HIGH CASTES:
Initiates: Representatives of the Priest Kings,
their color is White
Scribes: Scholars and Clerks, their color is
Blue
Builders: Includes builders, architects etc, their
color is Yellow
Physicians: The Caste of Physicians color is
Green
Warriors: The Caste of Warriors color is
Red
"These tiers shared the color of that portion of the wall behind
them, the caste colors.The tier nearest the floor, which denoted some
preferential status, the white tier, was occupied by the Initiates, Interpreters
of the Will of the Priest Kings. In order, the ascending tiers; blue,
yellow, green and red were occupied by representatives of the Scribes,
Builders, Physicians, and Warriors."
Tarnsman of Gor, page 61
" 'Ho!' cried Torm, that most improbable member of the Caste of Scribes,
throwing his blue robes over his head..."
Tarnsman of Gor, page 36
"On the other hand, the High Castes, specifically the Warriors, Builders,
Scribes, Initiates, and Physicians...."
Tarnsman of Gor, page 41
"Many castes, incidentally, have branches and divisions. Lawyers
and Scholars, for example, and Record Keepers, Teachers, Clerks, Historians
and Accountants are all Scribes."
Assassin of Gor, page 208
LOW CASTES:
Assassins:
Their color is black
"You will see the black banner of the Caste of Assassins"
Tarnsman of Gor, page 175
Bakers:
Their colors are yellow and
brown
"I stayed for four days in the rooms above the shop of Dina of
Turia, there I dyed my hair black and exchanged the robes of the merchant
for the yellow and brown tunic of the Bakers; to which caste her father
and two brothers had belonged."
Nomads of Gor, page 237
Bleachers:
Mentioned in Assassin of Gor
"...its libraries, its records and files; its cubicles for Smiths,
Bakers, Cosmeticians, Bleachers, Dyers, Weavers, and Leather Workers..."
Assassin of Gor, page 111
Cosmeticians:
Mentioned in Assassin of Gor
"...its libraries, its records and files; its cubicles for Smiths,
Bakers, Cosmeticians, Bleachers, Dyers, Weavers, and Leather Workers..."
Assassin of Gor, page 111
Charcoal Makers:
"His stature and burden proclaimed him a member of the Caste of
Carriers of Wood, or Woodsmen, that Gorean caste which, with the caste
of Charcoal Makers, provides most of the common fuel for the Gorean
cities."
Outlaw of Gor, page 27
Cloth Workers:
"The Carders and Dyers, incidentally, are subcastes separate from
the Weavers. All are subcastes of the Rug Makers, which itself, interestingly,
perhaps surprisingly, is accounted generally as a subcaste of the Cloth
Workers. Rug Makers themselves, however usually regard themselves in
their various subcastes, as being independent of the Cloth Workers.
A rug maker would not care to be confused with a maker of kaftans, turbans,
or djellabas."
Tribesmen of Gor, pages 49-50
"I was the daughter of a Cloth Worker..."
Assassin of Gor, page 317
Dyers
"...its libraries, its records and files; its cubicles for Smiths,
Bakers, Cosmeticians, Bleachers, Dyers, Weavers, and Leather Workers..."
Assassin of Gor, page 111
Goat Keepers:
"I was pleased to see that the men of other castes....and even
castes as low as the Peasants, Saddle-Makers, the Weavers, the Goat-Keepers,
the Poets, and the Merchants...."
Priest-Kings of Gor, pages 294-295
Leather Workers:
"It was there that she had been purchased by Barus, of the Leather
Workers."
Captive of Gor, page 234
"...its libraries, its records and files; its cubicles for Smiths,
Bakers, Cosmeticians, Bleachers, Dyers, Weavers, and Leather Workers..."
Assassin of Gor, page 111
Magicians:
"The magicians of Anango are famed on Gor. If you wish to have
someone turned into a turtle or something, those are the fellows to
see."
Magicians of Gor, page 259
Merchants:
Their colors are gold and
white
"Down the stairway slowly, in trailing white silk, bordered with
gold, the colors of the Merchants... ...Aphris of Turia, then, was of
the caste of merchants."
Nomads of Gor, page 91
"I wore a white robe, woven of the wool of the Hurt, imported from
distant Ar, trimmed with golden cloth, from Tor, the colors of the Merchant."
