Book 21. (7 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Context Quote)
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43
I heard the child crying again.
4
44
Besides the ax Alars are fond of the Alar sword, a long, heavy, double-edged weapon.
4
45
Their shields tend to be oval, like those of Turians.
4
46
Their most common mount is the medium-weight saddle tharlarion, a beast smaller and less powerful, but swifter and more agile, than the common high tharlarion.
4
47
Their saddles, however, have stirrups, and thus make possible the use of the couched shock lance.
4
48
Some cities use Alars in their tharlarion cavalries.
4
49
Others, perhaps wisely, do not enlist them in their own forces, either as regulars or auxiliaries.
I heard the child crying again.
Besides the ax Alars are fond of the Alar sword, a long, heavy, double-edged weapon.
Their shields tend to be oval, like those of Turians.
Their most common mount is the medium-weight saddle tharlarion, a beast smaller and less powerful, but swifter and more agile, than the common high tharlarion.
Their saddles, however, have stirrups, and thus make possible the use of the couched shock lance.
Some cities use Alars in their tharlarion cavalries.
Others, perhaps wisely, do not enlist them in their own forces, either as regulars or auxiliaries.
- (Mercenaries of Gor, Chapter )