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Indeed, many of the buildings abutting directly on the canals, those fortresslike dwellings earlier alluded to, may have been designed originally to provide a defense not so much against foreign aggressors as local, domestic predation. - (Quarry of Gor, Chapter 11, Sentence #46)

I recalled the terror and misery in Euphrosyne's eyes and voice at the very mention of its name. Port Kar is sometimes referred to as the "Scourge of Thassa". I think this epithet was generated in an earlier time when Port Kar had no Home Stone, when it may have been, indeed, little more than a "a den of pirates, thieves, and cutthroats," as dangerous to its own citizens as to its enemies, in particular, the great maritime Ubarates of Cos and Tyros. Indeed, many of the buildings abutting directly on the canals, those fortresslike dwellings earlier alluded to, may have been designed originally to provide a defense not so much against foreign aggressors as local, domestic predation. It is interesting that men who might rob and slay one another without thought or compunction when ashore will when at sea, and "of the ship," as it is said, constitute a reliable, loyal, efficient, disciplined crew. Port Kar is protected not only by its walls, but by the vastness of, and the dangers of, the delta on her east and north, and by the sea on her south and west. There are few who have met the long, low, swift, knifelike ram ships of Port Kar, often painted green, which color blends in with many of the moods of Thassa, either as corsairs or attack vessels, who do not respect, even dread and fear them. - (Quarry of Gor)