Yadar was the “prince of a nomad people in the half-desert region known as Zyra”, on the continent of Zothique, who sought his kidnapped fiancé Dalili. His ship sunk by a sorcerous event, Yadar was saved from downing by an undead Dalili in Naat, the land of necromancers. There he becomes embroiled in a coup of two sons against their necromantic father and a weasel-like familiar, in which he loses his life and shares undead existence with his love.
Appearance List “Necromancy in Naat” in Weird Tales (July 1936). Collected: Lost Worlds (Arkham House, 1944), Zothique (Ballantine Adult Fantasy #16, 1970), Lost Worlds (Neville Spearman, 1971), Lost Worlds: Volume 1 (Panther, 1974, 1975), Savage Heroes: Tales of Sorcery and Black Magic (Star, 1977), Zothique (Librairie des Champs-Élysées?/Le Masque – Fantastique (2ème série)?, 1978), Zothique (Edaf, Ciencia Ficción #16, 1978).
Description Yadar was the “prince of a nomad people in the half-desert region known as Zyra”, on the continent of Zothique, who sought his kidnapped fiancé Dalili. His ship sunk by a sorcerous event, Yadar was saved from downing by an undead Dalili in Naat, the land of necromancers. There he becomes embroiled in a coup of two sons against their necromantic father and a weasel-like familiar, in which he loses his life and shares undead existence with his love.
