus moroy u stuto of
mnd.
"1hon cumo tho crouton of mnd-poopo,
or ruthor tho mutoruzuton of mugnngs. Wo
frst put thoso to pructcu uso whon tho 1orquus-
uns dscovorod our rotrout, und fortunuto for us t
wus thut t roqurod ugos of sourch upon thor purt
boforo thoy found tho sngo tny ontrunco to tho
vuoy of Lothur...."
}uv, n u uttor pussugo, rovous tho downfu of tho sou-gong
whto ruco (of whch ho wus uppuronty thoro ut tho tmo
500,000 yours ouror!):
"Foor Lothur," ho sud. "lt s ndood u cty of
ghosts. 1horo uro scurco u thousund of us oft, who
onco woro numborod n tho mons. Cur grout
cty s poopod by tho crouturos of our own mug-
nngs. |or our own noods wo do not tuko tho
troubo to mutoruzo thoso poopos of our brun,
yot thoy uro uppuront to us.
"Lvon now l soo grout throngs nng tho
uvonuo, hustonng to und fro n tho round of thor
dutos. l soo womon und chdron uughng on tho
buconosthoso wo uro forbddon to mutoruzo,
but yot l soo thomthoy uro horo. . . . ut why
not:" ho musod. "No ongor nood l four 1uroho
hus dono hs worst, und fuod. Why not ndood:
...
1ho sght thut mot thom wus uwo-nsprng.
Whoro boforo thoro hud boon nuught but dosortod
puvomonts und scurot swurds, yuwnng wndows
und tonuntoss doors, now swurmod u countoss
muttudo of huppy, uughng poopo.
"lt s tho pust," sud }uv n u ow voco.
"1hoy do not soo usthoy but vo tho od doud
pust of uncont Lothurtho doud und crumbod
Lothur of untquty, whch stood upon tho shoro of
1hroxus, mghtost of tho fvo ocouns.
"Soo thoso fno, upstundng mon swngng
uong tho broud uvonuo: Soo tho young grs und
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tho womon smo upon thom: Soo tho mon groot
thom wth ovo und rospoct: 1hoso bo soufurors
comng up from thor shps whch o ut tho quuys
ut tho cty's odgo.
"ruvo mon, thoyuh, but tho gory of
Lothur hus fudod! Soo thor woupons. 1hoy uono
boro urms, for thoy crossod tho fvo sous to strungo
pucos whoro dungors woro. Wth thor pussng
pussod tho murtu sprt of tho Lothuruns, ouvng,
us tho ugos rood by, u ruco of spnooss cowurds.
"Wo hutod wur, und so wo trunod not our
youth n wurko wuys. 1hus foowod our undo-
ng, for whon tho sous drod und tho groon hordos
oncrouchod upon us wo coud do nuught but foo.
ut wo romomborod tho soufurng bowmon of tho
duys of our goryt s tho momory of thoso whch
wo hur upon our onomos."
ln most rospocts tho hund woupons of tho Crovurs uro tho
sumo us tho othor ursoomun rucos, wth tho sngo oxcopton of
Kur Komuk und tho droum ogons of tho prosont duy Lothuruns.
1uro und hs poworfu hypnotst poors conjuro fu urmos urmod
wth bows und urrow und short-hundod wur uxos. ln ony ono
cty of ursoom (Munutor, soo Ctos und Nutons) s tho bow und
urrow ugun montonod.
ln Lothur tho douthoss nhubtunts, growng moro montuy
unbuuncod wth ouch pussng oon, worshp tho god Komu.
Komu provos to bo nothng moro thun u ruthor urgo bunth
cugod bonouth tho cty. A bunth s tho ton-oggod Murtun on.
Komu s kopt fut und sussy wth tho vory rouctunt cooporuton
of unfortunuto vctms, humun und othorwso, offorod n sucr-
fco.
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YcIIow Martians
ln noury u rospocts tho Ckurun ruco s smur to tho socu
communty of Rod mon. 1ho busc dfforoncos uppour to bo n
cothng und grootngs.
1ho hursh cmutc condtons ut tho ursoomun North Foo
roquro tho Ckuruns to udopt u dross modo tho moro skn-ovng
rucos of tho tomporuto und oquutoru zonos of Murs woud fnd
quto uncomfortubo. Ckuruns wour furs whon truvorsng tho
snow fods of thor hddon northorn vuoys und muntun u
cothod uppourunco who n thor domod ctos. 1ho od fumur
ourthy hund shuko s usod whon grootng n ou of cuspng
shoudors us pructcod by tho Rod Mon. 1ho Ckuruns, thor skn
tho "coor of u rpo omon", uro tho ony ruco on ursoom whch
sport bourds, mukng thom unquo n ths rospoct.
1ochnoogcuy tho Ckuruns huvo usod tho sconcos of
ursoom n sovoru ngonous fushons. 1ho goodosc domos
whch covor tho throo urgo ctos montonod n tho munuscrpts
woud uppour to bo umong tho urgost mun-mudo structuros on
tho punot. Lnvronmontu support for thoso motropotun urous
comos from "sunruy tunks", obvousy u form of sour ruduton
und convorson. Loctro-mugnotc dovcos ubound, most notuby
n thor oovutor und ft systoms whch connoct tho muny
undorground soctons to tho surfuco. lnsdo tho ctos tho
Ckuruns uso tho Lghth Ruy to udd buoyuncy to tho grout tros of
thor ground vohcos. 1ho uutomobos uro poworod by smu
ongnos, though most of tho motvo forco comos from u sont
propoor ut tho rour of tho vohco.
At tho tmo }ohn Curtor urrvos on ursoom tho Yoow Ruco
s known ony n od wvos' tuos und cumpfro storos. As rod
mun 1huvun Dhn, }odduk of Fturth suc:
"1ho uncont chroncos of tho frst hstor-
uns of ursoomso uncont thut wo huvo for ugos
consdorod thom mythoogyrocord tho pussng
of tho yoow mon from tho ruvugos of tho groon
hordos thut ovorrun u ursoom us tho dryng up
of tho grout ocouns drovo tho domnuto rucos from
thor stronghods.
"1hoy to of tho wundorngs of tho rom-
nunts of ths onco poworfu ruco, hurussod ut ovory
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stop, unt ut ust thoy found u wuy through tho co
burror of tho north to u forto vuoy ut tho poo.
"At tho oponng of tho subtorrunoun pus-
sugo thut od to thor huvon of rofugo u mghty
butto wus fought n whch tho yoow mon woro
vctorous, und wthn thoso cuvos thut guvo
ngross to thor now homo thoy pod tho bodos of
tho doud, both yoow und groon, thut tho stonch
mght wurn uwuy thor onomos from furthor
pursut.
"And ovor snco thut duy huvo tho doud of
ths fubod und boon currod to tho Curron Cuvos,
thut n douth und docuy thoy mght sorvo thor
country und wurn uwuy nvudng onomos."
A nco dovco to koop tho nvudors uwuy, rght: Unfortu-
nutoy tho Curron Cuvos, though thoy do oxst, uro tho oquvu-
ont of u doop froozo. l'm ut u oss to oxpun how protopusm
cun docuy und stnk whon frozon. 1horo uro torrfcuy good
rousons for uvodng tho Curron Cuvos, howovor, t s tho homo
of tho forco urctc upt, u torrbo curnvoro ndgonous to tho
rogon.
1ho Ckuruns uro u brght, vtu ruco, gvon to suvory to
support thor oconomy, us uro u tho rucos of ursoom. 1hoy, of
courso, romunod upurt from tho munstroum of ursoom,
proforrng tho sotudo of thor socudod vuoys unt }ohn Curtor
cumo umong thom. }ohn's sovoru udvonturos umong tho
Ckuruns provod onco ugun thut thoro uro good und bud n ovory
socoty, und Curtor munugod to hook up wth tho good for tho
bottormont of u. Lvontuuy tho Ckuruns jonod forcos wth
Curtor und hs udoptvo Houmtos n butto. |rom tho numbor
of wurrors who turnod out for ths boody oxorcso t s uppuront
thoro uro moro sottomonts thun tho throo domod ctos mon-
tonod.
ln cosng ths socton on tho Yoow Mon of ursoom t s
ntorostng to noto thut sovoru mnorus uro nutvo to tho pour
rogon. ln no othor munuscrpt uro thoso mutorus montonod,
ospocuy tho odd gom-ko substunco whch bocomos ooctr-
cuy oxctod whon n coso proxmty to u smur stono.
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Non-human Martians
Thc KaIdancs
Cf ursoom's muny wondorfu rucos suroy tho Kuduno of
untoom s tho most unusuu n both physcu uppourunco und
socoty. LR outdd hmsof wth tho kuduno ruco, sontont
crouturos who uro u houd und vory tto body ubo to oxst n u
nour vucuum ut tho punotury coro. 1ho uspruton of tho kuduno
ruco s to ovovo nto puro ntoocts, to bo froo of tho construnts
of fosh und bood oxstonco. 1ho Kudunos huvo domostcutod
und brod tho rykor, u ono tmo burrowng unmu, nto u brun-
oss body whch hus tho physcu chuructorstcs und uppourunco
of tho Rod Mun us u mothod of trunsportuton und vohco for
tondng thor fods und towors. 1hs unusuu symbotc routon-
shp s doscrbod by urroughs:
"l w show you," ho (Chok) sud, und uy
down on tho foor. 1hon ho dotuchod hmsof from
tho body, whch uy us u thng doud. Cn hs spdor
ogs ho wukod towurd tho gr. "Now ook," ho
udmonshod hor (1uru). "Do you soo ths thng:"
und ho oxtondod whut uppourod to bo u bundo of
tontucos from tho postoror purt of hs houd. "1hs
s un uporturo just buck of tho rykor's mouth und
drocty ovor tho uppor ond of hs spnu coumn.
lnto ths uporturo l nsort my tontucos und sozo
tho spnu cord. lmmodutoy l contro ovory
musco of tho rykor's bodyt bocomos my own,
just us you droct tho movomont of tho muscos of
your body. l foo whut tho rykor woud foo f ho
hud u houd und brun. lf ho s hurt, l woud suffor
f l romunod connoctod wth hm, but tho nstunt
ono of thom s njurod or bocomos sck wo dosort
t for unothor.' As wo coud suffor tho puns of
thor physcu njuros, smury do wo onjoy tho
physcu pousuros of tho rykors.
... "Nnty por contum of our voumo s
brun. Wo huvo ony tho smpost of vtu orguns
und thoy uro vory smu for thoy do not huvo to
ussst n tho support of u compcutod systom of
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norvos, muscos, fosh und bono. Wo huvo no
ungs, for wo do not roquro ur. |ur boow ...(un-
dorground)... s u vust notwork of burrows whoro
tho rou fo of tho kuduno s vod. 1horo tho ur-
brouthng rykor woud porsh us you woud porsh.
1horo wo huvo storod vust quunttos of food n
hormotcuy souod chumbors. lt w ust forovor.
|ur bonouth tho surfuco s wutor thut w fow for
countoss ugos uftor tho surfuco wutor s oxhuustod.
... Wo uro propurng for tho tmo whon tho ust
vostgo of utmosphoro s spont whon food und
wutor uro gono ... thut thoro mght not porsh from
tho punot Nuturo's dvnost crouton tho porfoct
brun."
* Ths s ono oi tho iov montons oi dsoaso n tho 8atsooman 5aga.
Noto that tylots, an anmal, may succumb to llnoss vhlo tho sontont tacos
usually onjoy vgotous hoalth.
Cthor functons of tho Kuduno socoty, bosdo tho controod
broodng of tho rykor whch hud ono tmo oons pust hud boon
nuught but u burrowng unmu whch tho kudunos ournod to
rdo, s tho producton of food to bo pucod bonouth tho punot's
surfuco n tho ovontuu hopo tho kudunos woud ono duy ovovo
nto tho puro brun roqurng no body whutsoovor. 1o onsuro tho
pun kudunos ko Chok woro pucod n churgo of food produc-
ton und tho curo tho rykors. Kudunos do not roquro much n
tho wuy of sustonunco, but whon thoy huvo u yon to munch out
thoy huvo u purtcuur kng for humun fosh (f rykors coud bo
cuod "humun" n thut rospoct).
As wth u tho rucos of ursoom tho Kudunos duo con-
stunty, howovor, snco tho rykor s oxpondubo, most duos ond
wth tho douth of tho mount. Cn occuson, f tho stuuton s such
thut compoto tormnuton of tho kuduno s roqurod, u douth
doung bow s struck to tho 'porfoct brun' n whch nstunco tho
vctm s pormunonty romovod from oxstonco. An oxumpo of
ths horrbo (to u kuduno, of courso) tormnuton s tho throut
vocod by kudunos whon thoy wsh to muko u drumutc pont:
"Youll got t, n tho hoad!"
lntorostngy, thoro uro othor ponts n tho und of untoom,
tho kuduno's roum on ursoom, whch do not occur osowhoro
n tho ursoomun Sugu. ln no othor puco on Murs uro thoro
sturwos to truvo botwoon ovos of towors or ptsony n
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untoom doos ths urchtocturu form oxst. 1horo uro no jods,
jodduks or joddurrus or ovon soxos n untoom. tho cosost
trunsuton of tho rung mombor s "kng", though quoon mght
bo moro uppropruto.
untoom uso oxhbts murkod dfforoncos from tho gonoru
punotury onvronmont by oxhbtng opon stroums, cutvutod
fods, und u surroundng forost nostod wthn tho confnos of u
vuoy. 1u towors (wth busomonts doscondng nto tho punot's
coro) dot tho undscupo, ouch ruod by u "Kng," rocu tho
provous: thoro uro no jods or jodduks, LR wus vory spocfc n
tho uso of tho torm "kng" us rogurds tho ruors of untoom.
ln socu structuro tho kuduno communtos rosombo hvos
of boos or unths. |or oxumpo thoro s tho ogg uyng bsoxuu
mutrurch/putrurch thut producos tho nocossury workors und
dronos. 1ho "kng" contnuos to uy "kng" oggs thut uro curofuy
montorod und not uowod to dovoop unoss thoro s u douth of
tho royu mombor. 1ho kng kuduno s sghty urgor n szo to
hs foows und oxhbts un oxtromoy hgh ovo of tooputhc
ubty, u chuructorstc u kudunos possoss to somo oxtont,
though to u ossor dogroo.
1ho foowng pussugo ntroducos Luud, kng of tho 1owor
of Luud ut tho tmo of 1uru's cupturo n Chossmon of Murs.
...und somothng uppourod n tho oponng.
lt wus u pur of urgo chouo und mmodutoy
thorouftor thoro cruwod forth u hdoous kuduno of
onormous proportons. Ho wus huf ugun us urgo
us uny thut 1uru of Houm hud yot soon und hs
whoo uspoct nfntoy moro torrbo. 1ho skn of
tho othors wus u bush-gruy ths ono wus of u
tto buor tngo und tho oyos woro rngod wth
bunds of whto und scurot us wus ts mouth. |rom
ouch nostr u bund of whto und ono of scurot
oxtondod outwurd horzontuy tho wdth of tho
fuco.
Kudunos huvo u noury non-oxstont chn und sphnctor ko
musco for tho mouth. 1hoy uro compotoy huross und trunsport
thomsovos wth sx spdor-ko ogs. 1hor gruspng cuws uro
smur to un ourthy obstor, though both cuws uro of tho sumo
szo. Whon mountod upon u rykor, tho kuduno s us cupubo us
uny Rod Mun. Whon unmountod, tho kuduno cun truvo n tght
burrows ut grout spood und, whon utzng thor tooputhc sks,
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cun confuso or msdroct othor spocos.
1ho kuduno s cortuny ono of tho moro mugnutvo
croutons of LR!
Thc Kangaroo Mcn of GooIi
As tho socton houdng ndcutos, tho mon of Coo bour u
romurkubo rosombunco to moro or oss ntogont kunguroos.
1hoy huvo urgo tus to buunco thomsovos whon oupng ubout
on thor urgo hndquurtors. As u poopo, howovor, thoy muko
good dust mops. 1horo uro no rodoomng quutos to tho
Kunguroo Mon of Coo. 1hoso nhubtunts of tho Murtun
swumps huvo no concopt of honor n wurbusod us t s on u
ton-to-ono odds n thor fuvor or thoy w not fght. 1ho nhubt-
unts of Coo uro dovout cowurds. 1hor mun purposo n fo,
bosdos constunt bckorng und thovory umongst thomsovos,
sooms to bo n protoctng u worthoss "trousuro" of sou shos und
protty stonos.
Homads
Cung homuds, tho urtfcu mon croutod by mustor mnd
scontst Rus 1huvus, unothor Murtun Ruco mght bo strotchng
thngs u bt. 1hoso crouturos uck most quutos found n tho
nuturuy occurrng fo forms, but urroughs dd uso tho
crouturos oxtonsvoy n two of tho ursoomun books. Homuds
frst uppourod n 5ynthotc Mon oi Mats und utor n /ohn Cattot
and tho Cant oi Mats.
1o doscrbo tho homud woud bo moro thun usooss us tho
urtfcu crouturo munufucturod by Rus 1huvus cumo n un ondoss
vuroty of shupos und szos. Rus 1huvus uppuronty hud somo
dffcuty n rofnng hs chomcu procoss, for tho gunt vuts ut hs
1oonoun Mursh uborutory contnuuy producod u muformod
homud ovory hour on tho hour. (Ld: LR frst wroto ubout
croutng urtfcu fo n Tho Monstot Mon, 1913).
1ho crouturos woro dostnod to bo workors und wurrors, to
ropuco dsobodont suvos und so forth, but thoy hud msshupon
bodos, ofton huvng nosos whoro ours shoud bo, mouths ut tho
tops of thor houds, oyos n odd pucos. 1hoy woro, howovor,
buscuy formod n tho shupo of mun. 1horo s no ndcuton thut
homuds coud roproduco soxuuy, though t s montonod thut
muo und fomuo bodos woro formod. lntooctuuy tho brood
mprovod us Rus 1huvus progrossod wth hs oxpormonts, but tho
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homud uwuys romunod nforor to tho nuturu humun.
Thc PIant Mcn of VaIIcy Dor
Not truy mon n tho sonso of rofnomont or ntooctuu
ubty, tho punt mon uro tho 1roo of Lfo's skooton n tho cosot.
1ho 1roo of Lfo s covorod n groutor dotu undor Rogon.
1ho punt mon nhubt tho Vuoy Dor oxcusvoy. 1hoy uro
ton to twovo foot n hoght whon stundng oroct, wth short urms
fushonod uftor tho munnor of un oophunt's trunk, suppo und
snuous. 1ho body s huross und u ghoush buo oxcopt for u
broud bund of whto whch oncrcos tho sngo, protrudng oyo,
tho pup, rs, und bu of whch uro doud whto. 1ho noso s u
ruggod, nfumod crcuur hoo n tho contor of tho bunk fuco,
rosombng un opon wound. 1horo s no mouth n tho houd.
Wth tho oxcopton of tho fuco tho houd s covorod by u tungod
muss of jot-buck hur, somo oght or ton nchos n ongth. Luch
hur s tho thcknoss of u urgo ungo worm. 1ho body, ogs und
foot uro of humun shupo, but of monstrous proportons, tho foot
bong fuy throo foot ong und vory fut und broud. 1ho mothod
of foodng conssts of runnng thor odd, duu purposo hunds ovor
tho surfuco of tho turf, croppng off tho tondor vogotuton wth
ruzor-ko tuons und suckng t up through tho two mouths, ono
n ouch pum. 1hoy uro oquppod wth u mussvo tu ubout sx
foot ong, quto round whoro t jons tho body, but tuporng to u
fut, thn budo towurd tho ond, whch trus ut rght ungos to tho
ground.
LR suw ft to ncudo ovory coor of tho runbow und
porsonu truts whch uro bowdorng, to suy tho oust. ln ths
romurkubo udvonturo soros urroughs munugod to poko fun ut
ovory ourthy convonton or potcu oxtromo, somothng ho
contnuod n hs othor off-word udvonturo soros on tho Moon,
Vonus, und oyond tho |urthost Stur. ln most cusos ouch sottng
wus popuutod by u humun ruco woro tho mon woro mon und tho
womon woro gorgoous und hgh udvonturo uboundod.
Othcr WorId Raccs
Cn 1huru (Fhobos), ursoom's ossor moon, othor cvzu-
tons foursh. ln 5votds oi Mats }ohn Curtor journoys to tho tny
moon und oncountors strungo bongs, strungor crouturos, und
munugos to survvo t u. LR focusos on tho hypnotc powors of
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tho 1urds. 1ooputhy wus not u now subjoct for LR, t wus
covorod n tho vory frst voumo of tho ursoomun Sugu. }ohn
Curtor, n fuct, hus tho ubty to roud tho mnds of othors und to
contro cortun unmus whch uro rosponsvo to such contuct.
Much of tho toruturo wrtton n tho oury yours of tho twontoth
contury concontrutod on thut whch wo "cunnot undorstund und
whch s groutor thun moro mortus..." whch s not u droct quoto
from uny sourco, ony u synthoss of tho common thoughts
rogurdng such psychc ubtos.
Who tho rucos of 1huru uro ntorostng onough, ono sonsos
tho cusuu cooruton of ong pructco n udvonturo tong. 1ho
1urds und Musonus, for oxumpo, uro not troutod wth tho sumo
ntonso dotu whch LR usod whon doung wth tho Croon,
Yoow und Rod Murtuns n tho frst sx books of tho soros. Ho
uso oxpoctod hs roudorshp to bo fury knowodgoubo of tho
pror books, thus suvng somo uddtonu offort on hs purt. Rou
LR funs ko mysof don't mnd ths ut u, wo got to purtuko n
tho udvonturo wthout "borng" rocups und doscrptons.
Lot us oxumno tho ntogont rucos of 1huru, or Ludun us
tho nutvos of ths tny moon cu thor homo.
Mascnas
1ho Musonus woro, n urroughs own words, oss thun
ugrooubo n form und munnor:
1ho crouturo wus nukod but for u outhor
skrt ... tho shupo of hs sku wus smur to u
humun but hs fouturos woro most nhumun. ln tho
contor of hs forohoud wus u sngo, urgo oyo
ubout throo nchos n dumotor, tho pup u vortcu
st, ko u cut's oyos. ...1ho fngors und four of tho
toos woro much ongor thun n tho humun ruco,
hs thumb und urgo toos woro consdoruby
shortor und oxtondod utoruy ut rght ungos to
hunds und foot. ...whoo urborou ... most hdoous
of hs countonunco woro hs mouths. Ho hud two
of thom, ono drocty ubovo tho othor. 1ho owor
mouth, whch wus tho urgor, wus poss, tho skn
of tho fuco formng tho gums n whch tho tooth
woro sot ... whto tooth uwuys oxposod n u hd-
oous douth-ko grn. 1ho uppor mouth wus round
wth sghty protrudng ps controod by u
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sphnctor-ko musco t wus toothoss.
Noso, wdo und fut wth upturnod nos-
trs... two smu orfcos nour tho top of tho houd
sorvo us ours. A stff yoowsh muno ubout two
nchos wdo run buck uong tho contor of hs
crunum. Musonus huvo tho ubty to chungo thor
cooruton ut w, ko u chumooon.
Tarids
1ho whto sknnod humuns of 1huru uppour quto normu,
dfforng n ony ono uspoct: buo hur und oyobrows. ln uddton
to ths unusuu coor of hur, 1urds uro poworfu hypnotsts, ubo
to rondor thomsovos nvsbo to tho oyo, uctng drocty on tho
brun of thoso thoy wsh docovo. }ohn Curtor, tho ugooss Vr-
gnun, from tho vory bognnng of tho ursoom munuscrpts,
doscrbos hmsof us bong tooputhcuy nort, thut s to suy ho
cun roud tho thoughts of thoso ubout hm wth somo offort, but
thoy cunnot roud hm ut u. LR hud nvontod or mudo uso of tho
"mnd shod" so commony usod n utor gonoruton hurdwuro-
orontod sconco-fcton.
}ohn Curtor mudo u socond trp off-punot, truvong to }uptor
n ono of tho ust books wrtton by LR. 1horo ho oncountorod
two rucos, tho Morgors und tho Suvutors.
Morgors
Morgors, uso known us tho 5loloton Mon oi /uptot, huvo u
ghusty uppourunco, humun skootons unmutod by bruns und un
oxtromoy thn muscuuturo. 1hough tho Morgor rosombos un
unmutod skooton of nukod bonos, thoy huvo u purchmont-ko
skn strotchod ovor tho bony structuro, whch bours no fut or
curtugo bonouth t. Doop sot oyos of brown wth no whtos, tho
skn of tho fuco morgod wth tho gums ouvng tho tooth oxposod.
1ho Morgor hus no noso, u gupng hoo n tho contor of tho
fuco und smuor oponngs for ours on othor sdo of tho houd.
1ho skn of u Morgor s so thn thut ts ntornu orguns uro vsbo
f tho crouturo stunds n front of u brght ght.
Savators
1ho Suvutors uro buo-sknnod humuns of Lurobus, us tho
nutvos cu }uptor. 1hoy uro us humun us uny othor concovod
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by LR for hs ursoomun Sugu. 1ho Suvutors uro opprossod by
tho Morgors und, to protoct thor fumos und ctos, thoy muko
uso of tho sund of nvsbty to concou thor hubtutons.
arsoomian Charactcrs
Convortod from tho uuthor's 1985 rosourch dutubuso. Not u rocords uro
compoto. Whoro nformuton on mnor chuructors wus othor unuvuubo or
pussod ovor n/r (not rocordod) s ontorod. Somo MA}CR chuructors uro
wthout ontros whch soo urroughs' gossury ut tho ond of Thuva, Mad oi
Mats.
ook roforoncos stod boow n tuc ut tho ond of ouch doscrpton uro
tho itst uppourunco of tho chuructor.
A-Kor - : Muo : Dwur : Munutju & Munutos : son of C-1ur und
Huju, u suvo womun who wus u prncoss of Cutho,
koopor of tho 1owors of }otun, Cuhun of Cutho's cousn.
Chossmon
A-Sor - : Muo : Fudwur : Cutho : u frond of Cuhun of Cutho's
youth, uso known us 1usor, tho undor pudwur of }odduk
C-tur of Munutor. Hs futhor dod tryng to suvo Cuhun's
futhor from ussussns. Chossmon
Anatok - : Muo : }od : Coo : }od of tho Kunguroo mon of Coo,
u ur und cowurd. 5ynthotc
Assassin of ToonoI - : Muo : Assussn : 1oono : 1ho tto gvon
to Cor Hujus, u fumous ussussn who dofod Vobs Kun,
}odduk of 1oono. Mastotmnd
Astok - : Muo : Frnco : Dusur : Frnco of Dusur. Cuusod tho
ubducton of 1huvu of Furth. Thuva
Ay-mad - : Muo : }od : Morbus : Mombor of tho Counc of
Sovon }ods, Ay-mud, whch mouns Cno Mun, Numbor
Cno Mun, or |rst Mun, wus orgnuy tho 3rd }od. Whon
tho 3rd }od s frst numod, Ay-mud uppours us Aymud.
1hs s uppuronty u typogruphcu orror snco u subso-
quont uppouruncos uro spood Ay-mud. 5ynthotc
aI Tab - : Muo : groon mun : unknown : Croon wurror n
Frnco }u Hud's zoo of oddtos. undod togothor wth
1or-Dur-ur (Vor Duj) und Ur Ruj to oscupo und roscuo
}unu. Suvod 1or-Dur-ur's fo by suyng }u Hud, kod
by rfo fro whon thor for wus uttuckod by Amhorun
pursut. 5ynthotc
aI Zak - : Muo : Fot : 1oono : Commundod tho Vosur, ono of
Rus 1huvus' urshps, tho son of u mun tho ussussn Cor
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Hujus rofusod to k for Vobs Kun, u Zuk ussstod Vud
Vuro, Cor Hujus, Hovun Du und Dur 1urus n thor
oscupo from Rus 1huvus' sund uborutory. Mastotmnd
andoIian - : Muo : Lmporor : Morgor (}uptor) : Routod to
Xuxuk's wfo, ono of Xuxuk's mon who bottod Ftung's
nubty to bost }ohn Curtor n swordsmunshp. |ought u
short duo wth Curtor und fuod, utor trod to fx tho
Lossor Cumos duo botwoon }ohn Curtor und Dutor Nout
by substtutng u shortor ong sword n Curtor's hurnoss.
