# XI: Duare explained — Pirates of Venus

> Chapter companion for Pirates of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

## What happens

Carson Napier consolidates his command of the Sofal after the mutiny, planning to capture the Sovong. He arms loyal Soldiers of Liberty, confines dissenters, and successfully boards and captures the Sovong. After the capture, he releases the Vepajan prisoners, including Duare, whom he discovers is the girl he saw in the garden of the jong. Kamlot reveals that Duare is the virgin daughter of a Vepajan jong, and Carson realizes his love for her.

## Themes in this chapter

### Honor and Loyalty

Carson demands absolute loyalty from his crew, and Kamlot's reaction to the insult against Duare underscores the importance of honor.

### Class and Equality

The crew's divisions and the sacred status of the jong's daughter highlight class distinctions and the tension between commoners and royalty.

### Love and Social Customs

Carson's love for Duare conflicts with the social customs that make her sacred and untouchable.

## Character check-ins

### Carson Napier

Leads the boarding of the Sovong, organizes the crew, and discovers Duare's identity.

### Kamlot

Assists in the capture, expresses bitterness over the captain's advances to Duare, and reveals her royal status.

### Duare

Rescued from the Sovong, revealed to be the girl Carson saw in the garden, and the virgin daughter of a jong.

### Kodj

Leads a mutinous faction, pleads to stay on the Sofal, and vows revenge when refused.

### Gamfor

Reports on crew loyalty and helps organize the Sofal's personnel.

### Kiron

Leads a boarding party and assists in organizing the crew.

## Key lines

> I got little sleep that night. My officers were constantly coming to me with reports.

Carson was kept awake by his officers' reports.

_Highlights the stress and responsibility of command._

> At the twentieth hour I ordered the hundred upon whom we could depend assembled and held in the lower deck house, the others having been all confined below earlier in the night.

Carson gathered the loyal crew and locked up the rest.

_Shows Carson's strategic planning to secure loyalty._

> For answer I ran across the deck of the Sofal and leaped aboard the other ship, a hundred silent men following in my wake.

Carson led the boarding party onto the Sovong.

_Demonstrates Carson's bold leadership._

> I killed the captain myself,” I explained.

Carson admitted to killing the Sovong's captain.

_Reveals Carson's role in avenging Duare._

> Of course I love her,” he explained; “all Vepaja loves her⁠—she is the virgin daughter of a Vepajan jong!”

Kamlot clarified that Duare is the sacred daughter of a ruler.

_Reveals Duare's high status and the social barriers._

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