| 1 Blood Brothers of Gor - Page 416 “. . .the large rounded shields common to Gorean infantry in the north, behind which a warrior might crouch. . .” 1 Blood Brothers of Gor - Page 416 “. . .the large rounded shields common to Gorean infantry in the north, behind which a warrior might crouch. . .” 2 Outlaw of Gor - Page 237 “The bronze head of the spear had cut through the brass loops on the shield and pierced the seven hardened concentric layers of bosk hide which formed it.” 3 Raiders of Gor - Page 68 “…and the rounded shield of layered boskhide, with its double sling, riveted with pegs of iron…” 4 Outlaw of Gor - Page 21 “The round shield, concentric overlapping layers of hardened leather riveted together and bound with hoops of brass, fitted with the double sling for carrying on the left arm. . .” 5 Outlaw of Gor - Page 24 “I donned the helmet, and slung the shield and sword over my left shoulder.” 6 Outlaw of Gor - Page 21 “Normally the Gorean shield is painted boldly and has infixed in it some device for identifying the bearer’s city.” 7 Nomads of Gor - Page 18 “You wear no insignia on your shield,” he said. “You are outlaw.” 8 Raiders of Gor - Page 297 “Vina, with a shield, whose weight she could hardly bear, was trying to cover the boy, Fish, as he fought.” 9 Renegades of Gor - Page 331 “To lift such a device for Ehn at a time, and receive blow after blow upon it, bearing up under them, in time makes the arm desperately tired and sore.” 10 Blood Brothers of Gor - Page 416 “They were not the large, oval shields of Turia, . . . behind which a warrior might crouch. . .” 11 Nomads of Gor - Page 123 “He wore a helmet and carried the Turian shield, which is oval.” 12 Raiders of Gor - Page 52 “Some of the men of the rencers, with their small shields of rence wicker, fought, but their marsh spears were no match for the steel swords and the war spears of Gor.” 13 Marauders of Gor - Page 32 “The shields were round, and of wood, variously painted, some reinforced with iron bands, others with leather, some with small bronze plates.” 14 Guardsman of Gor - Page 11 “I saw then that their action had been diversionary, to occupy us while other longboats, fixed with wicker shields, of the sort used for naval bowmen, lay along the chain.” 15 Marauders of Gor - Page 171 “Behind the Kur, to one side, stood two other Kurii. They, like the first, were fearsome creatures. Each carried a wide, round shield, of iron, some four feet in diameter.” 16 Explorers of Gor - Page 439 “The oval leather shields and the stabbing spears of the askaris. . .” 17 Explorers of Gor - Page 100 “Lake Ngao, which was discovered by Shaba, and named by him, was named for a shield, because of its long, oval shape. The shields in this area tend to have that shape.” 18 Explorers of Gor - Page 224 “The askaris were jubilant, resplendent in their skins and feathers, with their golden necklaces and armlets, their narrow, tufted shields. . .” 19 Savages of Gor - Page 50 “It is a belief of the red savages that if they are unworthy, or do not speak the truth, that their shield will not protect them. It will move aside or will not turn the arrows and lances of enemies.” 20 Blood Brothers of Gor - Pages 175 & 176 “I am speaking of the shields of the peoples of the Barrens and within the Barrens. These are not your ordinary shields. These are made with the aid of spells. The medicines of war are important in their construction and designs. They are not merely equipment, not merely contraptions of metal or leather. They are holy. They are precious. They are friends and allies.” 21 Blood Brothers of Gor - Page 239 “Still others spoke to their shields and weapons, telling them what would be expected of them.” 22 Blood Brothers of Gor - Page 302 “It is not uncommon for a warrior to keep his shield in its case or cover when not fighting. It is removed from the case, or cover, also, of course, when it is sunned, set forth to draw in power and medicine from the yellow, life-giving, blazing star of two worlds, Sol or Tor-tu-Gor, Light Upon the Home Stone.” 23 Assassin of Gor - Page 36 “. . .the Tarn Keeper and the Saddle Maker cried out, and began to stamp their feet in the dust and pound their fists against their left shoulders. Then others watching cried out in glee. I myself removed my sword from its sheath and with it struck my shield.” 24 Marauders of Gor - Pages 30 & 31 “And on its mast, round and of painted wood, had hung the white shield . . . that it came in peace.” Marauders of Gor - Page 70 “What shield is at his mast?” called the Forkbeard. “The red shield,” called the lookout.” 25 Tarnsman of Gor - Page 187 “He then raised a spear and set it, like the shield, at his feet. This gesture is a military convention employed by commanders on Gor when calling for a parley or conference. It signifies a truce, literally the temporary putting aside of weapons. In surrender, on the other hand, the shield straps and the shaft of the spear are broken, indicating that the vanquished has disarmed himself and places himself at the mercy of the conqueror.” 26 Marauders of Gor - Page 184 “Swear, too,” he suggested, “by the side of the ship, by the shield’s rim, by the sword’s edge.” Blood Brothers of Gor - Page 187 “He has sworn by his shield,” said Akihoka.” 27 Nomads of Gor Page 124 “. . .buckler and dagger, ax and buckler, dagger and whip, ax and net, or the two daggers. . .” Assassin of Gor - Page 189 “The crowd is fond of seeing various types of weapons used against others, and styles of fighting. Buckler and short sword are perhaps most popular. . .” Assassin of Gor - Page 346 “Ho-Tu, his hook knife dripping, a buckler on his left arm now stood beside us.” 28 Tribesmen of Gor - Page 59 “The war kaiila, rearing on its hind legs. . . He thrust the jaws away with the buckler. . .” 29 Tribesmen of Gor - Page 302 “. . .the primary defense is a small round buckler. . .” 30 Outlaw of Gor - Page 23 “It was well vicious, double-edged and about twenty to twenty-two inches in length.” 31 Raiders of Gor - Page 68 “I had again my sword, that wine-tempered blade of fine, double-edged Gorean steel. . .” 32 Nomads of Gor - Page 25 “. . .the blade of a Koroban short sword, with the edge that would divide silk dropped upon it. . .” 33 Priest-Kings of Gor - Page 56 “. . .the oil with which I protected the blade of my sword from rust. . .” Priest-Kings of Gor - Page 174 “I examined the blade and the light coat of oil that protected it.” 34 Dancer of Gor - Page 459 “He then fetched a bit of oil and a sharpening stone from his things and, returning to his place, removed his sword from its scabbard. He then, slowly, patiently, with great care, addressed himself to the blade. Gorean men usually sharpen their own swords. They tend to trust the edge on the weapon to no one but themselves.” 35 Raiders of Gor - Page 213 “I wore at my side a jeweled sword . . . no longer the sword I had worn. . .that old sword. . .plain pommel and unfigured blade. . .” Raiders of Gor - Page 296 “It did not have the jeweled hilt or the figured blade of my admiral’s sword. . .” 36 Guardsman of Gor -Page 135 “I bit at the leather binding on the handle of the sword I carried. I tore loose a strip of it and, with this cordage, improvised a wrist sling.” 37 Captive of Gor - Page 259 “. . .his sword dangling from its wrist strap, commonly used by tarnsmen in flight. . .” 38 Mercenaries of Gor - Page 211 “The pommels of some swords are made, too, in such a way as to unscrew, revealing such a compartment.” 39 Priest-Kings of Gor - Page 174 “I drew my sword, lifting it easily from the sheath. It cleared the leather as easily and swiftly as a larl might have bared its fangs.” 