Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | 22 | It was Ar's misfortune, at this most critical time in its long history, to be in the hands of the bleakest of all castes of men, the Initiates, skilled only in ritual, mythology, and superstition. |
| 17 | 23 | Worse, from the reports of deserters, it became clear that the city was starving and that water was running short. |
| 17 | 24 | Some of the defenders were opening the veins of surviving tarns, to drink the blood. |
| 17 | 25 | The tiny urt, a common rodent of Gorean cities, was bringing a silver tarn disk in the markets. |
| 17 | 26 | Disease had broken out. |
| 17 | 27 | Groups of looters from Ar itself prowled the streets. |
| 17 | 28 | In the camp of Pa-Kur we expected the city to fall any day, any hour. |
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It was Ar's misfortune, at this most critical time in its long history, to be in the hands of the bleakest of all castes of men, the Initiates, skilled only in ritual, mythology, and superstition.
Worse, from the reports of deserters, it became clear that the city was starving and that water was running short.
Some of the defenders were opening the veins of surviving tarns, to drink the blood.
The tiny urt, a common rodent of Gorean cities, was bringing a silver tarn disk in the markets.
Disease had broken out.
Groups of looters from Ar itself prowled the streets.
In the camp of Pa-Kur we expected the city to fall any day, any hour.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter )