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These devices, together with war torches, torches mounted in the sockets of thrusting poles, proved their worth in battle. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 44, Sentence #39)

A citizen passed us on the narrow parapet, carrying a basket filled with chips of wood, minor kindling, fuel for braziers set intermittently along the parapet, from which protruded the handles of irons. These irons, red-hot, were used in repulsing attackers. These irons, more commonly used for driving animals and criminals onto the sands of arenas in large cities, such as Ar, were formidable defensive weapons, thrust into the faces, eyes, and bodies of men trying to climb over the wall onto the parapet. These devices, together with war torches, torches mounted in the sockets of thrusting poles, proved their worth in battle. War torches, for example, last night, not only engaged climbers but illuminated targets. Too, the sight of war torches and irons, particularly at night, the torches blazing and the irons bristling with heat, glowing in the darkness, have little difficulty in convincing an enemy of possible dangers likely to attend his proposed assault, the memories of which will persist later, indefinitely, even in daylight. Fear of a weapon, as it is said, sharpens its edge. - (Avengers of Gor)