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One council member, however, benign Tarchon, skilled with the lyre, advocated its acceptance on two grounds. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 41, Sentence #86)

Next, the corsairs, as if regretting their grisly act, or perhaps, more likely, as if regretting its unforeseen consequence, its general stiffening of a will to resist amongst the besieged, offered an uncontested exit from the city to adult males. Why only adult males? The ulterior motivation of this proposal was presumably to reduce the number of able-bodied defenders within the city. Accordingly, dissent abounded. One council member, however, benign Tarchon, skilled with the lyre, advocated its acceptance on two grounds. First, its acceptance would reduce the strain on stores of food and water within the walls. Second, the town had no right to deny individual citizens the right in such a matter to choose for themselves. As I later learned, not having been permitted to attend or address the council, the view of Tarchon was accepted. - (Avengers of Gor)