AFTERWORD
Editor’s Note: At this point, the end of the second volume in this series, it seems to me that the narrative has become so complex that I should supply the reader with a short glossary of the characters thus far introduced into the tale, together with a brief account of their positions in this history.
ACHMED THE MOOR: First mate of the corsair ship Red Witch.
BORAG: One of the Drugars on guard at the entrance to Kor when One-Eye returned to the cave country.
BUO: A soldier of the Gorpaks, under the command of Captain Lutho.
COPH: The old wise man of the Sothar tribe; counselor to Garth, the High Chief.
DARYA: Daughter of Tharn and gomad, or Princess, of Thandar. It was Darya who instructed Eric Carstairs in the language of Zanthodon, and with whom he fell in love.
ERDON: A warrior of Thandar.
ERIC CARSTAIRS: The young American soldier of fortune who piloted Professor Potter into Zanthodon; the true author of these adventures.
FATSO: A leader of the Drugar slaves who took Eric and the Professor captive soon after their entry into Zanthodon. “Fatso” was Eric’s nickname for this individual; at the time he was still too unfamiliar with the language to catch the name by which his fellow Neanderthals knew him.
FUMIO: One of the chieftains of Thandar, a former suitor for Darya’s hand. He betrayed his trust and became an outlaw.
GARTH: High Chief of the Sothar tribe, who made friends with Eric Carstairs during their period of captivity in the cavern city of the Sluagghs.
GOMAK: One of the Drugars on guard at the entrance to Kor when One-Eye returned with his lone captive, Fumio.
GRONK: Lutho’s superior officer in the military hierarchy of the Gorpaks.
HOOM: One of the people of the caverns. Eric Carstairs appointed him leader pro tem of his people after their liberation from their Gorpak masters.
HUROK OF KOR: A chieftain and mighty warrior of the Drugars of Kor, who became the friend of Eric Carstairs and his loyal companion on many of his adventures.
ITHAR: A chieftain of the Thandar tribe; leader of the huntsmen who accompanied Tharn on their quest for the solen Darya.
JORN THE HUNTER: The faithful young Cro-Magnon boy who rescued Darya from the embraces of Fumio, and, later, from the arms of Kâiradine Redbeard.
KÂIRADINE REDBEARD: Prince of the Barbary pirates of El-Cazar, and captain of the Red Witch. He accounted himself to be the seventh in line of direct succession from the notorious Khair ud-Din of Algiers.
KEMAL THE TURK: A crewman of the Red Witch.
KOMAD: Leader of the scouts who accompanied Tharn on the expedition to rescue Darya.
LUTHO: A captain of the Gorpaks.
MURG: A sly and crafty man of the Sothar tribe.
NIAN: The mate of the Omad Garth of Sothar, and mother of Yualla.
NOORKA: A female of the cavern folk.
ONE-EYE: A chieftain of the Drugars of Kor; upon the death of Uruk he seized the role of High Chief, but never really ruled.
OTHA: The chef of the Gorpak kitchens.
PARTHON: A Sotharian warrior.
THE PROFESSOR: Professor Percival P. Potter, Ph.D., scientist, savant, explorer and all-around polymath.
QUEB: Witch doctor of the Gorpaks and priest of the Sluaggh cult.
RAGOR: One of the warriors of Thandar.
RUKH: A chieftain of the Sothar tribe, imprisoned with Eric and the others in the cavern city.
SUNTH: One of the Gorpak soldiers.
TARBU: A Barbary pirate.
THARN OF THANDAR: High Chief of his tribe; Darya’s mighty sire and Eric Carstairs’ loyal friend.
THUSK: One of the men of Sothar. Eric was never quite certain that he correctly remembered the name of this man.
UNGG: One of the Gorpaks of the cavern city.
URUK: High Chief of Kor, and a dreadful ogre of incredible ugliness and bestial cruelty. Eric put a bullet through his brain just before the stampeding thantors crushed the Drugar host.
VARAK: A fine young warrior of Sothar who became one of Eric’s friends.
VUSK: A Gorpak soldier under Lutho’s command.
WARZA: One of the warriors of Thandar.
XASK: A strange personage of mysterious origin; exiled from the Scarlet City of Zar, he became vizier to Uruk of Kor. Much of the mystery surrounding him will be explained in the third volume of these narratives.
YUALLA: A Sotharian maid; the teen-aged daughter of Garth the High Chief of that tribe.
ZORAIDA: A dancing-girl of El-Cazar. Of Moorish descent, like Achmed, she was his rival in influence over Kâiradine Redbeard.
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“THE EMPRESS”: An unknown woman, presumably the sovereign of the Scarlet City. Very much concerning her will be explained in the third book of this series.