40 Savages of Gor - Page 13 “Most Gorean scabbards are not moisture proof, as this would entail either too close a fit for the blade or an impeding flap. I slung the scabbard strap over my left shoulder, in the Gorean fashion. In this way the scabbard, the blade once drawn, may be discarded, with its strap, which accouterments, otherwise, might constitute an encumbrance in combat. On marches, incidentally, and in certain other contexts, the strap, which is adjustable, is usually put over the right shoulder. This minimizes slippage in common and recurrent motion.” 41 Priest-Kings of Gor - Page 48 “I buckled on my sword.” 42 Tarnsman of Gor - Page 63 "Is it to that city that you pledge your life, your honor, and your sword?” asked my father.” 43 Marauders of Gor - Page 12 “Are you aware,” I asked, “that against you, on his sword and on the medallion of Ar, Marlenus swore the oath of disownment?” 44 Slave Girl of Gor - Page 114 “Sword loyalty is a bond of fidelity sworn to the Ubar.” 45 Assassin of Gor Page 392 “The Taurentians had been disbanded, disgraced and exiled from the city. Only the day before their purple cloaks and helmets had been taken from them before the great gate; their swords had been broken. . .” 46 Nomads of Gor - Page 123 “. . .the saber, incidentally, which would be somewhat more effective from kaiilaback, is almost unknown on Gor. . .” 47 Nomads of Gor - Page 124 “The saber, incidentally, is not only unpopular among the Wagon Peoples but among the warriors of Gor generally; it is regarded as being too long and clumsy a weapon for the close, sharp combat so dear to the heart of the warrior of the cities; further it is not of much use from the saddle of a tarn or tharlarion.” 48 Marauders of Gor - Page 148 “What do you expect to do with that paring knife?” asked Bjarni of Thorstein Camp, looking at me puzzled. He thought me mad. “Your long sword,” I told him, “is doubtless quite useful in thrusting over the balwarks of ships. . .” Marauders of Gor - Page 149 “. . .the arc of your stroke is wider then mine, and your blade heavier.” Marauders of Gor - Page 172 “. . .a scabbard of oiled, black leather; in this scabbard was a sword, a sword of Torvaldsland, a long sword, with a jeweled pommel, with double guard.” 49 Mercenaries of Gor - Page 45 “Besides the ax, Alars are fond of the Alar sword, a long, heavy, double-edged weapon.” Mercenaries of Gor - Page 66 “It was a long, cutting sword, of the sort called a spatha among the wagons.” 50 Mercenaries of Gor - Page 66 “He also carried among his things the short, stabbing sword, similar to the gladius, and doubtless related to it, called by his people the sacramasax.” 51 Tribesmen of Gor - Page 120 “I observed the scimitar. It was a wickedly curved blade.” 52 Tribesmen of Gor - Page 123 “. . .with the razor-sharp scimitars of the Tahari. . .” 53 Tribesmen of Gor - Page 60 “Silk, dropped upon the scimitar of the Tahari, divided, falls free, floating, to the floor.” 54 Fighting Slave of Gor - Page 118 “Gron, bare chested, stood beside him, resting the point of a great, long, curved sword on the tiles at his feet.” 55 Magicians of Gor - Page 90 “In a saddle sheath, remaining there, was a longer weapon, a two-handed scimitar, the two-handed scimitarus, useful for reaching other riders on tharlarion.” 56 Hunters of Gor - Page 279 “The spear, a Gorean war spear, its head tapered of bronze, some eighteen inches long, its shaft more than an inch and a half in thickness, more than six feet in length, sped from my grasp.” Slave Girl of Gor - Page 22 “It had a long, heavy shaft, some two inches in width, some seven feet in length; the head of the weapon, including its socket and penetrating rivets, was some twenty inches in length; the killing edges of the blade began about two inches from the bottom of the socket, which reinforced the blade, tapering with the blade, double-edged, to within eight inches of its point; the blade was bronze; it was broad at the bottom, tapering to its point. . .” 57 Outlaw of Gor - Page 21 “It is a terrible weapon and, abetted by the somewhat lighter gravity of Gor, when cast with considerable force, can pierce a shield at close quarters or bury its head a foot deep in solid wood.” 58 Outlaw of Gor - Page 21 “Indeed, the Gorean spear is such that many warriors scorn lesser missile weapons, such as the longbow or crossbow, both of which are not uncommonly found on Gor.” 59 Assassin of Gor - Page 366 “The tarnsman commonly carries, strapped to the saddle, a Gorean spear, a fearsome weapon, but primarily a missile weapon, and one more adopted to infantry.” 60 Captive of Gor - Page 49 “The spears were large, with curved bronze heads.” 61 Explorers of Gor - Page 145 “. . .short, long-bladed stabbing spears. . .” 62 Explorers of Gor - Page 451 “Small leather strips customarily sheath the blades of the spears of Ukungu. . .” 63 Captive of Gor - Page 118 “Build up the fire,” said the leader of the girls, a tall, blondish girl. How startling she seemed. She carried a light spear. She was dressed in skins.” 64 Raiders of Gor - Page 12 “. . .two- or three-pronged marsh spear. . .” 65 Raiders of Gor - Page 52 “. . .marsh spears were no match for the steel swords and the war spears of Gor.” 66 Savages of Gor - Page 24 “This time it brought forth a mighty spear, some twelve feet in length, with a long, tapering bronze head. . . . The shaft of the spear was some three inches in diameter. The bronze head might have weighed some twenty pounds.” 67 Savages of Gor - Page 42 “. . .the longer, heavier tharlarion lances designed for use from tharlarionback, and often used with a lance post. . .” 68 Tarnsmen of Gor - Page 117 “. . .fastening his lance in its saddle sheath and slipping from the back of the tharlarion.” 69 Nomads of Gor - Page 14 “Over his shoulder he, too, carried one of the slender lances.” 70 Nomads of Gor Page 14 “His lance had a rider hook under the point, with which he might dismount opponents.” 71 Nomads of Gor - Page 15 “The lances of the Wagon Peoples are not couched. They are carried in the right fist, easily, and are flexible and light, used for thrusting, not the battering-ram effect of the heavy lances of Europe’s High Middle Ages. Needless to say, they can be almost as swift and delicate in their address as a saber. The lances are black, cut from the poles of young tem trees. They may be bent almost double, like finely tempered steel, before they break. A loose loop of boskhide, wound twice about the right fist, helps to retain the weapon in hand-to-hand combat. It is seldom thrown.” 72 Tribesmen of Gor - Page 255 “Beside him lay the long lance, some nine feet in length.” 73 Tribesmen of Gor - Page 234 “. . .the long, slim lance, eight feet Gorean in length, marked with red and yellow swirling stripes, terminating in an extremely narrow point, razored, steel, some eleven inches in length, and lanceolate, as the leaf of the flahdah tree.” 74 Tribesmen of Gor - Page 258 “He examined the long blade of the lance, running his finger along the edge of the blade. The blade was bound in the shaft by four rivets.” 75 Savages of Gor - Page 43 “The kaiila lance takes, on the whole, two forms, the hunting lance and the war lance. Hunting lances are commonly longer, heavier and thicker than war lances. Too, they are often undecorated, save perhaps for a knot of the feathers. . .The point of the hunting lance is usually longer and narrower than that of the war lance. . .The head, of metal, or of bone or stone, with sinew or rawhide, and also sometimes with metal trade rivets. . .The tarn lance, it might be mentioned, as is used by the red savages who have mastered the tarn, is, in size and shape, very similar to the kaiila lance. It differs primarily in being longer and more slender.” 