Book 35. (1 results) Quarry of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 29 | 27 | That View more quotes about name">name is one familiar in Torvaldsland. |
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Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 29 | 24 | It was doubtless this northern custom which suggested not only the naming of this small islet in the Tamber gulf, so near to Port Kar, but, presumably, the enterprise for which it was best known, the Gambles of Blades, sometimes referred to as the "dark contests". |
| 29 | 25 | The name, 'Skerry of Lars', was presumably chosen for its associations. |
| 29 | 26 | As far as I know, none of the entrepreneurs associated with the enterprise are, or were, named 'Lars'. |
| 29 | 27 | That name is one familiar in Torvaldsland. |
| 29 | 28 | Indeed, some claim there is an actual, historical Skerry of Lars off the coast of Torvaldsland. |
| 29 | 29 | If that is so, its name would seem to have been borrowed. |
| 29 | 30 | On the game ship, as it plied its way through the cold, choppy waters to the deemed "Skerry of Lars," I knelt at the knee of the seated Bruno of Torcadino. |
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It was doubtless this northern custom which suggested not only the naming of this small islet in the Tamber gulf, so near to Port Kar, but, presumably, the enterprise for which it was best known, the Gambles of Blades, sometimes referred to as the "dark contests".
The name, 'Skerry of Lars', was presumably chosen for its associations.
As far as I know, none of the entrepreneurs associated with the enterprise are, or were, named 'Lars'.
That name is one familiar in Torvaldsland.
Indeed, some claim there is an actual, historical Skerry of Lars off the coast of Torvaldsland.
If that is so, its name would seem to have been borrowed.
On the game ship, as it plied its way through the cold, choppy waters to the deemed "Skerry of Lars," I knelt at the knee of the seated Bruno of Torcadino.
- (Quarry of Gor)