Long Day

Today I finished another book of Gor and I started the one where a slave girl is telling us about her experience  coming to Gor from Earth. So far she is just beginning to discover what happened to her. It really helps to listen to audio books.  Makes it go faster and you can see a greater connection in the stories.

Training

Training

In Tarsk Head we will try not to over burden those who have been on Gor with to much training. If you say you know Gor you will be given some things to do to prove you deserve to be considered a "trained" slave of Gor. For those new to Gor whom need abit more help we will also have something to help you understand Gor and your slavery. The Training will be broken down and most of it can be found on Tarsk Head pages now or in the future. {since they are still being worked on}. Please bare in mind these training schedules are based on your words about what you know of Gor. So don't come in saying you are fully trained. Because if you can't pass the training. You will have to start all over and do all the training like a new slave to Gor would do.   Beginning Training {yellow} General Knowledge 1. Name all 5 High Caste, their Caste Colors. 2. What does the Gorean word tef mean? 3. What is the Gorean word for week? 4. How many days are in a Gorean week? 5. How many inches in a hort? 6. What 3 kinds of money is used on Gor? 7. Name 3 kinds of money? 8. What does the word GOR mean? 9. Name 3 trees or shrubs? Foods 1. Name one kind of Gorean Bread. 2. Name 3 Dairy products. 3. Name 3 kinds of Gorean Desserts. 4. Name 3 Gorean Spices. Slaves 1. What is the purpose of a collar? 2. Explain the difference between a white silk and a red silk. 3. What is a branding rack? 4. Name 2 places on a body where the brand may be located. 5. What is the typical food of slaves? 6. What service may you offer to an observer? 7. What does your collar mean to you? at least 150 words 8. Name and describe 5 types of collars. 9. Name and describe 5 types of brands. 10. When a slave is identifies as a barbarian what does it mean? Description: List 5 words or phrases for the following 1. the animal pens 2. the sunlight 3. the moonlight 4. a smile 5. your feet in the sand 6. how it feels to kneel in nadu before a free Positions. perform in room be descriptive 1. bara 2. leasha 3. sula 4. nestle 5. slave lips   Beginning Training {white} Slave Rules 1. What are the last two words a slave uses? 2. What are your rights as a slave? 3. Can a slave PM a Free? 4. Can a slave use a knife? 5. State the rule upon leaving the Home. 6. Can you travel? General Knowledge 1. Name 2 Gorean Cities. 2. Name 3 flowers and describe. 3. What is the difference between a blackwine served first or second slave? 4. Name 3 drinks and what vessels and how they can be served. 5. Name 3 fruits. 6. Name 3 vegetables. 7. Name 3 meats. 8. name 3 types of seafood. 9. Name a Gorean Mountain Range. 10. Name 2 Land animals and describe. 11. name 3 birds and describe. 12. What is the Greeting Order in the Home? 13. What is the gorean words for a minute, a second and an hour? 14. If you wear the Village collar, who is your Owner and is it your responsibility to see to Their every need? Describe the following: {using 5 words or phrases} 1. your hair 2. your eyes 3. your body 4. your lips 5. your surroundings Positions {perform in the room} 1. Tower 2. Collaring 3. Whipping 4. Heel 5. Hair Advance Training For those slaves more advanced in their knowledge of Gor. This should not take that long to do. But, remember. Once you are considered a "trained" slave of Tarsk Head. You must continue to work and be found pleasing to those of the Home. 1. Descriptions: List 5 words to describe the following words. a. hair b. eyes c. body movement d. lips e. the sound of slave bells f. scent of perfume. List 5 words, phrases, or sentences to describe the following. a. animal pens b. sunlight c. moonlight. d. the feel of silk on your skin e. the chill room/pit/cavern f. the touch of a free g. the feel of whip on your flesh 2. List 20 descriptive words, phrases that might describe a dancer or a dance. 3. Can a trainer cage and whip you if you are not behaving as a proper slave should? please answer fully not just a yes or no. explain your answer. 4. Positions. be descriptive remember you are a fully trained slave a. Obeisance b. she-sleen c. gorean bow d. blanket e. display f. nadu g. heel h. bara i. belly j. whipping k. sula l. lesha m. bracelets. 5. What is Kaissa? 6. What is the Cities of Dust? 7. Medical a. name 10 items found in the med kit b. what might be the first thing you do if you are needed to give first aid to a conscious Warrior vs. an unconscious Warrior that is in shock? c. What is slave wine? d. what is breeding wine? e. how do you treat an ost bite? f. what is teslik? g. what is the effect produced by chewing brak bush leaves? h. name two types of poinsons most Free Women would use on the tips of knives or on the hair pins. 8. You will be assigned one of the following to perform in the Home. Please describe in detail what you would do for the injury you are given. a. the injured has a sword slice to the left leg. depth and such is up to the one giving the test. b. a simple, pile arrow embedded in the left shoulder. c. Tuchuk arrow embedded in the right leg. d. a sprained ankle. 9. To be done in the room. At any time. When it is done place them in your training folder. a. Heated serve b. Serve to a Mistress c. Serve to a Master 10. You must perform at least 1 dance in the room before a Free. Also post to your folder and the comments of the Free so we know it was done before said Free.