76 Savages of Gor - Page 42 “. . .the smaller, thicker stabbing lances used by certain groups of pedestrian nomads.” 77 Beasts of Gor - Page 258 “I grasped the long harpoon. It was some eight feet in length, some two and a half inches in diameter. Its major shaft was of wood, but it had a foreshaft of bone. In this foreshaft was set the head of the harpoon, of bone, drilled, with a point of sharpened slate. Through the drilled hole in the bone, some four inches below the slate point and some four inches above the base of the head, was passed a rawhide line, which lay coiled in the bottom of the boat. As the hole is drilled the line, when it snaps taut, will turn the head of the harpoon in the wound, anchoring it.” 78 Beasts of Gor - Page 285 “I set the light harpoon into the notch on the throwing board and, even mittened, an instant before the beast turned toward me, grunted, snapping the throwing board forward and downward, speeding the shaft toward the enraged animal.” 79 Assassin of Gor - Page 189 “The crowd is fond of seeing various types of weapons used against others, and styles of fighting. . . . the net and trident.” 80 Raiders of Gor - Page 85 “My name is Clitus,” he said. “I am a fisherman. I can guide ships by the stars. I know the net and trident.” Raiders of Gor - Page 112 “He had purchased the net in the morning, with a trident, the traditional weapons of the fisherman of the western shore and the western islands.” 81 Raiders of Gor - Page 255 “Four members of the Council Guard, beneath the two great braziers set at the entrance, leaped to attention, the butts of their pikes striking on the tiles.” 82 Savages of Gor - Page 286 “Gorean infantry, with staggered lines and fixed pikes, their butts anchored in the earth, could usually turn an attack of light cavalry.” 83 Renegades of Gor - Page 265 “Pikes for repelling boarders, it might be noted, are often greased near the blade end. This makes it harder for boarders to grasp them, wrenching them away, forcing gaps in the pike wall, and so on.” Guardsman of Gor - Page 41 “He struck a defender’s pike away from himself. Then he cut at the pirates to his left and right.” 84 Nomads of Gor - Page 11 “. . .the seven sheaths for the almost legendary quivas, the balanced saddleknives of the prairie. It was said a youth of the Wagon Peoples was taught the bow, the quiva and the lance before their parents would consent to give him a name. . .” 85 Nomads of Gor - Page 67 “. . .it is about a foot in length, double edged; it tapers to a daggerlike point.” 86 Players of Gor - Page 178 “. . .Tuchuk quivas. . . are balanced for throwing. 87 Players of Gor - Page 187 “I had not thrown it hard enough, intentionally, to bring the point fully through the body. It is not necessary. The cast, as recommended, had been easy and smooth. The quiva itself, in its sharpness and weight, does the work.” 88 Nomads of Gor - Page 124 “. . .the quiva itself is regarded, on the whole, as more of a missile weapon than a hand knife.” 89 Hunters of Gor - Page 162 “The huntsman resheathed his sleen knife.” 90 Hunters of Gor - Page 32 “She had now thrust her sleen knife into its belt sheath.” 91 Slave Girl of Gor - Page 188 “He drew out a sleen knife.” 92 Hunters of Gor - Page 266 “. . .a short sleen knife, balanced.” 93 Hunters of Gor - Page 133 “She fingered the hilt of the sleen knife.” 94 Renegades of Gor - Page 246 “. . .did you find any small knives, such as a hook knife or a shaving knife?” 95 Assassin of Gor - Page 12 “. . .a small, thick, curved blade, the hook knife of Ar, used sheathed in the sport of that name. . .” 96 Assassin of Gor - Page 317 “. . .held the razor-sharp hook knife. . .” 97 Assassin of Gor - Page 86 “Each carried, sheathed, a hook knife. The edges of the sheath were coated with a bluish pigment.” 98 Assassin of Gor - Page 84 “To this belt there hung the sheath of a hook knife, which was buckled in the sheath, the strap passing over the hilt.” 99 Assassin of Gor - Page 363 “I saw that he had been given another knife, a tarn knife, of the sort carried by riders.” 100 Assassin of Gor - Page 174 “In Mip’s hand I saw a small dagger, a throwing knife, of a sort manufactured in Ar; it was smaller than the southern quiva; it was tapered on only one side. “It is an interesting knife,” I said. “All Tarn Keepers carry a knife,” said Mip, playing with the blade. 101 Assassin of Gor - Page 261 “It was a killing knife, short, well-balanced for throwing” 102 Assassin of Gor - Page 42 “a throwing knife, of a sort used in Ar, much smaller than the southern quiva, and tapered on only one side. It was a knife designed for killing. . . . On the hilt of the dagger, curling about it, was the legend “I have sought him. I have found him.” 103 Hunters of Gor - Page 45 “. . .at his belt may hang a Turian dagger.” 104 Marauders of Gor - Page 156 “At her waist she wore a jeweled scabbard, protruding from which I saw the ornamented, twisted blade of a Turian dagger; free women in Torvaldsland commonly carry a knife. . .” 105 Raiders of Gor - Page 27 “One holds the stem of the plant in the left hand and, with the right, with a rence knife, a small, curved, two-inch knife makes a diagonal upward stroke.” 106 Explorers of Gor - Page 313 “. . .the jungle is not a maze of impenetrable growth, which must be hacked through with machete or panga.” 107 Explorers of Gor - Page 287 “. . .pangas two-foot-long, heavy, curve-bladed bush knives. . .” 108 Explorers of Gor - Page 382 “The keen steel of our pangas smote apart thick vines.” 109 Explorers of Gor - Page 437 “I seized up the panga which had been carried by the beast I had slain. It was heavy. I must needs use two hands to wield it.” 110 Savages of Gor - Page 145 “The butcher knives are usually ground down into a narrow, concave shape. They do not have the sturdiness for combat. They are used, generally, for the swift acquisition of bloody trophies.” 111 Beasts of Gor - Page 253 “Imnak’s knife had a wooden handle, some fourteen inches long. Its point was some three inches in length. He braced it on his leg in carving, his fingers near the blade end where they might delicately control the movement of the metal.” 112 Beasts of Gor - Page 262 “The ulo, or woman’s knife, with its semicircular blade, customarily fixed in a wooden handle, is not well suited to carving. It is better at cutting meat and slicing sinew.” 113 Beasts of Gor - Page 325 “I did as I was told, and Imnak, with a large, curved, bone, saw-toothed knife, a snow knife, began to cut at a nearby drift of snow.” 114 Blood Brothers of Gor - Pages 311 & 312 “She placed the turf knife in the pit, through the hole which we had left as its entrance. The turf knife is a wooden-bladed, saw-edged, paddlelike tool. It is used to cut and saw sod and, when the handle is held in the right hand and the blade is supported with the left, it may be used, also, rather like a shovel, to move dirt.” 115 Savages of Gor - Page 114 “He then drew the large, triangular-bladed knife from the beaded sheath on his belt. . .” 116 Explorers of Gor - Page 285 “He had sheathed his jagged-edged knife, a fisherman’s knife.” 117 Marauders of Gor - Page 261 “He was cutting, with a ship’s knife. . .” 118 Blood Brothers of Gor - Page 8 “. . .at the thong on his waist was a beaded sheath, from which protruded the hilt of a trade knife.” 119 Raiders of Gor - Page 54 “Then the warrior threw her to her stomach, binding her wrists together behind her back, then binding her ankles. With a slave knife he cut the rence tunic from her and threw her, still partly tangled in the net, over his shoulder. . .” 