# Sir Malud — Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle character guide

> Sir Malud in Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Malud, the great Sir Malud, Sir Malud of West Castle

**First appearance:** 0004-v-the-tarmangani

## Snapshot

A knight of Nimmr who watches Tarzan's unorthodox battlefield conduct with a mixture of disapproval and reluctant awe.

## Who they are

Sir Malud belongs to the old code of Nimmr, where a knight's honor is measured in lances broken and challenges answered. He finds Tarzan's methods questionable yet cannot deny their magnificence, and that tension — between tradition and raw effectiveness — defines his role. As the wars between the two cities grind on, his judgments help anchor the valley's chivalric world in something like moral weight.

## In the story

### [Sir Richard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_lord_of_the_jungle_se/chapters/ix-sir-richard)

Sir Malud accuses Blake of being a Saracen spy and argues against him, displaying hostility and jealousy.

### [XI: Sir James](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_lord_of_the_jungle_se/chapters/xi-sir-james)

Openly antagonistic toward Blake; his party gains recruits as Prince Gobred leans toward him.

### [XII: “Tomorrow Thou Diest!”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_lord_of_the_jungle_se/chapters/xii-tomorrow-thou-diest)

Challenges Blake to a duel to the death due to jealousy over Princess Guinalda.

### [XIV: Sword and Buckler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_lord_of_the_jungle_se/chapters/xiv-sword-and-buckler)

Blake's opponent in the duel; initially confident but outmatched, he is wounded, disarmed, and knocked unconscious, then spared by Blake.

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