# Metak — Tarzan the Untamed character guide

> Metak in Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Prince Metak

**First appearance:** 0016-xvii-the-walled-city

## Snapshot

A prince of the hidden walled city of Xuja whose maniacal fury turns him into a lethal adversary for Tarzan and the captives trapped within his gates.

## Who they are

Metak rules alongside Xanila over Xuja, a sealed city whose inhabitants are descended into hereditary madness, and he embodies its violent unpredictability. When Tarzan and his companions are taken inside the walls, Metak's rages and obsession with the captive girl Bertha Kircher turn the city into a death trap. His savagery forces Tarzan into one of the novel's most brutal personal combats, and his hostility shapes the entire Xuja arc.

## Relationships

### [Tarzan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_the_untamed_se/characters/tarzan)

_rivalry_

Metak is a hostile native or warrior who opposes Tarzan.

### [Tarzan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_the_untamed_se/characters/tarzan)

_rivalry_

Metak is a hostile native or warrior who opposes Tarzan.

## In the story

### [The Queen's Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_the_untamed_se/chapters/xix-the-queen-s-story)

The king's son who becomes violently mad upon seeing Bertha and attacks the guards.

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