# The Beasts of Tarzan — Character guide

> Key figures in The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

- [Tarzan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/characters/tarzan.md): Tarzan moves between two worlds—the London drawing rooms where he is John Clayton, Lord Greystoke, and the African wilds where he ruled as King of the Apes. When Nikolas Rokoff escapes a French prison, Tarzan's instinct 
- [Jane Clayton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/characters/jane_clayton.md): Jane Clayton has survived the African wild once and built a life of safety in London beside the man she loves. But her husband's past is not finished with them, and the very enemies he thought imprisoned now move freely,
- [Nikolas Rokoff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/characters/nikolas_rokoff.md): Rokoff has spent years trying to kill Tarzan and failed every time; now, freed by French incompetence, he has learned that striking at the man directly is futile. His plan is crueler—kidnap the wife and son, and make Tar
- [Alexander Paulvitch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/characters/alexander_paulvitch.md): Paulvitch is Rokoff's trusted lieutenant in the kidnapping plot, the man who follows instructions while his partner handles the bold strokes. He is practical where Rokoff is theatrical, and his willingness to disappear i
- [Mugambi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/characters/mugambi.md): Mugambi begins as a man terrified of Sheeta the panther, watching in disbelief as Tarzan slaps the great cat into submission with his bare hands. That awe becomes devotion, and he becomes the ape-man's steadfast companio
- [Sven Anderssen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/characters/sven_anderssen.md): Anderssen is a practical man of the sea who finds himself entangled in the kidnapping plot and must choose, repeatedly, between decency and self-preservation. His wavering allegiance makes him unpredictable—a man who mig
- [Sheeta](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/characters/sheeta.md): Sheeta enters Tarzan's world as a bolt of fur-clad death, killing on command inside a hostile village hut — then slinking away when fear outweighs loyalty. Tarzan must reconcile this hereditary enemy with Akut's tribe, t
- [Kaviri](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/characters/kaviri.md): A powerful native chief encountered by Tarzan in the jungle.
- [Momulla the Maori](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/characters/momulla_the_maori.md): A Maori sailor and member of the Kincaid's villainous crew.
- [Schneider](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/characters/schneider.md): A German member of Rokoff's crew on the Kincaid.
- [Akut](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/characters/akut.md): Akut leads a tribe of great apes that flees at the first sight of Sheeta, until Tarzan recalls them and forces a fragile truce between ancient enemies. Under the ape-man's influence, Akut's band becomes companions in the
- [Kai Shang](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/characters/kai_shang.md): A Chinese pirate and villainous crew member of the Kincaid.
- [M'ganwazam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/characters/mganwazam.md): An old native chief who aids Tarzan in the jungle.
- [Gust](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/characters/gust.md): A sailor on the Kincaid, part of Rokoff's crew.
- [Tambudza](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/characters/tambudza.md): An elderly native who helps Tarzan navigate the jungle.
- [Jack Clayton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/characters/jack_clayton.md): Tarzan and Jane's infant son, kidnapped by Rokoff.
- [D'Arnot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/characters/darnot.md): French lieutenant and friend of Tarzan who aids in the rescue.
- [Numa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/characters/numa.md): The lion, a recurring jungle predator encountered by Tarzan.
- [The Chinaman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/characters/the_chinaman.md): A Chinese crew member on the Kincaid, part of the villainous crew.

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