Slave Attire & Types

Slave Attire

"I suppose it makes sense that they might enjoy putting them on us, like brands and collars. Some men even dress their girls, and, always, the girl's choices of such things as garb, cosmetics, perfume, jewelry, and such, and, indeed, her entire ensemble, are subject to the Master's approval. Indeed, most often, whether in only a simple tunic, before she hurries forth to a shop, or in luscious slave silk and exciting adornments, before she is to welcome and serve her Master's guests, displaying herself as one of his treasures, she is expected to present herself before him, for his inspection. She is owned". Dancer of Gor, Pg 226 "Slave girls on Gor, on the other hand, when permitted clothing, are usually dressed briefly and lightly, that their charms be muchly revealed. Gorean men wish it this way. That, accordingly, is the way it is." Slave Girl of Gor, Pg 237 "In short, Gorean Masters concern themselves closely with their girls. Clothing, like other matters, is quite important. It must be perfect for its purpose. It's purpose may be to humiliate or brazenly and publicly display the girl, to discipline her, to keep her humble, to remind her she is nothing, only a wench in bondage; it may be to reveal her beauty, of which he is proud, for the eyes of all, or for his own pleasure and that of his peers; it may be to reveal his wealth, the value in girl and raiment which he owns; it may be to augment his prestige, or to incite envy in others; it may be to stimulate her with beautiful things; it may be to excite her sexually, and so on. These purposes, of course, are not all incompatible. Clothing, too, it might be mentioned, like food, is a useful instrument in controlling the girl. Few girls, for example, enjoy being sent nude to the market to go shopping." Slave Girl of Gor, Pg 76-77 "The attire of Gorean slave girls is of great importance to their Masters. They concern themselves with its tiniest details. The clothing, you see, as well as the girl, belongs to the Master; it is natural for him, thus, to take an interest in it; both, in their diverse ways, can be a reflection upon him, his taste, his judgement, his discrimination. What a girl wears, if she is to wear anything, is of great interest to him. After all, she is not a wife; she is much more important; she is a prized possession." Slave Girl of Gor, Pg 76       -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-   Camisk   A poncho like garment, belted at the waist, it normally hangs high on the thighs. The camisk is a rectangle of cloth, with a hole cut for the head, rather like a poncho. The edges are commonly folded and stitched to prevent raveling. The camisk, I am told, normally falls to the knees...The camisk, I am told, was at one time commonly belted with a chain. However, the camisks that I have personally seen, and those we were given, were belted with a long, thin strap of leather binding fiber. This passes once around the body, and then again, and then is tied, snugly, over the right hip....The belt of binding fiber not only makes it easier to adjust the camisk to a given girl, but of course, the binding fiber serves to remind her that she is in bondage. In a moment it may be removed, and she may be secured with it, leashed, or bound hand and foot....The camisk, in its way, is an incredibly attractive garment.It displays the girl, but provocatively. Moreover, it proclaims her slave, and begs to be torn away by the hand of the master. Men thrill to see a girl in a camisk. Captive of Gor, page 64   Turian Camisk "The Turian camisk, on the other hand, if it were to be laid out on the floor, would appear somewhat like an inverted "T" in which the bar of the "T" would be beveled on each side. It is fastened with a single cord. The cord binds the girl at three points, behind the neck, behind the back, and in front at the waist. The garment itself, as might be supposed, fastens behind the girls neck, passes before her, fastens between her legs, and is then lifted and, folding the two sides of the "T's" bar about her hips, ties in front. The Turian camisk, unlike the common camisk, will cover the girl's brand; on the other hand, unlike the common camisk, it leaves the back uncovered and can be tied, and is, snugly, the better to disclose the girl's beauty." Nomads of Gor, page 90   Chalwar   A diaphonous trouser garment, gathered in at the ankles, but billowy otherwise. It is normally worn with a matching vest, tight, four hooked, that keeps the midriff bare. It is a Tahari outfit. She wore a high tight vest of red silk, with four hooks; her midriff was bare; she wore the sashed chalwar, a sashed, diaphanous trousered garment, full but gathered in, closely, at the ankles; she was barefoot; her wrists and ankles were bangled; she was veiled; she was collared. Tribesmen of Gor, page 105     Clad Kajir This is the term used to denote a slave who is clad in the way of the Wagon Peoples, this clothing varies for the kajirae and kajiri. For the female she wears a red cord called the Curla tied around her waist which holds in place the Chatka, anarrow strip of black leather that passes through her legs. The Kalmak which is a black leather vest and the Koora, a strip of red cloth which holds her hair back. A kajiri must only wear the Kes, which is a sleeveless black work tunic. Among the Wagon Peoples, to be clad Kajir means, for a girl, to wear four articles, two red two black; a red cord, the Curla, is tied about the waist; the Chatka, or long , narrow strip of black leather, fits over the cord in front, passes under, and then again, from the inside, passes over the cord in back; the chatka is drawn tight; the Kalmak is then donned; it is a short sleeveless vest of black leather; lastly the koora, a strip of red cloth, matching the Curla, is wound about the head, to hold the hair back, for slave women, among the Wagon Peoples, are not permitted to braid, or otherwise dress their hair; it must be, save for the koora, worn loose. for a male slave or Kajirus, of the Wagon Peoples, and there are few, save for the work chains, to be clad Kajir means to wear the Kes, a short, sleeveless work tunic of black leather. Nomads of Gor, page 30     Kes A short, sleeveless tunic of black leather "For a male slave, or Kajirus, of the Wagon Peoples, and there are few, save for the work chains, to be clad Kajir means to wear the Kes, a short, sleeveless work tunic of black leather." Nomads of Gor, page 30     Kirtle A sleeveless dress of white wool which hangs down to the ankles, the neckline is split down to the belly for better display. This is worn in the North areas like Torvaldsland. "I saw four small milk bosk grazing on short grass. In the distance, above the acres, I could see mountains, snowcapped. A flock of verr, herded by a maid with a stick, turned bleating on the sloping hillside. She shaded her eyes. She was blond; she was barefoot; she wore an ankle-length white kirtle of white wool, sleeveless, split to her belly; about her neck I could see a dark ring." Marauders of Gor, page 81     Red Hunter Slave Dress "Before he had left, he had them sew northern garments for themselves, under his instruction. From the furs and hides among the spoils at the wall they had cut and sewn for themselves stockings of lartskin and shirts of hide, and a light and heavy parka, each hooded and rimmed with lart fur. Too, they had made the high fur boots of the northern woman and the brief panties of fur, to which the boots, extending to the crotch, reach. On the hide shirts and parkas he had made them sew a looped design of stitching at the left shoulder, which represented binding fiber. This designated the garments as those of beasts. A similar design appeared on each of the other garments. About their throats now, too, they wore again four looped strings, each differently knotted, by means of which a red hunter might, upon inspection, determine that their owner was Imnak." Beasts of Gor, page 176     Red Savage Slave Dress "About her throat, narrow, sturdy and closely fitting, was a steel collar. I stepped back that I might see her better. She wore a short, fringed, beaded shirtdress. This came up high on her thighs. It was split to her waist, revealing the sweetness and loveliness of her breasts. It was belted upon her with a doubly looped, tightly knotted rawhide string. Such a string is more than sufficient, in its length, and in the strength and toughness, to tie a woman a number of ways. She was barefoot. About her left ankle there was, about two inches high, a beaded cuff, or anklet. Her garb was doubtless intended to suggest the distinctive, humiliating and scandalously brief garment in which red savages are sometimes pleased to place their white slaves." Savages of Gor, page 102   -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-   Silks Brief, sleeveless garments made of silk, usually short. Worn only by slave girls, though not all slave girls wore silks. The status of slave girls is often denoted by the color of her silks (though she may not actually be wearing the silks). For example, a girl may be wearing the silks of a Slaver (blue and yellow in color) or depending on her experience, she is called 'white silk' or 'red silk'. The silk colors (especially red and/or white are used as labels as well as actual colors of their garments) "I slipped on the bit of silk. I looked in the mirror and shuddered. I had been naked before men, many times, but it did not seem to me that I had been so naked as this. It was Gorean pleasure silk. Not naked, I seemed more than naked." Captive of Gor, Pg. 322 "Slave Silk, and certainly that sort which is commonly worn in page taverns and upon occasion in brothels, when the girls are permitted clothing there, is generally diaphanous. It leaves little doubt as to the beauty of the slave. Some girls claim they would rather be naked, claiming that such silk makes them 'more naked then naked,' but most girls, and I think, even those, too, who speak in such a way, are grateful for even the wisp of gossamer shielding it provides against the imperious appraisals of masters, even though it must be pulled away or discarded instantly at a man's whim." Dancer of Gor, Pg. 224 "There are a large number of ways in which slave silk is worn. It can be worn, for example, on the shoulder or off the shoulder, with high necklines or plunging necklines, in open or closed garments, tightly or flowing, and in various lengths. Sometimes it is put on the girl only in halters and G-strings, or mere G-strings. Sometimes it is done, too, in strips wound about her body. The tying of slave girdles, with such silk, and otherwise, to emphasize the girl's figure and make clear her bondage, is an art in itself. Often, too, and as usually in paga taverns, it is worn in brief tunics. Most of these are partable or wraparound tunics. Such may be removed gracefuly. Some tunics, however, like some regular slave tunics, have a disrobing loop, usually at the left shoulder, where it may easily be reached by both a right-handed master and a right handed slave. A tug on the disrobing loop drops the tunic to the girl's ankles, also gracefully." Dancer of Gor, Pg. 225 White: denotes a virgin (though often the girl doesn't actually have to wear white silks. If she is a virgin, she is said to be 'white silk') "Are you white silk?' I asked. 'I am virgin,' she said. 