Hunters of Gor, page 7
Metal Workers:
"My opponent was not Andreas, but a squat, powerful man
with short-clipped yellow hair, Kron of Tharna, of the Caste of Metal
Workers."
Outlaw of Gor, page 113
Musicians:
"A similar decree, in most cities, stands against the enslavement
of one who is in the Caste of Musicians."
Beasts of Gor, page 44
Peasants:
"Economically, the base of the Gorean life was the free peasant,
which was perhaps the lowest but undoubtedly the most fundamental caste..."
Tarnsman of Gor, page 43
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Players:
Their colors are red and
yellow
"In most cities it is regarded, incidentally, as a criminal offense
to enslave one of the Caste of Players."
Beasts of Gor, page 44
"...he wore the garb of the Player, but his garb was rich and the
squares of the finest red and yellow silk..."
Assassin of Gor, page 322
Poets:
"It could have been worse, I thought. After all, though the Caste
of Singers, or Poets, was not a high caste, it had more prestige than,
for example, the Caste of Pot-Makers or Saddle-Makers, with which it
was sometimes compared."
Outlaw of Gor, page 103
Pot-Makers(Potters):
"Hup's rag might once have been of the Caste of Potters."
Assassin of Gor, page 10
(Also, see Poets for quote mentioning the existence of the Caste of
Pot-Makers)
Saddle-Makers:
(See Poets for quote mentioning the existence of the Caste of Saddle-Makers)
Rencers:
"The Rencers are often thought to be a higher caste than the Peasants."
Raiders of Gor, page 94
Rope-Makers:
This is more of a guild, or union, not specifically a caste and are
mentioned here as exceptions to the caste system.
"These organizations, such as the sail-makers, almost guildlike,
not castes, have dues...."
Raiders of Gor, page 134
Sail-Makers:
See Rope Makers
Singers:
(See Poets for quote mentioning the existence of the Caste of Singers)
Slavers:
Their colors are blue and
yellow (sub caste of the Merchants)
"I saw that the cover of the thalarion wagon, which had been rolled
back, was of blue and yellow silk. It was the camp of a slaver."
Outlaw of Gor, page 185
"The Slavers, incidentally, are of the Merchant caste, though,
in virtue of their merchandise and practices, their robes are different."
Assassin of Gor, page 208
"Samos wore the blue and yellow robes of the Slaver."
Hunters of Gor, page 7
"From among the domed tents, wearing a swirling robe of broadly
striped blue and yellow silk, with a headband of the same material,
there approached a short, fat man, Targo the Slaver..."
Outlaw of Gor, page 191
Sleen Trainers:
Their colors are brown and
black (may be a sub castes or a specialty)
"He now no longer wore the brown and black common to professional
sleen trainers..."
Beasts of Gor, page 78
Smiths:
Mentioned in Assassin of Gor
"...its libraries, its records and files; its cubicles for Smiths,
Bakers, Cosmeticians, Bleachers, Dyers, Weavers, and Leather Workers..."
Assassin of Gor, page 111
Tarn Keepers:
"...was purchased by a fat, odious fellow, of the Caste of Tarn
Keepers."
Tarnsman of Gor, page 132
Thieves:
"There is even, in Port Kar, a recognized Caste of Thieves, the
only such I know of on Gor...They are recognized by the Thiefs Scar,
which they wear as a caste mark, a tiny, three-pronged brand burned
into the face, in back of and below the eye, over the right cheekbone."
Raiders of Gor, page 104
"On his right cheek, over the cheekbone was the Thief brand of
the Caste of Thieves of Port Kar, who use the small brand to identify
their members."
Assassin of Gor, page 96
Vintners:
Their colors are white and
green (to represent leaves)
"...of the Caste of Vintners...wearing a white tunic with a representation
in green cloth of leaves about the collar and down the sleeves of the
garment..."
Assassin of Gor, page 29
Weavers:
"I was pleased to see that the men of other castes....and even
castes as low as the Peasants, Saddle-Makers, the Weavers, the Goat-Keepers,
the Poets, and the Merchants...."
Priest-Kings of Gor, pages 294-295
Wood Carriers/Woodsmen:
"His stature and burden proclaimed him a member of the Caste of
Carriers of Wood, or Woodsmen, that Gorean caste which, with the caste
of Charcoal Makers, provides most of the common fuel for the Gorean
cities."
Outlaw of Gor, page 27
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