A goblin warlord who commands a mercenary army and regularly hires it out to Skeletor.
General Tataran commands a goblin mercenary army on Eternia and sometimes rides a Thunder Lizard into battle. His force operates on its own account rather than as part of Skeletor’s inner circle, but hires itself out to him often enough to function as an extension of the Evil Warriors.
In The Arena his army attacks the Royal Palace at night intending to capture King Randor and Queen Marlena, a plan undone when He-Man defeats Skeletor in single combat and the entity Om removes the goblin force. The Problem with Power gives him his most consequential role: he disguises himself as a human and fakes a fatal injury specifically to convince He-Man that his own recklessness has killed an innocent, which drives He-Man to give up the Sword of Power.
Writer Warren Greenwood named him after storyboard artist Tom Tataranowicz.
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