'Then you are white silk.' I said." Explorers of Gor, page 172   "She trembled. I kissed her upon the lips. Her body, that of a white-silk girl, fresh to the collar, was terribly frightened." Hunters of Gor, page 95   "To be sure,' I said, '"white" in the context of "white-silk girl" lends less to suggest purity and innocence to the Gorean than ignorance, naivety, and a lack of experience. One expects a red-silk girl, for example, to not only be able to find her way about the furs, but, subject to the whip, owned and dominated, perhaps chained, to prove herself a sensuous treasure within them." Savages of Gor, page 206   " The buyers were also informed that I was 'glana' or virgin. The correlated term is 'metaglana' used to designate the state to which the glana state looks forward, or that which it is regarded as anticipating. Though the word was not used of me I was also 'profalarina' which term designates the state preceding, and anticipating that of 'falarina' or the state Goreans seem to think of as that of being a full woman, or, at least, as those of Earth might think of it, one who certainly is no longer a virgin. In both terms, 'glana' and 'profalarina' incidentally, it seems that the states they designate are regarded as immature or transitory, state to be succeeded by more fully developed, superior states, those of 'metaglana' or 'falarina.' Among slaves, not free women, these things are sometimes spoken of along the lines as to whether or not the girl has been 'opened' for the uses of men. Other common terms, used generally of slaves, are 'white silk' and 'red silk' for girls who have not yet been opened, or have been opened, for the uses of men, respectively." Dancer of Gor, page 128 Yellow: worn by paga slaves..girls who serve paga in the taverns and can be bought for the price of a cup of paga. "I looked about myself. There were men at the tables, the girls, in slave bells, and yellow silk, serving them. The proprietor had now returned behind the counter, as was polishing paga goblets." Hunters of Gor, page 55 "She came through the kitchen door, in the tiny slip of diaphanous yellow silk alotted to paga slaves, bells locked on her left ankle." Hunters of Gor, page 56   "He nodded to the girl. To the music she unhooked her slave halter of yellow silk and, as though contemptuously, discarded it...." Tribesmen of Gor, page 104 Red: a slave who is not a virgin (though again, the girl doesn't actually have to wear red silks all the time, if she is a slave who is not a virgin, she is red silk) "Similarly, the expression, 'red-silk,' in Gorean, tends to be used as a category in slaving, and also, outside of the slaving context, as an expression in vulgar discourse, indicating that the woman is no longer a virgin, or, as the Goreans say, at least vulgarly of slaves, that her body has been opened by men. Its contrasting term is 'white-silk,' usually used of slaves who are still virgins, or equivalently, slaves whose bodies have not yet been opened by men. Needless to say, slaves seldom spend a great deal of time in the 'white-silk' category. It is common not to dally in initiating a slave into the realities of her condition." Blood Brothers of Gor, page 472 Various: The silks came in many styles and colors...striped, tunic-styles or halters...dancing silks, etc etc... "The other girls, the common slaves, like Tendite, went with the price of a cup of paga." Hunters of Go, page 55 I missed in the crowd, the presence of slave girls, common in other cities, usually lovely girls clad only in the brief, diagonally striped livery of Gor, a sleeveless, briefly skirted garment terminating some inches above the knee, a garment that contrasts violently with the heavy, cumbersome Robes of Concealment worn by free women." Outlaw of Gor, page 66   "...on the shoulder or off the shoulder, with high necklines or plunging necklines, in open or closed garments, tightly or flowingly, and in various lengths...in halters and G-strings, or mere G-strings...in strips wound about her body...in brief tunics...wraparound tunics...or with a disrobing loop...at the left shoulder." Dancer of Gor, page 225   "Low on her hips she wore, on a belt of rolled cloth, yellow dancing silk, in Turian drape, the thighs were bare, the front right corner of the skirt thrust behind her to the left, the back left lower corner of the skirt thrust into the rolled belt at her right hip. She was barefoot; there were golden bangles, many of them, on her ankles, more on her left ankle. She wore a yellow-silk halter, hooked high, to accentuate the line of her beauty. She wore a gold, locked collar, and, looped about her neck, many light chains and pendants; on her wrists were many bracelets; on her upper arms, both left and right, were armlets, tight, there being again more on the left arm. She shook her head, her hair was loose." Tribesmen of Gor, page 87   "From one side a slave girl, barefoot, bangled, in sashed, diaphanous, trousered chalwar, gathered at the ankle, its tight, red-silk vest, with bare midriff, fled to him, with the tall, graceful, silvered pot containing the black wine. She was veiled. She knelt, replenishing the drink. Beneath her veil, I saw the metal of her collar." Tribesmen of Gor, page 88     -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=     Sirik A 'chain dress' of sorts...made of looping chains from the collar to wrist and ankle rings. The chain is usually light and shiny. A chain system with a collar from which flows a chain down to the slave's feet, off of this chain are chains with terminations for the ankles and wrists of the slave. Then, when I was absolutely naked, a golden collar, to which a chain was attached, with wrist rings and ankle rings, was brought. It was a chaining system of that sort called a sirik. My chin was thrust up and I felt the golden collar locked about my throat. Almost as the same time my wrists, held closely together before me, were locked helplessly in the wrist rings. In another instant, my ankles, held, were helplessly in the ankle rings. A chain then ran from my collar to the chain on my wrist rings and from thence, the same chain, to the chain on my ankle rings. My ankle rings chain was about twelve inches in length, and my wrist chain was about six inches in length. The central chain, where it dangled down from the wrist rings, lay on the floor before the throne, before it looped up to where it was closed about the central link of the ankle ring chain. Kajira of Gor, pages 185-186   "....both girls wore the Sirik, a light chain favored for female slaves by many Gorean masters; it consists of a Turian-type collar, a loose, rounded circle of steel, to which a light, gleaming chain is attached; should the girl stand,the chain, dangling from her collar, falls to the floor; it is about ten or twelve inches longer than is required to reach from her collar to her ankles; to this chain,at the natural fall of her wrists, is attached a pair of slave bracelets; at the end of the chain there is attached another device, a set of linked ankle rings, which,when closed about her ankles,lifts a portion of the slack chain from the floor; the Sirik is an incredibly graceful thing and designed to enhance the beauty of its wearer; perhaps it should only be added that the slave bracelets and the ankle rings may be removed from the chain and used separately; this also, of course, permits the Sirik to function as a slave leash." Nomads of Gor, page 42   "She lifted up some loops of chain; there were linked ankle rings and linked wrist rings and a lock collar, all connected by a length of gleaming chain running from the collar. It was rather lovely...'Sirik,' said Eta. Slave Girl of Gor, page 83     Slave Livery The most common of slave outfits, it is basically a very short dress, split down the middle, held together with a cord. It rides high upon the thighs and comes in a variety of patterns and materials. She wore the briefly skirted, sleeveless slave livery common in the northern cities of Gor; the livery was yellow and split to the cord that served as her belt; about her throat she wore a matching collar, yellow enameled over steel.Assassins of Gor, page 7     Taharian Slave Dress   "Following him was a woman, in a black haik. Suddenly I was startled. As she passed me, her stride small and measured, I head the clink of a light chain, the sound of ankle bells. She was a slave....Beneath the haik, I supposed her collared, naked." Tribesmen of Gor, page 45   "The haik, black, covers the woman from head to toe. At the eyes, there is a tiny bit of black lace, through which she may see. On her feet were soft, black, nonheeled slippers with curled toes; they were decorated with a line of silver thread." Tribesmen of Gor, page 44     Ta-Teera Sometimes called the Gorean Slave Rag, it is scandalously short and of brown cloth, fastened tightly about the body to accentuate every curve of the slave which wears it. It is an utterly sensual garment.   Eta pulled at the bit of rag she wore. "Ta-Teera," she said. I looked down at the scrap of rag, outrageously brief, so scandalous, so shameful, fit only for a slave girl, which I wore. I smiled. I had been placed in a Ta-Teera.   Slave Girl of Gor, page 81"It was with joy, later in the morning, that I felt, thrown against my body by my master, a bit of brown cloth. It was a few threads, fit for a bond girl...Joyfully I drew on the garment, slipping it over my head, and fastened it, more tightly about me by the two tiny hooks on the left. The slit made the garment a rather snug one, easier to slip into; the two hooks, when fastened, naturally increased the snugness of the garment, drawing it quite closely about the breasts and hips, deliciously then, from the point of view of a man, the girl's figure is betrayed and accentuated; also the two hooks do not close the slit on the left completely, but permit men to gaze upon the sweet slave flesh pent, held captive within." Slave Girl of Gor, pages 75-76   "One of the most exciting slave garments, if a slave is permitted clothing, is the Ta-Terra or, as it is sometimes called, the slave rag. This is analogous to the tunic, but it is little more, and intentionally so, than a rag or rags. In it the girl is in no doubt as the whether or not she is a slave. Some cities don not wish girls in Ta-Teeras to be seen publically on the streets. Some masters put their girls in such garments only when they are camping, or in the wild. Others, of course, may prescribe the Ta-Teera for their girls when they are within their own compartments." Guardsmen of Gor, page 107 Eta pulled at the bit of rag she wore. "Ta-Teera," she said. I looked down at the scrap of rag, outrageously brief, so scandalous, so shameful, fit only for a slave girl, which I wore. I smiled. I had been placed in a Ta-Teera." Slave Girl of Gor, page 81     Thrall Tunic A short work tunic of white wool that male slaves of Torvaldsland, called thralls, are dressed in. Men in the fields wore short tunics of white wool; some carried hoes; their hair was close cropped; about their throats had been hammered bands of black iron, with a welded ring attached. Marauders of Gor, page 82     Tunic The simplest form of dressing a slave, the work tunics were generally brown, made of rep cloth. Both males and females wore such garments. "I wore a brief, one-piece brown work tunic. It was all I wore, with the exception of the collar. We wore such tunics when engaged as work slaves. The tunics of work slaves are usually brown or gray." Slave Girl of Gor, page 265 It was a sleeveless tunic pullover of brown rep cloth. It was generously notched on both sides at the hem, which guarantees an additional baring of its occupants flanks." Magicians of Gor, page 21  =============================================  Slave Rules Slaves have "NO" belongings or rights. They have nothing that is not given to them or allowed by their Owners. A slave must realize any and all things can be taken from them including their name.  A slave will always be respectful. If a slave feels like arguing with a Free, they will remember that they will have the last words, those being "Yes Master/Mistress.' Slaves are required to ask permission to leave. If no free is about they must ask the first girl or another slave within the home. If you are alone and need to leave for r/t then post something in the room. And do so. You DO NOT have to ask 3 times before leaving.  