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It was even possible that priest-kings, a usually consistent form of life, might permit the Kurii conquest of Gor rather than surrender their accustomed neutrality. I could imagine the words on Misk's translator, one after the other, ticked off mechanically, "We have given our word". But if priest-kings, eventually, should halt the invasion, that, too, might be of interest to the Kurii of the steel ships, remote, prowling outside the fifth ring, that of the planet on Earth called Jupiter, that on Gor called Hersius, after one of Ar's legendary heroes. Not only would the decision to halt the invasion be in violation of the practices and commitments of priest-kings, which would doubtless create dissension in the Nest, producing a leverage the Kurii might be able to exploit, but, if the invasion were halted, it being a large movement, and complex, its termination might provide useful data on the nature and disposition of the powers of the priest-kings. It might provide the equivalent of drawing a sniper's fire, using a dupe or fool to do so, in order to ascertain his position. In the Nest War, when the priest-kings had been locked in internecine warfare, their powers had been severely reduced and disrupted. The Nest itself had been severely damaged. - (Marauders of Gor, Chapter )