# Another Change of Name explained — The Chessmen of Mars

> Chapter companion for The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

## What happens

Turan, under the alias U-Kal from Manataj, enlists in the Jetan games to win Tara of Helium. With help from A-Kor and Ghek, he secures funding and selects a team of slaves, including Val Dor of Helium and Floran of Gathol, to fight for Tara's freedom.

## 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.

## Character check-ins

### 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 lines

> 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._

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