When entering Tarsk Head a slave will greet individually in the following order: Ubar, Masters of the Home, Visiting Masters, Ubara, Free Women of the Home, Visiting Free Women, slaves of their chain if any, First Girl, Home Slaves, Visiting Slaves  Always ask permission to PM a Free. If a Visiting Free PM's without permission of a Home Free, the slave should post it publicly. Or post it to the boards and allow a Free to handle it. When a raid occurs. Please proceed to the slave cages. lock yourself in and stay there until a Member of the Home lets you out. Slaves do not talk of their purchase/services. They should refer the matter to their Owner. Slaves traveling is up to their Owner. Those in the Home collar normally do not travel unless with an accompany Free.  When serving, your attention is on the Free you are serving. You do not acknowledge anything until the serve is complete or the Free dismisses you from the serve. Or you are released by said Free.  As a slave you are to offer serve to all Free's in the Home plus those visiting. BUT, only offer a visiting Free serve if you know them or if a Free of the Home has acknowledge them. This is for the slaves safety.  Slaves must ask/beg permission to keep, eat, wear or use anything given to them.  You should spend as much time as you can in the Home. If you are alone it is a good time to do chores.  Do not touch money with their hands unless your Owner allows it. If you take coin it is within your lips and given to the Free it belongs to. Post to the board.  Slaves do not touch weapons or other items that maybe mistook for a weapon. Without permission of a Free to do a chore.  Visitors to the Home are not greeted until a Free of the Home acknowledge them. Unless it is a Guest of the Home.  If an uncollared slave enters the Home. Greet them, let them know they may ask questions. And tell them to read the pages.  Leave real time issues outside of the Home. If you are not capable of exquisite beauty and absolute obedience don't enter.  If you need to ghost let someone know. And come back ASAP. if you will be gone longer than expected. then leave and come back when possible.  You are required to do 3 chores a week.  All slaves are required to do chores even those whom belong to visiting Free. If you are caughts sitting and doing nothing you can and will be caged by the First Girl. the reason why posted to the board until a Free releases you.  The Ubar is the last person to know of problems amongst the slaves. If you have a problem with another slave or with your training. Take it to the First Girl. If she cannot handle it then she will take it to the Free. And it will be handle from there.     ================================================================== Slave Types Gorean Slaves differ in many ways, each serving a different purpose, each having unique qualities then another. Some are used for pleasure, some for work, some for cooking and some merely to look at. Depending on the preference of the Master and his use of a slave, girls are sought out for different reasons. Luckily for Masters wishing a particular slave, there is a vast variety to choose from. Certain slaves are only good for one thing, however, slaves can be taught.   Barbarian " 'Are many Gorean slave girls of Earth origin?' she asked. 'I assume all human Goreans are of Earth origin,' I said. 'I mean,' she said, 'like me, a girl born and raised on Earth, and then brought to Gor as a slave.' 'Statistically,' I said, 'surely few. How many I would not know.' 'Ten,' she asked, 'twenty?' 'Perhaps some four or five thousand,' I said. 'I would not know.' Such a number, I conjectured, would not even be missed in a population which teemed like that of Earth." Beasts of Gor, page 247   Bath Girls Beneath the toweling Nela wore nothing; about her neck, rather than a common slave collar, she like the other bath girls, wore a chain and plate. On her plate was the legend: I am Nela of the Capacian Baths. Pool of Blue Flowers. I cost one tarsk. Nela was an expensive girl, thought there were pools where the girls cost as much as a silver tarn disk. The tarsk is a silver coin, worth forty copper tarn disks. All the girls in the Pool of Blue Flowers cost the same, except novices in training who would go for ten or fifteen copper tarn disks. There were dozens of pools in the vast, spreading Capacian Baths. In some of the larger pools the girls went as cheaply as one copper tarn disk. For the fee one was entitled to use the girl as he wished for as long as he wished, his use of course, limited by the hours of the pool’s closing. The first time I had seen Nela, several days ago, she had been playing in the pool alone, rolling about. It took but one glance and I dove into the water swam to her, seized her by the ankle and dragged her under, kissing her, rolling about beneath the surface. I liked the lips and feel of her and when we broke surface, she and I laughing, I asked her how much she went for. “For a tarsk,”she laughed, and turned about, looking at me, “but you will have to catch me first.” I knew this game of the bath girls, as though they, mere slaves, would dare to truly flee from one who pursued them, and I laughed, and she, too, sensing my understanding, laughed. The girl commonly pretends to swim away but is outdistanced and captured. I knew that few men could, if a bath girl did not wish it, come close to them in the water. They spend much of the day in the water and , it is said, are more at ease in that element than the Cosian song fish. Assassins of Gor, pages 158 - 166...   Below Deck Girls ...The girls in the deck cages are permitted to keep their hair. The hair of the below-deck girls, mercifully, is shaved off; indeed, our body hair, too, was shaved off, completely. These precautions prevent, to a great extent, the nesting of ship lice... Slave Girl of Gor, 16:321   Bond Maids "The women cried out in misery. To enter the circle, if one is a female, is, by the laws of Torvaldsland, to declare oneself a bond-maid. A woman, of course, need not enter the circle of her own free will. She may, for example, be thrown within it, naked and bound. Howsoever she enters the circle, voluntarily or by force, free or secured, she emerges from it, by the laws of Torvaldsland, as a bond-maid." Marauders of Gor, page 44   Bred Slaves "I remembered, too, the girls in the last tavern, if it was a tavern, lascivious in their dancing silks, pleasure slaves bred like animals for passion. If there were natural slaves and natural free men, as the Older Tarl had insisted, those girls were natural slaves. It was impossible to conceive of them as other than they had been..." Tarnsman of Gor, page 61   Chamber Slave "As I had expected about her white throat there was fastened, graceful and gleaming, the slender, close-fitting collar of a Gorean slave girl. It was a collar ike most others, of steel, secured with a small, heavy lock which closed behind the girl's neck. 'You see', said the girl, 'I did not lie to you.' 'Your demeanor,' I said, 'does not suggest that of a slave girl.' She rose to her feet and backed away, her hands at the shoulders of her robe. 'Nonetheless,' she said, 'I am a slave girl.' She turned away, 'Do you wish to see my brand?' she asked, comtemptuously. 'No,' I said. So she was a slave girl. But on her collar there was not written the name of her owner and his city, as I would have expected. Instead I had read there only the Gorean numeral which would correspond to '708'. 'You may do with me what you please' said the girl, turning to face me. 'as long as you are in this room I belong to you.' 'I don't understand,' I said. 'I am a Chamber Slave,' she said. 'I don't understand,' I said. 'It means,' she said,irritably, 'that I am confined to this room, and that I am the slave of whoever enters the room.' 'But surely you can leave,' I said. I gestured to the massive portal which, empty of the door or gate, led only too clearly into the corridor beyond. 'No,' she said bitterly, 'I cannot leave.' I arose and walked through the portal and found myself in a long stone passageway beyond it which stretched as far as I could see in either direction. It was lit with energy bulbs. Standing in the passageway outside the room I extended my hand to the girl. 'Come,' I said. 'there is no danger.' She ran to the far wall and crouched against the it, 'No,' she cried. I gathered her in my arms and she fought like a she-larl, screaming, I wanted to convince her that there was no danger, that her fears were groundless. Her fingernails clawed across my face. I was angered and I swept from her feet so she was helpless in my arms. I began to carry her toward the portal. 'Please.' she whispered, her voice hoarse with terror. 'Please, Master, no, no, Master!.' She sounded so piteous that I abandoned my plan and released her, though I was irritated by her fear. She collapsed at my feet, shaking and whimpering,and put her head to my knee. 'Look!,' she said, pointing to the great threshold. I looked but I saw nothing other then the stone sides of the portal and on each side three rounded red domes, of perhaps four inches width apiece. 'They are harmless,' I said, for I had passed them with safety. To demonstate this I again left the chamber. Outsife the chamber, carved over the portal, I saw something I had not noted before. In Gorean notation, the numeral '708' was carved above the door. I now understood the meaning of the numeral on the girl's collar. I re-entered the chamber. 'You see, I said, 'they are harmless.' 'For you,' she said, 'not for me.' 'Why not,' I asked. 'There,' she said, pointing to the small rounded domes set in the sides of the portal. 'I don't understand,' I said. She moved from my arms and approached the portal. When she was within perhaps a yard of the exit the small red domes began to glow." Priest Kings of Gor, pages 35 - 39   Coin Girl "The girl had been half naked, in a brown rag. I had thought she had been superb. To be sure Coin Girls are usually regarded as the lowest form of Gorean street slave." Guardsman of Gor, page 144 "I continued to walk up the Street of the Writhing Slave. Such girls, now, as it was late, past the nineteenth Ahn, would surely, at least for the most part, be chained in their basement kennels, lying on their straw mats, trying to sleep, clutching their thin blankets about their nude bodies." Guardsman of Gor, page 144 " 'It is late,' said the girl with the leash. 'It is past the nineteenth Ahn. That you should be out now is even against the agreements of the renters of Coin Girls.' Guardsman of Gor, page 149   Dancing Slave Dancers bring high prices on Gor. Some slavers specialize in dancers, renting them, and buying and selling them. Two such houses in Ar are those of Kelsius and Aurelius. Some say that the finest dancers on Gor are found in Ar; others say that they are found in Port Kar, and others that they are in the Tahari, or in Tuna. These controversies, I think, are fruitless. I have been in many cities and in each I have found marvelous dancers. The matter is further complicated by the buying and selling of girls and their shipment, as merchandise, among cities. A dancer has usually had many masters; her fair throat has been graced by many collars. In some cities if a dancer is not thought to have been sufficiently pleasing she is thrown to the patrons of the tavern to be torn to pieces or beaten. If she is thought to have been sufficiently pleasing she may be auctioned, for the period of an Ahn, to the highest bidder. Explorers of Gor, 33:343   Display Slave I felt the collar on my throat. It was the collar of Ionicus. I was a work slave. Yet, tonight, I had not served as a work slave, but a pleasure slave. Too, Aulus had chained me at his stirrup. He had used me as a display slave, to enhance his appearance, to add to the effect he might make when he came into the presence of Pietro Vacchi. It is a use for slaves. I was proud that I had been put at his stirrup. In such small ways a slave may gather that she is exciting and beautiful.... Dancer of Gor, 27:367   First Girl " 'You are 1st girl,' I told Constance. 'Yes, Master' she said. 'Constance is 1st girl,' I told her who had been the Lady Tina of Lydius. 'Yes, Master', said she who had been the Lady Tina of Lydius. 'Address her as Mistress,' I told the former free girl. 'Mistress,' said she who had been the former Lady Tina of Lydius, frightened, to Constance. 'Slave,' responded Constance to her, confirming the former free woman as second girl. ...the two girls, the blond and the brunet, first girl and second girl, yet both really new slaves, neither of whom had as yet even been branded." Beasts of Gor, page 135   Flute Girl "This is not unusual at an inn. The proportions, then, would be one part paga to five parts water. Commonly, at a paga tavern, the paga would be cut less, or not cut at all. When wine is drunk with Gorean meals, at home, incidentally, it is almost always diluted, mixed with water in a krater. At a party of convivial supper the host, or elected feast master, usually determines the proportions of water to wine. Unmixed wine, of course, may be drunk, for example, at the parties of young men, at which might appear dancers, flute slaves and such. Many Gorean wines, it might be mentioned, if only by way of explanation, are very strong, often having an alcohol content by volume of forty to fifty percent." Renegades of Gor, page 70   Guard Slave " ...too, a free person on Gor is almost never in any danger from a slave unless it be a guard slave, and he is attacking it's Master." Kajira of Gor, pg 123   House Slave ...I knelt small there by the table, trembling, my head down. I knew I had done wrong, daring to touch Milo, I, he so favored by the master and I only a house slave, but I had been unable to help myself.... Magicians of Gor, 19:312   kajiru "The brand itself, in the case of the girls, is a rather graceful mark, being the initial letter of the Gorean expression for slave in cursive script. If a male is branded, the same initial is used, but in a block letter." Outlaw of Gor, pages 186 - 187 "In some cities, including Ar, an unchained male slave is almost never seen; there are, incidentally, far fewer male slaves than female slaves;" Assassin of Gor, page 51 " 'You seem to have no male slaves,' I observed. 'They are now scarce in Schendi,' he said. 'Bila Huruma, Ubar of Lake Ushindi, uses them for work on his great canal.' " Explorers of Gor, page 125   Kettle Slave On her throat as well were wound the five coils of binding fiber, declaring her slave. Of the four girls only she did not wear silk, for she was only a Kettle Slave. She wore a brief tunic only of rep-cloth, already stained with grease and the spatterings of the kitchen. Her hair was not combed, and there was dirt on her knees and face. Her face was tired, and strained, and red, flushed from the heat of the cooking fires. Her hands had been blistered from scrubbing and burned from the cooking, roughened and reddened from the cleaning and the washing of the bowls and goblets. I found great pleasure in seeing the proud Telima, who had been my Mistress, as mere Kettle Slave. Raiders of Gor, 9:112   Lure Girl ...Such devices, of course, but without the authenticity and ultimate surrender, are often resorted to by "lure girls," slaves who serve as bait for captains who need crewmen, masters of work gangs, and such. Such work can be very dangerous, given the astuteness of many Gorean masters.... Dancer of Gor, 13:244   Male Slaves "Gorean men do not surrender their birthright as males, their rightful dominance, their appropriate mastery. They do not choose to be dictated to by females." Magicians of Gor, page 51 "A male slave can be slain for touching a free woman." Kajira of Gor, page 144 "For a male slave, or Kajirus, of the Wagon Peoples, and there are few, save for the work chains.” Nomads of Gor, page 30 "The brand itself, in the case of the girls, is a rather graceful mark, being the initial letter of the Gorean expression for slave in cursive script. If a male is branded, the same initial is used, but rendered in a block letter." Outlaw of Gor, page 187   Mat and Kettle Slave ...At the minor blocks in the small houses, or even the minor blocks in the Curulean, sales are conducted with a swiftness and dispatch that gives the girl little time to interest and impress buyers, with the result that even a very fine girl, to her indignation and shame, may be sold for only an average price to an average buyer, who may use her for little more than, as it is said, kettle and mat.Assassin of Gor, 9:112   Mul "I am Mul-Al-Ka," said one, "honored slave of the glorious Priest-Kings." "I am Mul-Ba-Ta," said the other, "honored slave of the glorious Priest-Kings." "In the Nest," said Misk, "the expression 'Mul' is used to designate a human slave." Priest-Kings of Gor, 12:94   Paga Slave I noted that Tendite now, again, served in the tavern. I noted, too, that, clad in yellow silk, belled on the left ankle, as another paga girl, the dancer, she whom Thurnock had sported with, too, carried a vessel of paga about. When she was not dancing, Sarpedon, I gathered, used her as a common paga slave, not unlike the others. It was more economical, I supposed, to do so. "Greetings, Captain," said Thurnock. "Greetings, Captain," said Rim. Both men seemed well relaxed. I nodded with my head toward the dancer, now serving as a common paga slave. I did not wish my men to be cheated. "How much did she cost you?" I asked Thurnock. "Since, when not dancing, she serves with the common slaves," said Thurnock, "she came, like the others, for the price of a cup of paga." Hunters of Gor, 4:62   Pierced Ear Slave Another custom, long practiced in the far south, below the Gorean equator, in Turia, for example, is the piercing of the ears of the female slave; this custom, though of long standing in the far south, did not begin to spread with rapidity in the north until, again, it was introduced in Ar. At a feast Marlenus, as a special treat for his high officers, presented before them a dancer, a female slave, whose ears had been pierced. She had worn, in her degradation, golden loops in her ears; she had not been able, even, to finish her dance; at a sign from Marlenus she had been seized, thrown to the tiles on which she had danced, and raped by more than a hundred men. Ear piercing, from this time, had begun to spread rapidly through the north, masters, and slavers, often inflicting it on their girls. Interestingly, the piercing of the septum, for the insertion of a nose ring, is regarded, generally, a great deal more lightly by female slaves than the piercing of the ears. Perhaps this is partly because, in the far south, the free women of the Wagon Peoples wear nose rings; perhaps it is because the piercing does not show; I do not know. The piercing of the ears, however, is regarded as being the epitome of a slave girl's degradation. Any woman, it is said, with pierced ears, is a slave girl. Marauders of Gor, 8:113   Pleasure Slave "I remembered, too, the girls in the last tavern, if it was a tavern, lascivious in their dancing silks, pleasure slaves bred like animals for passion. If there were natural slaves and natural free men, as the Older Tarl had insisted, those girls were natural slaves. It was impossible to conceive of them as other than they had been..." Tarnsman of Gor, page 61   Red Silk "Cernus smiled. 'Our Physicians ascertained,' said he, 'that she is only a Red Silk Girl.' 'I scarcely supposed,' said I, 'that you would permit a White Silk girl to go alone on the streets of Ar.' Cernus chuckled. 'Indeed not,' he said. 'The risk is too much, sometimes as much as ten gold pieces.'" Assassin of Gor, page 45   Seduction Slave "The handsome, charming, suave, witty Milo," said the fellow, "is a seduction slave." "A seduction slave?" she wept. "Yes," he said. "He has much increased my stock of slaves." She tore at the net, in tears, but helpless. "Had you, and your predecessors, not been so secretive, so much concerned to conceal your affairs with a slave, Milo’s utility as a seduction slave would have doubtless been much diminished by now. On the other hand, the concern for your reputation and such, so natural in you free women, almost guarantees the repeatability, and continued success, of these small pleasant projects." Magicians of Gor, page 8   Silk Girl " 'Look!' cried Pudding. 'a silk girl!' The expression 'silk girl' is used, often, among bond-maids of the north, to refer to their counterparts in the south. the expression reflects their belief that such girls are spoiled, excessively pampered, indulged and coddled, sleek pets, who have little to do but adorn themselves with cosmetics and await their Masters, cuddled cutely, on plush, scarlet coverlets, fringed with gold. there is some envy in this charge, I think. more literally, the expression tends to be based on the fact that the brief slave tunic of the south, the single garment permitted the female slave, is often of silk. southern girls, incidentally, in my opinion, though scarcely worked as their northern sisters in bondage, a function of the economic distinction between the farm and city, are often worked, and worked hard, particularly if they have not pleased their Masters." Marauders of Gor, page 144   Thralls There were only a few bosk visible, and they were milk bosk. The sheds I saw would accommodate many more animals. I surmised, as is common in Torvaldsland, most of the cattle had been driven higher into the mountains, to graze wild during the summer, to be fetched back to the shed only in the fall, with the coming of winter. Men in the fields wore short tunics of white wool; some carried hoes; their hair was close cropped; about their throats had been hammered bands of black iron, with a welded ring attached. They did not leave the fields; such a departure, without permission, might mean their death; they were thralls." Marauders of Gor, page 82   Tower Slave "The position of the tower slave, in most cities, is very similar to that of the pleasure slave. The major difference is that the tower slave, whose duties are commonly, primarily, domestic, kneels with her knees in a closed position, whereas the pleasure slave, in a symbolic recognition of the fuller nature of her bondage, and its most significant aspects, kneels with them in open position. The tower slave, of course, like any other slave, is fully at the disposal of the master, in any and every way. The distinction between the tower slave and the pleasure slave, though honored in some markets, some specializing in girls sold primarily for housekeeping purposes and others in girls sold primarily for the pleasures of men, is not really a hard and fast distinction; it is not absolute; indeed, it can even be transitory. A girl who is ordered to open her knees, or who finds them kicked apart, for example, realizes that she has now become a pleasure slave. Similarly a girl in one context may function as one kind of slave and in another context, as another sort. Serving supper to a young man and his mother, for example, the girl may appear merely efficient and deferential. She kneels nearby, her knees closed. After the mother departs, however, she may kneel differently before the young man, with her knees open, his." Blood Brothers of Gor, page107   Whip Slaves --In the Mines of Tharna-- "The Whip Slave, another of the slaves of Tharna, but one in charge of the chain, was pleased with his task. Though he might never see the light of the sun, yet it was he who held the whip, he who was Ubar in this macabre dungeon. There was pleasure in the eyes of the Whip Slave as he enjoyed the tormenting moment of suspense which his uplifted whip inflicted on the ragged, hungry slaves. The whip cracked. 'Feed!' he shouted." Outlaw of Gor, page 169   White Silk "Cernus smiled. 'Our Physicians ascertained,' said he, 'that she is only a Red Silk Girl.' 'I scarcely supposed,' said I, 'that you would permit a White Silk girl to go alone on the streets of Ar.' Cernus chuckled. 'Indeed not,' he said. 'The risk is too much, sometimes as much as ten gold pieces.'" Assassin of Gor, page 45   Work Slave  "About her forehead, tying back her dark hair, was a strip of rep cloth, brown, of the same material as the work tunic. I knew this meant she had authority among the girls. Ena was high girl in the camp, but I suspected that Ute might be first among the work slaves." Captive of Gor, page 285

