Meanwhile, the Mahar had built a sonic weapon using the crystal, preparing to taking over Pellucidar. Tarzan and Ayesha separated from Alhazred who took command of a cannibal tribe and used their ship to speed his journey, ultimately arriving at the jungle Mahar city.
The slavers had also captured and African princess, Ayesha, to serve as a sacrifice to the crystal in hopes of Alhazred regaining his full power. This murder was seen and avenged by Tarzan who then pursued Alhazred into Pellucidar. One of the slaves fled from the caverns but was pursued and slain by Alhazred's slavers. Alhazred took command of a band of slavers and forced them to unearth the portal to Pellucidar. Energies released from the Mahar crystal allowed Alhazred's mind to control the thief, trasforming him into a more powerful version of Alhazred's own body before the portal closed. Alhazred's spirit was stored within the crystal of Pellucidar's reptilian Mahar race.Īround 1920, a lieutenant in a minor band of slavers was caught stealing from his captain and hid in a cave, where he found a portal to Pellucidar. At some point Alhazred's spirit became trapped in the realm Pellucidar, a pocket dimension formerly accessed within subterranean Earth It has been hypothesized that Alhazred died in Pellucidar or that his spirit was transported there by the Great Race of Yith. Originating from 8th century, Abdul Alhazred is the creator of legendary Necronomicon, a powerful black magic tome patterned after the Darkhold.