# Ko-tan — Tarzan the Terrible character guide

> Ko-tan in Tarzan the Terrible by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Ko, Mighty

**First appearance:** 0006-vii-jungle-craft

## Snapshot

The Ho-don king of A-lur, torn between awe of his divine guest and the sting of yielding his sacred throne.

## Who they are

Ko-tan sits atop a pyramid throne no other foot has touched in forgotten ages, and he offers that pinnacle to the stranger he believes is the son of Jad-ben-Otho. Yet when Tarzan seats himself on the sacred stone and invites the king to sit beside him as a servant honored, Ko-tan swallows an embarrassment he dares not voice. His divided heart—reverence against wounded pride—gives the high priest Lu-don the leverage he needs to move against the ape-man.

## In the story

### [II: “To the Death!”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_the_terrible_se/chapters/ii-to-the-death)

King of Pal-ul-don; exiled Ta-den for loving his daughter O-lo-a.

### [A-lur](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_the_terrible_se/chapters/viii-a-lur)

King of Pal-ul-don; Tarzan demands an audience with him.

### [IX: Bloodstained Altars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_the_terrible_se/chapters/ix-bloodstained-altars)

King of Pal-ul-don; initially skeptical of Tarzan's divinity, but influenced by the testimony of a young warrior.

### [X: The Forbidden Garden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_the_terrible_se/chapters/x-the-forbidden-garden)

King of A-lur, he interrupts Tarzan's questioning of O-lo-a and later witnesses Tarzan's overturning of the sacrifice ritual.

### [The Sentence of Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_the_terrible_se/chapters/xi-the-sentence-of-death)

King of A-lur; secretly pleased by Lu-don's discomfiture; does not immediately order pursuit.

### [The Masquerader](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_the_terrible_se/chapters/xiii-the-masquerader)

Referenced as the king who wants the mysterious she for a wife; father of O-lo-a.

### [XVI: The Secret Way](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_the_terrible_se/chapters/xvi-the-secret-way)

Reported slain; his death is used by Tarzan to rally support for Ja-don.

### [Glossary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_the_terrible_se/chapters/glossary)

Mentioned in glossary entries for 'Ko-tan' and 'O-lo-a'.

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