Monday, February 17, 2014

Draft of some of the items to cover in class (in not particular order):

Free Companionship and Other Ceremonies
Free Companion - The Four Points to Cover Before
Free Companion, Collaring and Punishment
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Administrators & Ubars
Magistrates
Praetor
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Caste System
Five High Castes of Gor (in order)

Initiates - White

Scribes – Blue
- Administrator
- Lawyers
(Legalists)
(Magistrates & Praetors)
- Scholars
- Record Keepers
- Teachers
- Clerks
- Historians
- Accountants
- Geographers
(Mapmaking)
- Cartographers
- Diplomat or Ambassador Role

Builders - Yellow
- Architects
- Draftsman
- Stonemasons
 
Physicians - Green
- Obstetrics
- Immunology
- Pediatrics
- Researcher
- Battle Field Medicine
- Traveling Physician
Note: These would make valid sub castes (Dentistry, Psychiatry and Geriatrics would not be).

Warriors – Red
- Ubar
- Tarnsmen
- Tharlarion Cavalrymen
Note: City Guardsman would be a different position since it has no certain skills that others may not have, rather than a sub caste.

Lower Castes of Gor and their role in Society
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Social Structure
All Free
Free Men
Free Women
Slaves
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Gorean Governance
Governance Chart
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First & Second Knowledge
Third Knowledge?
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Values and Tendencies of Scribes
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Gorean Languages other than Kassar
- Red Savage
- Kaiila
- sign language
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Tools of the scribe
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Gorean Chronology
- Time
- Year
- Holidays
- The cost of things.
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Moderating Role-play
Stay In-Character
OOC
What logs if any do I save?
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Discerning what you need to know versus what you can find when needed.
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The Various Laws & Codes
- Merchant Law
- Code of Physicians
- Warrior Codes
- Physicians
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Levels of authority
…Who should hear the complaint?
Trails
Judge
Advocacy
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Priest Kings
Kurii
Spider People
Urt People
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Apprentice Magistrates
Citizen Care Class
 
Luther Scrolls
The Gorean Cave

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Scribe Training Ideas

The apprentice scribe series consists of several classes giving an introduction to various aspects of the scribe caste including what scribes are, how they work within Gorean government and different roles scribes can have in Gor. Class also addresses many commonly held onlinisms such "Scribes don't carry weapons." and "You need a scribe to get Free Companioned."

Certification as a full scribe: there is no central certifying body for scribes.
Apprentice scribes have completed their training when the follow is true.

  1. Attended all classes
  2. Completed a Thesis Project - apprentices who have an idea of where they wish to work and practice as scribes should meet with the Head of Scribe Caste and decide on a project. The project must do three things-
  • Fill a need of the City
  • Be of interest to the apprentice
  • Demonstrate on completion competence in chosen field. (Obviously due to nature of variable work in the scribe caste, projects will vary as well.)
Read all not just what apply to you. Reading part will only mean you have missed something important - for as a Gorean this would have all been learned from birth.

One Recommended Class Schedule
These can be divided or change as needed.

Class 1 - Social Structure & Gorean Governance
Class 2 - Free Companionship and Other Ceremonies
Class 3 - Library - Creating & Maintaining a Library
Class 4 - Record Keeping
Class 5 - The Fighting Scribes of Gor: Map Makers and Geographers
Class 6 - Moderating Role-play
Class 7 - Diplomat/Ambassador role
Class 8 - Magistrate, Training and Types
Class 9 - Citizenship Applications/Home Stone Ceremony

Possible Course Work Assignments
Include both the Assignment and the completion of the work below.

Assignment 1: The Gorean Alphabet and Writing in Gorean Style and Method
Assignment 2: The Castes, Colors and Caste Laws of Gor
Assignment 3: First and Second Knowledge
Assignment 4: The values and tendencies of scribes
Assignment 5: Sub Castes of the High Castes
Assignment 6: Lower Castes and their roles in Gorean Society
Assignment 7: Gorean Languages other than Kassar
Assignment 8: Tools of the scribe- what they are and how used
Assignment 9: The specialty areas of a scribe
Assignment 10: Research- discerning what you need to know versus what you can find when needed.

There is no alternative for reading the Books of Gor written by John Norman for yourself http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gor and a good place to use for reference is The Gorean Cave by Fogaban http://www.thegoreancave.com/.

Some of my older notes are found at http://recordofstudies.blogspot.com/search/label/Advocate%20Class which are being moved to here.

This seems to have a lot of information http://furmesnest.tripod.com/index.html and may be useful to look at further.

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