120 Captive of Gor - Page 49 “. . .besides the small swords, carried a knife as well, this attached to a leather belt.” 121 Marauders of Gor - Page 50 “All men of Torvaldsland, incidentally, even if otherwise unarmed, carry a knife at their master belt.” 122 Marauders of Gor - Page 156 “. . .free women in Torvaldsland commonly carry a knife. . .” 123 Savages of Gor - Page 145 “The knife blades and long nails are sometimes mounted in clubs. The blades, of course, may also be fitted into carved handles, of wood and bone.” 124 Priest-Kings of Gor - Page 34 “. . .a straight-bladed Gorean shaving knife.” 125 Assassin of Gor - Page 52 “. . .the knife lock, when tampered with, releases a blade, or several of them, with great force, sometimes from behind the individual at the lock.” 126 Raiders of Gor - Page 109 “The whip knife is a delicate weapon, and can be used with elegance, with finesse; it is, as far as I know, unique to Port Kar.” 127 Assassin of Gor - Pages 363 & 364 “. . .coiled at the side of his saddle, in four loops, was a whip knife, of the sort common in Port Kar, a whip, but set into its final eighteen inches, arranged in sets of four, twenty thin, narrow blades; the tips of whip knives differ; some have a double-edged blade of about seven or eight inches at the tip; others have a stunning lead, which fells the victim and permits him, half-conscious, to be cut to pieces at the attacker’s leisure; the whip knife of Menicius, however, held at its tip the double-edged blade, capable of cutting a throat at twelve feet.” 128 Nomads of Gor - Page 124 “. . .ax and buckler . . . ax and net. . .” 129 Renegades of Gor - Page 282 “Men waited below for those who still moved, with axes.” 130 Hunters of Gor - Page 47 “. . .blond giant from Torvaldsland The large, curved, double-bladed, long-handled ax lay beside him.” 131 Marauders of Gor - Page 27 “. . .shattering his chains with the blunt hammerlike backs of their great, curved, single-bladed axes.” 132 Marauders of Gor - Page 50 “Forkbeard then, grinning, slung his ax over his left shoulder, dropping it into the broad leather loop by which it may be carried, its head behind his head and to the left. This loop is fixed in a broad leather belt worn from the left shoulder to the right hip, fastened there by a hook, that the weight of the ax will not turn the belt, which fits into a ring in the master belt.” 133 Marauders of Gor - Page 104 “It takes, however, more than one blow to cut a body, that of a man, in two.” 134 Marauders of Gor - Page 142 “We saw, too, many chieftains, and captains, and minor Jarls, in the crowd, each with his retinue. These high men were sumptuously garbed, richly cloaked and helmeted, often with great axes, inlaid with gold.” 135 Mercenaries of Gor - Page 54 “An ax, a typical Alar ax, long-handled, armed with its heavy iron blade, was handed to the girl.” Mercenaries of Gor - Page 71 “Among them was the heavy, single-bladed Alar war ax.” 136 Mercenaries of Gor - Page 57 “She tried again to lift the ax, and then, again, lowered it, until she held it before her, as she had before, with difficulty, with both hands, her hands separated well on the handle.” 137 Blood Brothers of Gor - Page 9 “It had been given to him by a Yellow Knife in mounted combat, the result of a stroke by a long-handled, stone-bladed tomahawk, or canhpi.” 138 Blood Brothers of Gor - Page 447 “I saw Alfred struck down from behind with the heavy, balled knob of a carved wooden Canhpi.” Blood Brothers of Gor - Page 450 “He had not perished of the blow from the knob-headed canhpi.” Savages of Gor - Page 288 “The other drew back a heavy club, the termination of which contained a heavy, wooden, ball-like knob.” 139 Blood Brothers of Gor - Page 35 “A long-handled, single-bladed ax was pressed into her hands. It was a trade ax. Its back was blunted, for the driving of pegs, stakes and wedges.” 140 Savages of Gor - Page 214 “Grunt was engaged in conversation with four or five of the Dust-Leg men. Then he rose to his feet, and went to his stores, to bring forth a fine hatchet.” 141 Savages of Gor - Page 226 “She became Grunt’s for three hatchets.” 142 Blood Brothers of Gor - Page 9 “The expression, for most practical purposes, signifies a certain type of gap, such as, for example, might occur in the edge of a trade ax, or hatchet, for use in drawing nails, an occupation for which red savages, of course, have little use.” 143 Outlaw of Gor - Page 27 “. . .the broad, double-headed wood ax. . .” Outlaw of Gor - Page 31 “I felt it could have felled a small tree with a single blow.” 144 Marauders of Gor - Page 171 “Each, too, carried a great, double-bladed iron ax, which, from blade tip to blade tip, was some two feet in width. The handle of the ax was of carved, green needle wood, round, some four inches in diameter. The axes were some seven or eight feet in height.” 145 Tarnsman of Gor - Page 31 “For example, incredibly enough, weapon technology is controlled to the point where the most powerful devices of war are the crossbow and lance.” 146 Tarnsman of Gor - Page 49 “Incidentally, speaking of the crossbow and longbow, . . . The Older Tarl, my redoubtable instructor in arms, did not care for them, regarding them as secondary weapons almost unworthy for the hand of a warrior.” 147 Outlaw of Gor - Page 21 “Indeed, the Gorean spear is such that many warriors scorn lesser missile weapons, such as the longbow or crossbow, both of which are not uncommonly found on Gor.” 148 Savages of Gor - Page 96 “. . .the crossbow, which is primarily an infantry weapon. 149 Tarnsman of Gor - Page 64 “I mounted my tarn . . . On each side of the saddle hung a missile weapon, a crossbow with a quiver of a dozen quarrels, or bolts, on the left, a longbow with a quiver of thirty arrows on the right.” Tarnsman of Gor - Page 161 “None of the bolts had escaped from the specially constructed quiver.” 150 Tarnsman of Gor - Page 163 “Some hundreds of yards from the wall, just beyond crossbow range. . .” 151 Tarnsman of Gor - Page 59 “. . .the iron bolt of a crossbow. . .” Assassin of Gor - Page 357 “. . .the metal fins of the bolt. . .” 152 Tarnsman of Gor - Page 100 “and if he had fired at that range, most probably the quarrel would have passed through my body and disappeared in the woods behind. The initial velocity of a quarrel is the better part of a pasang per second.” 153 Nomads of Gor - Page 227 “. . .the bolt of a crossbow struck the door and splintered through it, its head projecting some six inches on my side.” 154 Nomads of Gor - Page 236 “The bolt of a crossbow splattered into a brick wall on my right, gouging a cupful of masonry loose in chips and dust.” 155 Nomads of Gor - Page 227 “It would be eleven or twelve seconds before the crossbowmen would be ready to fire again.” 156 Nomads of Gor - Page 213 “The crossbowmen were each winding their string tight for a new quarrel.” 157 Tarnsman of Gor - Page 105 “. . .some oil for the mechanism of the crossbow.” 158 Savages of Gor - Page 96 “Its major disadvantage is its slowness in rate of fire. The cavalry crossbow does have an iron stirrup in which the rider, without dismounting, may insert his foot, thus gaining the leverage necessary for drawing the cable back with both hands, if the rider is right handed he usually inserts his right foot in the stirrup and leans to the right in drawing the cable. . .” 159 Nomads of Gor - Page 11 “. . .he carried in his right hand the small, powerful horn bow of the Wagon Peoples and attached to his saddle was a lacquered, narrow, rectangular quiver containing as many as forty arrows.” 160 Nomads of Gor - Page 247 “. . .the barbed Tuchuk war arrows.” 161 Nomads of Gor - Page 31 “. . .the small horn bow of the Wagon Peoples can be used to advantage not only from the back of a kaiila but, like the crossbow, from such cramped quarters.” 