They were once a seafaring race but when the oceans began to dry up, they began to cooperate with the Yellow and Black Martians to breed the Red Martians, foreseeing the need for hardy stock to cope with the emerging harsher environment. They were white skinned, with blond or Auburn hair. The White Martians, known as ‘Orovars’ were rulers of Mars for 500,000 years, with an empire of sophisticated cities with advanced technology. They are bearded, exceptionally cruel and keep slaves, acquiring these by using a giant magnetic device which pulls fliers off course, and allows the Yellow Martians to capture their crews. Yellow Martians are supposedly extinct, but in The Warlord of Mars they are found hiding in secret domed cities at the North Pole of Mars. Other hordes bear the names of Warhoon, Torquas and Thurd. Thus the followers of Tars Tarkas, based in the ruined ancient city of Thark, are known as “Tharks”. In the novels, the Green Martians are often referred to by the names of their hordes, which in turn take their names from the dead cities which they inhabit. Tars Tarkas, who befriends John Carter when he first arrives on Barsoom, is an unusual exception from the typical ruthless Green Martian, due to having known the love of his own mate and daughter. They apparently arose from a biological experimental which went awry and as with all other Martians, they are an egg-laying species, concealing their eggs in incubators until hatching. They inhabit the ancient ruined cities left behind by civilizations which lived on Barsoom during a more advanced and hospitable era in the planet’s history. While they craft weapons, any advanced technology they possess, such as ‘radium pistols’, is stolen from raids upon the Red Martians. The Green Men are primitive, intellectually unadvanced, do not have any kind of art and are without a written language. They ride aggressive animals, thoats, and armed themselves with swords, lances and firearms which use ‘radium’ ammunition. They form tribes, which war among one another constantly. However, the title of Jeddak is obtained by mortal combat, rather than hereditary means. Their social structure is highly communal – they have no concept of private property – and is rigidly hierarchical, consisting of various levels of chiefs, with the highest office occupied by an all powerful Jeddak. They are nomadic, warlike and barbaric, do not form families, have little concept of friendship or love and enjoy inflicting torture upon their victims. The Green Martians are fifteen feet tall (males) and twelve feet tall (females), have four arms and eyes mounted at the side of their heads. They are capable of love and have families.Ī four armed Green Martian on his thoat, as represented in the original 1920 edition of Thuvia, Maid of Mars.
Their culture is governed by law and is advanced technologically.
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The Red Martians are highly civilized, respect the idea of private property, adhere to a code of honor and have a strong sense of fairness. The Red Martians are said in A Princess of Mars to have been bred when the seas of Barsoom began to dry up, in hopes of creating a hardy race to survive in the new environment. The Red Martians are the interbred descendants of the ancient Yellow Martians, White Martians, and Black Martians, remnants of which exist in isolated areas of the planet, particularly the poles. They are organized into a system of imperial city-states including Helium, Ptarth and Zodanga, controlling the planetary canal system, as well as other, more isolated city-states in the hinterlands. The Red Martians are the dominant culture on Barsoom.
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