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Who knew what names were his earlier, or what deeds might have led one such as he to a city with no Home Stone. - (Quarry of Gor, Chapter 36, Sentence #55)

I wondered if this were a heritage from the days when there was no Home Stone in Port Kar, when she was known broadly as the "Scourge of Thassa," a den of thieves, pirates, and cutthroats, rather than as she now chose to speak of herself, as the "Jewel of Gleaming Thassa". Bosk, I gathered, had come to Port Kar as a stranger from the marshes. His sword had won him a crew and ship, and thus it had begun. Who knew what names were his earlier, or what deeds might have led one such as he to a city with no Home Stone. He was said to be a paga fellow of Samos of Port Kar, who was First Slaver of Port Kar, and First Captain, or High Captain, in the Council of Captains, which body, as earlier noted, was sovereign in Port Kar. His holding, five stories in height, was large and its wide sea wall, with parapet, formed a tiny part, some fifty yards or so, of the long, irregular, sprawling delta wall itself. I did not know how many crews or ships he had. - (Quarry of Gor)