Gharlane of Eddore (Fictional alien)

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This article discusses a fictional alien. For other uses of the term, see Gharlane of Eddore (disambiguation).

Gharlane of Eddore was a character in Doc Smith's Lensman novels, Master Number Two of the Innermost Circle of the All-Highest of Eddore. ^[1] Gharlane was the Eddorian responsible for inhibiting/halting the Arisian-directed progress on the planets Sol III, Velantia III, Rigel IV, and Palain VII. While his modes of operation on Rigel IV and Palain VII were never described, his work on Velantia III was based on the introduction of the Overlords of Delgon on Velantia VI.^[2]

On Sol III/Tellus/Earth, Gharlane usually operated by activating various humans who were positioned to interfere directly with the progress of civilization. He acted as the leader of one of the Atlantian colonies in rebellion and initiated the nuclear exchange which destroyed Atlantis. He activated the Roman Emperor Nero. Dr. Smith did not identify him with any twentieth-century humans, but implies that he was active during the period of the three World Wars, and that when he left Earth after the Third World War, he had created the Adepts of North Polar Jupiter to assure the continued inhibition of the humanity of Sol III. After his return to the Sol system centuries later, activating the human form of flesh known as Gray Roger, he was the Chief Devil of the Adepts of North Polar Jupiter and an alumnus of Harvard ^[3].

Gharlane attempted to destroy the Arisian-activated human form known as Nels Bergenholm, but was blocked by Mentor of Arisia in the first overt action taken by the Arisians in their aeon-long conflict with Eddore. ^[4]

Gharlane passed into the next plane of existence after a mental battle with Kimball Kinnison and Mentor of Arisia aboard the Thrallian flagship during the Battle of Klovia, while activating the Thrallian human form of flesh known as Prime Minister Fossten.^[5]