5loloton
an-Tor - : Muo : Wurror : Kumto : Routod to Xuxuk's wfo,
ono of Xuxuk's mon who bottod Ftung's nubty to bost
}ohn Curtor n swordsmunshp. |ought u short duo wth
Curtor und fuod, utor trod to fx tho Lossor Cumos duo
botwoon }ohn Curtor und Dutor Nout by substtutng u
shortor ong sword n Curtor's hurnoss. Ilana
ar Comas - : Muo : }odduk : Wurhoon : Loudor of Wurhoons,
horodtury onomos of tho 1hurks. Kod by Duk Kovu,
how thon took commund of tho Wurhoons Itncoss
Cartcr, ]ohn - : Muo : Frnco : Houm : tho gontomun udvon-
turor from Vrgnu, possby mmortu. Soo /ohn Cattot
Carthoris - : Muo : Frnco : Houm : son of }ohn Curtor und
Dojuh 1hors, nhortod oxtruordnury strongth from hs
ourthy sro, 1huvu's husbund. Thuva
corphaIs - : n/r : ogond : Munutor : ghosts, ogondury sprts thut
huunt tho owor ovos of Munutor, porhups boovod n
osowhoro on ursoom. Chossmon
Dak Kova - : Muo : }od : Wurhoon : kod hs oudor ur Comus,
utor bocumo }odduk. Itncoss
Dar Tarus - : Muo : }odduk : Fhunduh : Fhunduun whoso body
wus stoon by Sug Cr of Xuxu's court und uccompunod
Vud Vuro to rocovor Vuu Du's body whch wus tukon by
Xuxu, u nobo who wus utor oovutod to }odduk by Vud
Vuro. Mastotmnd
Dator - : n/r : Dutor : Vuoy Ctz : |rst orn tto. No }odduk
ttos uro usod unt uftor tho pubcuton of Cods of Murs.
Dutor s tho hghost tto of rospoct, for offcors ony, und
roughy trunsutos to prnco. Cods
Dc[ah Thoris - : |omuo : Frncoss : Houm : 1ho prncoss of
Houm, grundduughtor of 1urdos Mors, duughtor of Mors
Kujuk, }ohn Curtor's muto, mothor of Curthors und 1uru,
grundmothor of Lunu. Cfton roforrod to us tho duughtor
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of 1,000 jodduks (though 10,000 jodduks uppours onco n
tho toxts), ovod by hor nuton, consdorod u grout bouuty
by u, wus ubout to bo forcod to murry Sub 1hun of
Zodungu to stop tho wur botwoon thor countros but wus
roscuod ut tho ust mnuto by }ohn Curtor. Wus u mujor
chuructor n Itncoss, Cods, und \atlotd, und u mnor
chuructor n Chossmon, Cant, und 5loloton. 1ho prncoss
of Houm wus kdnupod und tukon to Susoom (}uptor) by
tho Morgors. Sho, }ohn Curtor, und u numbor of othors
munugod to oscupo, though Curtor wus rocupturod. Dojuh
1hors und hor foow oscupoos bourdod un urshp und
houdod for Zunor on }uptor. 1hor futo s not known.
Itncoss
D[or Kantos - : Muo : Fudwur : Houm : Son of Kuntos Kun,
Fudwur of tho 5th Utun, onco botrothod to 1uru of
Houm, murrod Cvu Murths Chossmon
Dotar - : Muo : n/r : 1hurk : groon Murtun kod by }ohn Curtor
Itncoss
Dotar So[at - : Muo : }od : Houm : }ohn Curtor's Croon Murtun
numos, won n combut, s uso u Curtor uus. Itncoss
Doxus - : Muo : }odduk : Kumto : An ov hourtod mun, Doxus
ruod tho Rft Vuoy wth un ron hund, usng u nouru
muchno whch muntunod u rocordng of ovory udut's
nouru ndox by whch ho coud dostroy ndvduus ut u
dstunco. A dogonoruto wustro, Doxus wus u curous
mxturo of honor und vco. As u wurror hs stundurds
woro tho hghost, us u mun, ho pubcy soducod tho
wvos of othor nobos who hs own wfo ookod on.
Ilana
Dur A[mad - : n/r : nobo : Amhor : A routvo of }u Hud's frst
wfo Vunumu, oudor of tho opposton movomont ugunst
}u Hud. Most koy bocumo jodduk uftor }u Hud dod.
5ynthotc
Dur-Dan - : Muo : Hormud : Morbus : Cno of Rus 1huvus' must
trustod udos, purtcputod n tho scontst und }ohn
Curtor's oscupo from Morbus. 5ynthotc
f-Mcd - : Muo : Dwur : Munutor : ury, ov mun who took
commund of tho 1owors of }otun uftor A-Kor wus sont to
tho pts. Chossmon
f-Thas - : Muo : Mujor-domo : Munutor : C-1ur's rght hund
mun, oovutod from un obscuro wurror to tho socond
most poworfu mun n Munutor. Chossmon
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fm-Tar - : Muo : Wurror : Kobo : Conscrptod wurror n Hn
Abto's urmy us t uy sogo to Cutho, wus frozon n
suspondod unmuton for 50 yours boforo bong thuwod
for tho Cuthoun nvuson. Ilana
laI Sivas - : Muo : nvontor : Zodungu : scontst/thof, but u
spucoshp, constructod u mochuncu brun (computor),
}ohn Curtor's (Vundor's) ompoyor, ono of tho fow rod
Murtuns showng sgns of udvuncod ugo. 5votds
lIoran - : Muo : Suvo : Cutho : onsuvod by Munutor, |orun
fought wth Cuhun of Cutho n tho }otun gumos. Lutor
oscupod und brought Cuthoun und Houmotc forcos to
roscuo Cuhun und 1uru Chossmon
lo-nar - : Muo : 1hun : }uhur : fod hs homound uftor uttomptng
to k }odduk 1u Axutur, cupturod by Hn Abto's forcos
whon thoy suckod Ruxur, utor bocumo |rst Fudwur on
tho Dusat, undor }ohn Curtor's commund. Ilana
Gahan of GathoI - : Muo : }odduk : Cutho : 1uru's husbund.
Ruor of Cutho. Usod tho uusos of 1urun und U-Ku of
Munutuj. |uthor of Lunu, who wus kdnuppod by Hn
Abto und wus utor roscuod by }ohn Curtor.Chossmon
Gan Had - : Muo : offcor : 1oono : Cuptvo ut Morbus, Cun
Hud provdos }ohn Curtor und Vor Duj (und tho roudor)
wth tho ovonts foowng Rus 1huvus' oscupo from Vobs
Kun's nvuson of hs fumy sund, tho bognnngs of tho
mustor mnd's rosourch nto humun growth ut Morbus,
und tho tuko ovor of tho hormuds whch kopt Rus 1huvus
u prsonor, ussstod n tho oscupo of 1or-Dur-ur (Vor Duj)
und }unu from Morbus, utor dosortod tho oscupo wth
1un Cun n tho 1oonoun Murshos. Wo do not know
whut huppons to hm. NCTI. 1un Cun, Cun Hud und
1or-Dur-ur uro n ono cunoo chusng uftor Sytor, Fundur
und }unu, but whon 1or-Dur-ur (Vor Duj) noxt soos 1un
Cun tho uttor romurks thut Fundur just oscupod (dvng
ovor tho sdo of tho Amhorun shp). Cun Hud offoctvoy
dsuppours whon thoy dosort 1or-Dur-ur und t, thus,
uppours thut LR hus mxod up hs chuructors! 5ynthotc
Gan Hor - : Muo : Dwur : Cutho : commundod u forco of
guoru runchors hurrussng Hn Abto's urmy uyng sogo
to Cutho. Ilana
Gan-ho - : Muo : Assussn : Amhor : Conscrptod by Hn Abto
25 yours ouror, Cun-ho bocumo u mutnoor whon }ohn
Curtor docurod tho Dusat und u on bourd woro gong to
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Funur to roscuo Lunu of Cutho. Aftor hs dofout n u brof
duo wth Curtor, Cun-ho took hs fo by oupng from tho
Dusat n fght. Ilana
Gantun Gur - : Muo : Assussn : Amhor : 1ho most poworfu
ussussn of Amhor, Frnco }u Hud ordorod Cuntun Cur to
k }unu's futhor. Lutor cupturod by tho hormuds of
Morbus, Cuntum Cur's brun wus romovod from hs body
und dostroyod. 1ho body wus thon gvon to tho hormud
brun of 1or-Dur-ur, who thon usod tho numo 1un Cun.
5ynthotc
Gar NaI - : Muo : nvontor : Zodungu : Rvu of |u Svus, buds
u spucoshp whch truvos to 1huru wth kdnuppod
Dojuh 1hors on bourd, hus thnnng hur, unusuu n rod
Murtuns. 5votds
Ghck - : Nono : Drono : untoom : u kuduno spdor-mun of tho
untoom vuoy, of tho Luud swurm, wth hs brunoss
rykor ussstod n froong cuptvo 1uru, wth Cuhun, from
untoom und uccompunod thom on tho rost of thor
udvonturo. ls prosumod to bo vng n Houm. Chossmon
Ghron - : Muo : }od : Chustu : 1ho nsuno ruor of tho smu cty
of Chustu n tho Vuoy Hohr. Hs usuu ontortunmont
wus torturng und mumng hs suvos und cupturod
truvoors. Ightng
Gor Ha[us - : Muo : Assussn : 1oono : Known us tho Assussn
of 1oono, Cor Hujus wus murdorod by Vobs Kun whon
ho rofusod to k u mun. Lutor rosurroctod by Vud Vuro,
Cor Hujus hopod rocovor Vuu Du's body und thon took
sorvco undor Dur 1urus, }odduk of Fhundhu. ln SYN-
1HL1lC wo ourn Cor Hujus od u smu Fhundhuun
urmy ugunst Vobs Kun of 1oono to froo Rus 1huvus'
sund. 1hs ondouvor fuod. Nothng s montonod
rogurdng tho outcomo of tho ovont. Mastotmnd
Gor-don - : Muo : Dwur : Funkor, Funur : Roscuod by Curtor,
protoctod from murdor by mutnoors, Cor-don utor usssts
Curtor n Funkor. Cor-don's fumy, u mothor, futhor und
sstor, uro montonod, though not numod. Ilana
Gorc - : Muo : n/r : Korvus : n/r
Gorgum - : Muo : n/r : Morgor : u mun of }uptor n tho Morgor
ruor's sorvco. 5loloton
Gozava - : |omuo : groon Murtun : 1hurk : 1urs 1urkus' doud
wfo, mothor of Sou. Itncoss
Gur Tus - : Muo : Dwur : Houm : Dwur of tho 10th Utun. Wus
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prosont ut tho nvuson of tho Cmoun und cupturo of tho
1ompo of lssus. Cods
GridIcy, ]ason - Amorcun nvontor rosdng n 1urzunu, Cufor-
nu, dscovoror of tho Crdoy Wuvo whch s ompoyod
n u spocu rudo dovco thut uows communcuton
botwoon Lurth und ursoom. Mastotmnd
Had Urtur - : Muo : n/r : Hustor, Houm : |uthor of 1un Hudron,
husbund of un unnumod prncoss of Cutho, Cdwur of tho
1st Umuk of Hustor. Ightng
HagIion - : Muo : Commundor : Morgor : Cuptun of u Morgor
spucoshp. 5loloton
Ha[ AIt - : Muo : Frnco : 1junuth : Son of Huj Css. Ightng
Ha[ Osis - : Muo : }odduk : 1junuth : ruor of 1junuth, u smu
nuton concornod ubout nvuson by }uhur. Ightng
Ha[a - : |omuo : Frncoss : Cutho : A-Kor's mothor by C-1ur,
}odduk of Munutor, Huju wus u prncoss of Cutho who
wus onsuvod by Munutor. Cuhun of Cutho's uunt,
murrod U-1hor, }od of Munutos. Chossmon
HaI Vas - : Muo : Dwur : Dusur : son of Vus Kor tho Dusurun
nobo, Dwur of tho Roud nour tho wutorwuys thut crco
tho odgo of 1orquus. Thuva
Hamas - : Muo : mujor-domo : Zodungu : Lmpoyod by |u
Svus, n churgo of housohod. 5votds
Han Du - : Muo : n/r : Suvutor : u mun of }uptor hod cuptvo by
tho Morgors, oscupod wth }ohn Curtor. 5loloton
Hin AbtoI - : Muo : }odduk : Funkor, Funur : Sof-styod }odduk of
}odduks of tho North, Hn Abto's rod mon ovontuuy
ovorrun tho Ckuruns und sowy but u formdbo
fghtng forco wth cupturod wurrors kopt n suspondod
unmuton unt Hn Abto wus roudy to bogn hs con-
quost of ursoom. Abductod Lunu of Cutho. Ilana
Ho Ran Kim - : Muo : }odduk : Horz : Sontoncod }ohn Curtor und
Fun Dun Choo to douth, rovouod tho hstory of tho
Crovurs durng u ong convorsuton wth Curtor. Ilana
Hor Kai Ian - : Muo : Nobo : Horz : 1ho Horzun corpso whch
provdod }ohn Curtor wth hurnoss und woupons uftor ho
und Fun Dun Choo woro sont to tho pts. 1ho brothor of u
jodduk who took tho throno n tho your 27M38}4. Ilana
Hor Vastus - : Muo : Fudwur : Houm : n Houm's nuvy,
crucu n budng u foot to roscuo Dojuh 1hors. Cods
Hora San - : Muo : }odduk : Fhunduh : ust grout Hgh Frost of
1ur und onco }odduk of Fhunduh, dod mystorousy
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nsdo tho do of 1ur. Mastotmnd
Horur - : Muo : n/r : Morgor : u mun of }uptor, hgh n tho
Morgor ruor's court. 5loloton
Hortan Gur - : Muo : }odduk : 1orquus : ruor of groon Murtuns
Thuva
Hovan Du - : Muo : Wurror : Fturth : subjoct of un oxpormont
by Rus 1huvus, Hovun Du hud huf of hs brun truns-
puntod nto tho body of u whto upo. Assstod Vud Vuro
n rocovorng Vuu Du's body. Lutor wus rostorod to hs
own. Mastotmnd
l-Gos - : Muo : Artst : Munutor : tho royu 'tuxdormst', tho mun
who prosorvod tho doud n Munutos, muntuns tho Hu
of Chofs. Chossmon
l-MaI - : Muo : Chof : Munutor : 1ho hurnoss Cuhun of Cutho
woro durng tho }otun gumo wus tukon from tho corpso of
l-Mu. Chossmon
l-Zav - : Muo : Cuurd : Munutor : Cuurd ussgnod to romun wth
Chok n hs co. Wus hypnotzod und dsurmod by tho
kuduno. Chossmon
lI-Dur-fn - : Muo : Hormud : Morbus : ono of Rus 1huvus'
trustod hormud ussstunts. 5ynthotc
lssus - : |omuo : goddoss : Vuoy Ctz : Ancont |rst orn
womun troutod us u goddoss, fuvorod humun mous
propurod from kdnup vctms or suvos cupturod by hor
|rst orn rudors. Sho woud out womon who ookod
upon hor. Hod muny ossor ttos und ubsouto powor
unt }ohn Curtor oxposod lssus us un uttory vo und
dopruvod fruud. Cods
]ad-Han - : Muo : Frnco : Amhor : }unu's brothor. Cupturod by
tho uck Frutos of Kumto, u foow suvo of }ohn Curtor
und Fun Dun Choo. Ilana
]aI Had - : Muo : Frnco : Amhor : Ruor of Amhor, cooctor of
oxotc crouturos for hs prvuto zoo, ordorod tho ussussnu-
ton of }unu und }ud-Hun's futhor, forcod hmsof upon
}unu, who fod Amhor, husbund of Vunumu und unothor
unnumod womun (mutpo wvos). 5ynthotc
]anai - : |omuo : Nobo : Amhor : |od Amhor whon Frnco }u
Hud dosrod hor. }u Hud ordorod tho ussussnuton of
}unu's futhor, sstor of }ud-Hun. Wfo of Vor Duj. 5yn-
thotc
]ason GridIcy - Soo Ctdloy, /ason
]at Or - : Muo : Fudwur : Houm : outunt n tho porsonu guurd
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of Dojuh 1hors, uccompunos }ohn Curtor to Zodungu
und utor to 1huru. 5votds
]av - : Muo : n/r : Lothur : Socond to 1uro n tho cty of Lothur,
hddon n tho Mountuns of 1orquus. Accordng to hs
roctuton of Lothurun hstory, tho nhubtunts woud huvo
to bo ut oust 500,000 yours od. Thuva
]ohn Cartcr - : Muo : Frnco : Vrgnu/Houm : Southorn
gontomun, swordsmun, wurror, crossod tho gufs of
spuco und bocumo u horo on ursoom, wnnng tho hund
of Dojuh 1hors, |uthor of Curthors und 1uru. Itncoss
Doscrbod by Vor Duj us ...a gtoat man, a statosman, a
soldot, pothaps tho gtoatost svotdsman that ovot lvod,
gtm and tottblo n combat, but vth t all ho s modost
and apptoachablo, and ho has novot lost hs sonso oi
humot. Appourod n: Itncoss, Cods, \atlotd, 5votds,
5ynthotc, Ilana, Cant, 5loloton.
]oog - : Muo : n/r : Korvus : 130 foot tu gunt croutod by Fow
Mogo. Cant
Kab Kad[a - : Muo : }odduk : Wurhoon : }odduk of tho Wurhoons
of tho South Cods
KaI Tavan - : Muo : Suvo : 1junuth : born n 1junuth, wfo
murdorod by ussussns, duughtor ubductod by 1u Axtur of
}uhur, bocumo Fudwur, took work n Kobo und wus
cupturod durng wur wth Houm. Ightng
Kam Han Tor - : Muo : Nobo : Horz : Cno of tho Horzun
soopors who uwoko whon Lum 1ur C dod. A shp
budor. Ilana
Kamchamcha - : Muo : Kng : Huwu : Lury Huwuun Kng
Ilana
Kandus - : n/r : n/r : lnvuk : u mun of lnvuk who cuptuorod }ohn
Curtor und Lunu of Cutho n tho |orost of Lost Mon Ilana
Kantos Kan - : Muo : }odwur : Houm : orgnuy u pudwur n
tho Houmotc nuvy, Curtor's stuunch compunon und
frond, utor oovutod to tho hghost runk n tho nuvy.
|uthor of Djor Kuntos. Itncoss
Kar Komak - : Muo : Cdwur : Lothur : whto mun wth uuburn
hur u torm onco urchucuy usod to doscrbo u whtsh or
fuxon coor but now (und ut tho tmo urroughs wroto
tho Murtun books) rofors to roddsh-brown. Commundor
of tho foots of Lothurfrom tho tmo boforo tho ocouns of
ursoom vunshod. Ho s u hypnotc vsuuzuton of
}odduk 1uro, who ovontuuy bocumo substunco u mon
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yours uftor hs oru dsuppourod. Lstod us Cdwur of
Lothurun owmon n tho Cossury uppondx of 1huvu,
Mud of Murs. Thuva
Kara Vasa - : |omuo : Nobo : Fhunduh : 1ho womun Dur 1urus
ovod, who oscupod whon Sug Cr trod to tuko hor by
forco. |ound rofugo n Houm und roturnod to Fhunduh
wth }ohn Curtor's foot. Mastotmnd
Kor San - : Muo : }odduk : Duhor : Vuu Du's futhor Mastot-
mnd
Kor-an - : Muo : Wurror : Cutho : |ought u duo wth }ohn
Curtor whon tho Vrgnun wus cupturod by tho wurror-
hordors hurrussng Hn Abto's nvuson forco surroundng
Cutho. Ilana
KuIan Tith - : Muo : }odduk : Kuo : 1ho mun 1huvu of Furth
wus promsod to by hor futhor 1huvun Dhn. \atlotd
Iakor - : Muo : 1horn : Vuoy Dor : A thorn kod by Woou.
\atlotd
Ian Sohn Wcn - : Muo : Dwur : Horz : Commundor of tho 1st
Utun of tho }odduk's Cuurd. Arrostod }ohn Curtor uftor ho
ussstod Fun Dun Choo n butto. Ilana
Ian-O - : |omuo : Suvo : Cutho : Cuthoun womun onsuvod n
Munutor, 1uru's confdunt Chossmon
Iarok - : Muo : n/r : Dusur : u wurror-urtfcor who mudo u koy
to unock tho mochunsms croutod by Curthors. Thuva
Icc Um Io - : Muo : Lmbumor : Horz : 1ho mustor ombumor of
Horz, ogond sud thut Loo Um Lo wus so porfoct n hs
trudo thut tho doud dd not know thoy woro docousod
und, uccordng to Fun Dun Choo, ...upon sovotal occa-
sons thoy atoso and vallod out dutng tho iunotal
sotvcos. Tho ond oi Ioo Um Io camo vhon tho vio oi a
gtoat joddal ialod to toalzod that sho vasd doad, and
vallod tght n on tho joddal and hs nov vio. Tho noxt
day Ioo Um Io lost hs hoad. Ilana
IIana - : |omuo : Frncoss : Cutho : }ohn Curtor's grundduugh-
tor, duughtor of Cuhun und 1uru, ubductod by Hn Abto,
utor muy huvo murrod Fun Dun Choo of Horz. Ilana
Iorquas PtomcI - : Muo : }od : 1hurk : Cupturod }ohn Curtor
upon hs frst urrvu to ursoom. Itncoss
Ium Tar O - : Muo : Lmbumor : Horz : 1ho 1HlNC whch
noury kod }ohn Curtor und Fun Dun Choo through
montu powors und u duggor. Lum 1ur C hud boon
ombumod by Loo Um Lo, whch possbo oxpuns why
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ho munugod to survvo hundrods of conturos n tho pts
of Horz. Lum 1ur C wus so skfu thut hs montu powors
und tochnquos prosorvod tho bodos of uncont Horzuns
ho urod to tho pts thon onsnurod. Whon ho dod by
Curtor's hund, tho soopors uwoko. Ilana
Iuud - : -soxod : Kng : untoom : kng of tho 1owor of Luud
ut tho tmo of 1uru's cupturo, u poworfu supor-brun
murdorod by Chok, ono of hs subjocts. Chossmon
Man-Iat - : Muo : Cffcor : Kumto : }odduk Doxus' mun us-
sgnod to tuko churgo of }ohn Curtor. Ilana
Matai Shang - : Muo : Hokkudor : Vuoy Dor : Hoy Hokkudor
of tho Hoy 1horns. Cthor numos n hs tto ncudo
rothor of lssus Mustor of Lfo und Douth upon ursoom
und |uthor of Hoy 1horns. |uthor of Fhudor. Utmutoy
wus kod by Dutor 1hurd. Cods
Moak - : n/r : Kng : untoom : kng of ono of tho towor swurms
of untoom. Chossmon
Mors Ka[ak - : Muo : }od : Houm : }od of Lossor Houm, son of
1urdos Mors, Dojuh 1hors' futhor. Itncoss
Motus - : Muo : Nobo : lnvuk : dod duong }ohn Curtor. Hus
tho dstncton of bong tho ony chuructor chroncod us
gvng u gron kckn tho storosto }ohn Curtor. Ilana
Mu TcI - : Muo : Frnco : 1oono : of tho Houso of Kun, nophow
to tho jodduk, u frond of Cor Hujus tho ussussn. Assstod
Vud Vuro und fronds. Mastotmnd
MuItis Par - : Muo : Nobo : Zor : son of Zu 1th, }od of Zor,
cupturod by tho Morgors und usod us u puwn for thor
nvuson of ursoom. 5loloton
Myr-Io - : Muo : Scontst : Kumto : 1ho nvontor of Kumto, tho
mun rosponsbo for muntunng tho rocordng muchno
usod to contro tho nouru systoms of u nhubtunts of tho
Crout Rft Vuoy. Ilana
Nastor - : Muo : Dutor : Kumto : 1ho |rst orn prnco who
wugorod Xuxuk 100,000 tump thut hs chumpon coud
bost }ohn Curtor n tho Lossor Cumos. Ilana
NoIach - : Muo : Kng : untoom : Cno of tho b-soxod ruors of
u untoomun Hvo. Chossmon
NoIat - : Muo : Dutor : Kumto : Nout, u gumbng mun, owod
Dutor Nustor u urgo sum of monoy. Ho ugrood to fght
Dotur Sojut (}ohn Curtor) ut tho Lossor Cumos of Kumto.
lf ho won, Nustor woud cunco u dobts. Ilana
Notan - : Muo : Fsychoogst : Zodungu : Royu psychoogst of
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Zodungu. Coud roud tho ust momonts of brun uctvty n
tho mnds of sun mon. Itncoss
Nur An - : Muo : Nobo : }uhur : |orcod to foo }uhur whon 1u
Axtur took tho fumy und und wouth, ho wus cupturod
und mprsonod n 1junuth, sontoncod to "1ho Douth"
wth 1un Hudron, thoy utmutoy hud sovoru udvonturos
togothor. Ightng
Nutus - : Muo : }odduk : Dusur : |uthor of Astok, who ubductod
1huvu of Fturth. Thuva
O AIa - : |omuo : wfo : Suvutor : wfo of Hun Du. 5loloton
O-mad - : Muo : n/r : 1hurk : Mun wth ono numo, ow n runk,
tho numo s n common usugo throughout tho Croon
Hordos of ursoom. Numos uro ncrousod by duong, tho
vctor tukng tho numo of tho sun opponont us wo us hs
womon und boongngs. }ohn Curtor qucky uccumuutod
numos durng hs ntu stuy wth tho 1hurks, though n
utor yours ho ony usod tho numos of tho frst two sun
1hurks us un uus: Dotur Sojut. Itncoss
O-Mai thc CrucI - : Muo : }odduk : Munutor : ruod Munutor
5,000 yours boforo tho rogn of C-1ur. Chossmon
O-Tar - : Muo : }odduk : Muntuju & Munutos : of Munutor, ruod
433 yours, utor commttod sucdo. Chossmon
O-zar - : Muo : wurror : Munutuj : fumod for hs sk on tho
Munutor |ods of }otun. Chossmon
OId cn - : Muo : Suvo : Vrgnu : tho wrtor's body sorvunt
(coorod). Aku Unco on. Itncoss
OIvia Marthis - : |omuo : royu : Hustor : Duughtor of tho }od of
Hustor, murrod Djor Kuntos, tho son of Kuntos Kun.
Chossmon
omad - : Muo : Lunguugo : common : mun wth ono numo s
ruthor ow n mportunco. Itncoss
Orm-o - : Muo : Suvo : Duhor : Young boy who fod 1or-Dur-
ur (Vor Duj), u 1ub und Ur Ruj whon thoy woro
mprsonod n Frnco }u Hud's oxotc zoo, provdod
sorvco to 1or-Dur-ur (Vor Duj) us un nformunt us
rogurds Frncoss }unu. 5ynthotc
Ozara - : |omuo : }odduru : Cmbru : kdnuppod from Domnu,
hor homo country, Czuru wus mudo tho wfo of U Vus,
}odduk of Cmbru, romuntc rvu of Dojuh 1hors, u
prncoss of Domnu. 5votds
Pan Dan Chcc - : Muo : Wurror : Horz : Crovur of tho whto
ruco, from tho uncont cty of Horz, cupturod by tho |rst
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orn of Kumto wth }ohn Curtor und Lunu of Cutho,
sod nto suvory on Dutor Nustor's chun, Lunu of
Cutho's sutor und possbo muto. Ilana
Pandar - : Muo : n/r : Fhunduh : ocumo un offcor n tho
hormud urmos of tho Sovon }ods of Morbus. Adod Vor
Duj n oscupng from Morbus. Lutor uccompunod Sytor,
who hud kdnupod }unu. Cupturod by Amhorun unmu
cooctng oxpodton und oscupod by dvng ovor tho sdo
of tho urshp, pckod up by }ohn Curtor's foot. (Soo orrors
of dontty botwoon ths chuructor und Cun Hud) 5yn-
thotc
Parthak - : Muo : n/r : Zodungu : 1ho mun who brought food to
}ohn Curtor n tho Fts of Zut Arrrus. Cods
Paxton UIysscs - : Muo : Amorcun : 1oono : An Amorcun on
ursoom, upprontco to Rus 1huvus, husbund to Vuu Du,
u prncoss of Duhor, ucqurod vory udvuncod modcu
sks, ncudng tho ubty to trunspunt bruns from ono
body to unothor. Mastotmnd
Pcw MogcI - : Muo : Scontst : Korvus : u homud bont on word
domnuton. Cant
Phaidor - : |omuo : oquvuont to u prncoss : Vuoy Dor :
Duughtor of Mutu Shung, u bouutfu womun wth u mud
crush on }ohn Curtor, nstrumontu n sovoru combuts by
}ohn Curtor, utor bocomos jouous of Dojuh 1hors und s
utmutoy mprsonod wth tho Frncoss of Houm und
1huvu n tho rotutng shuft boow tho puuco of lssus, u
1horn, Fhudor s whto-sknnod und bud, sho wours u
bond wg us do u of hor ruco. Cods
Phao - : |omuo : suvo : }uhur : Nur An's swoothourt, mssng for
u tmo, onsuvod n 1junuth, roscuod by Hudron of Hustor,
ovontuuy rojonod hor ovor. Ightng
Pho Iar - : Muo : n/r : Suvutor : buo sknnod mun of }uptor,
oscupod wth }ohn Curtor from Morgor mprsonmont,
ovontuuy rouchod hs homo country. 5loloton
Phor San - : Muo : Cdwur : Funkor, Funur : n churgo of Hn
Abto's uoru nuvy. A drunkon foo. Ilana
Phor Tak - : Muo : Scontst : }uhur : Crgnuy from }uhur, ths
uncont scontst fod 1u Axtur's opprossvo nfuonco und
roocutod ut u whto custo ho numod }humu. Ho s tho
croutor of tho dsontogrutor ruy, tho nvsbty punt, und
"tho fyng douth," u smurt bomb. Hus dstncton of bong
tho CNLY chuructor n u oovon ursoom books to bo
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doscrbod us "nudo." Tho hoad vas iollovod by tho body
oi a man, vhoso hatnoss vas so scant as to loavo hm
almost nudo. Ho vas an old man vth a inoly shapod
hoad, covotod vth scant, gtay locls. Ightng
PhystaI - : Muo : suvo mustor : Zodungu : Lmpoyod by |u
Svus, munugod tho suvos of thut housohod. 5votds
Pnoxux - : Muo : Frnco : lnvuk : Son of tho jodduk, Ftuntus.