162 Assassin of Gor Page 365 “. . .the tiny, swift bow of Tuchuks, the narrow, rectangular quiver, with its forty arrows. . . . It is small, double-curved, about four feet in length, built up of layers of bosk horn, bound and reinforced with metal and leather; it is banded with metal at seven points, including the grip. . .the bow lacks the range of both the longbow and the crossbow, but, at close range, firing rapidly, it can be a devastating weapon. . .” 163 Assassin of Gor - Page 372 “Again and again the small bow, swift and vicious, fired, twenty barbed arrows in half an Ehn. . .” 164 Nomads of Gor - Pages 66 & 67 “The bow, of course, small, for use from the saddle, lacks the range and power of the Gorean longbow or crossbow; still, at close range, with considerable force, firing rapidly, arrow after arrow, it is a fearsome weapon.” 165 Assassin of Gor Page 365 “The small bow, interestingly, has never been used among tarnsmen. . .” 166 Beasts of Gor - Page 205 “The horn bow, unfortunately, formed of pieces of split tabuk horn, bound with sinew, is not effective beyond some thirty yards, One must, thus, be almost upon the animal before loosing the shaft.” 167 Beasts of Gor - Page 48 “. . .at his back was a quiver containing arrows, and a short bow of sinew-bound, layered horn. Such men are seldom seen on Gor. They are the natives of the polar basin.” 168 Savages of Gor - Page 44 “The man removes his bow from the fringed, beaded bow case,” said Kog.” 169 Rouge of Gor - Pages 307 & 308 “They were short, ship bows, stout and maneuverable, easy to use in crowded quarters, easy to fire across the bulwarks of galleys locked in combat. . . . Their rate of fire, of course, is much superior to that of the crossbow, either of the draw or windlass, variety. All things considered the ship bow is an ideal missile weapon for close-range naval combat. It is superior in this respect even to the peasant bow, or long bow, which excels it in impact, range and accuracy.” 170 Marauders of Gor - Page 52 “. . .the short bow of the Gorean north, with its short, heavy arrows, heavily headed, lacks the range and power of the peasant bow of the south. . .the advantage that it is more manageable in close quarters. . .easier to fire it through a thole port, the oar withdrawn.” 171 Savages of Gor - Page 46 “The small bow has many advantages. High among these is the rapidity with which it may be drawn and fired. A skilled warrior, in the Gorean gravity, can fire ten arrows into the air, the last leaving the bow before the first has returned to the earth. No Gorean weapon can match it in its rate of fire. At close range it can be devastating. Two further advantages of the small bow that might be mentioned are its maneuverability and its capacity to be concealed, say beneath a robe. It can be easily swept from one side of the kaiila to the other.” 172 Beasts of Gor - Page 111 “She carried a short, yellow bow, of Ka-la-ha wood, which could clear the saddle of the tharlarion. . .” 173 Captive of Gor - Page 82 “Some call them the forest girls,” said Ute. “Others call them the panther girls, for they dress themselves in the teeth and skins of forest panthers, which they slay with their spears and bows.” 174 Hunters of Gor - Page 214 “Their arrows, their bows being smaller, are not as long as the common sheaf arrow of the long bow. . .” 175 Raiders of Gor - Page 3 “Well used, the long bow is a far more devastating weapon than its rival, the crossbow; but few men had the strength and eve to use it well. . .” 176 Hunters of Gor - Page 180 “. . .it fires nineteen arrows in a Gorean Ehn, some eighty Earth seconds; a skilled bowman, and not an unusual one, is expected to be able to put these nineteen arrows in an Ehn into a man-sized target, consecutively, each a mortal hit, at some two hundred and fifty yards.” 177 Raiders of Gor - Page 20 “. . .the leather bracer and fastened it about his left forearm, that the arm not be lacerated by the string, and took the small tab as well, putting the first and second fingers of his right hand through, that in drawing the string the flesh might not be cut to the bone.” 178 Raiders of Gor – Page 2 “a Gorean long bow of supple Ka-la-na wood, from the yellow wine trees of Gor, tipped with notched bosk horn at each end, loose strung with hemp whipped with silk, and a roll of sheaf and flight arrows. The bow is not commonly favored by Gorean warriors, but all must respect it. It is the height of a tall man; its back, away from the bowman, is flat; its belly, facing the bowman, is half-rounded; it is something like an inch and a half wide and an inch and a quarter thick at the center; it has considerable force and requires considerable strength to draw; many men, incidentally, even some warriors, cannot draw the bow . . . its rate of fire is nineteen arrows in a Gorean Ehn, about eighty Earth seconds. . . Yet, as a weapon, it has serious disadvantages. . . The long bow cannot well be used except in a standing, or at least kneeling, position, thus making more of a target of the archer; the long bow is difficult to use from the saddle; it is impractical in close quarters, as in defensive warfare or in fighting from room to room; and it cannot be kept set, loaded like a firearm, as can the crossbow . .” 179 Raiders of Gor Page 68 “The Gorean sheaf arrow is slightly over a yard long, the flight arrow is about forty inches in length. Both are metal piled and fletched with three half-feathers, from the wings of the Vosk gulls.” 180 Hunters of Gor - Page 83 “Then I sat down, cross-legged, and withdrew an arrow, for the great bow, from its quiver and, with thread and a tiny pot of glue, bent to refeathering one of the shafts.” 181 Hunters of Gor - Page 180 “At point-blank range the tem-wood shaft can be fired completely through a four-inch beam; at two hundred yards it can pin a man to a wall; at four hundred yards it can kill the huge, shambling bosk. . .” 182 Raiders of Gor - Page 4 “Small straight bows, of course, not the powerful long bow, are, on the other hand, reasonably common on Gor, and these are often used for hunting light game, such as the brush-maned, three-toed Qualae, the yellow-pelted, single-horned Tabuk, and runaway slaves.” 183 Nomads of Gor - Page 24 “I saw him draw one of the quivas from a saddle sheath, loosen the long, triple-weighted bola from his side. Slowly, singing in a gutteral chant, a Tuchuk warrior song, he began to swing the bola. It consists of three long straps of leather, each about five feet long, each terminating in a leather sack which contains, sewn inside, a heavy, round, metal weight. It was probably developed for hunting the tumit, a huge, flightless carnivorous bird of the plains, but the Wagon Peoples use it also, and well, as a weapon of war. Thrown low the long straps, with their approximate ten-foot sweep, almost impossible to evade, strike the victim and the weighted balls, as soon as resistance is met, whip about the victim, tangling and tightening the straps. Sometimes legs are broken. It is often difficult to release the straps, so snarled do they become. Thrown high the Gorean bola can lock a man’s arms to his sides; thrown to the throat it can strangle him; thrown to the head, a difficult cast, the whipping weights can crush a skull.” 184 Nomads of Gor - Page 123 “Ah, yes, weapons,” Kamchak was saying, “what shall it be the kaiila lance, a whip and bladed bola, perhaps the quiva?” 185 Players of Gor - Page 66 “Tassa powder had doubtless been used on her. It is traceless, and effective.” 