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n1=;Adapted from the Gor dictionary by sina{D^d} #Library (sarus.lomag.net) and karohl{T} and ;tarna{SB} of #GreatHall (bondage.com)
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n3=;Gor Dictionary
n4=;Flora
n5=on *:TEXT:!Brak Bush:*:/msg $nick says 5Brak Bush |  /msg $nick says 5"Almost all doors, including that of the House of Cernus, had nailed to them some branches of the Brak Bush, the leaves of which, when chewed, have a purgative effect." (Assassin of Gor, page 211)
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n7=on *:TEXT:!Carpet Plant:*:/msg $nick says 5Carpet Plant  |  /msg $nick says  5"I then cut some leaves and wrapped them about it. I tied this simple bandage shut with the tendrils of a carpet plant." (Explorers of Gor, page 347)
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n9=on *:TEXT:!Dina:*:/msg $nick says 5Dina |  /msg $nick says 5"The dina is a small, lovely, multiply petaled flower, short-stemmed, and blooming in a turf of green leaves, usually on the slopes of hills, in the northern temperate zones of Gor; in its budding, though in few other ways, it resembles a rose; it is an exotic, alien flower; it is also spoken of, in the north, where it grows more frequently, as the slave flower." (Slave Girl of Gor, page 61)
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n11=on *:TEXT:!Fan Palm:*:/msg $nick says 5Fan Palm  |  /msg $nick says  5"One type of palm, the fan palm, more than twenty feet high, which spreads its leaves in the form of an open fan, is an excellent source of pure water, as much as a liter of such water being found, almost as though cupped at the base of each leaf's stem." (Explorers of Gor, pages 310)
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n13=on *:TEXT:!Flahdah:*:/msg $nick says 5Flahdah  |  /msg $nick says  5"About some of these water holes there were a dozen or so small trees, flahdah trees, like flat-topped umbrellas on crooked sticks, not more than twenty feet high; they are narrow branched with lanceolate leaves." (Tribesmen of Gor, page 72)
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n15=on *:TEXT:!Flaminium:*:/msg $nick says 5Flaminium  |  /msg $nick says 5"There was a shallow bowl of flowers, scarlet, large-budded, five-petaled flaminiums, on the small, low table between us." (Hunters of Gor, page 154)
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n17=on *:TEXT:!Gieron:*:/msg $nick says 5Gieron  |  /msg $nick says 5"The drug," said Shaba, "was a simple combination of sajel, a simple  pustulant, and gieron, an unusual allergen. Mixed they produce a facsimile of the superficial symptoms of Bazi plague." (Explorers of Gor, page 154)
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n19=on *:TEXT:!Kanda:*:/msg $nick says 5Kanda |  /msg $nick says  5"The roots of the kanda plant, which grows largely in desert regions on Gor, are extremely toxic, but, surprisingly, the rolled leaves of this plant, which are relatively innocuous, are formed into strings and, chewed or sucked, are much favored by many Goreans, particularly in the southern hemisphere, where the leaf is more abundant." (Nomads of Gor, page 43)
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n21=on *:TEXT:!Kes:*:/msg $nick says 5Kes |  /msg $nick says  5"on *:TEXT:!and the salty, blue secondary roots of the Kes Shrub, a small, deeply rooted plant which grows best in sandy soil." (Priest-Kings of Gor, page 45)
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n23=on *:TEXT:!Leech:*:/msg $nick says 5Leech |  /msg $nick says  5 "The leech plant strikes like a cobra, and fastens two hollow thorns into its victim. The chemical responses of the bladder-like pods produce a mechanical pumping action, and the blood is sucked into the plant to nourish it." (Outlaw of Gor, page 33)
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n25=on *:TEXT:!Liana Vine:*:/msg $nick says 5Liana Vine |  /msg $nick says  5"Another useful source of water is the liana vine. One makes the first cut high, over one's head, to keep the water from being withdrawn by contraction and surface adhesion to the vine. The second cut, made a foot or so from the ground, gives a vine tube which, drained, yields in the neighborhood of a liter of water." (Explorers of Gor, page 310)
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n27=on *:TEXT:!Needle Tree:*:/msg $nick says 5Needle Tree |  /msg $nick says  5"...and the needle trees, the evergreens..." (Raiders of Gor, page 141)
