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| naja_MS | Feb 14 2008, 05:48 PM Post #1 |
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To one side there was a small altar to the Priest Kings, where burned a small fire. On this fire, at the beginning of the feast the feast steward had scattered some grains of meal, some salt, some drops of wine. 'Ta-Sardar-Gor,' he had said, and this phrase had been repeated by the others in the room. "To the Priest Kings of Gor." It had been the general libation for the banquet. "I am of the Caste of Warriors, and it is in our codes that the only death fit for a man is that in battle, but I can no longer believe that this is true, for the man I met once on the road to Ko-ro-ba died well, and taught me that all wisdom and truth does not lie in my own codes." Priest Kings of Gor – page 14 It is thus that, should all the spears miss their mark, he (the Last Spear in the hunt of the larl) sacrifices his life for that of his companions who will, while the larl attacks him, make good their escape. This may seem cruel but in the long run it tends to be conservative of human life; it is better, as Goreans say, for one man to die then many. Priest Kings of Gor –page 20 He had won his freedom though it had, as the Goreans say, led him to the Cities of Dust, where I think, not even the Priest-Kings care to follow. He had, as a man, lifted his fist against the might of the Priest-Kings and so he had died, defiantly, though horribly, with great nobility." Priest Kings of Gor –page 14 |
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