Book 5. (7 results) Assassin of Gor (Context Quote)
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Guardsmen did not detain him, for he wore on his forehead the mark of the black dagger.
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Not for many years had the black tunic of the Assassins been seen within the walls of Ar, not since the siege of that city in 10,110 from its founding, in the days of Marlenus, who had been Ubar; of Pa-Kur, who had been master of the Assassins; and of the Koroban Warrior, in the songs called Tarl of Bristol.
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For years the black of the Assassins had been outlawed in the city.
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Pa-Kur, who had been master of the Assassins, had led a league of tributary cities to attack Imperial Ar in the time when its Home Stone had been stolen and its Ubar forced to flee.
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The city had fallen and Pa-Kur, though of low caste, had aspired to inherit the imperial mantle of Marlenus, had dared to lift his eyes to the throne of Empire and place about his neck the golden medallion of a Ubar, a thing forbidden to such as he in the myths of the Counter-Earth.
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Pa-Kur's horde had been defeated by an alliance of free cities, led by Ko-ro-ba and Thentis, under the command of Matthew Cabot of Ko-ro-ba, the father of Tarl of Bristol, and Kazrak of Port Kar, sword brother of the same Warrior.
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Tarl of Bristol himself on the windy height of Ar's Cylinder of Justice had defeated Pa-Kur, master of the Assassins.
Guardsmen did not detain him, for he wore on his forehead the mark of the black dagger.
Not for many years had the black tunic of the Assassins been seen within the walls of Ar, not since the siege of that city in 10,110 from its founding, in the days of Marlenus, who had been Ubar; of Pa-Kur, who had been master of the Assassins; and of the Koroban Warrior, in the songs called Tarl of Bristol.
For years the black of the Assassins had been outlawed in the city.
Pa-Kur, who had been master of the Assassins, had led a league of tributary cities to attack Imperial Ar in the time when its Home Stone had been stolen and its Ubar forced to flee.
The city had fallen and Pa-Kur, though of low caste, had aspired to inherit the imperial mantle of Marlenus, had dared to lift his eyes to the throne of Empire and place about his neck the golden medallion of a Ubar, a thing forbidden to such as he in the myths of the Counter-Earth.
Pa-Kur's horde had been defeated by an alliance of free cities, led by Ko-ro-ba and Thentis, under the command of Matthew Cabot of Ko-ro-ba, the father of Tarl of Bristol, and Kazrak of Port Kar, sword brother of the same Warrior.
Tarl of Bristol himself on the windy height of Ar's Cylinder of Justice had defeated Pa-Kur, master of the Assassins.
- (Assassin of Gor, Chapter )