# The Moon Maid — Character guide

> Key figures in The Moon Maid by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

- [Nah-ee-lah](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/nah_ee_lah.md): A lunar princess whose contempt for a suspected traitor turns to desperate trust when assassins strike her father's court and only Julian stands between her and the blades.
- [Julian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/julian.md): A name carried across generations of one bloodline, each Julian inheriting the same stubborn defiance against whatever empire rules the Earth or Moon.
- [Orthis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/ortis.md): A brilliant Kalkar commander whose intellect could have saved a conquered world, but whose treachery instead dragged both ships burning into the sea.
- [The Kalkars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/the_kalkars.md): A relentless lunar race that spreads like ants across the Earth, grinding down resistance through sheer numbers and centuries of unbroken occupation.
- [Julian 5th](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/julian_5th.md): An Earthman aboard the Transoceanic Liner Harding on the night Mars answered, whose voyage would carry him far past the red planet's orbit.
- [Juana](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/juana.md): A fierce Earth woman under Kalkar rule whose sharp tongue and hidden tenderness make her both Julian's hardest critic and his most steadfast ally.
- [Peter Johansen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/peter_johansen.md): Peter lives among a taxed, watched people whose brief contentment shatters the moment the Kash Guard rides in. When Or-tis comes to claim Juana, Peter steps between them and stakes a claim that is half lie, half defiance
- [Norton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/norton.md): Norton serves under the commander on the first voyage to the Moon, the man sent into the ship's guts to find why they are falling. He discovers the opened intake valve and reports it without panic, then learns the radio 
- [Ko-tah](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/ko_tah.md): Ko-tah commands a network of retainers and spies so deep that the men who came to kill Sagroth wore imperial livery. He wants the throne of Laythe, and he offers Nah-ee-lah a shared crown rather than none, a compromise s
- [Ga-va-go](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/ga_va_go.md): Ga-va-go leads the Va-gas who capture the Earthmen and the princess, and he sees in Nah-ee-lah not a person but a price: one hundred young women of Laythe. He keeps his prisoners apart and sends messengers to her father,
- [Mother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/mother.md): Mother belongs to the Julian household whose generations carry the story across centuries, a quiet presence in a family defined by war and exploration. Her world is one where peace has finally come and no one knows what 
- [Raban](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/raban.md): Raban towers over the ruined hilltop stronghold, a mountain of flesh who takes what he wants and roars to summon his fellows when challenged. He seizes Bethelda, an Or-tis, intending to make her his woman, and meets the 
- [Moh-goh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/moh_goh.md): Moh-goh is a priest of the Kalkar regime who, having been captured and imprisoned in City No. 337, escapes with Julian's help and returns to the Laythean city where his name still carries weight. He moves through the wor
- [Father](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/father.md): He sits alone at a small table in the Blue Room of the Transoceanic Liner Harding on Mars Day, 1967, and invites a stranger to share the only vacant chair. His face lights with a smile that compels liking, and his accoun
- [Jim Thompson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/jim_thompson.md): Jim Thompson belongs to the generation born into unbroken war, men who knew nothing but the alarm of battle and then found themselves adrift in a peace they had never been trained to inhabit. He is the kind of comrade wh
- [Red Lightning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/red_lightning.md): Red Lightning commands the desert clans and fights with a ferocity that turns the tide in the chamber where Sagroth falls, his blade finding the heart of an assassin before the man can realize what has happened. He is a 
- [Mollie Sheehan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/mollie_sheehan.md): Mollie Sheehan comes of age in a world that has just buried its last great war and does not know what to do with the peace, and she chooses to make herself useful rather than wait for someone to tell her how. She is draw
- [Soor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/soor.md): A Kalkar officer and antagonist in the later lunar conflicts.
- [The Kash Guard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/the_kash_guard.md): The elite Kalkar military force that enforces the regime's will.
- [Sagroth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/sagroth.md): The Jemadar (emperor) of Laythe, a ruler on the Moon.
- [Bethelda](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/bethelda.md): A female character from the Moon, involved in the later dynastic struggles.
- [West](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/west.md): An Earth official and ally in the early space voyage.
- [Jay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/jay.md): An Earth official involved in the early space mission planning.
- [Laythe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/laythe.md): A ruler of the lunar city Laythe, often a title held by various characters.
- [Saku](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/saku.md): A Nipon (Japanese) character encountered in the later desert adventures.
- [O'Konnor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/okonnor.md): An Earth soldier and comrade in the resistance against the Kalkars.
- [Pthav](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/pthav.md): A Kalkar official or officer in the lunar hierarchy.
- [The Wolf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/the_wolf.md): A desert clan leader and ally in the later resistance.
- [Orrin Colby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/orrin_colby.md): An Earth soldier and member of the resistance movement.
- [Samuels](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/samuels.md): An Earth merchant or trader encountered in the later parts.
- [Rain Cloud](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/rain_cloud.md): A Native American character and ally in the desert clans.
- [The Red Hawk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/the_red_hawk.md): A title or alias for a Native American leader in the desert clans.
- [The Rattlesnake](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/the_rattlesnake.md): A desert clan member or ally in the resistance.
- [Ko-vo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/ko_vo.md): A Kamadar (official) on the Moon, possibly a variant of Ko-tah.
- [Tav](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/tav.md): A minor lunar character, possibly a servant or guide.
- [The Rock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/the_rock.md): A desert clan member or landmark in the later story.

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