Regions

Regions of Gor:

Lakes, Rivers, Mountains, Seas:

• Cartius - broad flowing tributary of the Vosk   Nomads of Gor pg 2
• named for the direction it lies from the city of Ar (pg 3)
• Schendi - Kamba River - rope (inland word/not gorean) Explorers of Gor pg 100
• Schendi - Nyoka River - serpent   Explorers of Gor pg 100
• Schendi - Lake Ushindi - victory   Explorers of Gor pg 100
• Schendi - Lake Ngao - Shield (long and oval shaped)  Explorers of Gor pg 100
• Schendi - Ua River - Flower River   Explorers of Gor pg 100
• Thassa - Free Islands   Raiders of Gor pg 137
• Teletus, Tabor (south of Teletus, named for the drum), Scagnar (north of Teletus) Farnacium, Hulneth, Asperiche, Anango, Ianda, Hunjer, Skjern (north and west of Torvoldsland (pg 137)
• Thassa - Free Ports    Raiders of Gor pg 138
• (north and south of the gorean equator)
• Lydius, Helmutsport, Schendi, Bazi
• Voltai Range is also known as the Red Mountains    Tarnsman of Gor pg 144
• The Falvians: Foothills to the Voltai    Magicians of Gor pg 299

Ax Glacier:    Marauders of Gor pg 139

• far to the North of Torvaldsland
• glacier spilling between two mountains of stone
• forming the the shape of an Axe on its path to the sea
• Men of Ax Glacier fish for whales, and hunt snow sleen
• unable to farm that far north
• Thorgeir is the only man of the Ax Glacier
• boundary is the northern border of Torvaldsland
• before the ice belts of the Artic North

Marshes of the Vosk Delta:

• rence islands
• small; seldom more than 200 - 250 feet.   Raiders of Gor pg 13
• rence island usually holds 50 - 60 persons.   Raiders of Gor pg 17
• population are called "Growers of the Rence"  Raiders of Gor pg 21
• rence plant has a long, thick root, about 4 inches thick, which lies horizontally under the surface of the water; small rook sink downward into the mud, and several "stems" rise from it, often at a length of 15 to 16 feet from the root; it has an excrescent, usually single floral spike.  Raiders of Gor pg 7
• rence is used to make paper, utensils, and beer   Raiders of Gor pg 7
• root; woody and heavy
• can carve wooden tools and utensils
• when dried, makes good fuel
• stem;
• reed boats, sails, mats, cords and a kind of fibrous cloth
• pith is edible; staple in rence growers diet edible both raw and cooked
• paper;
• made by slicing the stem into thin, narrow strips
• those near center are particularly favored
• one layer placed longitudinally, shorter layer placed latitudinally across first layer
• both layers soaked under water
• releases a glue like substance from fibers melding the two surfaces into a single rectangular sheet
• sheets then hammered and dried in the sun
• roughness removed by polishing
• smooth shell or kailiauk horn is used
• can also use the side of a Tharlarion tooth
• paper is then attached sheet to sheet
• 20 sheets to a roll
• best paper on the outside of the roll
• not to practice deceit in the quality of the paper
• have the most durable paper on outside
• takes the most weathering, handling and general wear.
• 8 grades of paper
• rence beer is steeped, boiled and fermented from crushed seeds and the whitish pith of the rence plant.   Raiders of Gor pg 18
• wet rence paste; when fried on a flat stone it makes a kind of cake, often sprinkled with rence seeds     Raiders of Gor pg 25

Polar Basin:    Beasts of Gor pg 195 - 196

• Polar North: Very Dry
• lower snowfall than in most lower latitudes
• snow that "does" fall less like to melt
• most of land a tundra; treeless plain
• summer; covered with mosses, shrubs, lichens
• winter, spring and fall; desolate, bleak, frozen, barren alien landscape
• 240 different types of plants grow in the Gorean Artic within 500 pasangs of the Pole
• Feasting House of the Polar Basin:  Beasts of Gor pg 263
• half under ground, doubled walled
• walls of stone
• between walls layers of peat for insulation
• hides tied on the inside
• afford additional protection from cold
• smoke hole in the top of the house
• low doorway
• ceiling consists of layers of grass and mud
• Natives of the Polar Basin:     Beasts of Gor pg 48
• seldom seen on Gor
• General looks
• squat and broad
• fur trousers
• knee high fur boots
• skin; dark, reddish like copper
• bluish black hair; roughly cropped
• eyes bear an epicanthic fold

Tahari:

• dry vastness, almost a continent of rock, heat, sand and wind.  Tribesmen of Gor pg 36

• Kavars & Aretai Vassal Tribes:   Tribesmen of Gor pg 47
• The Char; The Kashani; The Ta`Kara; The Raviri; The Tashid; The Luraz; The Bakahs;
• Minor Tribes of Aretai:   Tribesmen of Gor pg 301
• The Ti; The Zevar; The Arani, The Tajuks (not really a vassal tribe, of the Aretai, but ride with them)

• Imports to the Tahari:    Tribesmen of Gor pg 37
• rep-cloth, embroidered cloths, silks, rugs, silver, gold, jewelries, mirrors, kailiauk tusk, perfumes, hides, skins, feathers, precious woods, tools, needles, worked leather goods, salt, nuts, spices, jungle birds (prized as pets), weapons, rough woods, sheets of tin and copper, Bazi tea, wool from the Hurt, decorated beaded whips, and female slaves.
• Exports of the Tahari:    Tribesmen of Gor pg 37
• dates and pressed date bricks
• Grown in the Tahari:      Tribesmen of Gor pg 37
• a hybrid brownish Sa-Tarna, beans, berries, onions (tuber suls), melons,Katch (leaf vegetable), turnips, carrots, radishes, Kort, larma, tospits, rep (grown for cloth). - Herds of Kaiila and verr are kept but not in large numbers.
• Geographic locations of the Tahari Tribesmen of Gor (pages listed by location)
• Kasbah of Tarna: Tarna bandit and cheiftain of the Tahari, her lair (location) was secret. (pg 189)
• Kasbah of the Guard of the Dunes: home of the Salt Ubar (pg 207) Ibn Saran (pg 219) called Abdul, location is secret, one of the most dreaded and powerful men of the Tahari. (pg 209)
• Kasra: Port at the junction of the Upper and Lower Fayeen; delivers red salt from it’s mines. (pg 238)
• Klima: Salt mine and Brine Pit. (pg 219)
• Oasis of Farad: (pg 55)
• Oasis of Four Palms: home of Kavars (pg 277)
• Oasis of Lame Kaiila: (pg 136)
• Oasis of Nine Wells: Suleiman, Ubar of the Oasis, Master of a Thousand lances. (pg 44); High Pasha of the Aretai. (pg 82)
• Oasis of the Battle of Red Rock: one of few outposts maintained by Aretai, to it’s west and south is mostly Kavar country. (pg 172)
• Oasis of the Sand Sleen: (pg 153)
• Oasis of Two Scimitars: out of the way Oasis, under the hegemony (leadership/dominance) of the Bakah’s, a vassal tribe of the Kavars. (pg 151)
• Teehra: district southwest of Tor, bordering on the Tahari. (pg 44)
• Tor: lies in the northwest corner of the Tahari, the supply point. (pg 36)
• Turmas: Turian outpost and kasbah, in the southeastern edge of the Tahari. (pg 179)

• Worlds End:    Beasts of Gor pg 28
• said to lie between Cos & Tyros
• had various different stories and legends
• was said to be protected by clashing rocks, monsters, and by mountains that could pull nails from ships
• the edge of the world was sheer, ship would plunge over edge to fall for days till fierce winds broke it apart, the wreckage was lifted up to the bottom of the sea.
• fabled:
• in the maelstroms south and west of Tyros, shattered planking was sometimes found, it was said some of this was from ships who sought the worlds end.