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n29=on *:TEXT:!Palm Tree:*:/msg $nick says 5Palm Tree |  /msg $nick says  5"There is an incredible variety of trees in the rainforest, how many I cannot conjecture. There are, however, more than fifteen hundred varieties and types of palm alone." (Explorers of Gor, page 310)
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n31=on *:TEXT:!Rence:*:/msg $nick says 5Rence  |  /msg $nick says  5"A kind of paper is made from rence. The plant itself has a long, thick root, about four inches thick, which lies horizontally under the surface of the water; small roots sink downward into the mud from the main root, and several "stems," as many as a dozen, rise from it, often of a length of fifteen to sixteen feet from the root; it has an excrescent, usually single floral spike." (Raiders of Gor, page 7)
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n33=on *:TEXT:!Rep:*:/msg $nick says 5Rep |  /msg $nick says  5"Rep is a whitish fibrous matter found in the seed pods of a small, reddish, woody bush, commercially grown in several areas, but particularly below Ar and above the equator." (Raiders of Gor, page 10)
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n35=on *:TEXT:!Sim:*:/msg $nick says   5Sim |  /msg $nick says  5"I did not know at the time but Gur is a product originally secreted by large, gray, domesticated, hemispheric arthropods which are, in the morning, taken out to pasture where they feed on special Sim plants, extensive, rambling, tangled vine-like plants with huge, rolling leaves, raised under square energy lamps fixed in the ceilings of the broad pasture chambers." (Priest-Kings of Gor, page 214)
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n37=on *:TEXT:!Sip:*:/msg $nick says 5Sip |  /msg $nick says  5"A bitter root whose extract is the active ingredient in slave wine." (Blood Brothers of Gor, pages 46, 124 and 319)
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n39=on *:TEXT:!Talender:*:/msg $nick says 5Talender |  /msg $nick says  5"The talender is a flower which, in the Gorean mind, is associated with beauty and passion. Free Companions, on the Feast of their Free Companionship, commonly water a garland of talenders. Sometimes slave girls, having been subdued, but fearing to speak, will fix talenders in their hair, that their master may know that they have at last surrendered themselves to him as helpless love slaves." (Raiders of Gor, page 217)
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n41=on *:TEXT:!Telekint:*:/msg $nick says 5Telekint |  /msg $nick says  5"The rep-cloth veil was red; it had been soaked in a primitive dye, mixed from wear and mashed roots of the telekint; when he perspired, it had run; his face was stained." (Tribesmen of Gor, page 83)
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n43=on *:TEXT:!Tem:*:/msg $nick says 5Tem |  /msg $nick says  5"The lances are black, cut from the poles of young tem trees.  They may be bent almost double, like finely tempered steel, before they break"  (Nomads of Gor,  page 15)
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n45=on *:TEXT:!Teslik:*:/msg $nick says 5Teslik |  /msg $nick says  5"The active ingredient in the breeding wine or "second wine", is a derivative of teslik.  In the matter of bitterness of taste there is little to choose from between raw sip root and slave wine, the emulsive qualities of the slave wine being offset to some extent by the strength of the concentrations involved."  (Blood Brothers of Gor,  page 320)
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n47=on *:TEXT:!Tur Tree:*:/msg $nick says 5Tur Tree |  /msg $nick says  5"There was one large-trunked, reddish Tur tree, about which curled its assemblage of Tur-Pah, a vinelike tree parasite with curled, scarlet, ovate leaves, rather lovely to look upon; the leaves of the Tur-Pah incidentally are edible and figure in certain Gorean dishes, such as sullage, a kind of soup; | /msg $nick says  5 long ago, I had heard, a Tur tree was found on the prairie, near a spring, planted perhaps long before by someone who passed by; it was from that Tur tree that the city of Turia took its name." (Nomads of Gor, page 217)
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n49=on *:TEXT:!Tur-Pah:*:/msg $nick says 5Tur-Par |  /msg $nick says  5"There was one large-trunked, reddish Tur tree, about which curled its assemblage of Tur-Pah, a vinelike tree parasite with curled, scarlet, ovate leaves, rather lovely to look upon; the leaves of the Tur-Pah incidentally are edible and figure in certain Gorean dishes, such as sullage, a kind of soup; | /msg $nick says  5 long ago, I had heard, a Tur tree was found on the prairie, near a spring, planted perhaps long before by someone who passed by; it was from that Tur tree that the city of Turia took its name." (Nomads of Gor, page 217)
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n51=on *:TEXT:!Veminium Desert:*:/msg $nick says 5Veminium Desert |  /msg $nick says  5"The petals of veminium, the "Desert Veminium" purplish, as opposed to the "Thentis Veminium," bluish, which flower grows at the edge of the Tahari, gathered in shallow baskets and carried to a still, are boiled in water. The vapor which boils off is condensed in oil. This oil is used to perfume water. This water is not drunk, but is used in middle and upper-class homes to rinse the eating hand, before and after the evening meal."(Tribesmen of Gor, page 51)
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n53=on *:TEXT:!Veminium Thentis:*:/msg $nick says 5Veminium Thentis |  /msg $nick says  5"The atmosphere of the pool was further charged with the fragrance of Veminium, a kind of bluish wild flower commonly found on the lower slopes of the Thentis range." (Assassin of Gor, page 163)
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n55=on *:TEXT:!Verr Grass:*:/msg $nick says 5Verr Grass |  /msg $nick says  5"On the shaded sides of some rocks, and the shaded slopes of hills, here and there, grew stubborn, brownish patches of verr grass." (Tribesmen of Gor, page 71)  
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n57=;Weapons
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n59=;Axes
n60=on *:TEXT:!Battle Axe:*:/msg $nick says 5Battle Axe |  /msg $nick says 5This weapon is described as a single-bladed axe of steel, with a blade of anywhere from 8 to 14 inches in width, and is mounted on a thick wooden handle usually has a wrist thong attached to the end the handle, which enables it to be more easily retained during combat. This weapon first appears in the series in book #8, Marauders of Gor.
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n62=on *:TEXT:!Great Axe:*:/msg $nick says  5Great Axe   |   /msg $nick says  5This weapon is similar to the Torvaldslander Battle Axe, except it is much larger, with a handle up to four feet in length. The axe blade is also much larger, and this weapon is used two-handed. Occasionally these axes will be double-headed. This weapon makes its first appearance in the series in book #8, Marauders of Gor. 
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n64=on *:TEXT:!Bola:*:/msg $nick says 5Bola  |   /msg $nick says  5The favored weapon of the Warriors of Wagon People. The bola consists of three long leather straps, each about 5 feet in length, terminating in a leather sack which contains, a heavy rounded metal weight. Developed for hunting, it also can be used as a weapon of war. Thrown low the long straps, with their approximate ten-foot sweep,  |   /msg $nick says 5strike the victim and the weighted balls, whip about the victim's legs, entangling and tightening the straps. Thrown high it can pin a man's arms to his sides; thrown at the throat it can strangle him; thrown at the head the whipping weights can crush his skull. Once a victim is entangled with the bolo, another weapon is then utilized to dispatch the victim. This weapon first appears in book #4, Nomads of Gor. 
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n66=;Bows
n67=on *:TEXT:!Crossbow:*:/msg $nick says 5Crossbow  |   /msg $nick says 5A standard infantry weapon of Gor. It consists of a heavy, flexible bow of tempered steel, 18" across (when drawn), mounted on a heavy wooden stock about two feet long, with a trigger mechanism built into the shaped handle. It can use several types arrows (quarrels) of spiked, smooth tipped or broad bladed quarrels, striking with enough force to penetrate wooden walls,  |   /msg $nick says 5doors or human bodies with relative ease. It has an effective range of approximately 150 yards. Slow to reload, it is commonly redrawn through use of a "goat's-foot" hook or a cranequin (bow crank). Quarrels, or "bolts," are carried by the user in a belt-case or quiver. First appears in book #1, Tarnsman of Gor, and is afterwards seen often throughout the series. 
