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A provincial governor might well be corrupt, even to the extent of supporting and protecting raiders, but the elaborate hoax of identifying the raiders as the minions of a foe from faraway, of whom many in the Farther Islands might well have never heard suggested a darker, higher politics. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 34, Sentence #16)

"It must be a lieutenant of Archelaos". "And to whom is Archelaos lieutenant?" asked Clitus. "That, I think," I said, "is clear". A provincial governor might well be corrupt, even to the extent of supporting and protecting raiders, but the elaborate hoax of identifying the raiders as the minions of a foe from faraway, of whom many in the Farther Islands might well have never heard suggested a darker, higher politics. "Surely the leader of the corsairs, or one of their high leaders," said Aktis, "is the false Bosk of Port Kar". "I do not think so," I said. "He is a figurehead," said Clitus, "a buffoon, possibly even an actor, one whom they tell to lead, or pretend to lead, one expendable and easily replaceable". - (Avengers of Gor)