PORT KAR

Tal Traveller

You stand upon the threshold of another world, a world where your fondest wishes, your wildest fantasies, and your darkest nightmares may come to pass, a world where the women are exquistely beautiful but can only be tamed by the power of a Warrior's mastery and his force of will... a world totally unlike our own, and yet hauntingly familiar...

What Gor is about

Many people have many different ideas as to what Gor is actually all about. Gor is a fantasy world, also known as Counter-Earth, because it is supposed to spin on an orbit that’s exactly opposite to the Earth, thus hiding it from us at all times as it sits on the other side of the Sun.

The books were written by John Norman, and at the time of this writing, there are 26 of them, 9 of which are in print. While they are fantasy novels, the Chronicles of Gor espouse certain philosophies which speak to our inner natures, and for many people, are very natural. These are the things that we’re going to look at here.
Gor is about living life to it’s fullest. That means don’t just read about it, watch it on the television, or pretend to do it over a computer. Gor is about living it, first hand, experiencing life and immersing in it. In the books,
the characters do this constantly, aware of such minute things in their environment as the quality of the air around them, and the difference in gravity between Earth, and Gor.

Gor is about being who and what you are. In the books, those who pretend to be other than who they are, are always discovered in the end, and are the worse for it. It is about finding yourself, no matter what it takes, and then being the best you can be at who and what you are.

Gor is about the exaltation of gender. On Gor it is said, there are two genders, they are not the same. Earth tries to minimize the differences between gender, Gor maximizes them, and not just the physical differences but the mental, emotional, and spiritual differences as well. Men are men, women are women, and one should never confuse the two. A man treats a woman as a woman, and vice versa, giving the respect due, if they other is Free, or treating them as a slave, if that is what they are.

On Gor, there is that one primary distinction, that between Free People, and kajir, or slaves. In palace, a Free Person has a capitalized nick, and a slave has no capitalized letters in their nick. This is not found in the books but is simply a way for the unknowledgable to see who is who. A Free Person may command, a slave will obey. This is never to be confused, or forgotten. In the end, you yourself will have to decide what Gor is about for you.

Gor is Fair

I have heard it said over and over again Gor is not fair It is used as justification for all manner of behavior,or to explain an unhappiness.. It sounds good, too Unfortunately, it's not very accurate. Gor is extremely fair, it is the epitome of fairness. When a kajir comes to Port Kar, no one has forced that kajir to do so. They chose to. They can also choose to leave. When the kajir is collared, it is by their nature they did so. They know the meaning of that collar, and what it means. Unfair? No,Gor is full of consequences, and people accepting and living with those consequences. If anything, Gor may be likened to a force of nature in that the natural course of events will follow irregardless of what others may think. A thunderstorm is not fair, nor unfair, any more than a breezy warm summer day.
Gor is Gor. We have all chosen to be of Gor.
To visit Port Kar on palace
the address is: PortKar.chatserve.com:9998
All Goreans are welcome. Gor is Fair.

The Seven Purposes of a Collar

Why do you wear a collar?
Why bother with it at all?
In Gor, there are seven common
purposes to a collar. Each one
is valid, and many have additional
reasons to place a kajir in a collar.
However, these are the reasons
which occur to most, if not all,
that the kajir of Port Kar usually
wear a collar.

1) Visibly designates them as slave
2) Impresses a slave's slavery upon them, makes them
more aware of their slavery
3) Identifies their Master
4) Makes it easier to leash them
5) Makes it easier to put them in various
ties/restraints
6) Because it is beautiful
7) Because it pleases the Master to do so