Serving

 

To serve a Master or Mistress, is to show one’s love and submission. Each slave should have their own style of serving, after learning the basics.

The easiest way to learn, is to read about the serves in the books, or study, watch and learn from your sisters and brothers, learn about the food, drinks and practice.

This one hopes that this helps you, just follow your heart. Please do not cut and paste another’s serve, much work and devotion go into them and you will only be cheating yourself.

You will find that serving can be a bit overwhelming at first, so try breaking it down into steps, and learn the function of each.

Just remember each slave is different and don't forget when a "free" says harta. It means to hurry. So try to do the serve as quick as possible maybe 2 or 3 post. But, make it descriptive as you can.

1. ACKNOWLEDGE this is where a slave ALWAYS responds; “yes Master/Mistress” back up three steps in respect from before them.     2. GOING This is where you rise from where ever you are and walk to the serving area. Have a feel of your surroundings, so you can be creative with your movement. Describe yourself, adding feeling, actions and moves. Examples: ~weaving thru the furs ~padding quietly over the cool tiles ~walking thru the sands to the servery ~moving swiftly from the dais     3.CHOOSING selecting a correct vessel, cleaning it and testing for imperfections, showing your love and devotion, your joy in your serve. Once you decide on the drinking vessel (goblet, bowl, mug etc. ), you need to get it form the shelves. Cleaning and inspecting the vessel shows that you care about getting the best for the Master/Mistress you are serving. Clean the vessel with repcloth. Inspect the vessel for imperfections as WELL AS testing the rim against your skin. Examples: ~reaching to a high shelf ~bending low and reaching to a low shelf, her bottom exposed as the silks rise ~knelt upon the counter, leaning forward This is another opportunity to express yourself, your personality, and show off your form, either as blatant or subtle as your silks allow.   4. GETTING/PREPARING THE DRINK fetching the drink or food, preparing it, descriptions, the beauty of what you are doing. This is one of the more intricate steps to a serve. Many of the drinks have their particular way of being prepared. (goblet for kalana, warmed paga from bota, milk and sweet rocks or honey for blackwine, pay attention to details) KNOW THE MASTER/MISTRESS YOU SERVE, AND THEIR PREFERENCES, when in doubt, respectfully ask them.     5. RETURNING TO THE FREE/KNEELING Returning to the Master is also a time to show off and to focus the attention on you and the Master you serve. The moves your body make, painting a picture of grace and devotion. this alerts the Master that he is now coming to the center of your attention. A pleasure slave kneels in nadu before the Master, displaying herself. She is openly seductive, sensual and submissive to the Master she is serve. Take pride in your kneel, do not just post “kneeling in nadu”, but describe it fully, you are displaying your body, for Master/Mistress. For you are kajirae. *note* when serving Mistresses it is custom to kneel in tower position to show respect. (thighs together); this also goes for slaves wearing training ko-lars or white silks. A restricted slave, or a white silk slave, kneels in tower, modest. She is sensual, submissive, but yet DEMURE to the Master/Mistress she serves.     6. ACTUAL SERVE There are two parts to the actual serve 1. The physical motion a. Touching slave belly, this is to show again, devotion in serving and to speak of the heat slave raging within. b. touching the slave heart, shows your love and devotion in your slavery, asking blessings for the Free c. serving with raised arms up over your head, shows your complete submission to the One who you serve, your head being held high and your eyes downcast to show the utmost respect. 2. Addressing Your words of offering in the food or drink. The spoken blessing is where the slave tells the Master they offer the drink, and their expression of their desire to please and honor the Master with the serve.       =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-     Bazi Tea Serve There is not a ceremony for serving Bazi tea in the books. There is mention of the tea, however, and that it is usually served in three small cups. "'I looked at the tiny copper kettle on the small stand. A tiny kaiila-dung fire burned under it. A small, heavy, curved glass was nearby, on a flat box, which would hold some two ounces of the tea. Bazi tea is drunk in tiny glasses, usually three at a time, carefully measured." ~Tribesmen of Gor, pages 139 & 140~     "'Make me tea,' I said. 'Is it ready?' I asked. I looked at the tiny copper kettle on the small stand. A tiny kaiila-dung fire burned under it. A small, heavy, curved glass was nearby, on a flat box, which would hold some two ounces of the tea. Bazi tea is drunk in tiny glasses, usually three at a time, carefully measured. She did not make herself tea, of course. She lifted the kettle from the fire and, carefully, poured me a tiny glass of tea. I took the glass." Tribesmen of Gor, page 139     There has become, however, an acceptable Bazi tea serve for online Gor. These are the basics of such serve: The first cup represents the bitter fruits of life, for some it represents the past. The second cup represents contentment of adulthood, for some it represents the present. The third cup represents the enlightenment that comes with experience and old age, for some it represents the future. It's all depending on how the slave is taught for which she speaks in her serves.     =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-     Vessels and other equipment used for serving and such   Amphora two handled narrow necked vessel with a pointed base it is commonly buried overnight in the earth with only it's neck left above the surface; to cool certain beverages Mercenaries of Gor, page 257     Animal horn Mead the preferred beverage of the northland, made with fermented honey, water and spice, traditionally served in a large animal horn. Marauders of Gor, Pages 78, 89 and 90     Baskets Made of various materials including reeds and grasses, they may be covered with a lid and are used for the storage of anything from fruits and vegetables, to sealed containers of fine spices and condiments that are rarely used and prized. "I stepped aside to let a young girl pass, who carried two baskets of eggs, those of the migratory arctic gant. They nest in the mountaim of the Hrimgar and in steep, rocky outcroppings, called bird cliffs, found here and there jutting out of the tundra. The bird cliffs doubtless bear some geological relation to the Hrimgar chains. When such eggs are frozen they are eaten like apples." Beasts of Gor, page 196   I had also been used to carry heavy kettles of rence beer from the various islands to the place of feasting, as well as strings of water gourds, poles of fish, plucked gants, slaughtered tarsks, and baskets of the pith of rence. Raiders of Gor, page 41   She had been carrying a wicker basket containing vulos, a domesticated pigeon raised for eggs and meat Nomads of Gor, p 1   Bottles ... to the proprietor of the paga tavern, and took in return one of the huge bottles of paga, of the sort you put in a pouring sling... Raiders of Gor, p 111 The beast returned from the cabinet with two glasses and a bottle. Beasts of Gor, p 371   'A small bottle,' I said, 'of the Slave Gardens of Anesidemus.' 'I have heard that it is a marvellous ka-la-na.' said the free woman, her eyes alight. 'So too, have I,' I said. 'It is very expensive,' said the woman. 'Are you familiar with it?' I asked. 'Oh,' she said lightly, 'I have had it a few times.' 'Oh, it is marvellous ka-la-na,' she purred. I gathered that she had never before had such ka-la-na. True, it might run the buyer as much as three copper tarsks, a price for which some women can be purchased. Mercenaries of Gor, Pg 345   First from the kitchen, bearing her tray, came the voluptuous slave of Aemilianuus. Behind her, too with her tray, came the little dark-haired slave. In a moment both were deferentially serving. The collared softness of the dark-haired girl well set off the the metal of the tray, and the small multicolored glasses and bottles upon it. Guardsman of Gor, p 254     Blackwine Vessels The two slaves, their chains removed, now returned, and began to serve the black wine. The voluptuous slave of Aemilianus, whom he had not yet named, placed the tiny silver cups, on small stands, before us. The lovely little slave in bluish gauze, whom he had not yet named, holding the narrow spouted, silver pouring vessel in a heavy cloth, to retain its heat and protect her hands, poured the scalding, steaming black fluid, in narrow, tiny streams, into the small cups. She poured into the cups only the amount that would be compatible with the assorted sugars and creams which the guest might desire, if any, these being added in, and stirred, if, and as, pertinent, by Aemilianus` slave, who directed the serving. Guardsman of Gor pg. 244     Bowls (small, wooden, large, clay, copper) "The slender blond girl, who had been giving men water from the skin bag, was now given the work of filling small bowls from the large wooden bowl, for the bond-maids. She used a bronze ladle...The girls, including the slender blondish girl, emptied their bowls, even to licking them, that no grain be left..." Marauders of Gor, pages 64-65 I had heard of black wine, but had never had any. It is drunk in Thentis, but I had never heard of it being much drunk in other Gorean cities...Then I picked up one of the thick, heavy clay bowls...It was extremely strong, and bitter, but it was hot, and, unmistakably, it was coffee. Assassins of Gor, p 106   Too, I had brought up a small bowl of powdered bosk milk. We had finished the creams last night and, in any event, it was unlikely they would have lasted the night. If I had wanted