The reality, however, was quite the opposite, robbery, rape and murder where among the various endings these poor souls faced, or enslavement by the Holy Therns. Heaven being the Valley Dor where the Martians expected to receive the blessing of Issus and be granted immortality in a world where peace reigned. This is covered completely in the chapter on religion, but briefly it should be stated that Martians, achieving the upper reach of their 1,000 year life spans, voluntarily made a final pilgrimage down the River Iss to "heaven". Issus, accomplished through the unwitting aid of white missionaries, the Holy Therns, had perpetuated a vile and deceptive religion for her own sadistic purposes. She has a multitude of lesser titles, and weilded great and absolute power until John Carter proved the religion to be a hideous hoax. The First Born worship a living deity known throughout Barsoom as Issus. Dator is the highest title of respect, for officers only, and roughly translates to "prince". They normally do not use the more common "Jed" and "Jeddak" titles found in the Green, Red, Yellow and White Races. This is shown by the change in titles and ranks within the First Born communities. Over hundreds of years they peridocially erupt from their hidden bases at Otz and Kamtol and attack with impunity, never fearing retaliation.īurroughs apparently decided that some regional "dialects" might be appropriate in parts of Barsoom. They consider themselves the superior of all Martian races and exist by plundering the world.
(and) that is the appearance of polished ebony.
#Red martian barsoom skin
The physical structures of their bodies seemed identical with those of the therns, the red man, and my own.only in the colour of their skin did they differ. the iris was of extreme blackness, while the eyeball itself was quite white and clear. I had an excellent opportunity to examine them. These latter, the rumor had it, they sacrificed to some terrible god in an orgy which ended up in eating their victims.
(They).wrought the most horrible atrocities and when they left carried away with them firearms and ammunitions, and young girls as prisoners. They were popularly supposed to inhabit the lesser moon from which they descended upon Barsoom at long intervals. In John Carter's words the Black Pirates: For thosands of years the First Born lived in secret isolation and fostered a belief that their "home" was the moons of Barsoom whenever they savagely attacked and plundered the other inhabitants of the Red Planet. The Black Martian is commonly known as the First Born.
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