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It was doubtless this northern custom which suggested not only the naming of this small islet in the Tamber gulf, so near to Port Kar, but, presumably, the enterprise for which it was best known, the Gambles of Blades, sometimes referred to as the "dark contests". - (Quarry of Gor, Chapter 29, Sentence #24)

In the north, muchly distant, in the vicinity of Torvaldsland, and in the waters of Torvaldsland itself, small, isolated, uninhabited skerries are often used as dueling places. In the morning, usually in a small boat, the disputants or contestants are brought to the skerry with a serving of meat and drink. In the evening, the boat returns to the skerry for the survivor. It was doubtless this northern custom which suggested not only the naming of this small islet in the Tamber gulf, so near to Port Kar, but, presumably, the enterprise for which it was best known, the Gambles of Blades, sometimes referred to as the "dark contests". The name, 'Skerry of Lars', was presumably chosen for its associations. As far as I know, none of the entrepreneurs associated with the enterprise are, or were, named 'Lars'. That name is one familiar in Torvaldsland. - (Quarry of Gor)