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Could it, unaided, make its way to that board on which the dice were to be cast, the islands beyond the Farther Islands? If not, is the game not done? And if perchance such a ship, a large ship, a transport for men and tarns, as no other before it had done, might brave the perils of Thassa, what then? And the great ship had, worn and tired, after its months at sea, at last drawn up aside the wharf at the base of the great mountain on which, like a nest of tarns itself, half hidden in the clouds, reared the holding of Temmu. The game, if it were a game, had begun. The wager, I supposed, if it were a wager, was underway. Interestingly, I was unclear as to the gambling involved, in particular, who might favor which participant, Yamada or Temmu? For example, it seemed probable that the priest-kings had preserved the remnants of the forces of Temmu, but this did not imply that they favored that house. They might have been doing no more than preparing the dice, a preparation in which the Kurii might themselves have collaborated. Similarly, in the very palace, I had recently sensed Kur. Did this mean that the Kurii favored the house of Yamada? Perhaps it was there to monitor matters, and little more. - (Rebels of Gor, Chapter )