Book 36. (7 results) Avengers of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 20 | 86 | The hearing of the View more quotes about name">name of Lurius visibly dismayed several of those in attendance. |
| 20 | 87 | "I decline," said Aktis, "in the name of the Home Stone of Nicosia". |
| 20 | 88 | "Do you wish us to fall upon all here," said the leader, "putting every man to the sword?" "I would not do so," said Aktis, in a voice which touched my spine with ice. |
| 20 | 89 | "Seize him, bind him!" said the leader to the crowd, but even those who had disputed, or objected to, the words of Aktis did not stir. |
| 20 | 90 | "I am authorized by great Lurius to apply decimation," said the leader. |
| 20 | 91 | In decimation men are randomly aligned and, beginning with a man randomly selected, every tenth man is slain. |
| 20 | 92 | It is commonly used with troops which have behaved in a cowardly or dishonorable fashion, failed to engage under orders, fled the field of battle, and so on. |
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The hearing of the name of Lurius visibly dismayed several of those in attendance.
"I decline," said Aktis, "in the name of the Home Stone of Nicosia".
"Do you wish us to fall upon all here," said the leader, "putting every man to the sword?" "I would not do so," said Aktis, in a voice which touched my spine with ice.
"Seize him, bind him!" said the leader to the crowd, but even those who had disputed, or objected to, the words of Aktis did not stir.
"I am authorized by great Lurius to apply decimation," said the leader.
In decimation men are randomly aligned and, beginning with a man randomly selected, every tenth man is slain.
It is commonly used with troops which have behaved in a cowardly or dishonorable fashion, failed to engage under orders, fled the field of battle, and so on.
- (Avengers of Gor)