Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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One who has shed your blood, or whose blood you have shed, becomes your sword brother, unless you formally repudiate the blood on your weapons.
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It is a part of the kinship of Gorean warriors regardless of what city it is to which they owe their allegiance.
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It is a matter of caste, an expression of respect for those who share their station and profession, having nothing to do with cities or Home Stones.
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7
As I stood tensely, ringed by the lances of the caravan guards, the wall of tharlarions parted to allow the approach of Mintar, of the merchant Caste.
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A bejeweled, curtained platform slung between the slow, swaying bodies of two of the broad tharlarions appeared.
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The beasts were halted by their strap-master, and after some seconds the curtains parted.
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Seated inside on several pillows of tasseled silk was a mammoth toad of a man, whose head was as round as a tarn's egg, the eyes nearly lost in the folds of fat, pocked skin.
One who has shed your blood, or whose blood you have shed, becomes your sword brother, unless you formally repudiate the blood on your weapons.
It is a part of the kinship of Gorean warriors regardless of what city it is to which they owe their allegiance.
It is a matter of caste, an expression of respect for those who share their station and profession, having nothing to do with cities or Home Stones.
As I stood tensely, ringed by the lances of the caravan guards, the wall of tharlarions parted to allow the approach of Mintar, of the merchant Caste.
A bejeweled, curtained platform slung between the slow, swaying bodies of two of the broad tharlarions appeared.
The beasts were halted by their strap-master, and after some seconds the curtains parted.
Seated inside on several pillows of tasseled silk was a mammoth toad of a man, whose head was as round as a tarn's egg, the eyes nearly lost in the folds of fat, pocked skin.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter )