# Luud — The Chessmen of Mars character guide

> Luud in The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Luud

**First appearance:** 0005-iv-captured

## Who they are

The chief of the kaldanes in Bantoom, a powerful brain creature.

## Relationships

### [Ghek](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chessmen_of_mars_se/characters/ghek)

_rivalry_

Ghek rebels against Luud, the tyrannical kaldane ruler, leading to a conflict for control of Bantoom.

### [Tara of Helium](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chessmen_of_mars_se/characters/tara_of_helium)

_rivalry_

Luud captures Tara and intends to use her as a pawn in his power games, treating her as a prisoner.

### [Ghek](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chessmen_of_mars_se/characters/ghek)

_rivalry_

Ghek rebels against Luud, the tyrannical kaldane ruler, leading to a conflict for control of Bantoom.

### [Tara of Helium](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chessmen_of_mars_se/characters/tara_of_helium)

_rivalry_

Luud captures Tara and intends to use her as a pawn in his power games, treating her as a prisoner.

### [Tara of Helium](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chessmen_of_mars_se/characters/tara_of_helium)

_rivalry_

Luud captures Tara and intends to use her as a pawn in his power games, treating her as a prisoner.

## In the story

### [The Chessmen of Mars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chessmen_of_mars_se/chapters/the-chessmen-of-mars)

The chief Kaldane who rules in Bantoom and threatens Tara.

### [Captured](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chessmen_of_mars_se/chapters/iv-captured)

The Kaldane leader to whom Tara is taken as a prisoner; his authority is invoked by her captor.

### [V: The Perfect Brain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chessmen_of_mars_se/chapters/v-the-perfect-brain)

Luud is the enormous, hideous kaldane leader who Tara is brought before; he represents the apex of kaldane society.

### [VI: In the Toils of Horror](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chessmen_of_mars_se/chapters/vi-in-the-toils-of-horror)

King of the Kaldanes; demonstrates mind control over a rykor and attempts to dominate Tara; commands her into a hidden chamber.

### [Close Work](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chessmen_of_mars_se/chapters/viii-close-work)

The king kaldane who attempts to hypnotize Gahan but is killed by Ghek's dagger.

### [IX: Adrift Over Strange Regions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chessmen_of_mars_se/chapters/ix-adrift-over-strange-regions)

Mentioned as the kaldane leader whose forces are fought by Gahan during the escape.

## Links

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