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Ships were being hired, and men recruited, not merely shipsmen, pilots, helmsmen, oarsmen, and such, but men-at-arms, as well, hundreds, mercenaries, many lacking Home Stones, many perhaps indistinguishable from ruffians, vagabonds, brigands, thieves, and cutthroats. - (Smugglers of Gor, Chapter 8, Sentence #47)

I did not think my sword was worth that much more than that of others. In what way then might I have such value, that others might not? Too, I was curious about the ships, the smaller ships, not the round ships, which were coasting north. What lay in the north? Who were the mysterious Pani? Their agents seemed well supplied with gold, gold at a time when even copper would go far. Ships were being hired, and men recruited, not merely shipsmen, pilots, helmsmen, oarsmen, and such, but men-at-arms, as well, hundreds, mercenaries, many lacking Home Stones, many perhaps indistinguishable from ruffians, vagabonds, brigands, thieves, and cutthroats. Surely there were no great cities, no wars, in the north. Of what use would be shipsmen, or soldiers, a small army, in the north? Her lot number, I recalled, had been 119. The marking, if not cleansed, or washed off, lasts several days. - (Smugglers of Gor)