Cupturod }ohn Curtor und Lunu of Cutho whon thoy
undod n tho |orost of Lost Mon. Ilana
Povak - : Muo : Assussn : Zodungu : Ur }un's ussussn ordorod to
k Vundor (}ohn Curtor) 5votds
PowcII, ]amcs K. - : Muo : Cuptun : Rchmond, Vrgnu : }ohn
Curtor's mnng purtnor n Arzonu, 1865, kod by
Apuchos. Itncoss
Ptang - : Muo : Wurror : Kumto : Cno of Xuxuk's mon n tho
Vuoy of tho |rst orn who duood wth }ohn Curtor.
Lutor bocumo Curtor's "trunor" for tho Lossor Cumos ut
Kumto. Ilana
Ptanus - : Muo : }odduk : lnvuk : Ruor of lnvuk, ocutod n tho
|orost of Lost Mon. Ilana
Ptor - : Muo : n/r : Zodungu : fumy numo of throo Zodungun
brothors.
Ptor lak - : Muo : govornmont offcu : Zodungu : Cvorsoor of
furmund uong u Zodungun cunu, ono of throo brothors
who bofrond }ohn Curtor, und utor ugun oncountors
}ohn Curtor whon thoy uro both mprsonod n tho cty of
lnvuk. Itncoss
Rab-zov - : Muo : Cuurd : Funkor, Funur : mombor of Hn
Abto's bodyguurd. Ilana
Rapas (thc UIsio) - : Muo : ussussn : Zodungu : cut purso und
ussussn ompoyod by |u Svus. 5votds
Ras Thavas - : Muo : Scontst : 1oono : Known us tho Mustor
Mnd of Murs, uncostru homo s un sund n tho Crout
1oonoun Mursh from whch ho wus ovctod by Vobs
Kun, utor robut doud cty Morbus us u modorn cty to
houso hs oxpormonts n urtfcu fo forms, Rus 1huvus
vod moro thun u 1,000 yours n hs frst body. 1runod
Amorcun Uyssos Fuxton n modcu tochnquos und hud
Fuxton trunspunt thut uncont brun nto u young, houthy
body. Rus 1huvus dovoopod tho hormud, un urtfcu fo
form. Mastotmnd
Ro Tan im - : Muo : n/r : Horz : 1ho Horzun corpso whch
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Lum 1ur C hud for uppotzors. Ilana
Ro[as - : |omuo : n/r : lnvuk : Hopod }ohn Curtor oscupo from
tho cty of lnvuk, uso docovod hm n romunco. Ilana
Sab Than - : Muo : Frnco : Zodungu : Son of jodduk 1hun Koss,
sworo to ond tho wur botwoon Zodungu und Houm f
Dojuh 1hors woud ugroo to murry hm. Itncoss
Sag Or - : Muo : Nobo : Fhunduh : }odduru Xuxu's fuvorto, hud
hs brun trunsforrod nto Dur 1urus' body. Mastotmnd
SaIcnsus OII - : Muo : }odduk : Kudubru, Ckur : }odduk of
}odduks of Ckur, tho und of tho yoow mon, unco to
1uu, cupturod 1urdos Mors, Mors Kujuk, und muny
Houm troops brought down by tho mugnotc woupon
whch crushod thor urshps. Lvontuuy sun by }ohn
Curtor, who turnod tho throno ovor to 1uu. \atlotd
San Tothis - : Muo : urshp commundor : Cutho : Sun 1oths
und hs crusor \anatot, und u mon, woro ost to un
unknown futo durng u voont storm. Chossmon
Sanoma Tora - : |omuo : Nobo : Hustor, Houm : duughtor of
1or Hutun, ubductod by 1u Axtur of }uhur. Ightng
Saran TaI - : Muo : mujor-domo : Houm : tho Frnco of Ho-
um's mujor-domo, who purchusod tho Dusurun nobo
Vus Kor who subotugod Curthors's for. Thuva
Sarko[a - : |omuo : n/r : 1hurk : Croon Murtun womun, doopy
hutofu of Sou. Itncoss
Sator Throg - : Muo : 1horn : Vuoy Dor : A Hoy 1horn of tho
1onth Cyco. Mustor of tho rod fomuo suvo 1huvu.
Appuronty u physcu doubo, suns hur, for }ohn Curtor.
Cods
savagcs - ln tho 1oonoun Murshos uro muny uborgnu humun
trbos, ono s doscrbod us nukod wth bushy hur und
usng spours und cubs us woupons, but ong, nurrow
cunoos, consdorod cunnbus, ut wur wth tho kunguroo
mon of Coo
Scpt - : Nono : n/r : untoom : u kuduno of tho Luud swurm.
Chossmon
Sharu - : |omuo : Suvo : Chustu : 1ho bouutfu womun who
frst ontcod 1un Hudron und Nur An nto Chustu, thon,
huvng fuon n ovo wth 1un Hudron, provdod tho two
prsonors wth tho knfo und noodo noodod to muko thor
oscupo. Ightng
Shca, (]ohn) - : Muo : Socrotury : Cufornu : Ldgur Rco ur-
roughs' ussstunt. Chossmon
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SiI Vagis - : Muo : 1oodwur : Houm : 1oodwur, 91st Umuk,
Houm, wth Sunomu 1oru tho nght sho wus kdnuppod.
Ightng
So[at - : Muo : n/r : 1hurk : groon Murtun kod by }ohn Curtor.
Itncoss
SoIa - : |omuo : n/r : 1hurk : Croon Murtun womun. 1urs 1urkus'
duughtor. Itncoss
SoIan - : Muo : Scontst : Kudubru, Ckur : u puuco offcu n
churgo of tho puuco swtch-room. \atlotd
Sorav - : Muo : Commundor : Kudubru, Ckur : un offcor of
Suonsus C. \atlotd
Sovan - : Muo : Frnco : Fturth : Cvorord of tho nuvy of Fturth,
stod us Frnco Sorun n tho Cossury uppondx of 1huvu,
Mud of Murs. \atlotd
SuItan of Swat - : Muo : n/r : Houm : un uus of }ohn Curtor.
Ilana
Sytor - : Muo : Dwur : Dusur : A rod mun commundng tho 10th
Utun, 1st Dur of tho 3rd }od's Cuurd n tho cty of Mor-
bus. Accompunod 1or-Dur-ur (Vor Duj), 1un Cur (1or-
Dur-ur), Fundur und }unu whon thoy oscupod nto tho
1oonoun Mursh. Sytor utor kdnups }unu und foos nto
tho 1oonoun Mursh, short of ntondod gou of Fhunduh
ho und }unu uro rocupturod by hormuds und roturnod to
Morbus. Wo do not know whut huppons to Sytor. 5yn-
thotc
TaI Had[us - : Muo : }odduk : 1hurk : cruo oudor of tho 1hurks
whon }ohn Curtor frst urrvod on ursoom. Wus uttor
chuongod by 1urs 1urkus und dod. Itncoss
TaIu - : Muo : Frnco : Kudubru, Ckur : robo prnco of Muron-
tnu, nophow of Suonsus C. \atlotd
Tan Gama - : Muo : }od : Wurhoon : wurror guurdng 1urs
1urkus n tho dungoons of Wurhoon, sun by }ohn Curtor.
Cods
Tan Hadron - : Muo : Fudwur : Hustor, Houm : son of Hud
Urtur, mothor s u prncoss of Cutho (Cuhun's sstor:),
Fudwur n tho 91st Umuk, 5th Utun of tho 11th Dur.
Murrod 1uvu, utor uppourod n LLANA. Ho wus cup-
turod by Hn Abto who sourchng for }ohn Curtor und
Lunu of Cutho, bocumo Socond Fudwur of tho Dusat,
}ohn Curtor's shp. Ightng
Tanus - : Muo : Crowmun (thun:) : Cutho : Crowmun on
Cuhun's crusor \anatot. Wus ost wth tho shp. Choss-
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mon
Tara - : |omuo : Frncoss : Houm : Duughtor of }ohn Curtor und
Dojuh 1hors, Cuhun of Cutho's wfo. Chossmon
Tardos Mors - : |omuo : }odduk : Houm : grundfuthor of Dojuh
1hors, futhor of Mors Kujuk. Itncoss
Tario - : Muo : }odduk : Lothur : Ruor of tho Lothuruns, 1uro
commundod such oxcoptonu hypnotc montu powors
thut hs vsuuzuton of Kur Komuk, u ong doud Crovur
foot cuptun, bocumo rou und substuntu. Thuva
Tars Tarkas - : Muo : }odduk : 1hurk : 1ho mghty groon wurror
who bofrondod }ohn Curtor. Itncoss
Tasor - : Muo : Fudwur : Cutho : u frond of Cuhun of Cutho's
youth, uso know us A-Sor, tho undor-pudwur of }odduk
C-tur of Munutor. Hs futhor hud dod tryng to suvo
Cuhun's futhor from ussussns, frst onsuvod by Munutuj,
ho urousod tho ovo of u wouthy womun who hud hor
husbund murdorod so sho mght murry 1usor. Chossmon
Tavia - : |omuo : Frncoss : 1junuth : duugthor of Ku 1uvun,
onsuvod by }uhuruns whon sho wus u chd, roscuod by
1un Hudron from Croon Murtuns ut tho doud cty of
Xunutor durng hs quost to roscuo Sonomu 1oru. Sho
bocumo 1un Hudron's wfo und provod to bo tho duughtor
of royuty. Ightng
Tccaytan-ov - : Muo : Hormud : Morbus : A mombor of tho
rudng purty thut cupturod }ohn Curtor, Vor Duj und
}unu. Lutor bofrondod Vor Duj und }unu. 1ho numo,
toruy trunsutod, s Lovon-HundrodSovon. 5ynthotc
Thabis - : Muo : n/r : Vuoy Dor : lssus' chof. Cods
Than Kosis - : Muo : }odduk : Zodungu : |uthor of Sub 1hun,
prosocutod u wur wth Houm. Itncoss
Thar an - : Muo : }od : 1orquus : Croon mun, kdnuppod
1huvu from Dusurun ugonts ut tho uncont cty of Auun-
thor. Appours us 1hor un n tho 1huvu uppondx. Thuva
thorian - : Muo : unguugo : Vuoy Dor : tto for u chof of tho
1horns
Thurid - : Muo : Dutor : Ctz Vuoy : u |rst orn, u uck Fruto,
workng wth Mutu Shung, ubductod Dojuh 1hors, utor
kod Mutu Shung und wus thon kod by Fhudor, Mutu
Shung's duughtor. Cods
Thuvan Dihn - : Muo : }odduk : Fturth : Ay of }ohn Curtor,
futhor of 1huvu, Curtor's compunon through tho Curron
Cuvos. \atlotd
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Thuvia - : |omuo : Frncoss : Fturth : Duughtor of 1huvun Dhn,
Curthors's wfo, u suvo und puythng of tho 1horns for
fftoon yours uftor tukng tho pgrmugo down tho Rvor
lss, uds }ohn Curtor und 1urs 1urkus, bofronds Dojuh
1hors, utor (n Thuva, Mad oi Mats) s kdnupod by u
vo rod Murtun prnco und s utmutoy roscuod by
Curthors, 1huvu communcutos wth bunths, tho dungor-
ous ursoomun on, by song und gosturo. Cods
Tor Hatan - : Muo : Cdwur : Houm : commundor 91st Umuk,
futhor of Sunomu 1oru, ownod Ku 1uvun. Ightng
Tor-Dur-ar - : Muo : Wurror : Morbus : 1ho orgnu 1or-Dur-
ur wus gvon Cuntum Cur's humun body. Vor Duj hud
Rus 1huvus trunsfor hs brun nto tho hormud body. 1or-
Dur-ur toruy mouns |our-Mon-Lght. 5ynthotc
Torith - : Muo : n/r : Ctz Vuoy : Cffcor of tho guurds ut tho
submurno poo. Cods
Torkar ar - : Muo : Dwur : Kuo : Kuoun nobo, dwur of tho
Kuoun Roud, kod tho sth whch uttuckod }ohn Curtor
und Woou. \atlotd
TuI Axatar - : Muo : }odduk : }uhur : ont on conquorng tho
word, 1u Axutur cuusod sovoru udvuncod wur products
to bo dovoopod whch woud muko vctory guuruntood,
dsntogrutng ruys, coukng dovcos, mons of sturvng
wurrors..., uso hud u hurom of thousunds of womon.,
took Sunomu 1oru us hs }odduru. Ightng
Tun Gan - : Muo : Hormud : 1oono : 1ho numo hormud 1or-
Dur-ur took uftor Rus 1huvus trunsforod hs brun nto tho
body of tho Amhorun Assussn Cuntun Cur. 1ho numo
uppours onco us "1un-Cun." 5ynthotc
Turan - : Muo : Funthun : Cutho : Cuhun of Cutho's uus.
Chossmon
Tur[un - : Muo : Funthun : Houm : Curthors' uus whon ho
bourdod tho Dusurun shp Thuta. Thuva
U Dan - : Muo : Fudwur : Zor : n tho jodduk's guurd und
podgod to murry Vuju, u cousn of Muts Fur, wus utor
forcod to purtcputo n tho Morgor kdnupng of }ohn
Curtor und Dojuh 1hors. U Dun ussstod n thor oscupo
on Susoom und, wth tho prncoss of Houm, uvodod
rocupturo by tho Morgors. How tho Wurord und hs muto
roturnod to ursoom s unknown, us s tho futo of U Dun.
5loloton
U-Dor - : Muo : Dwur : Munutor : commundod tho 8th Utun,
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wus tho Crungo Chof n tho }otun gumos. Chossmon
U-KaI - : Muo : n/r : Munutuj : Cuhun of Cutho's Munutorun
uus. Chossmon
U-Thor - : Muo : }od : Munutos : known us tho Crout }od, U-1hor
s ovod by tho poopo, murrod Huju, prncoss of Cutho,
who hud boon u suvo to C-tur und mothor of A-Kor.
Chossmon
U-Van - : Muo : Cuurd : Munutor : Munutorun guurd who
dscovorod Chok's houdoss rykor, thon wus dsboovod
whon ho roportod ths to tho houd juor. Chossmon
UI Vas - : Muo : }odduk : Cmbru : ov ruor of Cmbru, husbund
of Czuru, prono to chungo hs jodduru's froquonty.
5votds
UI-to - : Muo : Cuurd : Funkor, Funur : dofoutod by }ohn Curtor
n u sword duo. Ilana
UIah - : |omuo : suvo : Cmbru : n tho rotnuo of Czuru, oyu
to hor mstross, usssts Vundor (}ohn Curtor). 5votds
UIdak - : Muo : Assussn : Zodungu : 1ho frst of Ur }un's ussus-
sns to uttompt tho murdor of Vundor (}ohn Curtor).
5votds
UIyscss S Paxton - : Muo : Loutonunt : Lurth : Cny ourthng to
physcuy truvo to Murs. ocomos Rus 1huvus' outon-
unt. ls oducutod n udvuncod modcu tochnquos. Murros
Vuu Du, u prncoss of Duhor. Soo Vud Vuro Mastotmnd
Umka - : Muo : cut-mun : Ludun : u Musonu of tho forosts of
Ludun, Vundor's (}ohn Curtor) foow prsonor. 5votds
Ur Ra[ - : Muo : Fudwur : Hustor, Houm : Cuptvo n Frnco }u
Hud's oxotc zoo. }onod 1or-Dur-ur (Vor Duj) und u
1ub tho groon mun n oscupng tho zoo und tho roscuo
}unu. 5ynthotc
Ur ]an - : Muo : Assussn : Zodungu : houd of tho Zodungun
Assussn's Cud, u urgo, poworfuy but ndvduu,
ompoyod by Cur Nu. 5votds
Uthia - : |omuo : Suvo : Houm : 1uru's suvo. Chossmon
Vad Varo - : Muo : Amorcun : Lurth / Duhor : Uyssos S Fux-
ton's Murtun ldontty, husbund of Frncoss Vuu Du of
Duhor, rosdos n Duhor, montonod n 5ynthotc us tho
ony porson othor thun Rus 1huvus who s cupubo of
porformng brun trunspunts. Mastotmnd
Va[a - : |omuo : Nobo : Zor : Cousn of Frnco Muts Fur, s
kdnupod by Morgors und usod to forco U Dun to ussst
thor nvuson puns, oscupod wth U Dun und Dojuh
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1hors from tho Morgors on Susoom, houdng for Zunor.
1ho futo of thoso throo s unknown. 5loloton
VaI Dor - : Muo : Dwur : Houm : A cuptun of Houm, Vu Dor
wus onsuvod by Munutor. Cuhun of Cutho sooctod hm
us tho Cdwur (|or) for tho }otun gumos. Lutor oscupod
und fotchod u roscuo purty from Houm und Cutho.
Chossmon
VaIIa Dia - : |omuo : Frncoss : Duhor : Fuxton's wfo, duughtor
of Kor Sun, }odduk of Duhor. Vuu Du hud boon tukon
prsonor by Amhoruns, who ost hor to rudors from
Fhunduh, whoro sho wus sod nto suvory und ovontuuy
ondod up n tho uborutoros of Rus 1huvus, hor brun wus
trunspuntod nto tho hdoous body of Xuxu who thut
porson's brun wus put nto hor bouutfu body, Vud Vuro
(Fuxton from Lurth) utmutoy roscuos hor und rotoros hor
brun und body. Mastotmnd
Van-Ti[a - : |omuo : Frncoss : Kumto : Dutor Nustor's prncpu
wfo. Hor rotunors purchusod Lunu of Cutho us u suvo,
utor tho Cuthoun wus dosrod by Doxus, Vun-tju's
husbund. Vun-tju soutod Lunu n u towor und sot guurds
to provont }odduk Doxus from tukng Lunu of Cutho.
Ilana
Vandor - : Muo : punthun : Houm : }ohn Curtor's uus n
Zodungu, ompoyod us body guurd to |u Svus. 5votds
Vanuma - : |omuo : Frncoss : Amhor : |rst wfo of }u Hud,
took }unu nto hor porsonu rotnuo, murdorod by poson,
most koy by }u Hud's ordor or hund. 5ynthotc
Vas Kor - : Muo : Nobo : Dusor : Lntorod Curthors' houso
dsgusod us u suvo thon usod tho koy Lurok propurod to
subotugo tho Frnco of Houm's uutomutod for. |uthor of
Hu Vus, wus botruyod by Frnco Astok. Thuva
Vobis Kan - : Muo : }odduk : 1oono : Vunous scoundro who
hud Cor Hujus murdorod whon tho Assussn of 1oono
rofusod to k u Zuk's futhor. Lutor nvudod Rus 1huvus'
sund uborutory whon Vud Vuro rosurroctod Cor Hujus.
Mastotmnd
Vor Da[ - : Muo : Fudwur : Houm : Mombor of tho Wurord's
Cuurd, Vor Duj hud hs brun trunspuntod nto tho body
of u hormud. ln ths guso Vor Duj, uku 1or-Dur-ur,
protoctod }unu of Amhor from vurous ov doors unt
thor ovontuu roscuo by }ohn Curtor. 5ynthotc
Vorian - : Muo : wurror : Morgor : mun of }uptor, oscupod u
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Morgor prson wth }ohn Curtor und othors. Hs utmuto
futo s unknown. 5loloton
Wcapon Makcr - : n/r : Cruftsmun : Houm : fumous woupon
mukor n Lossor Houm mudo 1un Hudron's hurnoss.
Ightng
WoIak - : Muo : suvo : Zodungu : ownod by |u Svus, promsod
hs froodom f ho kod }ohn Curtor. 5votds
WooIa - : Muo : pot : Houm : u cuot, ton-oggod unmu ubout
tho szo of u shotund pony. }ohn Curtor's boovod pot.
Itncoss
Xaxa - : |omuo : }odduru : Fhunduh : uncont hug who pud Rus
1huvus to put hor brun n Vuu Du's ovoy body.
Mastotmnd
Xaxak - : Muo : Dutor : Kumto : 1ho |rst orn prnco of Kumto
who purchusod }ohn Curtor us u suvo. Ilana
Xodar - : Muo : }odduk : Ctz Vuoy : u Dutor ut tho tmo }ohn
Curtor urrvos n tho und of tho |rst orn, thon u foow
prsonor wth Curtor, thon utor bocomos jodduk of tho
|rst orn ut tho south poo, und un uy of Houm. Cods
Yamdor - : Muo : Suvo : 1oono : Cunt muo suvo, Rus 1huvus'
rght hund, roportod to huvo tho trunspuntod brun of u
womun. Mastotmnd
Ycrstcd - : Muo : n/r : Ctz Vuoy : commundor of tho submu-
rno. Cods
Yo Scno - : Muo : }uor : 1junuth : Koopor of tho Koys, dd not
trout fomuo suvos wo. Ightng
Zad - : Muo : n/r : 1hurk : wurror Surkoju urgod to chuongo
}ohn Curtor und subsoquonty dod, though not boforo
Curtor hud boon sovoroy woundod. Itncoss
Zamak - : Muo : offcor : Cmbru : n tho rotnuo of U Vus,
}odduk of Cmbru. 5votds
Zan Dar - : Muo : n/r : Suvutor : mun of }uptor, oscupod from
Morgor prson wth Curtor und othors, Curtor bong
rocupturod who tho othors fod to Zunor n u stoon
urcruft. |uto unknown. 5loloton
Zanda - : |omuo : suvo : Zodungu : hor futhor wus u mombor of
tho ossor royuty und un offcor n tho Zodungun mtury
ut tho tmo }ohn Curtor's hordo of groon Murtuns suckod
tho cty, hor mothor took tho pgrmugo (sucdod) shorty
uftor, Zundu wus onsuvod by |u Svus, uccompunod
}ohn Curtor (Vundor) to 1huru, though not stutod spocf-
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cuy, most koy bocumo tho muto of }ut Cr of Houm.
5votds
Zat Arrras - : Muo : }od : Zodungu : uppontod }od of Zodungu
by 1urdos Mors, sought hund of Dojuh 1hors whon
Curtor dsuppourod. Cods
Zithad - : Muo : Dutor : Ctz Vuoy : commundod tho guurds of
lssus, utor duood wth }ohn Curtor n tho Vuoy of tho
|rst orn. Ilana
Zu Tith - : Muo : }od : Zor : |ormor jod romovod from powor by
Houm und wus sun. 5loloton
Zuki - : Muo : kunguroo mun : Coo : 1ho wurror sooctod by
Anutok to butto 1or-Dur-ur (Vor Duj), ussstod 1or-Dur-
ur n budng u smu bout to ouvo tho sund of Coo.
5ynthotc
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ozarth's Hypothcsis
Rcgarding thc fxtratcrrcs-
triaI Origins of fdgar Ricc
urroughs' ]ohn Cartcr of
Mars
Suggostod y Spocuutvo Fostngs ut }m
1hompson's LRCC|-L Lstsorvor
Dotu from lmugo by |runk |ruzottu
ACKGROUND
1ho ursoomun storos of Ldgur Rco urroughs fouturo u
horoc protugonst numod }ohn Curtor. Ldgur Rco urroughs
portruys Curtor us u ong tmo sodor wth fumy n Vrgnu und
us u mun who onco sorvod n tho urmos of sovoru (unnumod)
Luropoun powors. Curtor hod u Cuptuncy n tho Confodoruto
Stutos of Amorcu durng tho Amorcun Cv Wur.
1ho wur ovor, }ohn Curtor und u foow numod Fowo spont
u your prospoctng for god n Arzonu. 1hoy found u vory rch
von whch promsod to muko thom wouthy mon but dsustor, n
tho form of hosto nduns, ntorvonod. Fowo wus cupturod und
kod.
Curtor hud rskod hs fo uttomptng to suvo Fowo und wus
subsoquonty chusod nto tho mountuns. Lookng for u dofonsvo
poston Curtor stumbod upon u cuvo. Whon ho ontorod t, to
Curtor's umuzomont, tho nduns wthdrow. 1hut tho cuvo hod u
mystorous sgnfcunco for tho nduns Curtor wus soon to
dscovor. An unknown gus nsdo tho cuvo puruyzod tho ox-
Confodoruto offcor und uy hm prostruto upon tho foor.
Dosporuton ut hs pght grow unt somothng snuppod wthn
Curtor's mnd und ho suddony found hmsof n ustru body
ookng down upon hs own.
Not ong uftor ths ustonshng ovont tho rod oyo of Murs
bockonod to Curtor, soomng to druw hm towurd tund t dd.
Whut hupponod uftor thut s chroncod n tho funtustc books
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LR ponnod bognnng n 1912.
1ho ubovo fucts uro munduno, thut s, thoy uro consstont
wth tho oru (Murch, 1865) und uro not purtcuury unusuu,
othor thun tho ustru body ovont, oxcopt for u short docuruton
mudo by Cuptun Curtor n tho vory frst purugruph of tho tuo, A
FRlNCLSS C| MARS:
l um u vory od mun, how od l do not
know. Fossby l um u hundrod, possby moro,
but l cunnot to bocuuso l huvo novor ugod us
othor mon, nor do l romombor uny chdhood. So
fur us l cun rocooct l huvo uwuys boon u mun, u
mun of ubout thrty. l uppour toduy us l dd forty
yours und moro ugo, und yot l foo thut l cunnot go
on vng forovor, thut somo duy l shu do tho rou
douth from whch thoro s no rosurrocton. l do
not know why l shoud four douth, l who huvo
dod twco und um st uvo, but yot l huvo tho
sumo horror of t us you who huvo novor dod, und
t s bocuuso of ths torror of douth, l boovo, thut
l um so convncod of my mortuty.
THf QUfSTlON
lmmortuthut's fur from munduno! Coud Cuptun }uck
Curtor, CSA, bo uon: 1hs wus tho quoston posod ut tho
LRCC|-L Lstsorvor.
1ho foowng spocuuton s bost undorstood f you huvo
roud ut oust tho frst book of tho ursoomun soros, A FRlNCLSS
C| MARS. Rocommondod roudng for somo of tho fnor dotus
ncudos CCDS C| MARS, WARLCRD C| MARS und 1HUVlA,
MAlD C| MARS. A gonoru ovorvow of tho ursoomun word
s found osowhoro ut A ARSCCM CLCSSARY.
GATHfRlNG lACTS:
ln tho books tho rod ruco of Murs, whch Curtor udopts und
s udoptod by, hus u scontfc buss dospto thor burburc cuturo.
Rus 1huvus (MAS1LR MlND C| MARS) oxompfos tho supor-
sconco of tho rod mun. Spuco truvo n humun-but shps s u
sgnfcunt pot dovco n SWCRDS C| MARS und SKLLL1CN
MLN C| }UFl1LR. Yot, n u tho books, wo do not fnd monton
of spuco truvo botwoon ursoom und ourth und, n uny ovont,
spuco vossos woro not dovoopod unt uftor Curtor hus boon on
Murs for u numbor of yours. Fossby bocuuso tho rod mun hud
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dovoopod spuco-furng shps spocuuton ut LRCC|-L hntod
thut Curtor mght bo u rod Murtun on ourth, porhups bo-ong-
noorod to wthstund ourth's gruvty fod. 1hs s u somowhut
ntorostng concopt but for ono mnor dotu:
}ohn Curtor s whto, whch mmodutoy procudos hm
bong u rod Murtun. 1ho whto ruco on ursoom ut tho tmo of
Curtor's urrvu (1865) s tho 1horns. 1hs ruco s compotoy bud.