186 Fighting Slave of Gor - Page 223 “It was done by Tassa powder,” she said. “It was tasteless, and effective,” I said. “It shows up, of course,” I said, “in water.” “It is meant to be mixed with red wine,” she said. 187 Guardsman of Gor - Page 113 “Inside, in a previously prepared room, on a great table, were aligned two hundred goblets of wine. Each contained Tassa powder. When the pirates, unsuspecting, were within, and giving themselves to the wine, the door would be locked.” 188 Players of Gor - Page 75 “Throughout all that had transpired in the booth she had not regained consciousness. Tassa powder is efficient.” 189 Marauders of Gor - Page 19 “Sullius Maximus,” he said, “invented such a drug. He tested it, by pin pricks, on the limbs of a captured enemy, paralyzing him from the neck down.” 190 Captive of Gor - Page 357 “Death by ost venom is among the most hideous of deaths.” 191 Nomads of Gor - Page 318 “I was scarcely aware of the brief whimpering of the Paravaci as, twisting and turning on the rug, biting at it, holding his arm, his flesh turning orange from ost venom, he writhed and died. Kamchak walked to him and tore away the mask. I saw the contorted, now-orange, twisted, agonized face. Already it was like colored paper and peeling, as though lit and burned from the inside. There were drops of blood and sweat on it.” 192 Captive of Gor - Page 357 “The small man held up a tiny packet. “This,” he said, “is the poison, a powder prepared from the venom of the Ost.” 193 Nomads of Gor - Page 187 “They are poison teeth,” remarked Harold, “a Turian affectation but quite deadly, being filled with the venom of the Ost.” 194 Tarnsman of Gor - Page 179 “On the twentieth day of the siege there was great rejoicing in the camp of Pa-Kur, because in one place the wires had been cut and a squad of spearmen had reached the main siege reservoir, emptying their barrels of toxic kanda, a lethal poison extracted from one of Gor’s desert shrubs.” 195 Assassin of Gor - Page 42 “Mixed with the blood and fluids of the body there was a smear of white at the end of the steel, the softened residue of a glaze of kanda paste, now melted by body heat, which had coated the tip of the blade.” 196 Tribesmen of Gor - Page 132 “. . .I found a needle; I smelled it; it was smeared with kanda, a deadly toxin. . .” 197 Explorers of Gor - Page 169 “He folded his left hand into a fist and, with his thumb, pressed a tiny switch on the ring. The fang, of hollow steel, springing up, was then exposed.” Explorers of Gor - Page 151 “On the first finger of his left hand he wore a fang ring, which, I had little doubt, would contain a poison, probably that of the deadly kanda plant.” 198 Assassin of Gor - Page 52 “Much more dangerous is the poison lock, because the opening through which the tiny pins, usually coated with a paste formed from kanda root, can emerge can be extremely small, almost invisible to the eye, easy to overlook in the crevices and grillwork of the commonly heavy, ornate Gorean lock.” 199 Beasts of Gor Page 402 “It is not wise to try to tear away the garments of a free woman with one’s bare hands. They may contain poisoned needles.” Explorers of Gor - Page 198 “A free woman, captured, whose hair her captor unbinds, usually the first time by the stroke of a knife, a precaution against poison pins and other devices. . .” 200 Mercenaries of Gor - Page 246 “Maximus Hegesius Quintilius was later found assassinated in his own pleasure gardens, slain there by the bite of a chemically prepared poison girl, one killed by Taurentians before she could be questioned.” 201 Slave Girl of Gor - Page 139 “The other common peasant weapon is the great staff, some six feet in length, some two inches in width.” 202 Raiders of Gor - Page 10 “In her hand was a curved throwing stick, used for hunting birds. It is not a boomerang, which would be largely useless among the sedges and rushes, but it would, of course, float, and might be recovered and used indefinitely. Some girls are quite skilled with this light weapon.” 203 Raiders of Gor - Page 139 “Tyros is a rugged island, with mountains. She is famed for her vart caves, and indeed, on that island, trained varts, batlike creatures, some the size of small dogs, are used as weapons.” 204 Renegades of Gor - Page 259 “Light-armed troops hurried forward, slingers and archers, and javelin men, to keep defenders back. . .” 205 Mercenaries of Gor - Page 31 “Sometimes a passing army desires merely to amplify its forces, or replace losses, particularly among the lighter arms, such as bowmen, slingers and javelin men.” 206 Raiders of Gor - Page 197 “. . .tarred javelins would be shaken out near the springals and light catapults. . .” Guardsman of Gor - Page 49 “A set of javelins, five of them, from a springal, struck from their guides by a forward-springing plank. . .” 207 Raiders of Gor - Page 193 “She also carried, on leather-cushioned, swivel mounts, two light catapults, two chain-sling onagers, and eight springals.” 208 Raiders of Gor - Page 133 “. . .deck areas and deck castles can accommodate springals, small catapults, and chain-sling onagers, not to mention numerous bowmen, all of which can provide a most discouraging and vicious barrage, consisting normally of javelins, burning pitch, fiery rocks and crossbow quarrels. . .” 209 Mercenaries of Gor - Page 33 “. . . mobile siege equipment, catapults mounted on wheeled platforms, which could fire over the heads of the draft animals. From these engines, hitherto employed only in siege warfare, now become a startling and devastating new weapon, in effect, a field artillery, tubs of burning pitch and flaming naphtha, and siege javelins, and giant boulders, fell in shattering torrents upon the immobilized squares.” Renegades of Gor - Page 285 “Then, suddenly, a lever thrown, the mighty arm of the engine went forward again and a great stone burst against one of the towers.” 210 Renegades of Gor - Page 265 “I will append one qualification to these observations pertaining to grapnels which is to acknowledge the giant, chain grapnel, and its relative, the grapnel derrick. The giant grapnel is hurled by an engine and then, either with the second arm of the engine, or by the same arm, reversed, drawn back with great force. This can rip away the crests of walls, tear off roofs, and such. If Cosians used them here they might have created gaps in the battlements. The effectiveness of such a device, however, given the weights involved, and the loss of force in the draw, is much compromised by the necessity of extreme proximity to the target. Also the defenders may be expected to free or dislodge the grapnel if possible. The derrick grapnel is much what the name suggests. It is used from walls, dangled down, and then drawn up with a winch. If the wall is a harbor wall it can capsize a ship. If the wall is a land wall, it can, with luck, topple a siege tower.” 211 Renegades of Gor - Page 266 “I smelled hot oil on the parapet, and a cauldron of it was boiling, which I passed. Buckets on long handles could be dipped into this, the oil fired, and then poured on attackers. The oil tends to hold the fire on the object.” Renegades of Gor - Page 284 “In two of the towers defenders had won the top level and poured flaming oil about the floor and down the ladderways.” I saw other fellows carrying bundles of flaming sticks and tar on their pikes into a tower.” 212 Raiders of Gor - Page 276 “And then, their fighters disembarked, the birds with their riders swept away, up into the black, vicious sleeting sky, to light the oily rags one by one, in the clay flasks of tharlarion oil and hurl them, from the heights of the sky, down onto the decks of ships of Cos and Tyros. I did not expect a great deal of damage to be done by these shattering bombs of burning oil, but I was counting on the confluence of three factors the psychological effect of such an attack, the fear of the outflanking fleets, whose numbers could not yet well have been ascertained, and, in the confusion and, hopefully, terror, the unexpected, sudden loss of their commander.” 