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brands of Gor
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Kan-lara: Gorean word for slave brand.
Bond-maid: Described as a half circle about an inch and a quarter in width, adjoined at it's right tip by a steep, diagonal line an inch and a quarter in height. In the north, the bond-maid is referred to as a woman whose belly lies beneath the sword.
Dina: A small short-stemmed flower indigenous to hillsides, it is sometimes called the 'slave flower' and is often used as a design for slave brands.
Kassar: Their brand, which is used on both slaves and bosk, is a stylized representation of a bola, three circles joined at the center by lines.
Kataii: Their brand is a yellow bow, facing to the left.
Kef: A letter of the Gorean alphabet analogous with the Earth letter 'K'; the first letter of the Gorean words for male and female slaves and hence often used as a brand. It is sometimes called the "staff and fronds" due to its appearance.
Knife: Rather like a tattoo, an appropriate design is cut into the thigh of a slave and a colored powder is rubbed into it. Used in the jungle of Schendi.
Paravaci: The Paravaci brand is a stylized representation of a bosk head: a semi-circle resting on an inverted isosceles triangle.
Passage: A tiny brand in the form of spreading bosk horns found on the forearm of goreans, it's presence guaranteeing their safe passage, at certain seasons, across the plains of the Wagon People. If the offering of the person of wearing the brand, be it the song of a singer or merchandise from a merchant, is rejected than the bearer is slain out of hand.
Penalty: small 1/4 inch brands that mark a convicted liar, thief, traitor etc.
Thief's: Tiny 1/4 inch three-pronged brand worn on the cheek of those of the Caste of Thieves, who are found only in Port Kar.
Treve: A brand marking those of Treve. It is the first letter, in cursive script, of the name of the city of Treve.
Tuchuk: Their brand is the sign of the four bosk horns, that of the Tuchuk standard, it is only an inch high and resembles an 'H'. It is used to mark both their bosk and their slaves. the brand of the Tuchuk slave, incidentally, is not the same as that generally used in the cities, which, for girls, is the first letter of the expression Kajira in cursive script, but the sign of the four bosk horns, that of the Tuchuk standard; the brand of the four bosk horns, set in such a manner as to somewhat resemble the letter 'H', is only about an inch high; the common Gorean brand, on the other hand, is usually an inch and a half to two inches high
Priest-Kings: the moons and collar. Locked collar and, ascending diagonally above it, extending to the right, three quarter moons. This brand indicates the girl is subject to Gorean discipline commonly occurs in certain of the Gorean enclaves on Earth,which serve as headquarters for agents of the Priest-Kings.
Kurii: the chain and claw. tends to occur in the lairs of Kurii agents on Earth. The chain-and-claw brand signifies, of course, slavery and subjection with the compass of the Kur yoke
Bond-maid: Described as a half circle about an inch and a quarter in width, adjoined at it's right tip by a steep, diagonal line an inch and a quarter in height. In the north, the bond-maid is referred to as a woman whose belly lies beneath the sword.
Dina: A small short-stemmed flower indigenous to hillsides, it is sometimes called the 'slave flower' and is often used as a design for slave brands.
Kassar: Their brand, which is used on both slaves and bosk, is a stylized representation of a bola, three circles joined at the center by lines.
Kataii: Their brand is a yellow bow, facing to the left.
Kef: A letter of the Gorean alphabet analogous with the Earth letter 'K'; the first letter of the Gorean words for male and female slaves and hence often used as a brand. It is sometimes called the "staff and fronds" due to its appearance.
Knife: Rather like a tattoo, an appropriate design is cut into the thigh of a slave and a colored powder is rubbed into it. Used in the jungle of Schendi.
Paravaci: The Paravaci brand is a stylized representation of a bosk head: a semi-circle resting on an inverted isosceles triangle.
Passage: A tiny brand in the form of spreading bosk horns found on the forearm of goreans, it's presence guaranteeing their safe passage, at certain seasons, across the plains of the Wagon People. If the offering of the person of wearing the brand, be it the song of a singer or merchandise from a merchant, is rejected than the bearer is slain out of hand.
Penalty: small 1/4 inch brands that mark a convicted liar, thief, traitor etc.
Thief's: Tiny 1/4 inch three-pronged brand worn on the cheek of those of the Caste of Thieves, who are found only in Port Kar.
Treve: A brand marking those of Treve. It is the first letter, in cursive script, of the name of the city of Treve.
Tuchuk: Their brand is the sign of the four bosk horns, that of the Tuchuk standard, it is only an inch high and resembles an 'H'. It is used to mark both their bosk and their slaves. the brand of the Tuchuk slave, incidentally, is not the same as that generally used in the cities, which, for girls, is the first letter of the expression Kajira in cursive script, but the sign of the four bosk horns, that of the Tuchuk standard; the brand of the four bosk horns, set in such a manner as to somewhat resemble the letter 'H', is only about an inch high; the common Gorean brand, on the other hand, is usually an inch and a half to two inches high
Priest-Kings: the moons and collar. Locked collar and, ascending diagonally above it, extending to the right, three quarter moons. This brand indicates the girl is subject to Gorean discipline commonly occurs in certain of the Gorean enclaves on Earth,which serve as headquarters for agents of the Priest-Kings.
Kurii: the chain and claw. tends to occur in the lairs of Kurii agents on Earth. The chain-and-claw brand signifies, of course, slavery and subjection with the compass of the Kur yoke
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