Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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32
Around these towers and on top of them warriors swarmed.
16
33
Above them, tarnsman met tarnsman in battles to the death.
16
34
Rope ladders from Ar brought defenders two hundred feet down the wall to the level of the towers.
16
35
Through small postern gates other defenders rushed against the towers on the ground, only to be met by Pa-kur's clustered support troops.
16
36
From the height of the walls, some two hundred feet above the towers, missiles would be fired and stones cast.
16
37
Within the towers, sweating, naked siege slaves, under the frenzied whips of their overseers, hauled on the great chains that swung the mighty steel rams into the wall and back.
16
38
One of Pa-kur's towers was undermined, and it tilted crazily and they crashed into the dust, amidst the screaming of its doomed occupants.
Around these towers and on top of them warriors swarmed.
Above them, tarnsman met tarnsman in battles to the death.
Rope ladders from Ar brought defenders two hundred feet down the wall to the level of the towers.
Through small postern gates other defenders rushed against the towers on the ground, only to be met by Pa-kur's clustered support troops.
From the height of the walls, some two hundred feet above the towers, missiles would be fired and stones cast.
Within the towers, sweating, naked siege slaves, under the frenzied whips of their overseers, hauled on the great chains that swung the mighty steel rams into the wall and back.
One of Pa-kur's towers was undermined, and it tilted crazily and they crashed into the dust, amidst the screaming of its doomed occupants.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter )