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With such a sum, I understood, one might buy cities. I knew little or nothing of Talena, and I suspected that most Goreans knew little more than I. She was allegedly the daughter of Marlenus, the Ubar, himself, which status had doubtless facilitated her ascent to the throne in his absence. She was also said to be the most beautiful woman on Gor, but I am sure this appellation is one shared by dozens of daughters of Ubars and Administrators in dozens of cities throughout Gor. Are not the daughters of Ubars and Administrators always the most beautiful women on Gor? How could it be otherwise, and who is bold enough, or stupid enough, to challenge such an asseveration, particularly in the presence of the Ubar or Administrator, or even within the walls of the polity in question? Might not such a surmise eventually reach the corridors of the palace? To be sure, I was quite willing to suppose that this Talena might be an extraordinarily beautiful woman. I had always thought myself extremely attractive on my former world, but, on Gor, I had discovered that my beauty was not unusual, particularly amongst slaves. Free women, in their unwonted arrogance, in their unwarranted, unconscionable, preposterous vanity, in their well-recognized stupidity, commonly take themselves to be far more beautiful than slaves, but it is difficult to assess this claim, even if one were to take it seriously, given the common impediments to vision supplied by the robes of concealment, the layers of veils, and such. - (Quarry of Gor, Chapter )