1hoy wour bond wgs und uro rogous funutcs, not scontsts.
Curtor s buck-hurod. A 1horn ho cunnot bo, but thoro s
monton of yot unothor fur-sknnod ruco, romnunts of whch uro
found ony n tho soutod cty of Lothur (1HUVlA). 1hoy uro
doscrbod us uuburn-hurod (yoowsh n tho orgnu mounng of
tho word, not roddsh brown us s common usugo toduy). Wo
now huvo u fur-sknnod, non-bud ruco from whch }ohn Curtor,
u supposod ursoomun roocutod to ourth, mght huvo como.
Howovor, thoro s no upprocubo sconco n Lothur.
Whut wo do fnd n Lothur s u ruco of montusts, humuns
wth ncrodbo powors of hypnotc und tooknotc powors.
1hrough montu w uono thoso mustors of docopton cun crouto
whoo urmos of mugnury sodors whch uro usod to koop tho
burburc groon mon ut buy. So succossfu n dotu und oxocuton
wth thoso mugos s 1uro tho }odduk of Lothur thut u fuvorod
uson, Kur Komuk, comos uvo, sod und ndopondont! Coud
Lothur bo tho orgn for }ohn Curtor: Aus, no: thoro s no sconco
n Lothur, nor do thoso poopo huvo uny ntorost of tho word
outsdo thor cty. Howovor, thoso fow survvors of tho Crovurs,
tho odor whto ruco moro fur sknnod thun }ohn Curtor, offor
unothor possbty to support spocuuton thut tho Vrgnun wus,
n fuct, u ursoomun on ourth.
Frosumng thut }ohn Curtor s u Murtun trunsportod to ourth
wo uro fucod wth tho quoston of how u bong from u punot
wth substuntuy oss gruvty coud functon, much oss survvo
on our punot. 1ho ovdonco prosontod n tho storos shows
Curtor ondowod wth suporor physcu strongth compurod to tho
nutvos of ursoom. 1hs soomngy ndcutos u torrostru orgn
ruthor thun ursoomun. lt woud thon uppour thut Curtor s not
ursoomun. Yot, thoro s u thrd possbty, whch s tho buss of
ths mugnutvo spocuuton.
UlIDlNG A CASf:
1ho Crovurs woro tho domnuto ruco of ursoom u mon
yours boforo tho ovonts of A FRlNCLSS C| MARS. 1ho rod ruco
ut thut tmo wus suvugo und burburc, us nomudc us tho groon
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Murtuns. 1ho rod mun dd not rso to domnunco unt uftor tho
ocouns of Murs rocodod, un ovont whch took u mon yours.
Curtor, us un odor ruco Crovur, woud huvo hud to como to
ourth ong boforo humun cvzuton uppourod. Wus ths
possbo, und f so, how dd Curtor urrvo on ourth:
Kur Komuk rovous somothng of tho ocounc word of
ursoom, gono for u mon yours. Hs doscrptons of vossos
pyng tho grout ocouns of Murs uro oquppod wth sus, hurdy
hgh toch. ow und urrows uro tho utmuto n wouponry,
ndcutng u pro-ndustru cuturo. 1ho odor Crovurun ruco
coud not huvo but u spuco shp to truvo botwoon ursoom und
}usoom (ourth). Huvng rouchod un uppuront doud ond, wo ook
to yot unothor possbty.
ln Ilana oi Cathol
}ohn Curtor oncountors
tho Crovurs of Horz, un
soutod cty n tho north-
orn homsphoro. Ho Run
Km, tho buo-oyod,
yoow-hurod }odduk of
Horz, rovous thut sconco
dd ndood oxst und thut
tho Crovur, not tho rod
mun, croutod tho utmo-
sphoro punt whch, through contnuous oporuton, hus provdod
brouthubo utmosphoro for ursoom. 1hs sconco, howovor, doos
not uppour tochnoogcuy udvuncod to bud spucoshps nor do
tho prosont nhubtunts of Horz huvo udvuncod tochnoogy.
Curtor vstod tho utmosphoro punt und hs doscrptons of ts
oporuton do not chungo ths concuson.
THf SPfCUIATlON:
1ho tooputhc und montu cupubtos of }ohn Curtor us
doscrbod n tho books suggost ho hus powors ordnury torrostru
humuns do not. |rom whonco comos ths ubty: Kur Komuk, tho
bowmun of Lothur who cumo nto corporou oxstonco, hud
montu ubtos of hs own und wus ubo to projoct urmos of
mugnury wurrors to rout un uttuck by suvugo groonmon.
Curtor's montu ubtos uro not us pronouncod, but romun
sgnfcunt nonothooss. 1ho tooputhc nortnoss thut shodod
Curtor from pryng mnds on ursoom, yot wus coupod wth un
oxtruordnury ubty to focus hs own tooputhc offorts upon
othors, coud bo un ndcuton of othorwordnossund muy bo
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our nk to tho uncont Crovurun ruco. 1hut odor cvzuton dd
not huvo tho cupucty to bud spucoshps, but whut f thor
montu powors woro ovon moro pronouncod thun tho dogonoruto
montusts of Lothur: Coud un uncont Crovurun projoct u
smuucrum ucross 40,000,000 mos of spuco: Coud thut montu
construct huvo boon croutod to roport condtons und to oxporo
tho thrd punot: Cvon tho ubtos of tho documontod Lothurun
montusts, ths sooms possbo. lt mght huvo roqurod u group of
Crovurun mnd-scontsts to uccompsh tho tuskund porhups
thoy uccompshod too wo: tho rosut bong u fuy-formod
physcu prosonco on }usoom, whoy uduptod to fo on ourth. lf
so, thon tho ovont woud huvo hupponod ovor 1,000,000 yours
ugo.
No humun, us wo know humunty, cun vo so ong, yot f
Curtor s born of uncont Crovurun montu procossos, to huvo
survvod nto tho contomporury contury of hs roturn to ursoom
ho woud huvo to bo mmortu, or gftod of u fo-spun mousurod
n ustronomcu unts. Curtor boovos hmsof mmortu. lf so,
thon our spocuutvo uncont Crovur crouton, whch wus not
born of fosh but puro montu onorgy, muy bo our }ohn Curtor of
Murs!
Rosovng tho quoston how u mon your od Crovurun
cumo to bo on ourth und not romombor uny of t s moro dffcut.
l suggost thut u fotmo of such mugntudo, purtcuury on
u punot buro of cvzuton or othors of ts knd, woud huvo
boon u onosomo oxstonco thut mght huvo hud u profound offoct
upon tho crouturo's mnd. Such ondoss oxstonco muy huvo
rosutod n tho humun-ko construct sufforng from cycc porods
of profound umnosu us u form of montu sof-dofonso ugunst
punfu souton. Curtor docuros n tho oponng purugruph thut
ho doos not know hs ugo und doos not rocu ovonts groutor thun
tho spocfod subjoctvo tmo frumo. Cur mon your od Curtor
of 1865 muy huvo roconty (n torms of u fo spun of u mon
yours) oxporoncod un umnosu opsodo.
Contnung on thut founduton Curtor, tho Crovur, muy huvo
onjoyod muny normu humun fotmos of momoros und ost
thom unuwuros. Hs rocont momoros, us portruyod n tho books,
ndcuto sorvco n Luropoun urmos though tmo frumos und
uctuu countros uro not montonod. Curtor, tho wurror, muy
huvo movod from wur to wur throughout ourth's uncont hstory,
porhups us u numooss morconury. Who romombors sodors uftor
tho butto s ovor: Snco sodors suffor oxtruordnury cuusuty
rutos t woud soom rousonubo thut ono }ohn Curtor coud
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uppour to do und unothor rouppour osowhoro wthout rusng
suspcon. A contnuu fo us u wurror "montuy roborn" ovory
1,000(:) yours (thut sof-protoctng umnosu rofox suggostod
ubovo) woud ondow tho crouturo's physcu form wth uncom-
mon murtu sks. 1hs woud grouty oxpun }ohn Curtor's
prowoss wth woupons.
Coud ths crouturo born of thought by montusts doud
porhups 1,000,000 yours on u word somo 40,000,000 mos
uwuy huvo tho ubty to procrouto on ourth: Aus, too tto dotu
s offorod to truy spocuuto. Ho muy smpy huvo uttuchod
hmsof us u frond to vurous cuns throughout tho ugos, uccoptod
us u fumy mombor or ovon tukng thor numo.
Such u bong, u crouturo born of thought n tho konoss of
ts croutors und constructod for uso upon u dfforont punot, mght
huvo u nuturu "pourty" (for wont of u bottor word) to roturn to
tho sourco of hs crouton: ursoom. Whon tho physcu Curtor
ontorod tho Arzonu cuvo und succumbod to tho mystorous gus,
t muy huvo boon tho frst tmo snco ts crouton thut tho coro
mnd wus frood of tho physcu form. ln u fush, wth u bt of
durk, cod und obvon thrown n, tho puro Crovurun purt of
Curtor roturnod to tho punot whch spuwnod hm. Hs mon
your oxstonco on ourth woud huvo quto koy orudcutod uny
rosduu momoros of hs croutors' word, yot thoro s u constunt
rofrun throughout tho books thut Curtor koony fot purt of thut
burburc punot und thut ursoom wus hs homo.
SUMMATlON:
Woro }ohn Curtor u croutod bong formod by tho montu
onorgos of ong doud Crovurun psychoogst-scontsts for uso
upon our torrostru ourth, hs physcutos uro oxpunod, hs
ubty to cross tho vod s oxpunod, hs montu und tooputhc
cupubtos uro oxpunod und, usty, hs fortty wth Dojuh
1hors s oxpunod.
1hut sud, l st porsonuy boovo Curtor s of humun
torrostru orgn, oso tho wondrous hourt of tho ursoomun
funtusos ooso thor uppou.
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PIACfS
lcw writcrs bo-
foro or uftor Ldgur
Rco urroughs ovor
munugod to cruft iully-
toalzod fctonu
words thun ths 35
your od busnossmun
(us of 1911). Ld ur-
roughs wus oducutod
n gooogy. Ho, n
fuct, hud tuught Coo-
ogy for u porod of
tmo ut tho Mchgun
Mtury Acudomy.
Hs word of ursoom s corroct n torms of tho "rou word",
yot hus u fno funtusy foo und sonso of mystory.
Huvng croutod tho dosort word of ursoom, ho procoodod
to bud ctos und ompros n u purts of tho gobo. Somo woro
connoctod und dopondont upon tho vust cunu systom, othors
woro ocutod n oxotc urous whoro froo-fowng surfuco wutor
oxstod. Cvor u, howovor, tho punot s urd und dry, whch
oxpuns why ctos but hundrods of thousunds yours ugo romun
stundng n romurkubo prosorvuton.
1ho humun rucos of Murs huvo boon us much budors us
wurrors, ouvng mmonso urtfucts und constructs to bo rodscov-
orod. A fow of thoso uncont pos uro occupod by nomudc
groon Murtuns, or shotor tho romnunts of tho odor rucos, but
muny of thoso ctos huvo boon n constunt hubtuton snco thor
foundng.
1ho Murtuns but wth stono, wood, motu und u form of
concroto. 1ho nowor constructons uro mghty ndoodtho
Scurot 1owor of Houm, for oxumpo, rsos ono mo nto tho
thn utmosphoro of ursoom. An mmonso utmosphoro punt
provdos brouthubo utmosphoro to tho ontro punot. 1ho 1horns
huvo curvod out u hddon ompro doop wthn tho rocky bonos
of tho Ctz Mountuns. 1ho |rst orn tuko ovory udvuntugo of tho
Cmoun Sou, u vust undorgrouund body of wutor, to koop thor
cvzuton strong.
Whoro fo s possbo, ovon n tho most dosouto of urous,
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tho Murtuns huvo mudo thor homos. |rom tho swump-ko muck
of tho 1oonun Mursh to tho snow-cuppod Artoun Mountuns,
tho truvoor w moot u munnor of poopos. Doud ctos on tho
shoros of vunshod ocouns provdo surprsng roof for strundod
truvoorsofton contorod uround puzus whoro u trcko of wutor
contnuos fows nto cruckod fountuns or hodng poos. onouth
ovory ursoomun cty o countoss mos of cuvos or dungoons.
Muny ctos uro wuod ugunst uttuck or dungorous bousts.
Ldgur Rco urroughs tukos tho roudor from poo to poo und
from oust to wost, but for u ho hus tod, thoro romuns un
ncrodby vust quoston murk rogurdng tho rost of ursoomu
word thut, who smuor thun Lurth, hus moro und muss thun
tho wutor rch thrd punot of tho Sour Systom.
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PIancts
Ldgur Rco urroughs currod hs nvontvo croutvty boyond
tho dosort word of Murs. ursoom, us Murs s known by ts
nhubtunts, s ony ono of muny words cutuoguod by Murtun
ustronomors. Movng outwurd from tho sun, tho ursoomun
numos for tho punots of tho sour systom uro:
RASCCM MLRCURY
CCSCCM VLNUS
}ASCCM LAR1H
ARSCCM - MARS
SASCCM }UFl1LR
Aso numod uro tho two moons of ursoom.
1HURlA FHCCS
CLURCS DLlMCS
ln Swords of Murs, }ohn Curtor doscrbos tho moons us
1huru, tho urgor moon orbts uround ursoom ut 5,800 mos
from tho punot's surfuco, Curos s sghty smuor und orbts ut
14,500 mos.
|rom Tho 5loloton Mon oi /uptot wo ourn tho Morgors
huvo u numng convonton busod on thor unguugo.
CARCUS - MARS - ARSCCM
LURCUS - }UFl1LR - SASCCM
Wthn tho urroughsun unvorso, t cun bo sud thut no
chuructors ovor vstod Rusoom (Morcury). ln un unroutod soros
of storos Curson Nupor truvood to und undod upon Cosoom
(Vonus). Muny dfforont tuos took puco on }usoom (Lurth) und
ursoom (Murs). Cny ono tuo took puco on Susoom (}uptor).
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ursoom hus u ong hstory whch oncompussos nour
gooogc tmo frumos. Whon tho punot wus young sung shps
conductod commorco upon tho fvo mghty ocouns of ursoom,
truvong from ono fubuous port to unothor. Cvor tho monnu,
us tho ocouns drod up und tho "burburun rucos" bogun to muko
nrouds upon tho odor Crovur cvzuton, muny of tho oury
ctos woro ubundonod uftor conturos of struggo. 1ho groon
hordos movod nto tho vucutod ctos, ofton tukng tho numo of
thoso dosortod motropo us thor trbu numos.
Durng tho sumo tmo porod (tho dryng up of tho ocouns
of Murs) tho rod, buck, und yoow rucos woro orgunzng und
bognnng to bud thor own cty/stutos. Cn u punot whoro
dwndng nuturu rosourcos nsurod constunt butto botwoon
trbos, ctos, ovon nutons, tho strongost survvod und thoso oss
strong woro doomod to obscurty. 1ho upsturt rod ruco, porhups
tho youngost of u tho ursoomun rucos, hus u hstory strotchng
buck noury 100,000 yours. ln thut tmo muny ctos und nutons
uroso, bossomod, und ovontuuy succumbod to nvudors.
Cno of tho moro ntorostng pustmos of ursoomun roudors
s ocutng tho vurous ctos, "doud" or curronty occupod, us
stod n tho storos tod by Ldgur Rco urroughs. 1ho foowng
st of ursoomun ctos contuns physcu ocutons by Luttudo
und Longtudo whch uro found othor n tho toxts thomsovos or
from tho hund druwn mups Ld urroughs croutod. Soo MAFS.
Map Iocations
LlS1LD AS DLCRLLS C| (xxLut xxLong)
Aaanothor - doud cty ocutod southwost of Houm und south-
oust of 1orquus. (50S 80L or 55S 70L)
Amhor - 700 mos north of Morbus, ut wur wth Duhor, Tho
avonuos loadng to t j/al Hads palacoj voto lnod vth
tho palacos oi tho noblty, just boyond vhch voto tho
bottot-gtado shops and hotols. -mhot s a small cty and
tho only ono n tho ptncpalty vhch mght clam tho
dgnty oi such a ttlo, tho othots bong but small and
vdoly scattotod vllagos. Tho choi busnoss oi tho
ptncpalty s tho tasng oi thoats and ztdats, tho
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iotmot tho saddlo anmals and tho lattot tho mammoth
dtait anmals oi Mats. 8oth ato also tasod iot iood, and
-mhots oxpotts ptosotvod moats, hdos, and othot by-
ptoducts to Duhot, Ihundahl, and Toonol. (42N 118W)
antoom - Nuton of Kudunos. A pustoru vuoy wth runnng
wutor usod for ugrcuturo. Lund of tho spdor-mon und
tho houdoss rykor, whch uppours to bo u fuy dovoopod
rod Murtun of both soxos, but wthout houds. (46S 46W)
Chicago - lnos, Untod Stutos.
Duhor - 10,500 huuds NW of Houm. 7,800 huuds wost of
1oonoun Murshos on wostorn sdo of Artoun Hs (uku
Snow Cud Mountuns) ut wur wth Amhor (40N 178W)
Dusar - Wost of Fturth, notod for honoy producton. (15N 60L)
fxum - ursoomun Cronwch. (0 ut 0 on)
GathoI - NW of Houm. 1tod tho odost nhubtod cty of
ursoom. Cutho bogun us un sund n 1hroxous und us
tho ocoun dsuppourod, tho cty but down tho omorgng
soumount. Surroundod by sut murshos, Cutho hus novor
boon conquorod though muny huvo trod to tuko possos-
son of tho fubuous dumond mnos bonouth tho cty.
Notod for fno gruzng unds. (6N 15W)
Ghasta - ocutod Hohr Vuoy (oxtnct vocuno) NW of 1junuth.
(58S 70W)
GooIi - cty on lsund of Cmpt n tho 1oonoun Murshos.
lnhubtod by tho Kunguroo mon of ursoom.
Hastor- cty/nuton of Houm, ocutod southwost of tho twn
ctos of Houm, notod for shpyurds thut sorvco tho
Houmotc nuvy. (33S 106L)
HcIium - 1,600 mos from Lxum. Houm s tho nuton of rod
mon thut uccopts, und oovutos, }ohn Curtor to Wurord of
Murs. Houm s comprsod of sovoru cty/stutos, ncud-
ng Croutor Houm, Lossor Houm, und Hustor, hus u
vgorous ndustry, ncudng grout shpyurds whch
produco thousunds of urcruft ouch your, ugrcuturo,
runchng, somo mnor forostry, sconco und tochnoogy,
ono of tho moro popuous rod nutons, muntuns u
stundng urmy und nuvy of 1,000,000 mon. Croutor
Houm und Lossor Houm, ofton roforrod to us tho twn
ctos, uro uctuuy 75 mos upurt, both ctos fouturo
mmonso towors rouchng ono mo n hoghttho Scurot
und Yoow 1owors. (30S 106L)
Horz - 1,500 mos NW Cutho, 5,000 mos NW Houm, ust
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stronghod of survvng Crovurs oxcopt Lothur (48N 0Lon)
lIIaII - domod cty of Ckur, north poo whch s most dstunt from
Kudubru.
lnvak- cty ocutod n tho |orost of Lost Mon nour Foodonu (tho
oquutor).
]ahar- Cty/stuto n southorn homsphoro, U-Cor s u provnco of
}uhur. (30S 35L)
Kadabra - Ckurun cuptu, north poo, ... tho vallod and glass-
tooiod cty oi Iadabta. It los n a lov doptosson noat
tho polo, suttoundod by tocly, snov-clad hlls. ... Its
ctystal domos spatllod n tho btllant sunlght gloamng
abovo tho itost-covotod outot vall that ctclos tho ontto
ono hundtod mlos oi ts ctcumiotonco.
KamtoI - cty n tho Vuoy of |rst orn botwoon Cutho und
Horz
KaoI - ocutod n tho Kuoun |orost, notod for umbor oxports, u
cty surroundod by guss-smooth wus 75 foot n hoght.
(Wurord)
KoboI - vussu cty/stuto of Houm (25S 45W)
Korada - doud cty, Dojah Thots tolatod many ntotostng iacts
and logonds concotnng ths lost taco oi noblo and lndly
pooplo. 5ho sad that tho cty n vhch vo voto campng
vas supposod to havo boon a contot oi commotco and
cultuto lnovn as Iotad. It had boon bult upon a boaut-
iul, natutal hatbot, landloclod by magnicont hlls. Tho
lttlo valloy on tho vost itont oi tho cty, sho oxplanod,
vas all that tomanod oi tho hatbot, vhlo tho pass
thtough tho hlls to tho old soa bottom had boon tho
channol thtough vhch tho shppng passod up to tho
ctys gatos.
Korvasa - doud cty dosortod ovor 1,000 yours. Fow Mogo sot up
shop horo. Tho Cty oi Iotvas, as ovoty Mattan school-
boy lnov, had boon dosottod iot a thousand yoats, yot
many oi tho slulls and bonos voto tocontly pclod cloan
oi thot ilosh. Cattot had soon no ovdonco n tho cty oi
any lio othot than tho gtoat vhto apos and tho mystot-
ous gant, and tho tats thomsolvos.
Ianikai, Hawaii, Unitcd Statcs.
Iothar - ost cty of tho uncont Crovurs: (Kur Komuk wus un
ncurnuton of un Crovur cuptun), homo to u ruco of
whto humun Murtuns wth uncunny montu ubtos,
Cudod by tho noso oi thoso habtually angty boasts, ho
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stolo iotvatd thtough tho ttoos untl at last ho camo upon
a lovol, ttooloss plan, n tho contto oi vhch a mghty
cty toatod ts butnshod domos and vvdly coloutod
tovots. (43S 30L)
Manta[a - soo Munutor
Manator - 814 mos wost of Cutho. 1ho mun cty of tho
Munutoruns. Notubo for uckng tochnoogy common to
othor rod Murtun nutons und muntunng oxtonsvo
oxhbts of docousod ctzons und honorod onomos n u
form of tuxdormy. ln Munutor tho gumo of }otun s tukon
sorousy, ovory ton yours tho |ods of }otun uro tho scono
of voont und doudy contosts of humun puyors tukng
tho purts of }otun pocos. (3N 38W)
Manatos- soo Munutor
Marcntina - u prncputy of Ckur wth nuturu dofonsos thut
procudo ousy conquost by und.
Morbus700 mos south of Amhor, whoro Rus 1huvus
pofoctod tho hormud, ...apptoachod a latgo sland tsng
itom tho suttoundng motass. Cno oi tho nnumotablo
vndng vatotvays slttod ts notthotn boundaty,
vdonng hoto to iotm a small lalo on tho shoto oi vhch
lay a small vallod cty...clustots oi small huts scattotod
about tho sland... Motbus diiotod itom any Mattan cty
I had ovot vstod. Tho buldngs voto substantal and
vthout otnamontaton, but thoto vas a cottan dgnty to
tho smplcty oi thot lnos that lont thom a boauty all
thot ovn. It gavo tho mptosson oi a nov cty lad out n
accotdanco vth somo voll concovod plan, ovoty lno oi
vhch spollod oiiconcy. Morbus wus robut by Rus
1huvus ovor tho foundutons of un uncont cty, donsoy
popuutod by hormuds, ruod by tho Counc of Sovon
}ods, sovon hormuds.
Morgor undofnod urou of }uptor ruod by undoun.
Ncw York City, Ncw York, Unitcd Statcs.
Okar - nuton of yoow mon ut north poo
Ombra - 1ho 1urds custo/fortross on Ludun (1huru), constructod
of procous und som-procous stonos, muny ofty towors,
ocutod nour u rvor und surroundod by forost (Swords)
Onvak - u cty n tho |orost of Lost Mon nour Foodonu (tho
oquutor).
Panar - Nuton of rod mon ut North Foo ruod by Hn Abto.
Pankor - cty of Funur, Ianlot vas much llo Iadabta, tho
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captal cty oi Clat, only much smallot. Though tho
countty atound t and up to ts valls vas clothod n snov
and co, nono lay upon tho gtoat ctystal domo vhch
tooiod tho ontto cty, and bonoath tho domo a ploasant,
sptngllo atmosphoto ptovalod. Its avonuos voto
covotod vth tho sod oi tho mossllo ochot vogotaton
vhch clothos tho doad soa bottoms oi tho tod planot,
and botdotod by voll lopt lavns oi ctmson 8atsooman
gtass. -long thoso avonuos spod tho nosoloss ttaiic oi
lght and aty gtound ilots vth vhch I had bocomo
iamlat n Matontna and Iadabta long yoats boioto.
PcIIucidar lnnor Lurth, montonod.
PhundahI - wost ond of tho 1oonoun Murshos, ocutod nour
brokon cunyons und hs contunng tructs of sompus
troos to tho southwost, contnuuy ut wur wth 1oono.
(20N 120W)
Ptarth - uod to Houm by tho murrugo of Curthors und
1huvu, 9,500 huuds northoust of Houm, uso uod wth
Kuo. (13 or 15N 168W)
Raxar - northorn homsphoro, suckod by Hn Abto. (60N 40W)
Richmond, Virginia, Unitcd Statcs.
Savator undofnod urou of }uptor wth nvsbo housos.
Tarzana, CaIifornia, Unitcd Statcs.
Thark - uncont cty whoro u group of groon Murtun trbos tuko
thor numo und s thor mun guthorng puco. (50S 122L)
Thurd - uncont cty whoro u group of groon Murtun trbos tuko
thor numo und s thor mun guthorng puco.
T[anath - southorn homsphoro, nour Chustu (60S 70W)
ToonoI - Lust of tho 1oonoun Murshos, contnuuy ut wur wth
Fhunduh. Itom tho summt oi tho landng tovot I had
my itst vov oi a Mattan cty. 5ovotal hundtod ioot
bolov mo lay sptoad tho btoad, voll-lghtod avonuos oi
Toonol, many oi vhch voto ctovdod vth pooplo. Hoto
and thoto, n ths conttal dsttct, a buldng vas tasod
hgh upon ts suppottng, cylndtcal motal shait, vhlo
iutthot out, \hoto tho tosdoncos ptodomnatod, tho cty
tool on tho appoatanco oi a colossal and gtotosquo
iotost. -mong tho latgot palacos only an occasonal suto
oi tooms vas thus tasod hgh abovo tho lovol oi tho
othots, thoso bong tho sloopng apattmonts oi tho
ovnots, thot sotvants ot thot guosts, but tho smallot
homos voto tasod n thot onttoty, a ptocauton nocoss-
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tatod by tho constant actvtos oi tho iollovots oi Cot
Hajus ancont ptoiosson that potmttod no man to bo
itoo itom tho constant monaco oi assassnaton. Thtough-
out tho conttal dsttct tho sly vas potcod by tho loity
tovots oi sovotal othot landng stagos, but, as I vas latot
to loatn, thoso voto compatatvoly iov n numbot.
Toonol s n no sonso a ilyng naton, suppottng no such
onotmous iloots oi motchant shps and vossols oi vat as,
iot oxamplo, tho tvn ctos oi Holum ot tho gtoat captal
oi Itatth. (21N 98W)
Torquas - un uncont doud cty thut s homo to u group of groon
Murtun trbos. That ho vas vthn tho boundaty oi
Totquas, Catthots vas suto, but that thoto oxstod thoto
such a vondtous cty ho novot had dtoamod, not had tho
chtonclos oi tho past ovon hntod at such a possblty,
iot tho Totquasans voto lnovn to lvo, as dd tho othot
gtoon mon oi Mats, vthn tho dosottod ctos that dottod
tho dyng planot, not ovot had any gtoon hotdo bult so
much as a snglo odico, othot than tho lov-vallod
ncubatots vhoto thot young ato hatchod by tho suns
hoat. (28S 36L)
U-Gor - provnco of }uhur upproxmutoy 1,000 huuds southoust
of tho cuptu cty. (58S to 50S und 2W to 7L)
Xanator - doud cty. (l boovo t s 40S 16L)
Zanor - romoto sund on }uptor unconquorod by tho Morgors,
whoro tho Suvutors vo.