213 Renegades of Gor - Pages 282 & 283 “The fishermen had a net with them, doubtless brought up from their small boat in the harbor. Such devices are rich in war uses. They can discommode scalers and grapnel crews. They can block passages. From behind them one may conveniently thrust pikes and discharge missiles. In the field they may serve as foundations for camouflage, for example, effecting concealments from tarnsmen. . .Nets, too, of course, are used at sea in the repulsion of boarders.” 214 Tarnsman of Gor - Pages 162 & 163 “Across the city, from the walls to the cylinders and among the cylinders, I could occasionally see the slight flash of sunlight on the swaying tarn wires, literally hundreds of thousands of slender, almost invisible wires stretched in a protective net across the city.” 215 Renegades of Gor - Page 283 “. . . loops of tarn wire were cast over the armed, halted efflux which the foe, to his horror, trying to extricate himself, felt draw tight and then he, too, snared, was dragged from the bridge. . .The wire, in its wide, supple loops, had settled about its victims, their legs and bodies. . .perhaps to have its throat cut. . .” 216 Beasts of Gor - Page 102 “A confederate was there waiting and I felt the loop of the garrote drop about my neck. I thrust the man I held from me and spun about, the cord cutting now at the back of my neck. . . . The heels of both hands drove upward and the head of the first confederate snapped back. The garrote was loose about my neck.” 217 Savages of Gor - Page 180 “About my throat, closely looped, was a narrow golden chain. It was controlled by two narrow wooden handles, in his hands.” “It was a girl-capture chain,” I said. “It is to be distinguished sharply from the standard garrote, which is armed with wire and can cut a throat easily. The standard garrote, of course, is impractical for captures, for the victim, in even a reflexive movement might cut her own throat.” 218 Savages of Gor - Page 145 “The knife blades and long nails are sometimes mounted in clubs.” 219 Assassin of Gor - Page 260 “He turned and I saw in almost one motion of his finger, the goad switch to on, the dial rotate to the Kill Point. Then crouching, the goad blazing in his hand, he approached me warily.” 220 Beasts of Gor - Page 214 “Would you please hand me the blubber hammer behind you,” asked Poalu. Obligingly I handed her the hammer. I thought I could probably avoid or fend its blows. The object, wooden-handled, with a stone head, is used for pounding blubber to loosen the oil in the blubber, which is used in the flat, oval lamps.” Beasts of Gor - Page 216 “She still carried the blubber hammer. If struck properly with it one might be brained.” 221 Fighting Slave of Gor - Page 321 “Even the cruel cestae of the low pits might have cut away his lower jaw.” 222 Rouge of Gor - Page 241 “He had fought even with the spiked cestae and the knife gauntlets.” Assassin of Gor - Page 189 “Sometimes men wrestle to the death or use the spiked gauntlets.” 223 Marauders of Gor - Page 205 “The wooden shields of Torvaldsland no more stopped the great axes than dried skins of larma fruit, stretched on sewing frames, might have resisted the four-bladed dagger cestus of Anango or the hatchet gauntlet of eastern Skjern.” 224 Fighting Slave of Gor - Page 318 “In the pits of Ar,” he said, “he has fought with . . . the knife gauntlets.” Fighting Slave of Gor - Page 321 “Fortunately we did not engage with knife gauntlets or his head might have been torn from him.” 225 Outlaw of Gor - Page 112 “We were thrown on our feet again, and, to my horror, our yokes were fitted with steel horns, eighteen inches in length and pointed like nails.” Andreas, as his yoke was similarly garnished with the deadly projections, spoke to me. “This may be farewell, Warrior,” said he. Outlaw of Gor - Page 116 “Two warriors hastily unbolted the horns from the yoke and dragged me to the golden wall.” 226 Guardsman of Gor - Page 94 “It would be difficult, once seen, to ever forget the massively scarred, misshapen countenance of Krondar, a veteran of many bouts with the spiked leather, and the knife gauntlets, in Ar.” Fighting Slave of Gor - Page 318 “In the pits of Ar,” he said, “he has fought with the spiked leather, and with the knife gauntlets.” 227 Assassin of Gor - Page 189 “Sometimes slave girls are forced to fight slave girls, perhaps with steel claws fastened on their fingers . . .” 228 Assassin of Gor - Page 120 “There were various matches in the pit of sand that evening. There was a contest of sheathed hook knife, one of whips and another of spiked gauntlets.” 229 Nomads of Gor - Page 66 “Kamchak was a skilled instructor in these matters and, freely, hours at a time, until it grew too dark to see, supervised my practice with such fierce tools as the lance, the quiva and bola. I learned as well the rope and bow.” 230 Outlaw of Gor - Page 220 “. . .many of them carried nothing more than a chain or sharpened pole.” Captive of Gor Page 249 “The women and children carried sticks and switches, the men spears, flails, forks and clubs.” 231 Guardsman of Gor - Page 128 “But a moment later the charging citizens, like thundering, horned kailiauk, like uncontrolled, maddened, stampeding bosk, pikes and spears leveled, chains flailing, swords flashing, boat hooks, and axes and shovels upraised, struck the dumbfounded, disarrayed throngs of astonished buccaneers.” 232 Marauders of Gor - Page 49 “Several of them began to follow us, lifting flails and great scythes. Some carried chains, others hoes.” 233 Nomads of Gor - Page 237 “Shortly thereafter some seven or eight ruffians, armed with clubs and iron bars, had attacked the shop, destroying its equipment.” 234 Hunters of Gor - Page 289 “They had come prepared, though naked, to make war, though it be with but the branches of trees and the stones of the forest.” 235 Tarnsman of Gor - Page 48 “I would have supposed that armor, or chain mail perhaps, would have been a desirable addition to the accouterments of the Gorean warrior, but it had been forbidden by the Priest-Kings.” 236 Fighting Slave of Gor - Page 178 “A net of linked chain, unhooked, dangled beside his helmet. His eyes bore the epicanthic fold. He was, I gathered, of one of the Wagon Peoples, most likely the Tuchuks.” 237 Nomads of Gor - Page 10 “I could see he carried a small, round, leather shield, glossy, black, lacquered; he wore a conical, fur-rimmed iron helmet, a net of colored chains depending from the helmet protecting his face, leaving only holes for the eyes. . . . I could not see his face because of the net of chain that hung before it.” Nomads of Gor - Page 15 “He threw the chain mask from his face, back over the helmet and laughed.” 238 Nomads of Gor - Page 14 “The second rider had halted there. He was dressed much as the first man, except that no chain depended from his helmet, but his wind scarf was wrapped about his face.” 239 Marauders of Gor - Page 73 “The helmets of the north are commonly conical, with a nose-guard, that can slip up and down. At the neck and sides, attached by rings, usually hangs a mantle of linked chain. The helmet of Thorgard himself, however, covered his neck and the sides of his face. It was horned.” 240 Tarnsman of Gor - Page 22 “Above the shield was suspended a helmet, again reminiscent of a Greek helmet, perhaps of the Homeric period. It had a somewhat “Y”-shaped slot for the eyes, nose, and mouth in the nearly solid metal.” 