Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 17 | 24 | Some of the defenders were View more quotes about opening">opening the veins of surviving tarns, to drink the blood. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 17 | 21 | The countermining operations of the men of Ar had apparently been desultory or incompetent. |
| 17 | 22 | It was Ar's misfortune, at this most critical time in its long history, to be in the hands of the bleakest of all castes of men, the Initiates, skilled only in ritual, mythology, and superstition. |
| 17 | 23 | Worse, from the reports of deserters, it became clear that the city was starving and that water was running short. |
| 17 | 24 | Some of the defenders were opening the veins of surviving tarns, to drink the blood. |
| 17 | 25 | The tiny urt, a common rodent of Gorean cities, was bringing a silver tarn disk in the markets. |
| 17 | 26 | Disease had broken out. |
| 17 | 27 | Groups of looters from Ar itself prowled the streets. |
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The countermining operations of the men of Ar had apparently been desultory or incompetent.
It was Ar's misfortune, at this most critical time in its long history, to be in the hands of the bleakest of all castes of men, the Initiates, skilled only in ritual, mythology, and superstition.
Worse, from the reports of deserters, it became clear that the city was starving and that water was running short.
Some of the defenders were opening the veins of surviving tarns, to drink the blood.
The tiny urt, a common rodent of Gorean cities, was bringing a silver tarn disk in the markets.
Disease had broken out.
Groups of looters from Ar itself prowled the streets.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)