# Pellucidar — Character guide

> Key figures in Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

- [David Innes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pellucidar_se/characters/david_innes.md): An American explorer who bores back into the hollow Earth and finds himself emperor of a human federation he must hold together.
- [Abner Perry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pellucidar_se/characters/abner_perry.md): The elderly inventor whose iron mole drilled David into Pellucidar, and whose restless genius keeps reshaping the world they found there.
- [Dian the Beautiful](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pellucidar_se/characters/dian_the_beautiful.md): A Pellucidarian woman of the land of Sari, prized and pursued, whose steadiness of will matches David's own.
- [Hooja the Sly One](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pellucidar_se/characters/hooja_the_sly_one.md): A Pellucidarian schemer whose talent for betrayal has cost David his empire, his federation, and nearly his mate.
- [Juag](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pellucidar_se/characters/juag.md): A Pellucidarian castaway who throws in his lot with David, trading the sea's loneliness for a place in a growing human alliance.
- [Ghak the Hairy One](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pellucidar_se/characters/ghak_the_hairy_one.md): King of the Sarians and David's most loyal lieutenant, a hairy chieftain whose kneeling homage restores an emperor to his throne.
- [Raja](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pellucidar_se/characters/raja.md): Raja belongs to Pellucidar's dominant race, the winged Mahars, who consider humans a lower order and themselves the sole purpose of creation. Having passed through the iron mole into the outer world, she has seen night, 
- [Gr-gr-gr](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pellucidar_se/characters/gr_gr_gr.md): Gr-gr-gr occupies the role of elder and keeper of lore among Pellucidar's human tribes, a figure whose age and experience set him apart from younger warriors. His authority rests on memory rather than strength, and the t
- [Ja the Mezop](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pellucidar_se/characters/ja_the_mezop.md): Ja stands among the Mezop people, a Pellucidarian race whose knowledge of coastlines, jungle, and the habits of the inner world complements David's outside perspective. His bond with David is tested by the constant press
- [Dacor the Strong One](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pellucidar_se/characters/dacor_the_strong_one.md): Dacor moves through Pellucidar's warrior culture, where physical prowess and reputation determine standing and where the Mahars' shadow shapes every human calculation. His strength is matched by a pride that can curdle i
- [Cogdon Nestor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pellucidar_se/characters/cogdon_nestor.md): A human captive in Pellucidar encountered by David.
- [Frank Downes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pellucidar_se/characters/frank_downes.md): Another human captive from the outer world in Pellucidar.
- [Kolk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pellucidar_se/characters/kolk.md): A Sagoth leader who opposes David.
- [Goork](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pellucidar_se/characters/goork.md): A Sagoth warrior serving under Kolk.
- [Ranee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pellucidar_se/characters/ranee.md): A female Pellucidarian character encountered by David.
- [Tu-al-sa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pellucidar_se/characters/tu_al_sa.md): A Mezop ally who assists David.

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