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But Sarus did not owe his authority, his responsibility, to his family. - (Hunters of Gor, Chapter 19, Sentence #167)

Island ubarates, with their relatively stable populations, over a period of generations, tend to develop concentrations of wealth and power among successful families, which wealth and power, first producing oligarchy, becomes gradually invested with the prestige of dynastic tradition, at which point, one supposes, one may fairly speak of aristocracy. Most Gorean cities are, in effect, governed by the influence, direct or indirect, of several important families. In the city of Ar, one of the great families was once the Hinrabians. But Sarus did not owe his authority, his responsibility, to his family. He had achieved it against great odds, on the isle of Tyros. He would be quite dangerous. He reminded me a bit of Chenbar of Tyros, her Ubar, also of lowly origin. - (Hunters of Gor)