# The Master Mind of Mars — Character guide

> Key figures in The Master Mind of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

- [Ras Thavas](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_master_mind_of_mars_se/characters/ras_thavas.md): A brilliant but amoral Martian surgeon who performs brain transplants.
- [Gor Hajus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_master_mind_of_mars_se/characters/gor_hajus.md): A fierce assassin from Toonol who becomes a key ally.
- [Dar Tarus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_master_mind_of_mars_se/characters/dar_tarus.md): A Phundahlian warrior who seeks to overthrow the tyrannical Jeddara Xaxa.
- [Valla Dia](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_master_mind_of_mars_se/characters/valla_dia.md): A beautiful woman whose brain is transplanted into another body by Ras Thavas.
- [Xaxa](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_master_mind_of_mars_se/characters/xaxa.md): The cruel Jeddara (queen) of Phundahl who rules through fear.
- [Hovan Du](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_master_mind_of_mars_se/characters/hovan_du.md): A loyal Phundahlian warrior and friend of Dar Tarus.
- [The Great Tur](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_master_mind_of_mars_se/characters/the_great_tur.md): The supreme religious leader of Phundahl, a figurehead manipulated by Xaxa.
- [Bal Zak](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_master_mind_of_mars_se/characters/bal_zak.md): A Toonolian warrior and ally of the protagonist.
- [John Carter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_master_mind_of_mars_se/characters/john_carter.md): The legendary Warlord of Mars who appears late in the story.
- [Vad Varo](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_master_mind_of_mars_se/characters/vad_varo.md): The Barsoomian name for the narrator, a Earthman transplanted to Mars.
- [Mu Tel](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_master_mind_of_mars_se/characters/mu_tel.md): A Toonolian nobleman who aids the protagonist.
- [Yamdor](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_master_mind_of_mars_se/characters/yamdor.md): A city and its ruler, mentioned as a location.

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