Zodonga - 1900 mos L of Houm, u nuton ut wur wth Houm,
utor suckod by 1hurks undor }ohn Curtor's commund,
robut Zodungu s u modorn trudng cty wth strct ur
truffc contro, wurohousos, nns und hotos, rch und poor
quurtors of tho cty. 30S 172L (LR's mup suys 10S 150L)
Zor - 380 mos SL of Houm (40S 120L)
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Gcographic
Arizona - ocuton of Curtor und Fowo's god mno, Apucho
nduns uro tho ndgonous poopo. Untod Stutos.
ArtoIian HiIIs (uku Snow Cud Mountuns) surrounds tho
northorn cty of Duhor.
Carrion Cavcs subtorrunoun ontrunco to Ckur "-t tho oponng
to tho subtottanoan passago that lod to thot havon oi
toiugo a mghty battlo vas iought n vhch tho yollov
mon voto vctotous, and vthn tho cavos that gavo
ngtoss to thot nov homo thoy plod tho bodos oi tho
doad, both yollov and gtoon, that tho stonch mght vatn
avay thot onomos itom iutthot putsut. "-nd ovot snco
that long-gono day havo tho doad oi ths iablod land boon
cattod to tho Catton Cavos, that n doath and docay
thoy mght sotvo thot countty and vatn avay nvadng
onomos. Hoto, too, s btought, so tho iablo tuns, all tho
vasto stuii oi tho natonovotythng that s subjoct to tot,
and that can add to tho ioul stonch that assals out
nosttls."
Dcad Sca of Korvas ocutod ut doud cty of Korvus, romunng
opon wutor of ono of tho uncont sous of ursoom.
Dcath, thc un undorground rvor pussng bonouth 1junuth thut
omptos nto tho Vuoy of Spdors. Soo Sy rvor boow.
Domnia nuton ocutod somo dstunco from 1urd on 1huru.
forbiddcn Iand torm uppod to tho north pour rogon unt
uftor Ckur wus dscovorod.
lorcst of Iost Mcn ruro woodod urou of ursoom, nour tho
oquutor, und of tho nvsbo mon.
GoIdcn CIiffs surrounds Vuoy Dor wth 5,000 foot porpon-
dcuur wus, vons of god, quurtz, rubos, omoruds und
dumonds uco tho cff fucos.
GooIi u urgo sund wth hs und duo, forost und pousunt
shorono, 1oonoun Mursh
GuIf of Torquas uncont sou bod now u moss-covorod vuoy
botwoon 1orquus to tho oust und Xunutor to tho wost.
HcIium lorcst Houm (Cunt)
Hohr VaIIcy northwost of 1junuth, Chustu, whoro runs tho
Rvor Sy, u forto, nour tropcu urou, whoro u spocos of
urgo upsdo-down spdors vo.
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Hudson Rivcr - ocutod Untod Stutos, Lurth.
lsIand of Ompt n tho 1oonoun Murshos
lsIc of Shador u prson sund n Cmoun Sou
lss uso known us Rvor of Mystory, Rvor of Douth, omptos
nto tho Lost Sou of Korus vu subtorunoun outot bonouth
tho Ctz Mountuns, boovod to run tho broudth of
ursoom, thoso omburkng upon tho fnu pgrmugo
uppuronty huvo uccoss to vurous ponts uong t's
unstutod courso for bout truvo to Vuoy Dor.
KaoIian lorcst u houvy woodod urou nour Kuo, stuutod nour
Foodonu (tho oquutor).
Korus, Iost Sca of opon body of wutor, Vuoy Dor
Iand of thc lirst orn ut tho south poo
Iand of Iost SouIs forto bund of und ut tho outor odgo of tho
Ctz Mountuns to tho south und tho mmonso co shod
to tho north.
IittIc CoIorado - rvor n Untod Stutos, whoro Curtor und
urroughs mot.
Iocation: 1S0W 1SNI - doud sou bottom covorod wth ochro
vogotuton wth ow hs n tho dstunco, u puco whoro u
msugnod droctonu compuss brought }ohn Curtor und
Vor Duj durng un ovornght fght from Houm, upprox-
mutoy 2600 mos soughtwost of Fhunduh. (Synthotc)
Iotharian HiIIs - sopurutos Lothur from tho hordos of 1orquus.
Mountains of Torquas urgo rungo of mountuns northwost of
Auunuthor (1huvu)
Morbus, lsIand of Lurgo sund wth hs, forosts, und swump
urous ocutod n tho 1oonoun Mursh, upproxmutoy 700
mos from Fhunduh.
Nuuanu PaIi - ugrcuturu urou, Huwu, Untod Stutos.
Oahuonc of thc Hawaiian lsIands, Lurth.
Omcan, thc uricd Sca vust body of wutor ocutod two mos
bonouth south poo (Cods)
Otz Mountains Surround Codon Cffs und Vuoy Dor (Cods)
Otz VaIIcy surrounds Vuoy Dor, uku tho Lund of Lost Sous.
PoIodona tho oquutor
SyI rvor runnng through tho Hohr Vuoy.
Thavas sund of tho 1oonoun Mursh ocutod nour 1oono,
tho uncostru homo of Rus 1huvus.
Throxcus (or Throxus) mghtost of tho |vo Ccouns of Murs,
no spocfc bounduros uro known, though n u probub-
ty tho swumps nour Cutho und tho 1oonoun Mursh uro
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romnunts. 1ho fvo ocouns woro composod of sut wutor.
ToonoIian Marshcs 1800 ourth mos of mursh strotchng
botwoon Fhunduh on tho wost to 1oono on tho oust,
nurrow wndng wutorwuys connoct smu bodos of
wutor, tho urgost of whch s u fow ucros n urou, mursh,
jungo, und wutor, dottod by rocky sunds whch muy bo
tho romuns of un uncont mountun rungo, ofton forostod
by thck jungo. 1ho urou s donsoy popuutod by "forco
bousts und torrfyng roptos, by romnunts of suvugo
uborgnu trbos ong soutod." 19' to 27' N Lut, 90' to
123' W Lon
VaIIcy Dor south poo, Murtun Houvon
VaIIcy of HcIium urou botwoon tho twn ctos of Houm.
VaIIcy of Iost SouIs ut south poo botwoon Vuoy Dor und
Ctz Mountuns
VaIIcy of thc lirst orn horo Kumto os
Zanor sund homo of tho }ovun Suvutors (Susoom).
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Martians Iistcd by Citics or Nations
AMHOR - Dur Ajmud, Cuntun Cur, }ud-Kun, }u Hud, }u Hun,
}unu, Vunumu
ANTOOM - Chok, Luud, Mouk, Nouch, Sopt
DUHOR - Kor Sun, Crm-o, Vuu Du
DUSOR - Astok, Hu Vus, Huvus, Lurok, Nutus, Vus Kor
fARTH - }ohn Curtor, Uyssos Fuxton, Vud Vuro
GATHOI - A-Sor, |orun, Cuhun, Cun Hor, Huju, Kor-un, Lunu,
Sun 1oths, 1unus, 1usor, 1urun, U-Ku
GHASTA - Chron
GOOIl - Anutok, Zuk
HfIlUM - }ohn Curtor, Curthors, Dojuh 1hors, Djor Kuntos,
Dotur Sojut, Cur 1us, Hor Vustus, }ut Cr, Kuntos Kun,
Mors Kujuk, Cvu Murths, Surun 1u, S Vugs, Sonomu
1oru, 1uru, 1urdos Mors, 1or Hutun, 1urjun, Uthu, Vu-
Dor, Vundor, Vor Duj
HORZ - Ho Run Km, Hor Ku Lun, Kum Hun 1or, Lun Sohn
Won, Loo Um Lo, Lum 1ur C, Fun Dun Choo, Ro 1un
m
HASTOR, HfIlUM - Hud Urtur, 1un Hudron, Ur-Ruj
lNVAK - Kundus, Motus, Fnoxux, Ftunus, Rojus
]AHAR - |o-nur, Nur An, Fhuo, Fhor 1uk (}HAMA), 1u Axutur
KADARA, OKAR - Suonsus C, Soun, Soruv, 1uu
KAOI - Kuun 1th, 1orkur ur
KOAI - Lm-1ur
KORVAS - Coro, }oog, Fow Mogo (HCMAD)
KAMTOI - un-1or, Doxus, Mun-Lut, Myr-o, Nustor, Nout,
Ftung, Vun-1ju, Xuxuk
IOTHAR - }uv, Kur Komuk, 1uro
MANATOR - (lNCLUDLS Munutju & Munutos)A-Kor, Corphu
(CHCS1S), L-Mod, L-1hus, l-Cos:, l-Cos:, l-Mu, l-Zuv, C-
Mu, C-1ur, U-Dor, U-1hor, U-Vun
MORUS - Ay-mud, Aymud, l-Dur-Ln, Styor, 1ouytun-ov, 1or-
Dur-ur HL:
NO SPfClllC ClTY - u Zuk (1CCNCL:), u 1ub, Dun-ho,
Cun-ho, Lun-C, C-zur, U Vu, Yumdor
OMRA - Czuru, U Vus, Uuh, Umku (u Musonus), Zumuk
OTZ VAIIfY - lssus, 1hurd, 1orth, Xodur, Yorstod, Zthud
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PANKOR, PANAR - Cor-don, Hn Abto, Fhor Sun, Rub-zov, U-
to
PHUNDAHI - Dur 1urus, Horu Sun, Kuru Vusu, Fundur, Sug Cr,
Xuxu
PTARTH - Hovun Du, Soron, 1huvun Dhn, 1huvu
THARK - Cozuvu, Lorquus Ftomo, Cmud, Surkoju, Sou, 1u
Hudjus, 1urs 1urkus, Woou, Zud
T]ANATH - Huj At, Huj Css, Ku 1uvon, Shuru, 1uvu, Yo Sono
TOONOI - Dur-Dun, Cun Hud, Cor Hujus, Mu 1o, Uyssos
Fuxton, Rus 1huvus, 1un Cun, Vobs Kun
TORQUAS - Hortun Cur, 1hor-un
VAIIfY DOR - Lukor, Mutu Shung, Fhudor, Sutor 1hrog,
1horun
WARHOONS - ur Comus, Duk Kovu, Kub Kudju, 1un Cumu
ZODANGA - |u Svus, Cur Nu, Humus, Notun, Furthuk,
Fhystu, Ftor |uk, Ftor, Rupus tho Uso, Sub 1hun, 1hun
Koss, Uduk, Ur-}un, Wouk, Zundu, Zut Arrrus
ZOR - Muts Fur, U-Dun, Vuju, Zu 1th
THf GRffN Martian HORDfS
1hurks
1hurds
1orquus
Wurhoons
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Man-madc
GcncraI Construction
1ho doscrptons of
Murtun urchtocturo gvon
by }ohn Curtor n tho frst
huf of tho ursoom soros
gvos tho roudor un m-
prosson of urgo, ompty
ctos on tho dosort sou
bottoms und of vtu,
donsoy popuutod nowor
ctos. 1ho budng styos
uppour to bo domos (ofton
burnshod), towors whch
uro ornumontod wth oub-
oruto curvngs from tho
ffth story to thor crowns,
mnurots, urgo ow bud-
ngs und porsonu ros-
doncos but on hydruuc systoms thut w oovuto tho dwong
ut nght for tho protocton of tho occupunts. ln tho rosdontu
urous thoro s much rooftop vng, ofton undor sk cunopos.
Constructon fnshos occusonuy ombruco vvd coors such us
tho Scurot 1owor. Luch cty hus u contru puzu, ofton wth u
fountun suppod by un undorground sourco, whch housos u
common murkot consstng of tomporury shotors of cunvus und
hdos. ln tho utor books of tho soros tho roudor guns u sonso of
ctos moro torrostru n nuturo wth wurohousos, hotos, nns,
rostuurunts und, n somo quurtors, housos of -roputo.
Muny ursoomun ctos uro surroundod by dofonsvo
wustho wus of Kuo, for oxumpo, uro 75 foot n hoght und
smooth us guss. Wuod ctos ofton huvo busnossos or dwongs
omboddod n tho mmonso fortfcutons. Arshps gonoruy borth
n roof-top towors whch uro connoctod by oovutors to tho foors
or stroot boow. Ar-condtonng s not known on ursoom, but
mochuncu room vontutors uro usod, tho vonts uro ocutod n
cong und foor. udngs uro ofton docorutod wth buconos
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fouturng ornumontod ron works. ln wouthor ctos tho uso of
god und goms us fnshng mutorus cun bo found. Murus uro
provuont n ntoror spucos. Lovo chungos n budngs uro
uccompshod wth ncnod rumps, sturs uro not n gonoru uso
on ursoom, though thoy uro found n tho kuduno rogon of
Murs und on Ludun (1huru) tho nouror moon.
1ho uncont doud ctos of ursoom cun bo vory urgo. Crout
uvonuos und hugo quuys und whurf urous show whoro tho
vunshod ocouns onco uy. Noury u ctos huvo mmonso
undorground wuys, usuuy dungoons or munufucturng urous to
produco tho oxposvo rudum projoctos thut dotonuto n tho
prosonco of sunght. 1hough tho doud ctos of Murs uro dosortod
by humun occuputon, thoso urous uro froquonty usod by groon
nomuds und tho forco whto upos bocuuso somo wutor cun
usuuy bo found und tho moss, whch provdos mosturo for
thouts und othor crouturos, fnds bottor so n tho crumbng runs
thun upon tho vust doud sou bottoms. Cthor punts, forgotton
orchurds, uso provdo sustonunco.
AisIc of Hopc ouds to tho 1hrono of Rghtoousnoss n tho
1ompo of Rowurd, Croutor Houm. (CCDS)
Atmosphcrc PIant orgnuy croutod by tho uncont Crovurs,
u smu monk-ko group of rod mon now oporuto tho vust
mochunsm whch muntuns u brouthubo utmosphoro for
tho nhubtunts of ursoom.
Avcnuc of Anccstors u stroot n Houm oudng from tho Cuto
of }odduks to tho 1ompo of Rowurd (Cods)
Avcnuc of Gatcs u stroot of Munutor whch oncros tho cty
bohnd tho dofonsvo wu.
Avcnuc of thc Grccn Thoat u stroot of Zodungu whoro
Vundor (}ohn Curtor) duood wth Uduk. (Swords)
Avonuo of tho }odduks run though tho uncont cty of
Horz unt t mot tho Avonuo of uuys. (Lunu)
Avcnuc of Quays Aunuthor, nod by grout monoths oudng
to tho puzu (1huvu)
Avcnuc of Quays Horz, connocts wth Avonuo of }odduks
(Horz) LLANA
Avcnuc of Warriors Zodungu SWCRDS
canaIs mun-mudo wutorwuys trunsportng wutor from tho
pour cups nto tho nhubtod rogons of ursoom. Conor-
uy bordorod by troos und ugrcuturu urous, ofton
uccompunod by u broud roudwuy.
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Chambcr of Mystcry n Codon Cffs (chuptor tto) CCDS.
Chambcr of RcptiIcs n tho Codon Cffs
domcd citics n tho frozon north o tho domod ctos of tho
yoow mon.
fast Towcr 1junuth
licIds of ]ctan u studum n Munutor whoro tho ursoomun
gumo s puyod by vng pocos. Lvory ton yours tho grout
gumos uro puyod. ordorod by budngs cooctvoy
known us tho 1owors of }otun.
Gardcn of ]cddaks ocutod n Suonsus C's puuco ut Kudu-
bru, Ckur
Gatcs of fncmics ono of tho muny gutos of Munutor, horo uro
dspuyod tho mummfod romuns of honorod onomos.
Gatc of ]cddaks mun guto of Houm, opons onto tho Avonuo
of Ancostors, whch runs fvo mos to tho 1ompo of
Rowurd. (CCDS)
GoIdcn TcmpIc of lssus locatod n tho cty oi Itst 8otn,
south polo. (CCD5i Cno may spoal oi scatlot svatd and
voty-stommod ttoos doclod vth btllant putplo blooms,
oi vndng valls pavod vth ctushod tubos, vth
omotald, vth tutquoso, ovon vth damonds thom-
solvos, oi a magnicont tomplo oi butnshod gold, hand-
vtought vth matvollous dosgns, but vhoto ato tho
votds to dosctbo tho glotous colouts that ato unlnovn
to oatthly oyos? vhoto tho mnd ot tho magnaton that
can gtasp tho gotgoous scntllatons oi unhoatd-oi tays as
thoy omanato itom tho thousand namoloss jovols oi
8atsoom? Ivon my oyos, iot long yoats accustomod to
tho batbatc splondouts oi a Mattan /oddals coutt, voto
amazod at tho gloty oi tho scono.
Grcat PIaza tho contru squuro bosdo tho dutor's puuco n
Kumto.
Guardian of thc North u mugnotc dovco n Ckur thut s usod
to dostroy urshps, but ovor tho north poo. (WAR-
LCRD)
HaII of Chicfs horon uro dspuyod tho pust jods und jodduks
of Munutor, u ong, wdo hu ornutoy docorutod. (CHLSS-
MLN)
High Towcr tho tuost turrot ovorookng tho |od of }otun,
Munutor. (CHLSSMLN)
KaoIian Road Kuo (WARLCRD)
Iaboratory uiIding whoro Rus 1huvus workod und wus hod
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prsonor, ocutod n tho sund cty of Morbus
Icsscr Gamcs ln Kumto, Vuoy of |rst orn
No. 4 Vat Room Room n tho Morbus Luborutory udng
whoro Rus 1huvus' urtfcu fo cuturo run wd. (Syn-
thotc)
PaIacc of Pcacc govornmont budng, Fturth. Locuton of tho
ombussos of forogn nutons, though tho mnstors of
thoso dotuchmonts rosdo n puucos n tho dstrct occu-
pod by Fturth's nobty.
PcdcstaI of Truth ocutod n tho 1ompo of Rowurd, Houm.
(CCDS)
Pit of PIcnty ouboruto torturo pt ocutod Kudubru, Ckur
(WARLCRD)
RaIcigh Hoto ocutod n Vrgnu.
RccIamation Iaboratory No. 3 whoro dsubod or
dysfunctonng hormuds woro roturnod to tho vut for
rogonoruton, ocutod n Morbus.
ScarIct Towcr Croutor Houm (dostroyod by tho torrfc
sundstorm doscrbod n Chossmon)
Southcrn Road n Dusur. Connocts tho furmng urous uong
tho cunu.
Tarid castIc constructod of procous stonos und goms, tho
romnunts of tho 1urd nuton occupy ony u smu porton
of ths vust und muny toworod odfco. (Swords)
TcmpIc of cauty u promor urt guory n Houm.
TcmpIc of lssus soo Codon 1ompo of lssus.
TcmpIc of KnowIcdgc Houm
TcmpIc of Rcward Houm Itom tho docl oi tho \avatan vo
iout, Catthots, Tats Tatlas, \odat, and I, voto ttans-
iottod to a lossot ilot to bo ttanspottod to quattots vthn
tho Tomplo oi Rovatd. It s hoto that Mattan justco s
motod to bonoiactot and maloiactot. Hoto tho hoto s
docotatod. Hoto tho iolon s condomnod. A vust crcuur
10,000 sout domod cosoum, contru s u putform, tho
1hrono of Rghtoousnoss, whoro judgos st n u crco
ubout tho porphory of tho putform, u smu putform n
tho oxuct contro of tho urgor ono s tho Fodostu of 1ruth
from whch un uccusod hours or gvos tostmony. (CCDS)
TcmpIc of thc Sun n tho 1ompo of lssus. It los iat vthn tho
nnot coutt oi tho Tomplo oi Issus, a lttlo tomplo that
tasos a thn spto iat abovo tho sptos and mnatots oi tho
gtoat tomplo that suttounds t. 8onoath t, n tho gtound,
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thoto los tho man body oi tho tomplo consstng n sx
hundtod and oghty-sovon ctculat chambots, ono bolov
anothot. To oach chambot a snglo cottdot loads
thtough sold tocl itom tho pts oi Issus. "-s tho ontto
Tomplo oi tho 5un tovolvos onco vth oach tovoluton oi
8atsoom about tho sun, but onco oach yoat doos tho
onttanco to oach sopatato chambot como opposto tho
mouth oi tho cottdot vhch iotms ts only lnl to tho
votld vthout. "Hoto Issus puts thoso vho dsploaso hot,
but vhom sho doos not cato to oxocuto iotthvth. Ct to
punsh a noblo oi tho Itst 8otn sho may causo hm to bo
placod vthn a chambot oi tho Tomplo oi tho 5un iot a
yoat. Cittmos sho mptsons an oxocutonot vth tho
condomnod, that doath may como n a cottan hottblo
iotm upon a gvon day, ot agan but onough iood s
dopostod n tho chambot to sustan lio but tho numbot
oi days that Issus has allottod iot montal angush.
TcmpIc of Tur Fhunduh, u mujor fxturo s u gguntc stutuo.
Thronc of Rightcousncss ocutod 1ompo of Rowurd, Houm
(CCDS)
Towcr of Diamonds tuost towor of tho 1urds' custo, Cmbru
(Ludun)
Towcr of ]ctan bordors tho |ods of }otun, Munutor
Towcr of Iuud untoom. Whoro 1uru wus hod cuptvo.
Towcr of Moak untoom
Towcr of Thavas 1oonoun Mursh
Thurian Towcr u turrot n tho 1owors of }otun, Munutor.
trcc houscs tho Musonus of Ludun bud housos wth thutchod
roofs hgh n tho troos of tho ursoomun moon 1huru.
1hoso opon constructons uro nkod by wukwuys fubr-
cutod wth brunch und vno und ouch houso muy huvo us
muny us 50 occupunts.(Swords)
Turquoisc Towcr u towor on tho 1urd custo ut Cmbru
(Ludun)
YcIIow Towcr Lossor Houm
Zoo, Amhor A funtustc coocton of bousts, crouturos, und
humuns from u purts of ursoom, muntunod by }u Hud,
}odduk of Amhor.
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Maps of arsoom
fdgar Ricc urroughs' Map
1ho foowng notos woro wrtton or typod upon tho mup:
Uppor rght hund cornor: "MAF of ARSCCM " und "XVl"
At tho bottom of tho mup:
Crcumfronco 13,289 m
LA1N or S
LCNCL or W
ALWAYS ClVL LA1. |lRS1
A scuo of mos wus shown und utor crossod out. lt hus not
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boon dupcutod horo. (c) 1973 Ldgur Rco urroughs, lnc.
1ho quuty of tho mup roproducod n "-n -tlas oi Iantasy"
s vory poor, though most murkngs uro ogbo. oth mups, tho
ono ubovo und tho ono foowng, uppour to bo ponc drufts ud
out wth protructor und ruor. Luttudo und Longtudo nos uro
churtod, though sghty nuccuruto n dmonsonng. Whon
scunnod to crouto thoso mups, tho rosuts woro so poor thut tho
ut & ong murkngs woro romovod und u romunng fouturos
woro othor hund-onhuncod, rodono, or coorzod. Any rosutng
orrors uro mno. l coury mudo out cty numos, googruphc
fouturos und notutons wth tho oxcopton of un urou southoust of
Lothur. 1ho toxt uppours to bo "ontrunco". lt s not murkod on
tho mup ubovo.
1ho foowng notos woro wrtton or typod upon tho mup:
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Uppor rght hund cornor: "MAF of ARSCCM " und "XVl"
At tho bottom of tho mup:
10 sofuds1 ud
200 uds 1 huud
100 huuds 1 kurud
360 kuruds Crcumforonco of ursoom ut oquutor.
sofud 11.69 ourth nchos
ud 9.75 ourth foot
huud 1949.05 ourth foot
ubout 2.709 huuds to un Lngsh mo.
spood of fust fors ubout 450 huuds, or 166.1 ourth mos por hour. (Soo
ovor)
A DLCRLL C| LA1l1UDL 36.914 ourth MlLLS
crossod out: DlS1ANCL L1WLLN MLRlDlANS A1 LUA1CR36.914
m
A scuo of Murtun Huuds wus shown. lt s not dupcutod
horo.
1ho socond mup (ubovo) bours two fouturos n buck whch
uro not coury dofnod. 1ho crcuur objoct s just thut, but vory
promnont. 1ho socond uppours to bo u cty dot und "Zodanga"
strongy scrutchod out. 1hoso objocts uro unrotouchod rosuts of
tho orgnu scun procoss. Unfortunutoy thoy uro uso u bt oss
dstnct thun tho prnt from whch thoy woro tukon.
Undupcutod on tho mup ubovo woro hundwrtton notutons
nsortod ubovo "1oonoun Murshos". Dmonson urrows ndcut-
ng tho oustorn und wostorn oxtromos of tho mursh urou bours tho
doscrpton: "1790 mos" und "2700 huuds" und thoro s unothor
numbor whch uppours to bo "1823" (mos) whch wus crossod
out.
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Hcins Map with lanfic Iocations
At rght s u ursoom Mup busod on tho rosourch of Rovor-
ond Honry Hurdy Hons, promor urroughs cooctor und
bbogruphor. 1hs mup hus boon oxtondod by Duvd ruco
ozurth to ncudo |un |cton ocutons. Cck on tho mugo to
got u fu szo vorson.
1ho Hons work s ubood n LACK. 1ho |un |cton work
s ubod n LUL. 1ho Ldgur Rco urroughs toms not rofor-
oncod by Rov. Hons s n RLD. Notos rogurdng tho fun fcton
ocutons uro ncudod. NC1L: Mup s ncompoto for u fun
fcton storos und w bo updutod n tho futuro.
Somo spocuuton rogurdng tho oxtont of tho uncont
ursoomun ocouns und tho Crovur nfuonco s murkod.
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A NASA ascd Map
1ho foowng mup wus propurod by }off Kuzmorsk und sont
to mo Soptombor 1998. }off usod u topoogcu mup from Nusu
und uppod tho ocutons of tho ursoomun ctos.
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THlNGS
1hs socton oxumnos tho vurous
cuturu uspocts of tho ursoomun
rucos, tho punts und unmus, toch-
noogy, und stngs of woghts, mou-
suros, tmo, und curroncy. Ldgur Rco
urroughs croutod un ncrodby do-
tuod buckground for hs ursoomun
novos. lt s tho vory dotu prosontod
thut nducos tho roudor to wngy
suspond dsboof und to fuy purtc-
puto n tho udvonturos of }ohn Curtor
und tho muny horoos of tho dosort
word of ursoom.
1ho ursoomuns, purtcuury tho
whto und rod rucos, dovoopod tochnoogos whch huvo
onubod thom to sustun fo on u dyng, dosort punot. Rudum
(not to bo confusod wth tho Lurth oomont by tho sumo numo)
offconty powors ghts und muchnos for conturos, u nour
sourco of porpotuu onorgy. A form of cod fuson s found us
wo us u rounco upon grout ooctro-mugnotc dovcos for pubc
or dofonso usos. Communcutons ovor grout ds-
tuncosncudng wth tho Lurth vu tho Crdoy Wuvokoop fur-
fung outposts connoctod wth thor contru govornmonts.
Modcu mrucosovon by toduy's stundurdsuro common
puco. Lvon tho nomudc groon mon huvo u ovo of tochncu
sophstcuton n tho munufucturo of ncrodby ong rungo und
uccuruto rfos.
ut for u tho tochnoogy thut oxsts, so much moro hus
boon ost n tho ugos of untquty. ursoom s u curous mxturo
of od und now tochnoogos.
Author's noto: Muny of tho scontfc uchovomonts of ursoom huvo
huvo boon ocpsod by toduy's Lurth tochnoogy. 1o fuy upprocuto LR's
vson und croutvty, t s nocossury to vow tho ursoomun novos n ght
of oxstng tochnoogy vhon tho stotos voto itst vttton. |or oxumpo,
poworod fght of houvor-thun-ur cruft occurrod oss thun u docudo boforo tho
roouso of "Undot tho Moons oi Mats" (1911), uutomobos woro moro
novoty thun gonoru trunsportuton, und rudo wus st n tho nfuncy of
Morso codo. A grout muny of Ldgur Rco urroughs' prodctons und
spocuutons huvo como to puss ovor tho yours, but noury us muny huvo yot
to bo uchovod.
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Wcights & Mcasurcs
Iincar
sofud 11.17 ourth nchos. (Cn mup 11.69 ourth nchos)
sufud Murtun nch
ud 9.75 ourth foot. Vurous convorsons botwoon ursoom-
un und ourth mousuro cun bo found. 300 uds s doscrbod us
upproxmutoy 3000 foot und 50 uds convorts to 490 foot.
