What I had taken to be merely a group of four outriders had actually been a gathering of Ubars of the Wagon peoples.
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I should have known that no four common warriors of the four peoples would have ridden together.
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Further, the Kassars, the Kataii and the Paravaci did not reveal their true Ubars with any greater willingness than the Tuchuks had.
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Each people, as the Tuchuks had, had its false Ubar, its decoy to protect the true Ubar from danger or assassination.
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But, Kamchak had assured me, Conrad, Hakimba and Tolnus were indeed the true Ubars of their peoples.
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I was nearly slain by arrows when I dropped the tarn amidst the startled blacks of the Kataii, but my black jacket with the emblem of the four bosk horns, emblem of the Tuchuk courier, soon proved its worth and I was led to the dais of the Ubar of the Kataii.
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I was permitted to speak directly to Hakimba, when I made it clear to my escort that I knew the identity of their true Ubar and that it was with him I must speak.
What I had taken to be merely a group of four outriders had actually been a gathering of Ubars of the Wagon peoples.
I should have known that no four common warriors of the four peoples would have ridden together.
Further, the Kassars, the Kataii and the Paravaci did not reveal their true Ubars with any greater willingness than the Tuchuks had.
Each people, as the Tuchuks had, had its false Ubar, its decoy to protect the true Ubar from danger or assassination.
But, Kamchak had assured me, Conrad, Hakimba and Tolnus were indeed the true Ubars of their peoples.
I was nearly slain by arrows when I dropped the tarn amidst the startled blacks of the Kataii, but my black jacket with the emblem of the four bosk horns, emblem of the Tuchuk courier, soon proved its worth and I was led to the dais of the Ubar of the Kataii.
I was permitted to speak directly to Hakimba, when I made it clear to my escort that I knew the identity of their true Ubar and that it was with him I must speak.
- (Nomads of Gor, Chapter )