Dator

"I glean that your name is Xodar, but whom, pray, are the First Born, and what a Dator, and why, if you were conquered by a Barsoomian, could you not acknowledge it?"

The Gods of Mars 1913

"Where is Dator Yersted?" he asked, and my heart sank within me, as I cursed myself for a stupid fool in not having sunk the submarine to make good the lie that I must tell.

The Gods of Mars 1913

Boldly we emerged from the hatchway of the craft, leaving our swords behind us, and strode to the main exit which led to the sentry's post and the office of the Dator of the guard.

The Gods of Mars 1913

The degraded Dator stood erect and motionless as a carven image.

The Gods of Mars 1913

I should have died even then but for that as my sword was tight wedged in the breastbone of a Dator of the First Born.

The Gods of Mars 1913

"Zithad is Dator of the guards of Issus," explained the youth.

The Gods of Mars 1913

It was evident that he felt less contempt for the former Dator since he had witnessed the ease with which I disposed of the powerful Thurid.

The Gods of Mars 1913

Can Kulan Tith be such a fool as to believe that lie, whispered in his ear by the Holy Thern or Dator Thurid?

The Warlord of Mars 1913

"And such as you are a Dator of the First Born?" she squealed.

The Gods of Mars 1913

"Blessed be the shell of thy first ancestor, most noble Dator," replied the man.

The Gods of Mars 1913