(Synthotc) huud - 1,949.05 ourth foot (stod us 1,949.0592 foot,
|ghtng Mun) 10 sofuds 1 ud
200 uds 1 huud
100 huuds 1 kurud
1 kurud 1 dogroo of uttudo (36.914 ourth mos) 360
kuruds crcumforonco of ursoom ut tho oquutor. crcumfor-
onco of Murs, 13,289 mos
1 mo 2.709 huuds
Spood of fust fors s 166.1 ourth mos por hour, or 450
huuds por hour, cucuutod from dstunco/tmo doscrpton n
Thuva und supportod by ursoom mup roforonco (soo 1ochno-
ogcu Dovoopmonts, AlRSHlFS for moro nformuton)
Timc
1u 1 socond
Xut 1 mnuto
Zodo 1 hour
4 tus 1 xut, or 200 to u zodo
5 xuts 15 ourth mnutos
50 xuts throo hours
zodo 2.5 ourth hours (stod us 2.462 ourth hours, |ghtng
Mun). LR occusonuy offorod oxuct convorsons botwoon
ursoomun und ourth mousuros, for oxumpo: Murtun tmo 8:25
s 12:13 AM Lurth tmo. (Synthotc) 25 xuts pust 8th zodo s
mdnght. 5votds
10 zodos duy
Murtun duy, tto ovor 24 1/2 ourth hours (Frncoss 112)
Murtun your, 684 ourth duys
ursoomun Month Thoy toman on ths duty iot ono
month, vhch s oquvalont to about sovonty days oi Iatth tmo,
thon thoy ato tolovod and totutn to Cathol cty. II-N-
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Numbcrs
1horo uppours to bo tto ogc to tho numbors stod n tho
books, though somo uspocts soom to hod togothor.
bur 8
dur 1,000,000
ov 7
tun 100
too 10
toouy 11
tor 4
Currcncy
p 1 cont
toop 10 conts
tunp 1 dour
hurd conugo s ovu shupod n bronzo, svor und god.
pupor curroncyu form of chock ssuod by tho puyoo und
rodoomod twco u your. lf tho puyoo s unubo to fuf hs
obguton, tho govornmont puys tho dobt und roquros tho dobtor
to sorvo tmo on u furm or n tho mtury unt tho dobt s pud.
Wcights
pound }ohn Curtor's obsorvutons of tho ursoomun
mothods of woght mousuromont huvo novor boon trunsutod.
Appuronty u ursoomun pound s smur n routon to un
Lurthy pound, but s corrospondngy oss busod on tho roducod
gruvty of Murs. ton wthout torrostru roforront, muny urshps
und constructon tochnquos uro doscrbod n torms of tons.
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Customs & TitIcs
Customs
arsoomian handshakc - hunds grppod ut tho shoudor of tho
ono grootod. lntonsty of grootng ndcutod by ono or two
hundod grp. (Cods)
arsoomian saIutc - hunds hod to tho shoudors, pums buck-
wurd. (Cods)
battIc hymn - sung by tho womon of Houm us thor wurrors go
nto butto.
coIIars and chain - u murrugo custom (Frncoss, 1huvu), soo
hundcuffs.
Dancc of arsoom - doscrbod n Chossmon oi Mats 5lavos voto
passng among tho guosts, dsttbutng small muscal
nsttumonts oi a snglo sttng. Upon oach nsttumont
voto chatactots vhch ndcatod tho ptch and longth oi
ts tono. Tho nsttumonts voto oi slool, tho sttng oi gut,
and voto shapod to it tho loit iotoatm oi tho dancot, to
vhch t vas sttappod. Thoto vas also a tng vound vth
gut vhch vas votn botvoon tho itst and socond jonts
oi tho ndox ingot oi tho tght hand and vhch, vhon
passod ovot tho sttng oi tho nsttumont, olctod tho
snglo noto toqutod oi tho dancot.- Tho Danco oi
8atsoom boats a tolaton smlat to tho moto iotmal
dancng iunctons oi Mats that Tho Ctand Match doos to
outs, though t s nintoly moto nttcato and moto
boautiul. 8oioto a Mattan youth oi othot sox may
attond an mpottant socal iuncton vhoto thoto s
dancng, ho must havo bocomo ptoicont n at loast thtoo
dancosTho Danco oi 8atsoom, hs natonal danco, and
tho danco oi hs cty. In thoso thtoo dancos tho dancots
iutnsh thot ovn musc, vhch novot vatos, not do tho
stops ot igutos vaty, havng boon handod dovn itom
tmo mmomotal. -ll 8atsooman dancos ato statoly and
boautiul, but Tho Danco oi 8atsoom s a vondtous opc
oi moton and hatmonythoto s no gtotosquo postutng,
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no vulgat ot suggostvo movomonts. It has boon dosctbod
as tho ntotptotaton oi tho hghost doals oi a votld that
asptod to gtaco and boauty and chastty n voman, and
sttongth and dgnty and loyalty n man.
facc paint - udornmont spocfcuy stutod rogurdng tho wurrors
of Munutos, but uppours rousonubo for tho othor rod
humun rucos of ursoom us wo.
fcathcrs - udornmont worn by muos n both groon und rod
Murtun cuturos.
Gamcs, Grcatcr and Icsscr - uronu combuts hostod by muny of
tho ctos or nutons of ursoom, usuuy futu to tho
purtcpunts.
handcuffs - usod n tho murrugo rtos of Munutor. Soo cours
und chun.
]cddak's Award - prosontod to tho bost urtst ouch your.
]ctan - u bourd gumo smur to choss fuy dotuod n tho
Appondx to Chossmon oi Mats. (Soo }otun urtco)
Ianguagc, oraI - u sngo common tonguo s spokon word wdo,
undorstood by u rucos, ncudng tho suvugo groon mon.
Ianguagc, tcIcpathic - tooputhc communcuton uppours
unvorsu botwoon humuns und somo of tho hghor ordors
of bousts.
Ianguagc, writtcn - vurous umong tho ctos. No tvo natons oi
8atsoom havo tho samo vttton languago, although thoto
s a common scontic languago undotstood by tho
savants oi all natons... lmpos u common wrtton
unguugo for scontsts. ouch nuton hus u dfforont wrtton
unguugo, but muny of tho chuructors und words uro
common botwoon thom, oxcopt n untoom (Chossmon).
"my chicftain" - Murtun mud's oxprosson of uccoptunco of u
muo sutor, nstunt murrugo.
"my princcss" - soo ubovo, muo oxprosson und rosponso to "my
choftun," or s u docuruton to murrugo.
nudity - much hus boon mudo by unsophstcutod roudors thut
ursoomuns oschow cothng. ln routy, tho rucos of Murs
uro cothod, but n u munnor thut Vctorun or Ldwurdun
montuty woud vow thom us "nukod" mounng "wth-
out trousors." 1ho torm "truppngs" uro ofton usod by }ohn
Curtor to doscrbo tho uppuro of ursoomuns, u form of
cothng thut ouvos tho urms, ogs, und torso buro (nukod,
"uncovorod") who provdng suffcont covor und utty
to support woupons, pouchos, hurnossos, sundus, boots,
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vurous jowory und urmbunds, homots, couks und, n
tho fur north, purku-ko gurmonts from oruk skns.
Thc Song of Iovc - roputod to bo tho word's (ursoom's) most
bouutfu moody. (Chossmon).
Sword Ritc - un outh of fouty. "-h, my Itnco," ho contnuod, as
though no thought had ntottuptod hs gtootng, "that you
ato bacl s suiicont, and lot Hot \astus svotd havo tho
hgh honout oi bong itst at thy ioot." \th thoso votds
tho noblo iollov unbucllod hs scabbatd and ilung hs
svotd upon tho gtound boioto mo. Could you lnov tho
customs and tho chatactot oi tod Mattans you vould
apptocato tho dopth oi moanng that that smplo act
convoyod to mo and to all about us vho vtnossod t.
Tho thng vas oquvalont to sayng, "My svotd, my body,
my lio, my soul ato youts to do vth as you vsh. Untl
doath and aitot doath I lool to you alono iot authotty iot
my ovoty act. 8o you tght ot vtong, yout votd shall bo
my only ttuth. \hoso tasos hs hand aganst you must
ansvot to my svotd." It s tho oath oi ioalty that mon
occasonally pay to a /oddal vhoso hgh chatactot and
chvaltous acts havo nsptod tho onthusastc lovo oi hs
iollovots. Novot had I lnovn ths hgh ttbuto pad to a
lossot mottal. Thoto vas but ono tosponso possblo. I
stoopod and litod tho svotd itom tho gtound, tasod tho
hlt to my lps, and thon, stoppng to Hot \astus, I
bucllod tho voapon upon hm vth my ovn hands.
Yano - u gumo not doscrbod unywhoro n tho novos. A fu
doscrpton s uvuubo from tho notobooks of Ldgur Rco
urroughs (soo Yuno urtco).
Ianguagc
ad - soo Woghts und Mousuros
gorthan - ursoomun word for "ussussn".
haad - soo Woghts und Mousuros
Kadar - ursoomun for "guurd". Uttorod by 1uro, tho }odduk of
Lothur (1huvu).
Kaor - hoo, or u grootng.
karad - soo Woghts und Mousuros
Sak - jump
sofad - soo Woghts und Mousuros
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taI - soo Woghts und Mousuros
Turgan - tho Fhunduhun bbo, soo Rogon
xat - soo Woghts und Mousuros
Martian Provcrbs
A wurror muy chungo hs motu, but not hs hourt.: Dojah Thots
ossod bo your uncostors for ths mootng.:
ossod bo tho sho of thy frst uncostor.: Itst 8otn
y your frst uncostor!: Thuva
ln tho numo of tho Nnth Ruy!: oxclamaton oi sutptso
Louvo to u 1hurk hs houd und ono hund und ho muy yot con-
quor.: Tats Tatlas
Mun buds nuught thut mun muy not dostroy.: Iatol
Muy my uncostors huvo morcy on mo.: Thuva
Muy tho whto upos tuko us u!: Thuva
Cny our frst uncostor knows.:
Frusod bo to our frst uncostor!: Thuva
1ho ntoocts of our uncostors uro wth us.: Thuva
TitIcs of RoyaIty
Chicf - Ldgur Rco urroughs' ntorprotuton of ursoomun torms
for jods, prncos, or hgh-runkng offcors. ln somo urous
of ursoom s oquvuont n runk to "kng."
CounciI of Scvcn ]cds - : tho rung cuss of Morbus.
Dator - A tto or runk, u prnco of tho |rst orn.
]cd - Kng
]cddak - Lmporor, Kng of Kngs
]cddarra - Lmpross, uoon of Kngs
King - Usod ony to doscrbo tho kuduno oudors
Princc or Princcss - |roquonty uppours n tho royuty of tho rod
Murtuns, usuuy rogurdng off-sprng of }odduks or
}oddurus
TitIcs of MiIitary
Than - ordnury wurror or soumun
Panthan - u morconury wthout houso or nuton.
Padwar - u outonunt, runks of frst und socond cuss.
Dwar - u cuptun
Odwar - gonoru, communds 10,000 mon.
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Tccdwar - soo Chossmon
]cdwar - gonoru of gonorus (u wurord)
Umak - 10.000 mon commundod by u odwur
Utan - 100 mon commundod by u dwur.
Dar - 1,000 mon. (Fossby 10 durs por odwur commund:)
TitIcs of RcIigion
Duughtor of tho Lossor Moon - lssus
Douth upon ursoom - Mutu Shung's Hokkudor uus
|uthor of Hoy 1horns - Mutu Shung, oudor of u rogous cut
Coddoss of Douth - lssus
Coddoss of Lfo Ltornu - lssus
Hokkudor - Hgh runk n 1horn socoy
Hoy Hokkudor 0 porhups sumo runk us Hokkudor
Mustor of Lfo - Mutu Shung
Mothor of tho Nouror Moon - lssus
Nnth Cyco - Runk ono ovo boow Hokkudor
1onth Cyco - Runk of Hokkudor
1horns of tho 1onth cyco - Hokkudors, cunnbustc, though
thoy w not touch humun fosh whch hus not boon
thoroughy drunod of bood by tho vumprc punt mon.
thorun - u Runk of Hokkudor
RcIigious Phrascs
Rtos of lssus - tho uronu of douth
1rbutos of lssus - tho uronu of douth
1ur s 1ur - u Fhunduhun uxom.
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Yano
An Ancicnt arsoomian Gamc of Chancc
ln - Ightng Man oi Mats Ldgur Rco urroughs montonod
u Murtun gumo cuod "yuno" us puyod by tho wurrors of
1junuth. "...two woro puyng ut jotun, who othors woro rong
tny numborod sphoros ut u group of numborod hoosu
fuscnutng gumo of chunco, cuod yuno, whch s, l prosumo,
umost us od u ursoomun cvzuton."
No furthor monton or doscrpton of tho gumo s mudo,
howovor, wo do fnd n tho uuthor's notos for - Ightng Man oi
Mats, thoro s u druwng of un "Ancont Yuno mxng jug found
nour Munutor," und bonouth thut wus un ubbrovutod doscrpton
of tho gumo. A smu dugrum of u yuno court, showng tho
pucomont of tho sovon hoos ut u dstunco of 15 sofuds (ubout
fftoon foot) s uccompunod by u hund-prntod oxpunuton.
Luch puyor hus u numborod sphoro. |or
ouch puy thoy uro mxod und rodstrbutod. 1ho
puyors ro n tho ordor of tho numbors on thor
sphoros. lf u puyor's sphoro ros nto hs own hoo
ho coocts 5 from ouch of tho puyors. lf ho gots t
nto "0" ho coocts 10 from ouch puyor. lf ho
mssos ho pucos 1 on "0" to bo tukon by tho noxt
puyor to got "0."
1ho uuthor's notobooks provdo u moro dotuod oxpunuton
of tho gumo of Yuno. 1ho sumo mxng jug uppours und tho
dstunco to tho puyors' no romuns 15 sofuds.
1ho roguuton Yuno court s ud out wth
sovon hoos, sx n u no puruo wth Fuyor' Lno,
tho sovonth (Zoro Hoo) 1 ft. n rour of tho contor
of tho spuco botwoon Hoos 3 & 4.
A no pussng through tho contors of Hoos
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1 to 6 s 15 ft. from Fuyor's Lno.
Dumotor of hoos s 2", dstunco botwoon
odgos of hoos s 2".
Yuno s puyod wth sx bus, numborod
from ono to sx, tho bus usod n u gumo must u
bo tho sumo dumotor und woght, dumotor of
Yuno bus vuros from 1 nchos to 1 nchos.
Sx puyors or oss muy puy.
1ho bus uro pucod n u jug und shukon,
ono bu s thon rood out to ouch puyor, whoso
turn to puy s dotormnod by tho numbor of hs
bu, tho owost numbor puyng frst.
Stundng bohnd tho Fuyor' Lno tho puy-
ors, n thor turn, ro or toss tho bus towurd tho
hoos...
lf u puyor snks hs bu n tho corrospond-
ngy numborod hoo ho coocts 5 countors from
ouch of tho othor puyors, f ho snks t n Zoro
Hoo ho coocts 10 countors from ouch of tho
othor puyors, f ho snks t n uny othor hoo ho
puys 5 countors to tho puyor hodng tho bu
bourng tho numbor of thut hoo. (lf no puyor
hods ths numbor tho countors uro pucod n tho
Zoro Hoo und uro cumod by tho noxt puyor who
ros hs bu nto tho Zoro Hoo.) lf u puyor mssos
ontroy, ho pucos 1 countor n Zoro Hoo.
A countors n Zoro Hoo ut ond of gumo
go to puyor who hus ost tho groutost numbor of
countors. A gumo onds whon ouch puyor hus hud
fvo chuncos. 1ho bus uro mxod und rodstrb-
utod uftor ouch puy. 1horo cun bo u groutor num-
bor of hoos und u corrospondngy groutor numbor
of puyors, but thoro must bo un ovon numbor of
hoos n tho frst no und tho Zoro Hoo must
uwuys bo drocty bohnd tho oxuct contor of tho
no of hoos.
1ho court shoud bo ovo, wth u hurd,
smooth surfuco. 1ho Fuyors' Lno muy bo murkod
wth u cord, tghty strotchod und poggod down ut
ouch ond. Cn Murs t s usuuy u outhor bot from
tho hurnoss of u wurror.
At tho ond of ths doscrpton urroughs wont on to suy: "Cn
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Lurth Yuno muy bo puyod wth gof bus und puttors," uddng,
"l huvo spokon!"
]ctan
arsoomian Chcss
Ldgur Rco urroughs dotuod }otun n Tho Chossmon oi
Mats. lt s u vory puyubo gumo thut s ousy to ourn und, ko
trudtonu Choss, cun bo dffcut to mustor.
1ho bourd s 10 by 10. Squuros uro utornutoy coorod buck
und orungo, u roforonco to tho ogondury wur botwoon tho
Yoow ruco ut tho north
poo und tho uck ruco ut
tho south. 1ho bourd s usu-
uy pucod n ths routon-
shp, orungo-North, buck-
South.
CAML SL1UF
CRANCL - North
W F D | C F | D F
W
1 p p p p p p p p 1
. . . . . . . . . .
1 p p p p p p p p 1
W F D | C F | D F W
LACK - South
W: Wurror
F: Fudwur
D: Dwur
|: |or
C: Chof
F: Frncoss
1: 1hout
p: Funthun
1ho pocos doscrbod:
Warrior - 1wo spucos strught n uny horzontu or vortcu
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drocton or combnuton. lt s dspuyod wth two fouth-
ors.
Padwar - A pudwur movos two spucos dugonuy n uny droc-
ton or combnuton. lt s dspuyod wth two fouthors.
Dwar - 1hroo spucos strught n uny drocton or combnuton. lt
s dspuyod wth throo fouthors.
lIicr - 1hroo spucos dugonuy n uny drocton or combnuton.
lt s dspuyod wth u throo-budod propoor.
Chicf - 1hroo spucos n uny drocton or combnuton: strught or
dugonu or combnutons of thoso. lt s dspuyod wth u
dudom wth ton jowos.
Princcss - Movos us chof, but muy uddtonuy jump ntorvonng
pocos. Sho s dspuyod wth u dudom wth ono jowo.
Thoat - Roprosonts u mountod wurror. lt movos two spucos, ono
strught und ono dugonu n uny drocton, und s ds-
puyod wth two fouthors.
Panthan - Cno spuco, othor strught or dugonuy forwurd, or to
tho oft or tho rght, honco not buckwurd. 1hoy uro
dspuyod wth ono fouthor.
Cbjoct of gumo
Cumo puy nvovos utornutng movos usng twonty buck
pocos opposod by twonty orungo. 1ho frst movo s docdod n
uny wuy ugrooubo to both puyors, uftor tho frst gumo tho
wnnor of tho procodng gumo movos frst f ho choosos, or muy
nstruct hs opponont to muko tho frst movo.
1ho gumo s won whon uny poco tukos tho opponont's
prncoss, or whon u chof tukos tho opponont's chof.
1ho gumo s druwn whon othor chof s tukon by u poco
othor thun tho opposng chof, or whon both sdos uro roducod
to throo pocos, or oss, of oquu vuuo und tho gumo s not won
n tho onsung ton movos, fvo upoco.
1ho Frncoss muy not movo onto u throutonod squuro, nor
muy sho tuko un opposng poco. Sho s onttod to ono ton-spuco
movo ut uny tmo durng tho gumo. 1hs movo s cuod tho
oscapo.
Whon u puyor, movng propory und n ordor, pucos ono of
hs pocos upon u squuro occupod by un opponont poco, tho
opponont poco s consdorod to huvo boon kod und s ro-
movod from tho gumo.
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1ho movos oxpunod
Strught mouns runk und fo (north, south, oust, or wost),
dugonu mouns northoust, southoust, southwost, or northwost.
A Dwur mght movo north throo spucos, or north ono spuco und
oust two spucos, or uny smur combnuton of strught movos, so
ong us ho dd not cross tho sumo squuro twco n u sngo movo.
Cumbng
1ho Murtuns gumbo ut }otun n sovoru wuys. Cf courso tho
outcomo of tho gumo ndcutos to whom tho mun stuko boongs,
but thoy uso put u prco upon tho houd of ouch poco, uccordng
to ts vuuo, und for ouch poco thut u puyor osos ho puys ts
vuuo to hs opponont.
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RcIigion
1hs socton w uttompt to oxporo tho thought procossos of
LR us wo us tho fucts contunod n tho ursoom Sugu. ln ovory
cuso u rogon or boof s montonod, usod, or wus purt of tho
story no, urroughs nvuruby oxposod t for u houx on Murtun
socoty.
Doos ths thon moun thut urroughs wus uputhotc towurd
rogon spocfcuy, or n gonoru: Cr wus ths moroy u dssuts-
fucton rogurdng tho workngs of humun suporstton und doop-
sot trudtons:: Short of ntorvowng LR, un mpossbty, or
tukng wth hs mmodutoy fumy, l w novor know tho
unswor to thut ubovo quostons. 1ho fuct romuns, howovor, thut
}ohn Curtor und othor ursoomun horoos unourth u numbor of
ugy truths portunng to rogons montonod us ntogru story
nos, thoso fuths woro busod on docopton for tho purposo of
contro, powor, wouth, or n worst cusos us broukfust, unch, und
dnnor.
Thc Trcc of Iifc
urroughs guvo us u wondorfu tonguo-n-chook und quto
brunt croutvo twst on Chrstunty's vorson of crouton. 1ho
1roo of Lfo, tho bognnng of crouton on Murs, bours somo
smurty to tho boofs of tho Hndu rogon, und LR usod hs
1roo of Lfo to popuuto tho young ursoom of twonty-throo
mon yours ugo. Most ourthy rogons contun u roforonco to
troos us u tonot of thoso boofs bocuuso tho troo s un ousy
obtunubo oxumpo of tho muny dfforont droctons und puths
possbo for fo. Horo thon s tho 1roo of Lfo of ursoom us
routod by Dutor Xodur to }ohn Curtor:
"1ho |rst orn of ursoom uro tho ruco of
buck mon of whch l um Dutor or...prnco. My
ruco s tho odost on tho punot. Wo truco our
nougo, unbrokon, droct to tho 1roo of Lfo whch
fourshod n tho contro of tho vuoy Dor twonty-
throo mon yours ugo.
"|or countoss ugos tho frut of ths troo
undorwont gruduu chungos of ovouton, pussng
by dogroos from truo punt fo to u combnuton of
punt und unmu. ln tho frst stugos tho frut of tho
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troo possossod ony tho powor of ndopondont
muscuur uctons, who tho stom romunod ut-
tuchod to tho puront punt, utor u brun dovoopod
n tho frut, so thut hungng thoro by thor ong
stoms thoy thought und movod us ndvduus.
"1hon, wth tho dovoopmont of porcop-
tons cumo u compurson to thom, judgomonts
woro rouchod und compurod, und thus rouson und
tho powor to rouson woro born upon ursoom.
"Agos pussod. Muny forms of fo cumo und
wont upon tho 1roo of Lfo, but st u woro
uttuchod to tho puront punt by stoms of vuryng
ongths. At ongth tho frut troo consstod n tny
punt mon, such us wo now soo roproducod n
such hugo dmonsons n tho Vuoy Dor, but st
hungng to tho mbs und brunchos of tho troo by
tho stoms whch grow from tho tops of thor houds.
"1ho buds from whch tho punt mon
bossomod rosombod urgo nuts ubout u foot n
dumotor, dvdod n doubo purtton wus nto
four soctons. ln ono socton grow tho punt mun,
n unothor u sxtoon-oggod worm, n tho thrd tho
progontor of tho whto upo und n tho fourth tho
prmovu buck mun of ursoom.
"Whon tho bud burst tho punt mun ro-
munod dungng ut tho ond of hs stom, but tho
othor throo soctons fo to tho ground, whoro tho
offorts of thor mprsonod occupunts to oscupo
sont thom hoppng ubout n u droctons.
"1hus us tmo wont on, u ursoom wus
covorod wth thoso mprsonod crouturos. |or
countoss ugos thoy vod thor ong vos wthn
thor hurd shos, hoppng und skppng ubout tho
broud punot, fung nto rvors, ukos und sous, to
bo st furthor sproud ubout tho surfuco of tho now
word.
"Countoss bons dod boforo tho frst
buck mun broko through hs prson wus nto tho
ght of duy. Fromptod by curosty, ho broko opon
othor shos und tho poopng of ursoom com-
moncod.
"1ho puro strun of tho bood of ths frst
buck mun hus romunod untuntod by udmxturo
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wth othor crouturos n tho ruco of whch l um u
mombor, but from tho sxtoon oggod worm, tho
frst upo und ronogudo buck mun hus sprung ovory
othor form of unmu fo on ursoom.
"1ho thorns uro but tho rosut of ugos of
ovouton from tho puro whto upo of untquty.
1hoy uro u owor ordor st. 1horo s but ono ruco
of truo und mmortu humuns on ursoom. lt s tho
ruco of buck mon.
"1ho 1roo of Lfo s doud, but boforo t dod,
tho punt mon ournod to dotuch thomsovos from
t und roum tho fuco of ursoom wth tho othor
chdron of tho |rst Furont."
1ho 1roo of Lfo coud bo consdorod othor u dvno crouton
of tho word, or u ruthor mprobubo oxpunuton for tho ovou-
ton of fo on ursoom, ths uttor oxpunuton s prosontod us
scontfc fuct, noury vorbutm to Xodur's words, by Rus 1huvus
n 5ynthotc Mon oi Mats. l supposo othor s no moro mpuus-
bo thun ookng ut tho fo forms of ths muny und vurod word
of our own whch scontsts suy ovovod from u sngo co of fo
somohow croutod from u coud of umno ucds suspondod n tho
ooctrcuy churgod utmosphoro of tho now born ourth somo four
bon yours ugo.
Rogurdoss of whothor tho 1roo of Lfo s consdorod u
nocossury purt of tho ursoomun rogous mystoros, t doos
moro thun udoquutoy oxpun tho urrogunt concot of tho |rst
orn bucks und tho rogon of lssus thoy bndy foowod for
conturos.
lssus
CCDDLSS C| DLA1H, DAUCH1LR C| 1HL LLSSLR
MCCN, MC1HLR C| 1HL NLARLR MCCN, CCDDLSS C|
Ll|L L1LRNAL (occusonuy FRlNCLSS C| Ll|L L1LRNAL.)
Whon }ohn Curtor of Vrgnu roturnod to ursoom uftor ton yours
on Lurth (soo tho ondng of - Itncoss oi Mats), ho suddony
found hmsof n u strungo vuoy. At frst tho vuoy uppourod
quto wondorfu wth rotous punt growths und bodos of wutor
opon to tho sky, coupod wth tho knowodgo thut ho wus onco
ugun buck on ursoom, but soon ho dscovorod tho truo horror
urkng bohnd thut poucofu fucudo.
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lt s horo, n tho Vuoy Dor, Murtun Houvon, thut }ohn
Curtor frst moots tho punt mon (doscrbod osowhoro), tho |rst
orn, und thor vng doty, lssus.
Cn ursoom tho oxtromo ongovty of ts nhubtunts, up to
u thousund yours, cun bo u burdonsomo thng f vod to ts fu
oxtont. Snco u Murtun doos not show hs or hor ugo unt tho ust
twonty or so yours of thor vos, thoy vountury, uccordng to
tho tonots of tho rogon of lssus, muko u fnu, futu pgrmugo
to Vuoy Dor. lt s thor boof thoy uro gong to houvon, to bo ro-
born through tho good grucos of lssus. lt wus, so t wus tod, n
tho Vuoy Dor whoro tho suppcunt rocovod tho bossng of
lssus und obtunod mmortuty, n u houvon fod wth pouco und
goodw.
1hs ruthor bongn und whoy dosrubo vson of uftorfo
wus vgorousy porpotuutod by tho Hoy 1horns. 1ho 1horns
conductod thor rogous boof from vurous tompos ocutod u
ovor ursoom. 1ho Hoy 1horns hud ton cycos (ovos) of
horurchy, though }ohn Curtor ony spoko of u Nnth und 1onth
from hs porsonu oxporoncos.
At tho ond of thor thousund yours of fo Murtuns of u
wuks of fo woud dopurt on u ust journoy down tho Rvor of
Mystory, tho Rvor lss und moot thor unfortunuto doom ut tho
hunds of tho Hoy 1horns und tho vcous crouturos whch nhubt
Vuoy Dor. (Lc: Appuronty Murtuns vo ongor thun 1,000
yours. Cbsorvo Rus 1huvus n Mustormnd of Murs boforo ho hud
hs brun trunspunt.)
}ohn Curtor dscovorod tho ugy truth bohnd tho promsos
und oxhortutons of tho Hoy 1horns. ouutfu n uppourunco tho
Vuoy Dor s fod wth onormous troos rouchng u thousund foot
or moro n hoght, surroundod by gorgoous grussy swurds, fruts,
food yng roudy to bo rotrovod. 1ho Lost Sou of Korus s n tho
contor of tho vuoy und omphuszos tho dou vson of houvon
on "ourth"
1ho ony nhubtunts of Vuoy Dor whch boovo t s
houvon uro tho forocous whto upos und curnvorous punt mon.
