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Sarkoja
Added by Gnosticbe assassinated, and the instability and hardships made her angry and bitter. She survived primarily by positioning herself as a guardian of Thark morals among the women.
In 1826, a rumor spread throughout Thark that one of the young officers had borne a child by a woman in the retinue of Jeddak Tal Hajus. Sarkoja tracked down the woman, Gozava, and had her brought before the Jeddak for torture and interrogation, hoping to learn the name of her lover. Gozava never gave up the name, and eventually died from her harsh treatment. The child, Sola, grew up hidden among a litter of young Tharks, with no one ever wondering about her parentage. Sarkoja, meanwhile, was given an unspecified position of authority, from which she frequently abused the young Sola, though whether or not she knew Sola was Gozava's daughter was unknown.
Forty years later, Sarkoja was given a new prisoner to abuse when the Tharks captured Dejah Thoris, the princess of Helium. She delighted in hurting the Red Martian beauty, quitting only after John Carter threatened her with death. Humiliated by Carter's threat, she enlisted a dim young warrior named Zad to kill the Earthman. During the ensuing fight, she shined a mirror in Carter's eyes to blind him, but was foiled by Sola. Later that night, Sola told Carter her story, how she was born and how Sarkoja was responsible for her mother's death. She then revealed the name of her father - the jed Tars Tarkas.
Sometime later, Carter told Tars Tarkus that Sola was his daughter, who he'd long thought killed. Only days before, Tal Hajus had tried to rape Sola, and thus Tars Tarkas was mad for revenge. But first he stopped to see Sarkoja. He told her that the officer whose name she had tried to wrench from Gozava's lips had heard of her foul deeds and was planning to strap her to a wild thoat, and suggested she leave immediately.
That night, Sarkoja vanished and was never seen again.
