# Tasor — The Chessmen of Mars character guide

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

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Gatholian, The Gatholian, Tasor the Gatholian, Gatholian, Tasor of Gathol

**First appearance:** 0017-xvi-another-change-of-name

## Who they are

A Gatholian warrior loyal to Gahan.

## In the story

### [XVIII: A Task for Loyalty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chessmen_of_mars_se/chapters/xviii-a-task-for-loyalty)

Revealed to be A-Sor, a Gatholian in disguise; rescues Tara and explains his past as a slave and later a guard in Manator.

### [XIX: The Menace of the Dead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_chessmen_of_mars_se/chapters/xix-the-menace-of-the-dead)

Mentioned as having led Tara and Turan to the chamber and gone for help.

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