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n69=on *:TEXT:!Crossbow Cavalry:*:/msg $nick says 5Similar in most respects to the larger crossbow, though instead of possessing a heavy metal bow, it has a much lighter bow of layered wood and horn. Slightly smaller in overall size, it is equipped with a metal stirrup at the firing end, enabling it to be more quickly restrung. It is originally mentioned quite early in the series as a "light crossbow" or "sporting crossbow," it is described in book #17, Savages of Gor.
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n71=on *:TEXT:!Great Bow:*:/msg $nick says 5Great Bow |  /msg $nick says 5A non - recurved long bow made from the wood of the ka-la-na tree or sometimes of temwood. Unstrung it is over six feet in length, and can require a pull of up to 120 lbs. The bowstring itself is usually made of hemp or sinew lashed with silk thread. The arrows of the bow are temwood, and fletched with the feathers of the vosk gull.   |   /msg $nick says 5Each such arrow is approximately three feet in length, and can be tipped with several different types of arrowheads; of these, the flight tip (a long narrow three-sided metal spike designed for extreme penetration) and the sheaf tip (a wide double or triple edged blade designed to inflict maximum tissue damage upon impact) are the most common.  |   /msg $nick says 5 It is commonly carried slung or strapped over the shoulder of the archer when not in use, and is accompanied by a belt.
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n73=on *:TEXT:!Short Bow:*:/msg $nick says 5Short Bow |  /msg $nick says 5This re-curved bow is much smaller in size than the great bow, and is better suited for use in close spaces or from the back of a kailla, tharlarion or tarn. It is often carved from a single, flexible piece of tem wood or ka-la-na wood, though such peoples as the Wagon Peoples and the Red Savages craft shortbows of layered wood and horn, which gives such bows much greater strength and durability. | /msg $nick says 5 The arrows used by the shortbow are also much shorter than those employed by the great bow. First mentioned in book #1, Tarnsman of Gor, further described in books #4 and #7, and seen throughout the series afterward.
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n75=on *:TEXT:!Helmets:*:/msg $nick says 5Helmets   |    /msg $nick says  5The most commonly used helmet is the standard Gorean war helmet. It is described as a close-faced helmet which encloses the entire head, with a distinctive "Y" shaped opening in the faceplate to admit air and to allow breathing. This style of helmet was perfected and much in use during the heyday of the city-states of Greece. Mounted atop each example of this type of helmet is a crest plate, upon which can be displayed the symbol of a city or organization.   |   /msg $nick says 5The crests themselves adorn the top of the helmet either crosswise, from one side of the neck to the other, or lengthwise from the back of the neck to the upper forehead like half-fans. The helmet itself can be painted or lacquered in any color, to represent a grouping, city or caste. |    /msg $nick  says 5 This type of helmet is first described in book #1, Tarnsman of Gor
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n77=;Knives  and daggers
n78=on *:TEXT:!Daggers:*:/msg $nick says 5Daggers |  /msg $nick says 5Daggers take many forms, depending upon the needs and whims of their users, and such weapons are the most common form of side-arm used on Gor. Daggers are worn openly in a belt-sheath or concealed beneath one's clothing, often strapped to the wrist beneath the owner's sleeve, tucked into the collar behind the neck, or hidden in a boot. Used by many freewomen as a personal means of self-defense. |  /msg $nick says 5 Examples of these weapons can be found in every book of the series.
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n80=on *:TEXT:!Killing knife:*:/msg $nick says 5Killing knife |  /msg $nick says 5It was a throwing knife, of a sort used in Ar, much smaller than the southern quiva, and tapered on only one side. It was a knife designed for killing. Mixed with the blood and fluids of the body there was a smear of white at the end of the steel, the softened residue of a glaze of kanda paste, now melted by body heat, which had coated the tip of the blade. |  /msg $nick says 5 On the hilt of the dagger, curling about it, was the legend, 'I have sought him. I have found him.' It was a killing knife. (Assassins of GOR, page 42)
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n82=on *:TEXT:!Knife gauntlets:*:/msg $nick says 5Knife gauntlets |  /msg $nick says 5A pair of thick leather gauntlets, upon which are mounted crescent shaped knife blades. Sometimes used by gladiators in arena combats. Mentioned in book #14, Fighting Slave of Gor.
