I see your tunics are yellow and white," had said the keep scribe one morning some days ago, looking toward us, away from his standing desk, in the small, first-floor office. I was pleased to note that my own caste, that of the Warriors, was accorded the least status; if I had had my will, the warriors would not have been a High Caste. On the other hand, I objected to the Initiates being in the place of honor, as it seemed to me that they, even more than the Warriors, were nonproductive members of society. For the Warriors, at least, one could say that they afforded protection to the city, but for the Initiates one could say very little, perhaps only that they provided some comfort for ills and plagues largely of their own manufacture. Fantasy Counterpart Culture: Semi- Justified, as these are the real Earth cultures transported to another planet.

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Recursive Canon: POV characters in several of the books where Cabot isn't the main character mention having read Gor books. The Home Stone of a city is the center of various rituals. The next would be the Planting Feast of Sa-Tarna, the Life-Daughter, celebrated early in the growing season to insure a good harvest. This is a complex feast, celebrated by most Gorean cities, and the observances are numerous and intricate. The details of the rituals are arranged and mostly executed by the Initiates of a given city. Certain portions of the ceremonies, however, are often allotted to members of the High Castes.Straw Feminist: In Assassin of Gor, one of these is brought over and put through slave training. Of course her silly ideas about equality are played for laughs, as only a foolish woman could ever believe it. And also of course, she is deliberately put up against an expert in debating who has argued the same points a thousand times before, and the narrator himself opines that the truth lies somewhere in between. Nearly every free woman comes across as having aspects of this, especially the ones with power. Until Tarl Cabot comes by and puts them in their place, much to their pleasure once they submit. Direct Line to the Author: The Chronicles of Gor establish that the "author", John Norman, had known Tarl Cabot, spoken with him, and then one day found the manuscript for Tarnsman and Outlaw mysteriously left in his apartment. A short note precedes Priest-Kings (book 3), but the conceit is dropped after that. There was laughter, from the scribe, and from one of the guardsmen, and from the two whip masters who had now come forth from the area of preparation. From time to time a warrior would add further booty to this catch, dragging or throwing his capture rudely among the others. These rencers were guarded by two warriors with drawn swords. A scribe stood by with a tally sheet, marking the number of captures by each warrior.

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These men are the champions among male slaves at hook knife," said Cernus. He scarcely glanced up from the game board at which he sat across from Caprus, of the Caste of Scribes, Chief Accountant of the House. Garcia, Nancy (September 1987). "Gor". Cinemafantastique. Fourth Castle Micromedia . Retrieved February 22, 2023. He is taken to the planet of Gor which is also referred to as Counter-Earth. The reason for that is because everything is very different from the planet where he comes from and where he had spent the previous twenty years of his life. Destiny The Schlub Pub Seduction Deduction: The queen actually seduces Watney just to have an alibi for her husband's murder.And surely, as a slave," said the scribe, "you upon occasion, naked, in secret, had swayed before a mirror?" I removed the Scribe's satchel, my purse, the Scribe's robes, and lay upon the comforter and, on one elbow, regarded the slave.