creams I would have had to have gone to the market. Guardsman of Gor, p 295 I turned and, among the furnishings of the tent, found a bottle of Ka-la-na, of good vintage, from the vineyards of Ar, the loot of a caravan raid. I then took the wine, with a small copper bowl, and a black, red-rimmed wine crater, to the side of the fire. Captive of Gor. p 331     Brazier A small heating unit with a round pan suspended on a frame over a small flame used to heat liquids slowly. Used for kalana when served mulled with spices, it may also be placed onto the heating stones as the heat from the stones is not directly upon the metal. “Four members of the Council Guard, beneath the two great braziers set at the entrance, leaped to attention, the butts of their pikes striking on the tiles.” Raiders of Gor - Page 255   "I decided I might care to taste the steaming black wine. I lifted my finger. The girl in whose charge was the silver vessel, filled with black wine, knelt beside a tiny brazier, on which it sat, retaining it's warmth. She rose swiftly to her feet. She knelt, head down, before me. She poured carefully, the hot, black beverage into the tiny red cup. I dismissed her." Guardsman of Gor, page 244-245     Buckets "A guard was with us, and we were charged with filling our leather buckets with ram-berries, a small reddish fruit with edible seeds, not unlike plums save for the many small seeds." Captive of Gor, page 305     Canisters "There were several yards of sausages hung on hooks; numerous canisters of flour, sugars, and salts; many smaller containers of spices and condiments. Assassins of Gor, page 271-272 There was no lock on the door and thus I could come and go as I pleased. Inside the cube there were canisters of Mul-Fungus, a bowl, a ladle, a wooden-bladed Fungus-Knife; a wooden headed Fungus-Mallet; a convenient tube of Mul-Pellets, which discharged its contents one at a time following my depressing a lever in the bottom of the tube; and a large, inverted jar of water, by means of which an attached, somewhat shallow, watering pan was kept filled." Priest-Kings of Gor, Pg. 111     Cooking Racks "She built up the fire. I watched her. She unfolded and adjusted a single-bar cooking rack, placing it over the fire. From this she suspended a kettle of water. The single bar, which may be loosened in its rings, and has a handle, may also function as a spit." Renegades of Gor, page 150 "Before the feast I had helped the women, cleaning fish and dressing marsh gants, and then, later, turning spits for the roasted tarsks, roasted over rence-root fires, kept on metal pans, elevated above the rence of the islands by metal racks, themselves resting on larger pans." Raiders of Gor, page 44   Copper kettle "Is it ready?" I asked. I looked at the tiny copper kettle on the small stand. A tiny kaiila-dung fire burned under it. A small, heavy, curved glass was nearby, on a flat box, which would hold some two ounces of the tea. Bazi tea is drunk in tiny glasses, usually three at a time. carefully measured.     Crater I turned and, among the furnishings of the tent, found a bottle of Ka-la-na, of good vintage, from the vineyards of Ar, the loot of a caravan raid. I then took the wine, with a small copper bowl, and a black, red-rimmed wine crater, to the side of the fire. Captive of Gor. p 331   "He then indicated that she should again kneel to one side, and take up the two-handled wine vessel, that she be ready, when we wished, to serve us once more." Hunters of Gor page 153.     Cups Samos put down a cup of paga. Raiders of Gor, p 306   "But that sort of thing is behind me now," she said to me, throwing back her head and quaffing deeply of the ruby-red Ka-la-na in her cup. Rogue of Gor, 20   "It was my loss," smiled Ibn Saran, lifting to his lips a tiny, steaming cup of black wine. Tribesmen of Gor page 88.   My Master extended his cup to me, and I, kneeling, filled it with Sul paga. I pressed my lips to the cup, and handed it to him. My eyes smarted. I almost felt drunk from the fumes. Slave Girl of Gor. p 134   She picked up the small tray from the stand near the table. On it was the small vessel containing a thick, sweet liquer from distant Turia, the Ar of the south, and the two tiny glasses from which we had sipped it. On the tray, too, was the metal vessel which had contained the black wine, steaming and bitter, from far Thentis, famed for its tarn flocks, the small yellow-enameled cups from which we had drunk the black wine, its spoons and sugars, a tiny bowl of mint sticks, and the softened, dampened cloths on which we had wiped our fingers. Explorers of Gor, page 10 In most taverns no bottle is brought to the table but the paga is brought to the table, by the paga slave, a cup at a time, the cups normally being filled from a vat behind the counter. Explorers of Gor, p 158     Flagon-gourd A hollowed gourd dried and sealed to drink from. It would resemble a dried out pumpkin or squash. When the meat was ready, Kamchak ate his fill, and drank down, too, a flagon of bosk milk Nomads of Gor, p 139   "I had carried about bowls of cut, fried fish, and wooden trays of roated tarsk meat, and roasted gants, threaded on sticks, and rence cakes and porridges, and gourd flagons, many times replenished, of rence beer." Raiders Gor, page 44     Flask I went to his locker near the mat and got out his Ka-la-na flask, taking a long draught myself and then shoving it into his hands. He drained the flask in one drink and wiped his hand across his beard, stained with the red juice of the fermented drink. Tarnsman of Gor pg. 168     Glasses I looked at the tiny copper kettle on the small stand. A tiny kaiila dung fire burned under it. A small, heavy, curved glass was nearby, on a flat box, which would hold some two ounces of the tea. Bazi tea is drunk in tiny glasses, usually three at a time, carefully measured. She did not make herself tea, of course... She lifted the kettle from the fire and, carefully, poured me a tiny glass of tea. Tribesmen of Gor, p 139   The beast returned from the cabinet with two glasses and a bottle. Beasts of Gor, p 371 "She lifted the kettle from the fire and, carefully, poured me a tiny glass of tea." Tribesmen of Gor page 141.     Goblet A vessel in standard wine-glass form of a footed bowl with varying dimensions. It may be made of silver or other metals, wood, or even clay. Usually decorated in some way through engraving or carving and or color, some even have small gems set into them. They come in a large variety of sizes, from the tiny goblets for Turian wines, to the larger goblets used for paga or kalana. "My hand clenched on the metal goblet. The wine moved in the vessel." Tarnsman of Gor page 30.   "I thrust out the silver paga goblet, studded with rubies, and Telima, standing beside my thronelike chair, filled it. I did not look upon her." Raiders of Gor page 223. Many civilians, I believe, do not know why certain warriors, by habit, request their paga in metal goblets when dining in public houses." Renegades of Gor, p 77   `Your paga,' said the nude slave girl, who served me, her wrists chained. `It is warmed as you wished.' I took it from her, not even glancing upon her, and drained the goblet... I liked paga warm. One felt is so much the sooner that way. Raiders of Gor, p 100     Golden spoon, eating prong The tables were covered with cloths of glistening white and a service of gold. Before each guest there were tiny slices of tospit and larma, small pastries, and in a tiny golden cup, with a small golden spoon, the clustered, black, tiny eggs of the white grunt. The first wine, a light white wine, was being deferentially served by Pamela and Bonnie." Fighting Slave of Gor, pages 275-276   "I shot the spiced vulo brain into my mouth on the end of a golden eating prong, a utensil, as far as I knew, unique to Turia." Nomads of Gor, page 84     Horns Made of bosk or tabuk horn, it is hollowed and usually carved with a design or pattern. Typically, a horn can be placed on a separate stand upon a stool or table, or it may have a stand attatched to it. Commonly however, it is strung onto a belt or saddle by a thong, or held in the hand until emptied. "Here Jarl, said Thyri, again handing me the horn. It was filled with the mead of Torvaldsland, brewed from fermented, honey, thick and sweet." Marauders of Gor, Pg 90   "I held up the large drinking horn of the north. 'There is no way for this to stand upright,' I said to him, puzzled. He threw back his head again and roared once more with laughter. 'If you cannot drain it,' he said, 'give it to another!' I threw back my head and drained the horn." Marauders of Gor, page 89     Hydria A tall sided bowl with handles made of clay or wood and usually used to dip warmed liquid from large kettles, then to be poured from as a girl serves several people at once.   described as a high handled water vessel, something similar is used by slave girls to dip paga from simmering kettles. Vagabonds of Gor, page 16 There were perhaps, a hundred men, within the enclosure, and some fifteen of twenty girls. The girls filled their vessels which, like the hydria, or water vessel, are high handled, for dipping in a large kettle hung simmering over a fire near the entrance to the enclosure. Warm paga makes one drunk quicker, it is thought. I usually do not like my paga heated, except sometimes on cold nights. this night was not cold , but warm. It was now late spring. Some Cosians tend to fond of hot paga so, too, are some of the folks in the more northern islands, interestingly, such as Hunjer and Skjern, west of Torvaldsland. this probably represents an influence from Cos, transmitted through merchants and seamen. In the north generally, mead, a drink made with fermented honey and water, and often spices and such, tends to be favored over paga.  