Another Change of Name explained

What happens

Themes in this chapter

• Courage and Resilience

  Turan risks his life by entering the Jetan games under a false identity to rescue Tara.

• Identity and Disguise

  Turan adopts the alias U-Kal from Manataj to infiltrate the games and conceal his true purpose.

• Love and Sacrifice

  Turan's willingness to fight and potentially die for Tara demonstrates his devotion.

Characters to notice

• Turan

  Adopts the alias U-Kal from Manataj to enter the Jetan games and win Tara.

• Gahan of Gathol

  Disguised as Turan, he orchestrates a plan to rescue Tara.

• Tara of Helium

  The stake of the Jetan game; Turan seeks to win her freedom.

• Ghek

  Emerges from an ulsio burrow to assist Turan and A-Kor.

• A-Kor

  Provides money and advice to Turan, motivated by his mother's similar captivity.

• Val Dor

  A Heliumite slave and former dwar under the Warlord, volunteers to fight for Tara.

• Floran of Gathol

  A volunteer from Gathol who helps Turan select his team.

• O-Tar

  The jeddak who arranges for Tara to be the stake of a slave game as punishment.

Key passages

• “Make me chief of the Black and give me for my pieces all slaves from Gathol, for I understand that those be excellent warriors.”

  Turan requests to be made chief of the Black team and to select only Gatholian slaves as his pieces.

  Turan leverages his alias to gain a strategic advantage in the game.

• “I am from Helium, and I would fight for the honor of a princess of Helium.”

  Val Dor declares his loyalty to Tara and offers to fight for her honor.

  Val Dor's motivation aligns with Turan's mission, strengthening the team.

• “My mother was a captive princess here. I but do for the Princess of Helium what my mother would have me do.”

  A-Kor explains his generosity as a tribute to his own mother's suffering as a captive.

  A-Kor's personal history drives his support for Turan's rescue plan.