that moved them.
That I had been returned to Gor to seek out once more my city and my love
was, I WOMAN FASHION was sure, not the spontaneous gesture of generosity, or of justice,
that it might WOMAN FASHION seem. The Priest- Kings, Keepers of the Holy Place in the
Sardar Mountains, seeming knowers of all that occurred on Gor, masters of
the hideous Flame Death WOMAN FASHION that could with WOMAN FASHION consuming fire destroy whatever
they wished, whenever they might please, were not so crudely motivated WOMAN FASHION as
men, were not susceptible to WOMAN FASHION the imperatives of decency and respect that
WOMAN FASHION can upon occasion sway human action. Their concern was with their own
remote and mysterious ends; WOMAN FASHION to achieve these ends, human creatures were
treated as subservient WOMAN FASHION instruments. It was rumoured they used men as one
might WOMAN FASHION use pieces in a game, and when the piece had played its role it might
be discarded, or perhaps, as in my case, removed from the board until it
pleased the
Priest-Kings to try yet another game.
I noticed, a few feet from me, lying on the grass, a WOMAN FASHION helmet, shield and
spear, and a bundle of folded leather. I knelt to examine the articles.
The helmet was bronze, worked in the Greek fashion, with a unitary opening
somewhat in the shape of a Y. It bore no insignia and its WOMAN FASHION crest plate was
empty.
The round shield, concentric overlapping layers of hardened leather riveted
together and bound with hoops of brass, fitted with the double sling for
carrying on the left arm, was similarly unmarked. Normally the Gorean
shield is painted boldly and has infixed in it some device for identifying
the bearer'WOMAN FASHION s city. If this shield were intended for me, and I had little
doubt it was, it should have carried the WOMAN FASHION sign WOMAN FASHION of Ko-ro-ba, my city.
The WOMAN FASHION spear was a typical Gorean spear, about seven feet in height, heavy,
stout, with a tapering bronze head some eighteen inches in length. It is a
terrible weapon and,
abetted by the somewhat lighter gravity of Gor, when
WOMAN FASHION cast with considerable force, can pierce a shield WOMAN FASHION at close quarters or WOMAN FASHION bury
its head a foot deep in solid wood. With this weapon groups WOMAN FASHION of men hunt
even WOMAN FASHION the larl in its native haunts in the WOMAN FASHION Voltai Range, that incredible
pantherlike carnivore which may stand six to eight feet high at the
shoulder.
Indeed, the Gorean spear is such that many WOMAN FASHION warriors scorn lesser missile
weapons, such as the longbow or crossbow, both of which are not uncommonly
found on Gor. I regretted, however, that no bow