A Princess of Mars
Tars Tarkas is a fictional character in Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Barsoom" series. A great warrior and leader among his people (the brutal and mirthless Tharks), he possesses a sense of compassion and empathy uncharacteristic of his race. In the first novel, "A Princess of Mars", with the help of the newly arrived Earth man John Carter, he becomes Jeddak, or king, of the Tharks.