1hoso crouturos sozo und dovour tho unsuspoctng pgrms
whon tho suppcunts, oxhuustod from truvong countoss
thousunds of mos ucross tho punot thon down tho mghty Rvor
lss to rouch tho south pour mountun wus und through u
thousund mos of subtorrunoun cuvorns, uro unubo to suvo
thomsovos. 1ho Hoy 1horns, n fuct, wutch tho Rvor lss und
unnounco tho comng of food for tho upos und punt mon.
ln somo cusos tho 1horns muko suvos of tho pottonors,
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workng thom for yours, thon food thom to tho rovng hords of
punt mon. ln u dstustofu usdo urroughs notod thut como
1horns of tho 1onth cyco uro cunnbustc, though thoy w not
touch humun fosh whch hus not boon thoroughy drunod of
bood by tho vumprc punt mon.
At tho houd of ths cut s Mutu Shung, Hoy Hokkudor of tho
Hoy 1horns. Cthor numos n hs tto ncudo rothor of lssus,
Mustor of Lfo und Douth upon ursoom und |uthor of Hoy
1horns.
At ths pont t shoud bo stutod thut ovon tho 1horns
thomsovos boovo n lssus. A 1ompo, tho Codon 1ompo of
lssus, hud boon oroctod by tho 1horns on tho shoros of tho Lost
Sou of Korus. Mutu Shung hmsof boovo n tho oxstonco of
lssus though thoy woro rosponsbo for tho butchory, onsuvo-
mont, und pundorng of tho ptfu crouturos comng down tho
Rvor of Mystory.
urroughs, through }ohn Curtor, oxposod lssus us |rst orn,
u buck womun of such ugo und untquty thut sho no ongor
uppours humun. Sho, n fuct, cunnbustcuy fousts on Hoy
1horns, unknown to Mutu Shung und hs ussocutos, who woud,
obvousy, huvo boon vory dstrossod to ourn of ths. lssus uso
fuvorod humun mous propurod from uny kdnup vctms or suvos
cupturod by hor |rst orn rudors whon thoy suod forth from
thor hddon buso boow tho Lost Sou of Korus. At ths pont t s
obvous thut LR novor ntondod tho rogon of lssus to bo busod
on uny sort of dvno possbty.
KomaI
1hs brngs us to unothor of tho bood thrsty rogons of
ursoom. Locutod n Lothur n u short sdo udvonturo for Cur-
thors und 1huvu n tho fourth book 1huvu, Mud of Murs, tho
doscrpton w bo ovon shortor: Komu, Cod of Lothur, no
promsos, no fo otornu, Komu s hungry. Komu s uctuuy u
ruthor urgo cuptvo bunth hod n tho bowos of tho Lothurun
cty, uppuronty on hs wuy to bocomng u truo fut cut from
consumng tho unfortunutos sont to moot tho god of Lothur.
Tur
1ho fnu rogon montonod by urroughs nvovod tho
Fhunduhun god 1ur. A poopo fur out of stop ovon for tho
unusuu poopos of ursoom, thor choson god wus dopctod us
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u gunt do n tho mun cty. Wthn tho contru tompo tho grout
mugo of 1ur hus boon sont (1ur spoko to tho mussos ut ono tmo
conturos ouror) but thoso poopo contnuo thor worshp,
pousy roudng tho 1urgun, tho Fhunduhun bbo. An oxumpo
of tho rtos porformod durng ths worshp wus wt-nossod by
Amorcun Uyssos Fuxton n hs Murtun dontty of Vud Vuro.
l uskod Dur 1urus f l mght uccompuny hm
nto tho tompo... drocty nsdo tho mun on-
trunco... wus u no of prosts... wo upprouchod
ono... l hundod hm u poco of god whch ho m-
modutoy chungod nto muny pocos of ossor
vuuo, ono of whch wo droppod nto tho box ut
hs sdo, whoroupon ho mudo sovoru pussos wth
hs hunds ubovo our houds, dppod ono of hs
fngors nto u bow of drty wutor whch ho rubbod
upon tho onds of our nosos, mumbod u fow
words whch l coud not undorstund... Novor huvo
l soon such u gorgoous dspuy of wouth und
uvsh ornumontuton us confrontod my oyos n
ths, tho frst of tho tompos of 1ur...
Somo of thoso (curvod) mugos woro of mon
und somo of womon und muny... woro bouutfu...
othors of bousts und strungo grotosquo crouturos...
(woro) hdoous ndood. 1ho frst wo upprouchod
wus thut of u bouutfu fomuo fguro, und ubout
tho podostu of ths uy u numbor of mon und
womon prono upon tho foor ugunst whch thoy
bumpod thor houds sovon tmos und thon uroso
und droppod u poco of monoy nto u rocoptuco...
1ho noxt wus thut of u mun wth tho body of u
sun (ubout whch woro) horzontu woodon burs
n concontrc crcos. ...hungng from thom by
thor knoos woro u numbor of mon und womon
ropoutng monotonousy... bddo-bubbo-bup.
At tho noxt fguro wo vstod tho poopo
woro u upon thor hunds und knoos cruwng
mudy n u crco ubout tho podostu. Sovon tmos
uround... thon thoy roso und put somo monoy n
u dsh. ...At unothor tho poopo rood ubout
suyng, '1ur s 1ur, 1ur s 1ur, 1ur s 1ur.'
Ho od mo noxt to tho fguro of u monstros-
ty wth u mouth thut run ontroy uround ts houd.
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lt hud u ong tu und tho brousts of u womun.
...(uround whch woro) u grout muny poopo, ouch
stundng upon hs houd. 1hoy woro uso ropoutng,
ovor und ovor, '1ur s 1ur.'
(l uskod tho mounng of ths phruso.) "Ch
No," oxcumod Dur 1urus. "Cn tho contrury thoy
sud just oxucty tho opposto... whch mukos u
vory grout dfforonco."
1ho Crout 1ur provos to bo unothor houx, fuood by groody
prosts. Vud Vuro ovontuuy dscovors tho do of 1ur, tho tom-
po, und tho puuco urou uro oquppod wth concouod mcro-
phonos, spoukors, porscopos und whut u for tho prosts to to
tho poopo whut to do und how much to puy through tho noso.
1ho bonos of tho ust grout Hgh Frost und onco }odduk of Fhun-
duh uro found unburod n u cuvty wthn tho do. Ho wus ob-
vousy kod n un uccdontu fu, oxpunng why tho voco of
1ur hud boon sont for so muny yours.
1ho Fhunduhs uro rosponsbo for fostorng sovoru rdcu-
ous boofs on tho poopo of ursoom. Cno, ursoom s fut.
1wo, 1ur's homo s upon tho sun. 1hroo, 1ur croutod ursoom
100,000 yours ugo, opony donyng tho ostubshod hstorcu
chroncos of odor cvzutons. |our, to muko fo umusng 1ur
croutod two soxos, muo und fomuo. 1hon ho mudo unmus to
bo food for mun und ouch othor.
Fhunduhuns st boovo 1ur croutod ovorythng by hs own
hunds und contnuo to rofuso tho ovdonco of thor own soxuu-
ty. 1hoy dony tho oxstonco of othor words bocuuso 1ur sud
thoro wus ony ursoom. Vud Vuro, of courso, scrutchod hs houd
und oft tho poor msgudod Fhunduhuns to wuko up und smo
tho toust burnng n thor own swoot tmo.
Wo uro romndod thut LR n rou fo ovod puns und
rovorsos. 1ur s 1ur, whon spood buckwurds, bocomos "Rut s
Rut", whch muy huvo boon un Ld urroughs commontury on tho
dosyncrucos of orgunzod rogon.
RcIigion on Othcr WorIds
LR dubbod wth rogon on Ludun, or tho nouror moon of
ursoom cuod 1huru (Fhobos). 1ho 1urds, tho whto ruco of
Ludun wth buo hur und buo oyobrows, worshp u |ro Cod,
whch huppons to bo tho sun. As Umku oxpunod to }ohn Curtor
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n thor prson co:
"1hoy (tho 1urds) uro govornod by somo
strungo boof. ... l do not undorstund t, but ovory
mportunt uct n thor vos s roguutod by t. 1hoy
suy thut thoy uro gudod by tho sun und tho moon
und tho sturs.
"lt s u vory foosh, but thoy w not k
us unt tho sun tos thom to, und thon thoy w
not ks us for thor own pousuro but bocuuso
thoy boovo t w muko tho sun huppy."
1hs s tho stundurd god of suporstton, wodng groutor
powor, mystory, und cuprcousnoss whch hus boon u purt of
humun cuturos snco tho duwn of tmo. lt s moroy u wuy of
justfyng tho rght und duty of thoso n powor who uso thut
powor for thor own onds.
1hs concudos our oxumnuton of ursoomun rogons, but
l shu ouvo you wth ono ust thought. Whothor LR subscrbod
to uny ourthy rogon or not, t s u fuct thut ho took grout doght
n pokng fun ut tho onos ho croutod for ursoom.
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TcchnoIogy
ursoomun tochnoogy s u curous mxturo of tho sophst-
cutod udvuncod scontfc socoty und tho prmtvo nnoconco of
burbursm. Murs, uccordng to Ldgur Rco urroughs, hus u
humun hstory spunnng mons of yours und n thut tmo rucos
huvo rson to scontfc hoghts oxcoodng our punot und thon
fudod to momory us u youngor, moro vtu ruco omorgos. Much
of tho tochnoogy hus boon pussod down ovor tho ugos, but u
sgnfcunt purt of tho odor rucos' knowodgo hus boon ost. |or
oxumpo, tho grout utmosphoro punt croutod by tho Crovurs us
tho ocouns of Murs ovuporutod, hus novor boon dupcutod by tho
rod ruco whch now muntuns tho gguntc dovco. Mothods of
cod ght, rudum ght, or somo forms of munufucturng huvo
boon ost. Yot, for u tho knowodgo ost thoro romuns u
sgnfcunt coro of scontfc study thut s ustoundng.
Airships
rungo n szo from sngo soutors to 10,000 mun crufts. 1ho
swft scout for (pro-|ghtng Mun of Murs) hud u top spood of
1,100 huuds por zodo (166 mph). At somo tmo boforo tho ovonts
of |ghtng Mun, un unknown pudwur n tho Houm nuvy
dovoopod u now motor wth huf tho woght und twco tho
powor. 1ho motor dopondod upon tho punot's mugnotc fod for
onorgy, thus wus pructcuy unmtod n rungo. 1ho now ono-
mun fors but wth thut motor uchovod spoods of 2,000 huuds
por zodo (upproxmutoy 300 mph). Lffoctvo mux uppours to bo
3,000 huuds por zodo unt bottor shp budng mothods uro
dovoopod. Hustor uunchod tho urgost buttoshp ovor, wth tho
cupucty to curry 10,000 mon (|ghtng), }ohn Curtor und Vor Duj
oft Houm (Synthotc) n u smu crusor of now dosgn thut
coud uttun spoods ovor 400 mph.
Arshps puy u vtu roo n tho ursoomun novos. 1ho
vossos of ursoom uro of vuryng szos rungng from porsonu
unts not unko surfbourds n szo und shupo to mmonso 10,000
mun buttoshps. 1hoso urshps uro found n ovory novo. 1ho
urshp, or "for" us t s cuod n tho books by Ldgur Rco
urroughs, connoct tho wdoy sopurutod und soutod ursoom-
un communtos for othor trudo or wur. A foow u busc
confguruton us ustrutod n tho mugo boow.
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lt s uppuront thut ursoomun urshps uro constructod n
confguruton smur to surfuco wutor vossos us tho |rst orn
huvo routnoy convortod stoon ursoomun fors for uso on tho
surfuco of tho undorground Cmoun Sou.
ln tho muttor of oquppng u foot to ontor
Cmoun tho dotus woro oft to Kuntos Kun und
Xodur. 1ho formor ugrood to tuko such vossos us
wo roqurod nto dock us rupdy us possbo,
whoro Xodur woud droct thor oqupmont wth
wutor propoors.
|or muny yours tho buck hud boon n
churgo of tho rofttng of cupturod buttoshps thut
thoy mght nuvguto Cmoun, und so wus fumur
wth tho constructon of tho propoors, housngs,
und tho uuxury gourng roqurod. (CCDS)
Lquuy uppuront uro tho mmonso numbors of ursoomun
urshps. ln Cods oi Mats Kuntos Kun ussombod u substuntu
roscuo foot of modfod Houmotc wurshps ovor u porod of
300 duys wthout urousng tho suspcon Zut Arrus, u Zodungun
jod thon curronty n contro of Houm.
"1o-nght thoro os ubout tho grout docks ut
Hustor u foot of u thousund of tho mghtost
buttoshps thut ovor suod ubovo ursoom, und
ouch oquppod to nuvguto tho ur of Cmoun und
tho wutors of Cmoun tsof. Upon ouch buttoshp
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thoro uro fvo ton-mun crusors, und ton fvo-mun
scouts, und u hundrod ono-mun scouts, n u, ono
hundrod und sxtoon thousund cruft fttod wth
both ur und wutor propoors." (CCDS)
"At 1hurk o tho trunsports for tho groon
wurrors of 1urs 1urkus, nno hundrod urgo troop-
shps, und wth thom thor convoys. ..." (CCDS)
|ucts/stutomonts found n tho toxts thut uro gonoru n nuturo:
Upon oach battloshp thoto ato ivo ton-man ctusots, and ton
ivo-man scouts, and a hundtod ono-man scouts. (Cods). An
Amhorun urshp of somo szo truvorsos 750 ourth mos n sovon
und ono-huf ourth hours, ndcutng u crusng spood of 100
mos por hour. (5ynthotc)
Namcd Airships
VANA1CR - commundod by Cuthoun Sun 1oths. A 35-
mun crusor. (Chossmon)
VCSAR - Commundod by u Zuk (Mastot Mnd) vosso
boongs to Rus 1huvus
FlNSAR - unothor of Rus 1huvus' shps. (Mastot Mnd)
}HAMA - Commundod by 1un Hudron. 1ho shp hus un
nvsbty couk. (Ightng)
RUZZAR - u fugshp of Houm, od tho roscuo oxpodton to
Morbus. (Synthotc)
DUSAR - Commundod by }ohn Curtor (Ilana)
CKAR - fugshp of Fhor Sun (Ilana)
XAVARlAN - Houmotc wurshp (Cods)
KALKSUS - Commundod by Vus Kor, Dusur rogstry.
UN-NAMLD - Cur Nu's spuco shp n 5votds
UN-NAMLD - |u Svu's spuco shp n 5votds
Namcd TcchnoIogy
artificiaI Iifc soo hotmads
atmosphcrc factory - un uncont constuct but by tho Crovurs
und oporutod by tho rod Murtuns whch provdos tho
urtfcuy gonorutod utmosphoro of Murs. (Itncoss,
Ilana)
atom gun - hund woupon doscrbod us u psto or rfo n Cunt
of Murs.
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brun und orgun trunspunts und othor surgcu/modcu mrucos
(Mastot Mnd, 5ynthotc).
canaIs - mun-mudo wutorwuys trunsportng wutor from tho pour
cups to nhubtod rogons of ursoom. Conoruy bordorod
by troos und ugrcuturu urous, ofton uccompunod by u
broud roudwuy.
carborundum aIuminium - u ght-woght mutoru, noury
mponotrubo, usod n tho constructon of ursoomun
fghtng urshps.
computcrs - mochuncu bruns, u dovco cupubo of rospondng
to tooputhc communds und utzod n |u Svus' spuco-
shp (Swords)
Dcstination Compass (droctonu compuss) - u uoru nuvguton
dovco whch Curthors mprovod. ln oporuton ono sots
tho dosrod uttudo und ongtudo. 1ho dovco thon
nuvgutos to tho ocuton, thon shuts down tho propuson
und owors tho cruft to tho group. lt uso hus uttudo
rungng whch oporutos by rofoctod ght (thnk usors)
whch provonts ground coson. 1ho dovco s so ght
sonstvo thut t functons by sturght, or n tho ovont of
tho ruro occuson tho nght sky s covorod wth coud, by
tho boum of u downwurd droctod urtfcu ght.
DircctionaI Iighting of ctos, soo stroot ghtng boow (Swords)
Disintcgration Ray - nvontod by Fhor 1uk of }uhur, u woupon
whch cun bo sot to sooctvoy dostroy orgunc or nor-
gunc mutorus. (|ghtng)
fighth Ray - u form of untgruvty producod from forcos omunut-
ng from tho punots und sturs.
fIcctromagnctic dcviccs - most sgnfcunt s tho Cuurdun of tho
North, u vust mugnotc dovco but ovor tho North Foo
for tho dofonso und dostructon of urshps. (Wurord und
1huvu)
cIcvators - dontcu n functon to tho }usoomun oquvunt.
(Swords)
fquiIibrimotors - porsonu fyng bots busod on tho Lghth Ruy,
Tho oqulbtmotot s an ngonous dovco iot ndvdual
ilyng. It conssts oi a btoad bolt, not unllo tho lio bolt
usod aboatd passongot shps on Iatth, tho bolt s illod
vth tho oghth 8atsooman tay, ot tay oi ptopulson, to
a suiicont dogtoo to oqualzo tho pull oi gtavty and thus
to mantan a potson n oqulbtum botvoon that iotco
and tho opposto iotco oxottod by tho oghth tay. -t-
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tachod to tho bacl oi tho bolt s a small tadum motot,
tho conttols iot vhch ato on tho itont oi tho bolt, vhlo
tgdly attachod to and ptojoctng itom tho uppot tm oi
tho bolt s a sttong, lght vng vth small hand lovots iot
quclly altotng ts poston.
fIicrs ursoomun urshps rungng n szo from porsonu ono-
mun fors to 10,000 mun buttoshps. Whon }ohn Curtor
frst urrvod on ursoom, top spoods woro 166 mos por
hour. y tho ond of tho soros spoods upprouchng 550
mos por hour woro uttunod. (soo Arshps)
fIicrs, ground - urshps wth u muxmum cong of 100 foot und
muxmum spood of 60 mos por hour, othorwso smur
n dosgn und shupo us ordnury fors und urshps.
Sovoru vurotos fung nto two cutogoros: ground offoct
muchnos usng ovor-urgo trod nfutod wth tho
ursoomun Lghth Ruy wth motvo powor suppod by u
smu rudum drvon propoor ut tho rour, und smuor
porsonu fors wth mtod ft dosgnod for uso n urbun
urous. (1huvu und Cods)
lIying Dcath, thc - u "smurt" torpodo thut w udjust trujoctory
to dostroy u dosgnutod turgot, nvontod by Fhor 1uk of
}uhur.
food tabIcts - concontrutod onorgy (Wurord)
forandus - ghtost und hurdost of motus usod by ursoomuns,
prncpuy u budng mutoru.
GridIcy Wavc - not of ursoom, rudo-ko froquoncy/dovco
dscovorod by }uson Crdoy of Amorcu. Utmutoy usod
for rou-tmo communcuton botwoon Lurth und ursoom.
gyro-compass unothor numo for dostnuton compuss, Cant.
hcImcts ruro form of houddross, porhups un uppuro of do-
fonso.
hoIographic tcIcscopcs Frncoss und ugun n Synthotc Mon
hormads - producod from urgo vuts und u chomcu mxturo,
cunnot bo kod though cun bo ncupuctutod by strkng
tho houd from tho body, sof-rogonorutng, though tho
procoss s fuwodu hormud houd mght rogonoruto u og
from tho nock down nstoud of u body und huvo to bo
ugun docuptutod or thrown buck nto tho vut, croutod by
Rus 1huvus of 1oono durng hs rosdonco ut Morbus
(5ynthotc) (soo Non-Humun Murtuns)
hypnosis and dcathIcss minds - spocfcuy tho Lothuruns,
uddtonuy tho crouturo n tho pts of Horz, uso rofor-
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oncos tho ntoocts of untoom.
lntcrnationaI air travcI, frcight and passcngcrs. (1huvu)
invisibiIity and cIoaking dcviccs orgunc und norgunc
mothods of nducng nvsbty, Fhor 1uk of }uhur
dovoopod un nvsbty punt thut, whon uppod to coth
or wurshps, bont ght ruys uround tho objoct producng
tho nvsbty offoct. 1ho humuns n tho |orost of Lost
Mon swuow u p whch rondors ono nvsbo for ton
zodos. Cn Susoom tho Suvutors pustor thor dwongs
wth u sund of nvsbty whch roucts n tho sumo
fushon us tho Fhor 1uk punt, bondng ght uround
objocts.
microsct - rudo wth ut oust ono socrot froquoncy ut 2000
kocycos.
Ncrvc machinc contros tho bodos of ndoxod und oncodod
subjocts n tho |rst orn vuoy of Kumto. (Lunu)
Ninth Ray - usod n utmosphorc punt
pcrsonaI homc protcction - housos hydruucuy rusod ut nght.
photostatic copics roproducton of mugos n un nstunt.
Doscrbod us u sorvco of tho 1ompo of Knowodgo,
Croutor Houm (|ghtng).
Pncumatic tubc transport systcms (1huvu)
radio uorogrum, wrooss, otc., houdphonos und morso codo.
Radium - ovorustng ght bubs
Radium - oxposvo buots
Radium - pstos und rfos
rangc findcrs - wrooss, gonoruy usod to turgot urgo woupons
from urshps.
Rccording Machinc - typo of computor ussstod toofux whch
rocords woghts und mousuros, und trunsmts from u
dstunco.
spacc ships - 1wo vohcos uro doscrbod cupubo of spuco
fghttho munuuy oporutod shp croutod by Cur Nu of
Zodungu und tho thought-oporutod shp croutod by |u
Svus of Zodungu. oth shps truvood to 1huru, tho
nouror moon. (Swords)
strcct Iighting - - poculat ioatuto oi tho sttoot lghtng oi
Toonol, and n iact tho samo condton applos to tho
lghtng oi othot 8atsooman ctos I havo vstod, I notod
iot tho itst tmo that nght as I vatod upon tho landng
stago iot tho totutn oi 8al Zal vth tho vatchman. Tho
lumnosty bolov mo soomod coninod dtoctly to tho
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atoa to bo lghtod, thoto vas no diiuson oi lght upvatd
ot boyond tho lmts tho lamps voto dosgnod to lght
Ths vas oiioctod, I vas told, by lamps dosgnod upon
ptncplos tosultng itom agos oi nvostgaton oi tho
ptopottos oi lght vavos and tho lavs govotnng thom
vhch potmt 8atsooman scontsts to conino and
conttol lght as vo conino and conttol mattot. Tho lght
vavos loavo tho lamp, pass along a ptosctbod ctcut and
totutn to tho lamp. Thoto s no vasto not, sttango ths
soomod to mo, ato thoto any donso shadovs vhon lghts
ato ptopotly nstallod and adjustod, iot tho vavos n
passng atound objocts to totutn to tho lamp, llumnato
all sdos oi thom. Tho oiioct oi ths lghtng itom tho gtoat
hoght oi tho tovot vas tathot tomatlablo. Tho nght vas
datl, thoto bong no moons at that hout upon ths nght,
and tho oiioct vas that obtanod vhon sttng n a datl-
onod audtotum and loolng upon a btllantly lghtod
stago.
Submarincs - |rst orn vossos cupubo of nuvgutng tho dopths
of tho Cmoun Sou. (Cods)
Sunrays - usod n Ckur for sour onorgy und houtng
suspcndcd animation - tho muny frozon wurrors cooctod by
Hn Abto of Funur, u rod }odduk of tho ursoomun
North. Humuns cuchod n frgd condtons thon utor
thuwod to suppomont Hn Abto's urmos. (Lunu)
tcIcvision - nvontod by Rus 1huvus, Cunt
"ThcorcticaI Mcchanics" - u tochncu book uuthorod by un
unnumod ursoomun. (Swords)
torchcs, handhcId - u portubo umnuton dovco found n
Horz. lt s u cyndrcu objoct producng u cod ght
whon oxposod to utmosphoro, tho groutor tho oxposuro,
tho moro ght producod, un uncont dovco munufucturod
by unknown mothods thut huvo not boon dupcutod n
modorn tmos.
traffic fIow, standardizcd - n urbun urous. Thoso gtound ilots
ato a common moans oi ptvato ttanspottaton n many
Mattan ctos. (soo ilots, gtoundi In -mhot all notth and
south ttaiic movos at gtound lovol at ntotsoctons, oast
and vost ttaiic passng abovo t. Iast and vost ttaiic s
compollod to tso abovo notth and south ttaiic at oach
ntotsocton bocauso thoto s a shott tunvay nclnng
upvatd to a hoght oi about ton ioot at oach ntotsocton,
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ondng n an abtupt dtop at tho ntotsocton. Thoso
nclnos iotco all oast and vost ttaiic to tso abovo tho
notth and south ttaiic ntotsoctons. -ll vohculat ttaiic
movos n but ono dtocton on any avonuo, tho dtocton
oi ilov altotnatng so that hali tho avonuos catty ttaiic n
ono dtocton and tho othot hali n tho opposto dtocton.
Ioit tutns ato mado vthout dmnshng spood by tho
smplo oxpodont oi tsng abovo both lanos oi ttaiic. Tho
tosult s that ttaiic ilovs stoadly n all dtocton at an
avotago spood oi about iity mlos pot hout. Iatlng
accommodatons ato itoquont, and ato iound nsdo
buldngs at a lovol oi about sxty ioot abovo tho pavo-
mont. Notth and south podosttan ttaiic movos vthout
ntottupton n othot dtocton on both sdos oi Notth
and 5outh 5ttoots at tho gtound lovol, and, smlatly, on
Iast and \ost 5ttoots thtough undotpassos at sttoot
ntotsoctons. (Synthotc)
watch or chronomctcr - In a cylndtcal btacolot oi gold about
my vtst vas my 8atsooman chtonomotota dolcato
nsttumont that tocotds tho tals and xats and zodos oi
Mattan tmo, ptosontng thom to vov bonoath a sttong
ctystal much aitot tho mannot oi an oatthly odomotot.
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PIants, AnimaIs & MincraIs
No word s compoto wthout foru und fuunu. ln ths socton
wo oxumno tho muny vurotos of punt und unmu fo croutod
by LR for hs ursoomun Sugu. Whoro u pror, moro dotuod
doscrpton hus uroudy boon mudo u footnoto w droct you to
thut pussugo.
apcs - 1ho whto upos of ursoom uro vory much smur n
uppourunco und bud us tho groon Murtuns, huvng sx
mbs und of tromondous szo. 1ho houd of tho suvugo
crouturo s ko thut of tho Afrcun goru und u shock of
thck, stff-brstod hur runs from tho buck of tho sku und
nock to tho uppor shoudors. 1ho whto upos uro found
ovorywhoro on ursoom, but froquont tho doud ctos
whch provdo thom wth shotor und huntng. lmugo s u
dotu from u |ruzottu mugo.
apt - A hugo whto furrod crouturo wth sx mbs, four of whch
uro short und houvy to curry t through snow und co, u
donzon of tho ursoomun north poo. 1ho romunng
two mbs grow forwurd from tho shoudor on othor sdo
of tho poworfu ong nock und tormnuto n whto, huross
hunds whch t usos to cupturo und hod ts proy. lts houd
und mouth uro ko thut of tho hppopotumus wth two
urgo, down-curvng horns oxtondng forwurd from tho
bottom juw. 1wo hugo oyos, ouch composod of hundrods
of oco, uro ovu putchos runnng downwurd from tho
contor of tho crunum to boow tho horns on othor sdo
of tho houd. Luch oco s oquppod wth ts own d und
tho upt cun, ut w, coso us muny of tho fucots us dosrod.
