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Zula was eventually given a tiger's hide to wear when he grew to manhood, Shu-Onoru jesting that he had tamed a tiger and Zula as a jungle beast. Zula faked superstitious fear of arcane forces to prevent Shu-Onoru from realizing the truth, and Shu-Onoru even allowed him to grow the war-crest that was the symbol of the Zamballah chiefs. but Zula, a quick study, learned Stygian, and he learned much as he watched his master in silence. Assuming Zula too ignorant to read, Shu-Onoru did not bother to lock away his spell books and scrolls, giving Zula the opportunity to master them in secret when cleaning his sanctum sanctorum. There he was given as a gift to Shu-Onoru, one of the eldest, most feared, and venerated sorcerers. Zula was taken to Kheshatta, the Stygian city of magic. Zula later intended to eventually slay the war-chief that enslaved him in his sleep, but was sold to Ptor-Nubis, a Stygian sorcerer. Zula was created by Roy Thomas, John Buscema, and Ernie Chan. He was marched to the Kushite village, where their war-chief took him and made him his personal slave, instead of selling him in Khemi or on the black coast. Zula was spared death, disguised as a commoner the last male survivor of his once-proud race. He removed the decorative jewelry that would identify him as the chief's son and placed them on a dead warrior one year older than him. Zula considered rushing out and avenging his father but instead decided that his tribal heritage must somehow survive. Alone in the hut of retreat, Zula awakened to see his own father cut down before his eyes. During his rite of passage ritual of manhood, a band of Kushites (who had smoked the peace root with the Cheiftain) invaded their territory and slew every adult male, intending to keep the women and children as slaves.
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Zula was a Prince, and the son of the chieftain of the Zamballahs, a tribal nation dwelling south of Darfar.