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Sometimes, too, the religion of the Priest-Kings, under the control of the Initiates, utilizing secular rulers, was propagated by fire and sword. - (Marauders of Gor, Chapter 2, Sentence #27)

Sometimes a chieftain, converted to their ways, would enforce his own commitments on his subordinates. Indeed, this was not unusual. Too, often, a chief's conversion would bring with it, even without force, those of his people who felt bound to him in loyalty. Sometimes, too, the religion of the Priest-Kings, under the control of the Initiates, utilizing secular rulers, was propagated by fire and sword. Sometimes those who insisted on retaining the old ways, or were caught making the sign of the fist, the hammer, over their ale, were subjected to death by torture. One that I had heard of had been boiled alive in one of the great sunken, wooden-lined tubs in which meat was boiled for retainers. The water is heated by placing rocks, taken from a fire, into the water. - (Marauders of Gor)