Vagabonds of Gor pg16     Ice Storage "My house, incidentally, like most Gorean houses, had no ice chest. There is little cold storage on Gor. Generally food is preserved by being dried or salted. Some cold storage, of course, does exist. Ice is cut from ponds in the winter, and then stored in ice houses, under sawdust. One may go to the ice houses for it, or have it delivered in ice wagons. Most Goreans, of course, cannot afford the luxury of ice in the summer." Guardsman of Gor, page 295      Iron Grill the meat was steak cut from the loin, a huge shaggy long horned bovine, meat is seared, as thick as the forearm of a Warrior on a small iron grill on a kindling of charcoal cylinders so that the thin margin on the outside was black, crisp and flaky sealed within by the touch of the fire- the blood rich flesh hot and fat with juice. Outlaw of Gor, p 45      Kantharos (footed bowls) She knelt near the table... and put the paga, in a small kantharos Renegades of Gor, p 71     Ladle " She used a bronze ladle...The girls, including the slender blondish girl, emptied their bowls, even to licking them, that no grain be left..."  Marauders of Gor, pages 64-65     Metal pans (large pots) "Before the feast I had helped the women, cleaning fish and dressing marsh gants, and then, later, turning spits for the roasted tarsks, roasted over rence-root fires, kept on metal pans, elevated above the rence of the islands by metal racks, themselves resting on larger pans." Raiders of Gor, page 44   I had hardly settled myself behind the table when the proprietor had placed a large, fat pot of steaming Kal-da before me. It almost burned my hands to lift the pot. I took a long, burning swig of the brew and though, on another occasion, I might have thought it foul, tonight it sang through my body like the bubbling fire it was, a sizzling, brutal irritant that tasted so bad and yet charmed me so much I had to laugh. Outlaw of Gor, p 78   Even the proprietor slept, his head across his folded arms on the counter, behind which stood the great Kal-da brewing pots, at last empty and cold. Outlaw of Gor, p 80   Other girls now appeared among the tables, clad only in a camisk and a silver collar, and suddenly, silently, began to serve the Kal-da which Kron had ordered. Each carried a heavy pot of the foul, boiling brew and, cup by cup, replenished the cups of the men. Outlaw of Gor, p 226   Soon I smelled the frying of vulo eggs in a large, flat pan, and the unmistakable odor of coffee, or as the Goreans express it, black wine. Kajira of Gor. P 73     Metal Rod/Skewer "I had had verr meat, cut in chunks and threaded on a metal rod, with slices of peppers and larma, and roasted; vulo stew with raisins, nuts, onions and honey; a Kort with melted cheese and nutmeg; hot Bazi tea, sugared, and, later, Turian wine." Tribesmen of Gor page 47-48. In the cafes I had feasted well. I had had verr meat, cut in chunks and threaded on a metal rod, with slices of peppers and larma, and roasted; vulo stew with raisins, nuts, onions and honey; a kort with melted cheese and nutmeg; hot Bazi tea, sugared and later, Turian wine. Tribesmen of Gor, p 48   Pitcher A girl in a tunic of white silk, gracefully, carrying a large pitcher of diluted Ka-la-na wine, approached our table from the rear, and climbed the stairs, delicately, and as though timidly, head down... I glanced at Virginia Kent, who was now moving about the tables, in the incredibly brief silken slave livery, the pitcher on her left shoulder, held there gracefully with her left hand. Assassin of Gor page 186-187.   Plates "With a serving prong she placed narrow strips of roast bosk and fried sul on my plate." Guardsman of Gor, page 234     Pots "Even the proprietor slept, his head across his folded arms on the counter, behind which stood the great Kal-da brewing pots, at last empty and cold." Outlaw of Gor page 80. "Other girls now appeared among the tables, clad only in a camisk and a silver collar, and sullenly, silently, began to serve the Kal-da which Kron had ordered. Each carried a heavy pot of the foul, boiling brew and, cup by cup, replenished the cups of the men." Outlaw of Gor page 226     Rep cloth rough fabric woven from the fibers of the rep plant. Captive of Gor, page 294 Bera went to the next man, to fill his cup with the mead, from the heavy hot tankard, gripped with cloth, which she carried. Marauders of Gor, p 78     Serving prong "With a serving prong, she placed narrow strips of roast bosk and fried sul on my plate." Guardsman of Gor, page 234   Skin bags (Bota) He leaned over and tossed me a skin bag of Paga Tarnsman of Gor, p 78   "He signaled to a boy who carried a skin of Ka-la-na wine over his shoulder. He took the skin of wine from the boy and bit out the horn plug; he then, with the wineskin on his shoulder, held back the head of Elizabeth Cardwell with one hand and with the other shoved the bone nozzle of the skin between her teeth; he tipped the skin and the girl, half choking, swallowed wine; some of the red fluid ran from her mouth and over her body."  Nomads of Gor page 39-40. "The slender blond girl, who had been giving men water from the skin bag, was now given the work of filling small bowls from the large wooden bowl, for the bond-maids. ...." Marauders of Gor, pages 64-65   "He came to me, bent over, tattered, swarthy, grinning up at me, the verrskin bag over his shoulder, the brass cups, a dozen of them, attached to shoulder straps and his belt, rattling and clinking...Without removing the bag from his shoulder, he filled the cup...the water flowed into the cup between a tiny vent-and-spigot device, which wastes little water, by reducing spillage, which was tied in and waxed into a hole in the front left foreleg of the verrskin. The skins are carefully stripped and any rents are sewed up, the seams coated with wax. When the whole skin is thoroughly cleaned of filth and hair, straps are fastened to it, so that i might be conveniently carried on the shoulders, or over the back..." Tribesmen of Gor, page 36     Spoons With a tiny spoon, it's tip no more than a tenth of a hort in diameter, she placed four measures of white sugar, and six of yellow; with two stirring spoons, one for the white sugar, another for the yellow, she stirred the beverage after each measure." Tribesmen of Gor, page 89     Spoon (Horn) "The horn spoon snapped in his hands, and he angrily threw the pieces into his bowl." Assassin of Gor, page 120   Tankard The Forkbeard himself now, from a wooden keg, poured a great tankard of ale, which must have been of the measure of five gallons - - - . The tankard then, with two great bronze handles, was passed from hands to hands among the rowers. The men threw back their heads and, the liquid spilling down their bodies, drank ale. It was victory ale From Marauders of Gor pg 99 Gorean Ale brought from earth early years. it is traditionally served in tankards or horns. Marauders of Gor" Page 82-83 99,191,194     Tea cups Tea is extremely important to the nomads. It is served hot and heavily sugared. It gives them strength then, in virtue of the sugar, and cools the, by making them sweat as well as stimulating them. It is drunk three small cups at a time, carefully measured. Tribesmen of Gor, pg 38   Tray "She carried a tray, on which were various spoons and sugars. She knelt, placing her tray upon the table.  Tribesmen of Gor, page 89   First from the kitchen, bearing her tray, came the voluptuous slave of Aemilianuus. Behind her, too with her tray, came the little dark-haired slave. In a moment both were deferentially serving. The collared softness of the dark-haired girl well set off the the metal of the tray, and the small multicolored glasses and bottles upon it. Guardsman of Gor, p 254     Troughs Seems that slave girls mostly ate their gruel from troughs or from bowls, using their fingers. "I shared breakfast with Elizabeth who informed me that it was better than the porridge below in the trough in the feeding room for female staff slaves,..." Assassin of Gor, pages 106-107     Tureen "'Bread, Master?' she asked. She offered me a silver tray on which, hot and steaming, were wedges of Gorean bread, made from Sa-Tarna grain. It took one of them and, from the tureen, with the small silver dipper, both on the tray, poured hot butter on the bread. Rogue of Gor, page 191     Ulo woman's knife of the Red Hunters. It has semicircular blade in a wooden handle which is not suitable for carving, but good for cutting meat and sinew. Beasts of Gor, page 262     Vat A large, covered vessel for the storing of liquids such as bosk milk to keep the contents free of bugs or dirt. It is used to ferment milk curds, but it may also be placed within the chilling pit to keep milk fresh.   "Temione had now filled her paga vessel. She picked up a goblet from a rack near the vat. The shelving on the rack was of narrow wooden rods. The goblets are kept upside down on the rods. In this way, washed, they can drain and dry. This also affords them some protection from dust. I watched her carefully wipe the goblet. Woe to the slave who would dare to serve paga or wine in a dirty goblet!" Vagabonds Of Gor page 20.     Water Bag Utilized by the desert nomads, hung at each side of their kaiila, by which to carry and drink water.   "He put his hand on the bulging water bag, which hung behind the saddle, on the left side of the beast, balanced by another on the right. One drinks alternately from the bags, to maintain the weight distribution. Such weight, of course, slows the kaiila, but, in the desert, one must have much water." Tribesmen of Gor page 132. "She then went to one of the large, wooden, covered water buckets, roped to the deck, and in it submerged a water-skin. I heard the bubbling as the skin filled... I noted the blondish girl, the water bag now, wet and heavy, over her shoulder, going to the men of the Forkbeard, to offer them drink." Marauders of Gor page 63.     Wine crater I turned and, among the furnishings of the tent, found a bottle of Ka-la-na, of good vintage, from the vineyards of Ar, the loot of a caravan raid. I then took the wine, with a small copper bowl, and a black, red-rimmed wine crater, to the side of the fire. Captive of Gor. p 331