241 Raiders of Gor - Page 68 “. . . and the simple helmet, innocent of insignia, with empty crest plate, of curved iron with its “Y”-like opening, and cushioned with rolls of leather.” 242 Raiders of Gor - Page 82 “I wore the heavy Gorean helmet, concealing my features.” Tarnsman of Gor - Page 182 “. . . and put on the heavy black helmet of the Assassin. . . .” 243 Outlaw of Gor - Page 217 “I unbuckled the helmet strap and gently removed the helmet.” 244 Nomads of Gor - Page 5 “I resheathed my sword, fastened my helmet over my shoulder, lifted my shield and spear and set out in the direction of the Sardar Mountains.” Outlaw of Gor - Page 45 “I hung my helmet over my left shoulder with the sheathed short sword; on my left arm I bore my shield; in my right hand I carried the Gorean war spear.” 245 Slave Girl of Gor - Page 18 “He carried a spear over his left shoulder, balanced by his left hand; from the spear depended a shield, behind the left shoulder, and a helmet. . . .” 246 Captive of Gor - Page 264 “He fastened his helmet to the side of the saddle and, from his saddle pack, withdrew a roll of leather.” 247 Magicians of Gor - Page 96 “His helmet bearer, on his own beast, followed him.” 248 Renegades of Gor - Page 61 “In the light of the small lamp there, near the exit, I determined that the helmet bore the insignia of the company of Artemidorus of Cos.” 249 Captive of Gor - Page 256 “Neither his leather nor his helmet were distinguished by insignia. I supposed then, that he must be a mercenary, or an outlaw.” 250 Outlaw of Gor - Page 21 “The helmet was bronze, worked in the Greek fashion, with a unitary opening somewhat in the shape of a Y.” 251 Marauders of Gor - Page 96 “. . . a helmet, conical, of iron, with hanging chain, and a steel nosepiece, that might be raised and lowered in its bands. . . .” 252 Assassin of Gor - Page 336 “I tried to tear the steel helmet from my head with my manacled wrists . . . .” 253 Tarnsman of Gor - Page 133 “He wore the black helmet of a member of the Caste of Assassins.” 254 Outlaw of Gor - Page 56 “By their shield insignia and blue helmets I knew them to be men of Tharna.” 255 Captive of Gor - Page 256 “His helmet, with its “Y”-like aperture, was gray.” 256 Hunters of Gor - Page 193 “At one side of the clearing I saw Sarus, Captain of the Rhoda, leader of the men of Tyros. He lifted his yellow helmet from his head and wiped his brow.” 257 Mercenaries of Gor - Page 250 “ “You are a Taurentian, are you not?” I asked a fellow in a purple helmet.” 258 Tarnsman of Gor - Page 115 “In a minute the rider appeared in view – a fine, bearded warrior with a golden helmet and a tharlarion lance.” 259 Magicians of Gor - Page 89 “Regulars of Cos, regiments of them, in ordered lines, in cleaned, pressed blue, with polished helmets and shields, preceded by numerous standard bearers, representing far more units than were doubtless in the city at the moment, and musicians, advanced.” 260 Tarnsman of Gor - Page 176 “Across the left temple of the black helmet I fixed the golden slash of the messenger. In this disguise I freely wandered about the camp, observing the siege operations, the appointment of the compounds, the marshaling of troops.” Tarnsman of Gor - Page 192 “No one ventured to repel me. All were silent. I wore the garb of the Caste of Assassins, and on the left temple of the black helmet was the golden slash of the messenger.” 261 Outlaw of Gor - Page 90 “About the room, here and there, stood stem warriors of Tharna, grim in their blue helmets, each with a tiny silver mask on the temple members of the palace guard.” 262 Assassin of Gor - Page 347 “Then to my surprise I saw, with us, fighting, a common Warrior, not a Taurentian, one whose helmet was not laced with gold nor his shield bound with silver, nor his shoulders covered with the purple of the Ubar’s guard.” 263 Raiders of Gor - Page 51 “With him there stood a tall, bearded helmeted warrior of Port Kar, the golden slash of the officer across the temples of his helmet.” 264 Raiders of Gor - Page 129 “Though his helmet still bore the two golden slashes, it now bore as well a crest of sleen hair, permitted only to captains.” 265 Raiders of Gor - Page 168 “I gathered up my cloak, and my helmet, it with the captain’s crest of sleen hair, and left the chamber.” 266 Renegades of Gor - Page 312 “We now saw a tall figure there, behind the ramparts, one whose helmet was surmounted by a crest of sleen hair. There were standards held behind him. “It is the camp commander!” cried a fellow.” 267 Slave Girl of Gor - Page 12 “. . . carried a spear, beneath the blade of which was slung a helmet with a plume of dark, swirling hair. . . .” 268 Tribesmen of Gor - Page 306 “At his saddle hung a conical steel helmet, oddly fashioned with a rim of fur encircling it, bespeaking a tradition in armory whose origin did not seem likely to be the Tahari.” 269 Slave Girl of Gor - Page 272 “They wore gray helmets, with crests of the hair of larls and sleen. Their leather told me they were tarnsmen.” 270 Magicians of Gor - Page 90 “He was a tall man, in a golden helmet, plumed, too, in gold, and a golden cloak.” 271 Assassin of Gor - Page 191 “. . . the great helmet with its curving steel crest that concealed his features . . . .” 272 Assassin of Gor - Page 333 “ “Murmillius is apparently victorious again,” said Vancius of the House of Cernus, lifting a blind helmet and fitting it over my head. Vancius, of the guards, turned the key in the helmet lock that fastened the helmet on my head. Within the heavy metal casque I could see nothing.” Assassin of Gor Book 5 Page 337 “ “There is no time!” said Ho-Tu. “Bring the other helmet!” One of the girls presented Ho-Tu with another helmet. It seemed identical to the one I had worn. Then I saw that is was perforated .” 273 Tarnsman of Gor - Page 138 “ “Were it not for the daughter of Marlenus,” said Pa-Kur, his metallic face as placid as the quicksilver behind a mirror, “I would have slain you honorably. That I swear by the black helmet of my caste.” .” 274 Outlaw of Gor - Page 80 “Some warriors entered, too, and instead of attempting to restore order had incredibly taken off their helmets, filled them with Kal-da and sat cross-legged with us, to sing and drink their fill.” Marauders of Gor - Page 260 “Two were being dressed for the spit; two, as yet had been untouched, blood was being drained into a helm from the neck of the fifth. “Ivar Forkbeard!” cried the man holding the helmet. He lifted the helmet to Ivar. Over the helmet Ivar doubled and held his fist, making the sign of Thor. Then he drank, and handed to me the helmet.” 275 Guardsman of Gor - Page 13 “Callimachus descended from the stem castle, leaving his officer at that post. He took some water in his helmet and, using it as a basin, splashed his face with it.” 276 Outlaw of Gor - Page 143 “Lara, the Tatrix, straightened in my arms. “I do not find the terms satisfactory,” she said. “Give him in addition to what he asks, the weight of ten tarns in gold, two rooms of silver and a hundred helmets filled with jewels.” .” 277 Dancer of Gor - Page 363 “When I had knelt before a post, my hands behind me, chained back about the post, a helmet beside me, set in the sand, like a vessel, into which ostraka would be placed, men had come to look upon me.” 278 Vagabonds of Gor - Page 96 “Nearby was a barge, one of the larger craft in our makeshift flotilla, carrying perhaps fifty men. It was poled by ten men to a side, working in shifts. Some other fellows, with their helmets, cast water out of it. Other men clung to its stern.” 279 Vagabonds of Gor - Page 23 “The fellow called Borton hurled his helmet down in the place, marking it for himself. Few, I gathered, would be eager to displace this token of his claimancy.” |