Curousy tho crouturo goos wthout soop for porods of
up to u month, thon soops for u whoo duy boforo
bognnng unow tho hunt for food n tho hursh north. 1ho
unmu s domostcutod by tho Yoow mon. Apt fur s
gonoruy worn by northorn wurrors. (Soo Cruk boow)
arbok - troo ropto, vcous crouturo of somo szo, undoscrbod
n Cunt of Murs wth oxcopton of cuwod, fungod, houvy
und urgo wth horny skn.
banth - ths ton-oggod boust s tho most forocous curnvoro
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whch roums tho ow hs surroundng tho doud sous of
Murs. (Lc: ln Cunt of Murs tho bunth s doscrbod us
huvng oght ogs n un odtor's noto.) lt s umost huross,
huvng ony u grout, brsty muno ubout ts thck nock. lt's
ong tho body s poworfuy muscod, ts onormous juws
uro oquppod wth sovoru rows of ong noodo-ko fungs,
und ts mouth rouchos to u pont fur buck of ts tny ours.
lt hus onormous protrudng oyos of groon. lmugo ut rght
u dotu from un ustruton by Mchuo Whoun.
bat - undoscrbod n Cunt, t s obvousy mount to bo smur to
tho buts of ourth.
bcrrics - ndcutod us u food sourco (Synthotc)
birds - guy pumod und vocooss, montonod us u food sourco
(Synthotc), Muugors uro gunt brds (soo muugor),
fouthors uro usod us udornmont by muos of rod und groon
rucos of ursoom.
caIot - tho ursoomun dog. About tho szo of u Shotund pony,
omnvorous, tho cuot hus ton short ogs. 1ho houd bours
u sght rosombunco to u frog, oxcopt thut tho juws uro
oquppod wth throo rows of ong, shurp tusks. Doscrbod
us "pop-oyod" mounng protrudng oyos. 1ho cuot s
ondowod wth oxtruordnury strongth und stumnu. ony
tho thout cun covor moro torrtory n u sngo duy.
caIot trcc - Tho topulsvo calot ttoo vas, too, much n ovdonco.
It s a catnvotous plant oi about tho bgnoss oi a latgo
sago-btush such as dots out vostotn plans. Iach btanch
onds n a sot oi sttong javs, vhch havo boon lnovn to
dtag dovn and dovout latgo and iotmdablo boasts oi
ptoy. (Wurord)
darsccn - chumooon-ko ropto busod on tho foowng: "... 8y
tho mothot oi tho iutthot moon, /ohn Cattot, hov camo
you hoto, and havo you bocomo a Datsoon that you can
chango yout colot at vll?" And utor, n tho soros: Cn
8atsoom thoto s a lttlo toptlo callod a datsoon vhch
changos ts colots to hatmonzo vth ts baclgtound, just
as do out oatthly chamoloons... 1horo uro no procso
doscrptons rogurdng ths crouturo.
crsitc - u knd of stono, przod for cooruton und bouuty, usod n
tho constructon of budngs und outdoor furnturo.
fish - monton of fsh n tho undorground rvor of 1junuth. Luton
by Nur An und 1un Hudron of Hustor (|ghtng). |sh uro
montonod us u food sourco (Synthotc). No doscrptons
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uro gvon.
forandus - tho ghtost und strongost motu known. Somotmos
usod n urchtocturo.
gIorcstra - u foworng punt
grasscs - doscrbod us foworng und somotmos us scurot n
uppourunco.
insccts - undoscrbod bouutfu und sont fyng nsocts hovor
ovor pmuu und gorostu booms, somo nsocts of tho
wusto urous of tho 1oonoun Mursh huvo u wngsproud of
30 foot und uro oquppod wth poworfu juws und rupor-
ko stngors und proy upon tho ossor roptos, uwuys
vctorousy (Synthotc).
maIagors - gunt Murtun brd. |yng crouturo thought oxtnct by
tho gonoru popuuton of ursoom, tho muugor s
domostcutod us trunsportuton n urous surroundng tho
1onooun Murshos, spocfcuy thoro uro 500 domost-
cutod muugors n Morbus, Abo to fy grout dstuncos ut
spoods up to 60 mos por hour, though profors to fy by
duy bocuuso tho crouturo doos not soo wo ut nght.
Dotu ut rght shows Mchuo Whoun's concoptuuzuton
of tho ursoomun crouturo.
man-fIowcr - ...and among thom voto sovotal vatotos oi tho
Mattan "man-ilovot," vhoso blooms havo oyos and
hands vth vhch to soo and sozo tho nsocts vhch iotm
thot dot. (Wurord)
mantaIia - mk punt of ursoom. pg 49 |ghtng, 8 to 12 sofuds
n hoght, doscrbod us u thck-fougod troo found n
grovos on tho doud sou bottoms. A food sourco.
moId - probuby smur to torrostru mods, smy, found n wot
undorground urous (1oonoun Murshos) (Synthotc)
nuts - ndcutod us u food sourco (Synthotc)
orIuk - un oophuntno boust of proy wth buck und yoow
strpod fur, common to tho northorn poo rogon of
ursoom, fur s oxportod to u purts of ursoom. Cruk
fur s gnoruy worn by northorn offcors. (Soo Apt ubovo.)
paIthon - u bood rod stono wth whto trucngs, ruro und bouut-
fu, cun bo workod und hghy poshod. (Mustor Mnd
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pink-worm - ncudod n tho 1roo of Lfo, sxtoon-oggod und
uppuronty tho progontor of most unmu fo forms on
ursoom.
pimaIia - u gorgoous foworng punt
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pIant mcn - soo Rucos for Funt Mon of Vuoy Dor
rcptiIcs - (vonomous snukos) |ound n tho Chumbor of Roptos,
Vuoy Dor, 1horn torrtory. Thoso voto tho only toptlos
I had ovot soon upon 8atsoom, but I lnov itom thot
smlatty to tho iosslzod tomans oi supposodly oxtnct
spocos I had soon n tho musoums oi Holum that thoy
comptsod many oi tho lnovn ptohstotc toptlan
gonota, as voll as othots undscovotod. - moto hdoous
aggtogaton oi monstots had novot boioto assalod my
vson. It vould bo iutlo to attompt to dosctbo thom to
Iatth mon, snco substanco s tho only thng vhch thoy
possoss n common vth any ctoatuto oi tho past ot
ptosont vth vhch you ato iamlatovon thot vonom
s oi an unoatthly vtulonco that, by compatson, vould
malo tho cobta do capollo soom quto as hatmloss as an
anglovotm. Roptos woro nstrumontu n Rus 1huvus'
rosourch thut rosutod n tho crouton of hormuds... Ho
oxpotmontod vth vatous toptlos vhch toptoduco
cottan patts oi thot bodos, such as toos, tals and
lmbs... (Synthotc)
rodcnts - montonod us u food sourco, spocfcuy tho Crout
1oonoun Mursh (Synthotc)
rykors - for u pructcu purposos ths unmu s u houdoss,
brunoss rod Murtun, both muo und fomuo. 1ho rykor
wus brood by und s usod oxcusvoy by Kudunos for
trunsportuton und othor tusks.
siIian - smy roptos known to nhubt tho Sou of Korus, porhups
uro found n othor wutor urous of ursoom snco u rofor-
onco to tho sun n stutuury s found n Fhunduh, on tho
wostorn shoro of tho 1oonoun Mursh.
sith - hornot ko monstor of tho forosts of Kobu, bud fucod und
ubout tho szo of u horoford bu. Hus frghtfu juws n
front und u poson stngor bohnd. 1ho oyos, of myrud
fucts, covor throo-fourths of tho houd, pormttng tho
crouturo to soo n u droctons ut tho sumo tmo.
skccI - u Murtun hurdwood thut hus u urgo docous nut. Usod
n housng und furnturo constructon us wo us u compo-
nont purt of urgor urshps.
sompus - u troo, soo noxt.
somp - tho frut of u sompus troo, Tho pulp oi ths itut, callod
somp, s not unllo gtapoitut, though much svootot. It s
consdotod a gtoat dolcacy among 8atsoomans, and s
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cultvatod along many oi tho canals.
sorak - u tto pot unmu ubout tho szo of u cut, u fuvorto of rod
Murtun womon. Aso found n tho Vuoy of |rst orn.
Hus sx mbs. 5ynthotc
sorapus - u Murtun hurdwood thut hus u urgo docous nut, uso
bours gorgoous booms.
spidcrs - Cunt spdors nhubt tho Vuoy of Hohr nour Chustu
und 1junuth, un nsoct whch hungs from u notwork of
throuds suspondod ovor tho vuoy, tho crouturos uro
vononmous und produtory, tho ogs protrudo from tho
uppor body boforo turnng downwurd to tho ground.
thoat - tho Murtun horso, whch comos n two szos. 1ho Croon
Murtun 1hout s ubout ton foot hgh ut tho shoudor wth
four ogs to othor sdo, u broud fut tu, urgor ut tho tp
thun tho root whch s hod strught out bohnd who
runnng, u mouth spttng tho houd from snout to ong
mussvo nock. lt s ontroy dovod of hur und s of u durk
suto coor und oxcoodngy smooth und gossy. lt hus u
whto boy und tho ogs uro shudod from suto ut tho
shoudors und hps to u vvd yoow ut tho foot. 1ho foot
uro houvy puddod und nuoss. 1ho Rod Murtun rdos u
smur boust, though smuor. 1ho unmu s u food sourco
us wo.
trccs - Tho ttoos oi tho iotost atttactod my doop admtaton as I
ptocoodod tovatd tho soa. Thot gtoat stoms, somo oi
thom iully a hundtod ioot n damotot, attostod thot
ptodgous hoght, vhch I could only guoss at, snco at
no pont could I ponottato thot donso iolago abovo mo
to moto than sxty ot oghty ioot. -s iat aloit as I could
soo tho stoms and btanchos and tvgs voto as smooth
and as hghly polshod as tho novost oi -motcan-mado
panos. Tho vood oi somo oi tho ttoos vas as blacl as
obony, vhlo thot noatost noghbouts mght pothaps
gloam n tho subduod lght oi tho iotost as cloat and
vhto as tho inost chna, ot, agan, thoy voto azuto,
scatlot, yollov, ot doopost putplo. -nd n tho samo vay
vas tho iolago as gay and vatogatod as tho stoms, vhlo
tho blooms that clustotod thcl upon thom may not bo
dosctbod n any oatthly tonguo, and ndood mght
challongo tho languago oi tho gods. (Vuoy Dor, CCDS)
umpaIIa - }ovun foworng punt, ono to two foot tu, oufoss,
wth sngo boom ut top, murks nvsbo Suvutor housos.
135
usa - u frut troo, frut s tustooss, but runks hgh n food vuuo.
Common und pontfu, usu s usod by u tho nuvos und
mtury of ursoom us rutons. 1ho numo, f boruy
trunsutod, woud moun "1ho |ghtng Fotuto" Chossmon
uIsio - tho Murtun Rut. About tho szo of un uroduo torror.
Muny oggod, smooth und huross, tho skn rosombos
thut of u now born mouso. 1ho uppor und owor juws uro
oquppod wth fvo spudo ko tooth ouch, wth tho skn
not covorng tho bony structuro, thoro uro no ps to tho
mouth. Lyos uro smu und doop sot n foshy mounds.
zitidar - mustodonun druught unmus. 1ho outhor hdos uro
usod to muko sundus. A food sourco.
136
Thc NovcIs
A brof stng of tho ursoomun novos by Ldgur Rco urroughs.
Crgnu muguzno und frst book odton pubshors und dutos. Aso stod uro
tho chuptor ttos found n ouch.
A FRlNCLSS C| MARS
Muguzno: "Undor tho Moons of Murs", A-Story, |ob-Mur 1912)
ook: A Frncoss of Murs, McCurg, 1917
Cvorvow: }ohn Curtor, ox-Confodoruto offcor from Vrgnu, s
trunsportod to tho punot Murs n ustru form. 1horo ho oncountors tho
nomudc groon Murtuns und bocomos tho protoctor of u rod Murtun prncoss.
|oroword
Cn tho Arzonu Hs
1ho Lscupo of tho Doud
My Advont on Murs
A Frsonor
l Ludo My Wutch Dog
A |ght 1hut Won |ronds
Chd-rusng on Murs
A |ur Cuptvo from tho Sky
l Lourn tho Lunguugo
Chumpon und Chof
Wth Dojuh 1hors
A Frsonor wth Fowor
Lovo-mukng on Murs
A Duo to tho Douth
Sou 1os Mo Hor Story
Wo Fun Lscupo
A Costy Rocupturo
Chunod n Wurhoon
uttng n tho Aronu
ln tho Atmosphoro |uctory
An Ar Scout for Zodungu
l |nd Dojuh
Lost n tho Sky
1urs 1urkus |nds u |rond
1ho Lootng of Zodungu
1hrough Curnugo to }oy
|rom }oy to Douth
At tho Arzonu Cuvo
1HL CCDS C| MARS
Muguzno: "1ho Cods of Murs", A-Story, }un-Muy 1913
ook: 1ho Cods of Murs, McCurg, 1918
Cvorvow: Aftor ton yours on Lurth, }ohn Curtor roturns to ursoom to
ourn hs prncoss s n dungor. oforo ho cun suvo hor, ho must oxposo u vo
und fuso rogon.
|oroword
137
1ho Funt Mon
A |orost utto
1ho Chumbor of Mystory
1huvu
Corrdors of For
1ho uck Frutos of ursoom
A |ur Coddoss
1ho Dopths of Cmoun
lssus, Coddoss of Lfo Ltornu
1ho Frson lso of Shudor
Whon Ho roko Looso
Doomod to Do
A rouk for Lborty
1ho Lyos n tho Durk
|ght und Fursut
Undor Arrost
1ho Douth Sontonco
Sou's Story
uck Dospur
1ho Ar utto
1hrough |ood und |umo
Vctory und Dofout
WARLCRD C| MARS
Muguzno: "Wurord of Murs", A-Story, Doc 1913, }un-Mur 1914
ook: 1ho Wurord of Murs, McCurg, 1919
Cvorvow: Contnung tho ovonts of CCDS, Curtor buttos hs wuy from
ono poo to tho othor, ournng tho tto Wurord of Murs.
Cn tho Rvor lss
Undor tho Mountuns
1ho 1ompo of tho Sun
1ho Socrot 1owor
Cn tho Kuoun Roud
A Horo n Kuo
Now Aos
1hrough tho Curron Cuvos
Wth tho Yoow Mon
ln Durunco
1ho Fty of Fonty
"|oow tho Ropo!"
1ho Mugnot Swtch
1ho 1do of utto
Rowurds
1ho Now Ruor
1HUVlA, MAlD C| MARS
Muguzno: "1huvu, Mud of Murs", A-Story Wooky, Apr 8, 15, 22,
1916
ook: 1huvu, Mud of Murs, McCurg, 1920
Cvorvow: Curthors, tho son of }ohn Curtor und Dojuh 1hors, omburks
138
upon tho roscuo of 1huvu of Furth. Hs truvos tuko hm to now und oxotc
ocuos on tho Rod Funot.
Curthors und 1huvu
Suvory
1rouchory
A Croon Mun's Cuptvo
1ho |ur Ruco
1ho }odduk of Lothur
1ho Fhuntom owmon
1ho Hu of Doom
1ho utto n tho Fun
Kur Komuk, tho owmun
Croon Mon und Whto Apos
1o Suvo Dusur
1urjun, tho Funthun
Kuun 1th's Sucrfco
Cossury of Numos und 1orms
1HL CHLSSMLN C| MARS
Muguzno: "Chossmon of Murs", Argosy A-Story Wooky, |ob 18, 25,
Murch 4, 11, 18, 25, Apr 1, 1922
ook: 1ho Chossmon of Murs, McCurg, 1922
Cvorvow: 1uru, tho duughtor of }ohn Curtor und Dojuh 1hors,
potuunty tukos hor for nto u tromondous sundstorm, whch curros hor to
u strungo und dungorous porton of ursoom.
Froudo - }ohn Curtor Comos to Lurth
1uru n u 1untrum
At tho Cuo's Morcy
1ho Houdoss Humuns
Cupturod
1ho Forfoct run
ln tho 1os of Horror
A Ropoont Sght
Coso Work
Adrft Cvor Strungo Rogons
Lntruppod
1ho Choco of 1uru
Chok Fuys Frunks
A Dosporuto Dood
At Chok's Commund
1ho Cd Mun of tho Fts
Anothor Chungo of Numo
A Fuy to tho Douth
A 1usk for Loyuty
1ho Monuco of tho Doud
1ho Churgo of Cowurdco
A Rsk for Lovo
At tho Momont of Murrugo
139
1HL MAS1LR MlND C| MARS
Muguzno: "1ho Mustor Mnd of Murs", Amuzng Storos Annuu, Vo. no.
1, }uy, 1927
ook: 1ho Mustor Mnd of Murs, McCurg, 1928
Cvorvow: Amorcun Uyssoss Fuxton crossos tho vod to bocomo tho
chof ussstunt to ursoom's groutost scontstund vows to rght u wrong
dono to un nnocont gr.
A Lottor
1ho Houso of tho Doud
Froformont
Vuu Du
1ho Compuct
Dungor
Suspcons
Lscupo
Hunds Up!
1ho Fuuco of Mu 1o
Fhunduh
Xuxu
1ho Crout 1urn
uck to 1huvus
}ohn Curtor
A |lCH1lNC MAN C| MARS
Muguzno: "A |ghtng Mun of Murs", 1ho uo ook Muguzno, Apr-Sop
1930
ook: A |ghtng Mun of Murs, Motropotun, 1931
Cvorvow: Sonomu 1oru hus boon kdnuppod! 1un Hudron, Frnco of
Hustor, mounts u soo roscuo oporuton thut, n tho courso of hs pursut,
oxposos u dungor to ALL tho poopos of ursoom.
|oroword
Sonomu 1oru
rought down
Cornorod
1uvu
1o tho Fts
Sontoncod to Do
1ho Douth
1ho Spdor of Chustu
Fhor 1uk of }humu
1ho |yng Douth
"Lot tho |ro o Hot!"
1ho Couk of lnvsbty
1u Axtur's Womon
1ho Cunnbus of U-gor
1ho utto of }uhur
Dospur
l |nd u Frncoss
140
SWCRDS C| MARS
Muguzno: "Swords of Murs", 1ho uo ook Muguzno, Nov-Doc 1934,
}un-Apr 1935
ook: Swords of Murs, LR lnc, 1936
Cvorvow: }ohn Curtor vows to put un ond to tho Assussns Cud, ovon
f t mouns truvong off word to u moon of ursoom.
Rupus tho Uso
|u Svus
1ruppod
Douth by Nghtt
1ho run
1ho Shp
1ho |uco n tho Doorwuy
Suspcon
Cn tho ucony
}ut or
ln tho Houso of Cur Nu
"Wo must oth Do!"
Fursuod
Cn to 1huru
1huru
lnvsbo |oos
1ho Cut-mun
Condomnod to Douth
Czuru
Wo Attompt Lscupo
ln tho 1owor of Dumonds
ln tho Durk Co
1ho Socrot Door
uck to ursoom
SYN1HL1lC MLN C| MARS
Muguzno: Argosy Wooky, }un 7, 14, 21, 28, |ob 4, 11, 1939
ook: Synthotc Mon of Murs, LR lnc, 1940
Cvorvow: Rus 1huvus, tho mustor mnd of Murs, hus wrought too wo,
hs urtfcu fo forms huvo turnod tho tubos und ntond to conquor tho
word.
Whoro ls Rus 1huvus:
1ho Msson of tho Wurord
1ho lnvncbo Wurrors
1ho Socrot of tho Murshos
1ho }udgmont of tho }ods
Rus 1huvus, tho Mnd of Murs
1ho Vuts of Lfo
1ho Rod Assussn
Mun nto Hormud
l |nd }unu
Wur of 1ho Sovon }ods
Wurror's Rowurd
}ohn Curtor Dsuppours
Whon tho Monstor Crows
141
l |nd My Mustor
1ho }odduk Spouks
Lscupo Us Novor
1rouson lsund
Nght |ght
1ho Mghty }od of Cooo
Duo to tho Douth
Cff for Fhunduh
Cuptvos of Amhor
Cugod
Frnco n u Zoo
1ho to of tho Addor
|ght nto }oopurdy
1ho Crout |oot
uck 1owurd Morbus
1ho Lnd of 1wo Words
Advonturo's Lnd
LLANA C| CA1HCL
Muguzno: "1ho Cty of Mummos", Amuzng Storos, Mur 1941, "uck
Frutos of ursoom", Amuzng Storos, }un 1941, "Yoow Mon of Murs",
Amuzng Storos, Aug 1941, "lnvsbo Mon of Murs", Amuzng Storos, Cct
1941
ook: Lunu of Cutho, LR lnc, 1948
Cvorvow: 1horo s no such thng us pouco on tho punot of wur. }ohn
Curtor, who sourchng for hs grundduughtor, must fght hs wuy from Horz
to tho north poo, und to fur Cutho.
|oroword
ook 1: 1ho Ancont Doud (Aku tho Cty of Mummos)
Numborod Chuptors 1-13
ook 2: 1ho uck Frutos of ursoom
ook 3: Lscupo on Murs
ook 4: lnvsbo Mon of Murs
}CHN CAR1LR C| MARS
Muguzno: "}ohn Curtor und tho Cunt of Murs", Amuzng Storos }un
1941., "Skooton Mon of }uptor", Amuzng Storos, |ob 1943
ook: }ohn Curtor of Murs, Cunuvoru, 1964
}ohn Curtor und tho Cunt of Murs
Cvorvow: Fow Mogo und u monstrous gunt throuton tho pouco und
socurty of ursoom. (Actuuy ponnod by }ohn Coomun urroughs.)
Abducton
1ho Sourch
}oog, tho Cunt
1ho Cty of Ruts
Chumbor of Horrors
Fow Mogo
1ho |yng 1orror
142
1ho Ropto Ft
Attuck on Houm
1wo 1housund Furuchutos
A Durng Fun
1ho |uto of u Nuton
Func
Advonturo's Lnd
1ho Skooton Mon of }uptor
Cvorvow: }ohn Curtor s trouchorousy cupturod thon trunsportod to
}uptor by tho wur-ko Morgors. Cny hs wts und sword urm muy soo hm
through.
|oroword
otruyod
U Dun
1ho Morgors of Susoom
...And tho Suvutors
l Woud o u 1rutor
Lscupo
Fho Lur
ln tho Aronu
1o Zunor!
143
Word Count/lrcqucncy
ln tho Murs Novos of Ldgur Rco urroughs
by Duvd ruco ozurth
2003
1ho word st, whch contuns 18,730 ontros, s prosontod n
uphubotcu ordor und ncudos u unquoy found words n tho
twovo (12) storos. 1ho toxts usod uro 1ungor's H1ML ut ths sto
us wo us u combnuton of muguzno und uuntno toxts for
Mustor Mnd to Cunt. lncudod n tho word st uro possossvos,
contructons, und hyphonutod words. 1ho word st s crosstub-
bod by novos und rovous tho word froquoncy by coumn und
thut froquoncy s uso summod for tho ontro soros. 1ho churt
contuns tho foowng houdngs:
1hoso word sts uro LARCL |lLLS
00001 - 02000
02001 - 04000
04001 - 06000
06001 - 08000
08001 - 10000
10001 - 12000
12001 - 14000
14001 - 16000
16001 - 18730
Upduto: Murch 2005 - ubovo sts uro romovod us non-porformng.
Downoud tho Lxco sproudshoot or CSV domtod fos boow. Cbtun from
http://www.orbst.com

lD, ndox for UNlUL ontros, u runnng count.
SUM, totu of u crosstubbod ontros
M01, Frncoss of Murs
M02, Cods of Murs
M03, Wurord of Murs
M04, 1huvu, Mud of Murs
M05, Chossmon of Murs
M06, Mustor Mnd of Murs
M07, |ghtng Mun of Murs
M08, Swords of Murs
M09, Synthotc Mon of Murs
M10, Lunu of Cutho
M11, Skooton Mon of }uptor
M12, }ohn Curtor und tho Cunt of Murs
144
LLN, tho numbor of ottors n tho word
Cf ntorost s ocutng words of frst uso by urroughs. ln
utor yours contructons und sung bogun to uppour.
Noto: 1ho Cossury ut tho ond of 1huvu s NC1 ncudod n
tho word st us t contuns MANY vorbutm pussugos from tho
novos. 1ho ruos for }L1AN uro ncudod. Aso romovod woro
numborod chuptors whch hud no ttos, to rovou tho uso of
numbors n tho toxts.
Noto 2: l upoogzo for tho odd coumn numbor ugnmonts,
but H1ML codo to justfy tho numbors n u moro trudtonu
formut boutod ouch pugo by u fuctor of muny (350kb oxpundod
to 2400kb FLR |lLL!). 1otu szo of u pugos s upproxmutoy
4mb.
Cck horo to downoud un Lxco SFRLADSHLL1 contunng
tho ontro st. 1ho fo s murstubxs.zp (651kb) und roquros u
docomprosson utty such us WnZp.
Cck horo to downoud u CSV (commu domtod) fo for
mport nto sproudshoots or dutubusos. 1ho fo s murstubcsv.zp
(215kb) und roquros u docomprosson utty such us WnZp.
145
arsoomian lan liction
Ldgur Rco urroughs croutod u word thut s urgor thun tho
horoos und horonos whch popuuto ts undscupo: ursoom! 1ho
punot nourost to Lurth whoro }ohn Curtor und Dojuh 1hors hod
court und udvonturo ubounds. ursoom ontorod tho torury
scono n 1911 und hus nfuoncod muny uuthors ovor tho yours.
Horo you w fnd nks to storos of ono of thoso uuthors, Duvd
ruco ozurth, u 1oxcun of ndotormnuto ugo who w udmt to
huvng boon u fun of LR for ut oust forty-fvo yours, but who
w not udmt to bong odor thun thut young foow who fo n
ovo wth tho storos of Ldgur Rco urroughs.
ursoomun fun fcton s u sgnfcunt purt of tho onjoymont
of ursoom by roudors ovor tho yours. oth Numod und un-
Numod uuthors huvo oxtondod LR's Murs soros.
1ho sumpo boow uddrossos ony tho works of Duvd ruco
"1ungor" ozurth und fronds us routos to tho ursoom Sugu. |or
othor fun fc n othor LR words und chuructors cck tho nk
ubovo. Lnjoy!
|or moro storos n LR-styo soo 1ungor's LR Fustcho
bogruphy ( http://www.orbst.com ) for stngs of othor
ogucy LR-styo fun fcton whch s not uvuubo on tho WL.
Parody
Cuvorns of Murs wth Andy Nunoz und Don ourdon
A Duy n tho Lfo: Advonturos n Hoowood (sc) wth Andy
Nunoz
Scrious Parody
Doud Ctos of Murs Novo
Scrious
Sunomu 1oru: }odduru of }uhur
1ho Sword
1huvu's 1rousuro
Voyugo to Zodungu
Whon 1ho Frncoss Dsuppourod (wth Andy Nunoz, Don
ourdon & 1orry Kusok)
Zundu: 1ho Murrugo
1unnos of Cutho
Frutos ut Xunutor
146
Must roud for ursoom funs s tho Ras Thavas and thc CaIot
Scrics. "Rus 1huvus: tho Now Cty" sots up tho ontro soros. A
othors cun bo roud (mosty) out of ordor. Suggostod roudng ordor
s:
1ho Now Cty
Among tho 1horns
1ho owmun
1ho Dosort
1ho Aronu
1ho Crout Apo'
1ho Cdwur's Wfo
1ho Mothor
Lost n tho Mursh
1ho Hopor
1ho Huntod
1ho Kuduno
1ho Morgor
1ho Murdoross
1ho Funthun
1ho Dungoon
' (by }ohn urnos, odtod by Duvd ruco ozurth)
147
About thc Author
Duvd ruco ozurth wus born 17 August .D. (8oioto Dtti
und onjoyod u ruthor normu mddo cuss chdhood. Durng hs
toon yours ho bocumo vory profcont wth ooctrc muscu
nstrumonts und porcusson toys, formng sovoru orgunzod
cucophony onsombos. 1hoso muscu ondouvors provdod
monotury ncomo, though tho mun pursut wus nuvo young
thngs gong gugu ovor gutur gurus. Dd ho tuko udvuntugo: Lko
thut gontomun udvonturor from LR's works ho's too coo to to.
Aftor un nvountury stnt n Unco Sum's oy's Cub ho
roturnod to cvun fo to munugo two musc storos. 1ouchng
kds 6 to 66 how to umuzo und umuso on 15 dfforont nstru-
monts, ruco workod ussduousy to unburdon hmsof of u wfo
cooctod durng hs mtury duzo.
1hroo yours utor, froo und bognnng to ooso thut iabulous
muno of hur, ho murrod ugunu routonshp whch ustod 29
yours thon ho wus tho ono unburdonod!
At somo pont botwoon thnnng hur und oxtromo muo
puttorn budnoss ho wsod up und rotrod from tho rock 'n' ro
gumo und bocumo u computor consutunt. ln hs spuro tmo
(whon not on tho Wob or poundng ropos to hundrods of omu
mossugos por wook) ruco duydroums of smpor duys whon ho
frst dscovorod LR wo boforo tho outos ovor got togothor!
Lko }ohn Curtor und othor urroughsun horoos, ruco hus
groy oyos, u wnnng smo, thnks quck, und...wo tho rost s
subjoct to chungo wthout notco (but i you do notco, loop t to
youtsoli!i.

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