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n84=on *:TEXT:!Quiva:*:/msg $nick says 5Quiva |  /msg $nick says 5A narrow double-edged blade of between 9 and 12 inches in length mounted on a shaped handle of wood, bone, or horn. It is honed to razor sharpness, and its blade tapers to a needle point. Designed for use primarily as a throwing knife, the quiva is also perfectly functional as a hand weapon and general utility knife. |    /msg $nick says  5It is mostly used by the nomadic Wagon Peoples of the southern hemisphere, who will carry matched sets of seven in special sheaths attached to their kailla saddles. First described in book #4, Nomads of Gor.
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n86=on *:TEXT:!Shields:*:/msg $nick says 5Shields   |    /msg $nick says  5A circular shaped shield; made of several layers of bosk's hide generally seven to nine layers thick stretched over a lightweight framework of wood or horn, generally about twenty-four to thirty-six inches in diameter. The shield is often banded with strips of iron to further strengthen it. The shield, thought seemingly small, is sufficient in size to protect the areas where a fatal blow may be struck,  |   /msg $nick says 5yet it may also be used as a covering in sever weather. It is worn upon the user's arm, usually the left one, and is carried slung across the back while traveling. The shield is usually painted and sometimes carries a design or device that denotes the warriors city-state. 
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n88=;Spears
n89=on *:TEXT:!Harpoon:*:/msg $nick says 5Harpoon |  /msg $nick says 5A javelin-type spear, fitted with a barbed head and used with an attached line for retrieval. A similar weapon first appears in the brine pits of Klima in book #10, Tribesmen of Gor, and the actual harpoon itself is used extensively in book #12, Beasts of Gor.
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n91=on *:TEXT:!Hunting Lance:*:/msg $nick says 5Hunting Lance of the Red Savages |  /msg $nick says 5Similar to the kailla lance of the wagon peoples, the hunting lance of the Red Savages is commonly longer, heavier and thicker. The point of this lance is longer and narrower than the war lance, designed to pierce deeply into a kailiauk's heart. The shaft is made from temwood. | /msg $nick says 5The tip can be metal, carved bone or shaped stone,(depending upon what is available) and made be lashed to the shaft with boiled sinew or rawhide, or even attached with metal trade rivets.(again using what is at hand) Leather grips, hand loops, and decorations all made be present also. Described in book #17, Savages of Gor.
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n93=on *:TEXT:!Spear:*:/msg $nick says 5Spear (Common) |  /msg $nick says 5The typical Gorean spear is approximately seven feet in length, with a fitted wooden handle up to two inches thick, capped by a leaf-shaped, tapering head eighteen inches in length. The handle itself is usually made from ka-la-na wood, and banded with metal near the juncture of the spear-head socket to prevent the handle from shearing when thrown. This weapon first appears in Book #1, Tarnsman of Gor.
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n95=on *:TEXT:!Tarn Lance:*:/msg $nick says 5Tarn Lance of the Red Savages |  /msg $nick says 5Similiar to the war lance, except that it is longer and more slender, easier use from tarnback. Described in book #17, Savages of Gor.
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n97=on *:TEXT:!Tharlarion Lance:*:/msg $nick says 5Tharlarion Lance |  /msg $nick says 5A thick spear, approximately ten to fourteen feet long. It has a lanceolate spear tip that attaches to a thick shaft  at the thickest part the shaft of the lance is about four inches in width and is often fluted to lighten it. | /msg $nick says 5Usually carried when on the tharlarion, couched beneath the right arm of the user, the lance itself crossing over and above the neck of the mount, often supported by a lance-rest which is either attached to the saddle or worn strapped to the user's chest. Can also be thrown, though not designed for it. First appears in book #1, Tarnsman of Gor.
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n99=on *:TEXT:!Trident:*:/msg $nick says 5Trident |  /msg $nick says 5The three-pronged spearing fork used by fishermen and sailors of the islands of Gor. Can be utilized both as a thrusting weapon and as a throwing weapon. It is also used, in conjunction with a hooked net, in various gladitorial arenas throughout Gor. (rentiri) It is briefly described as being approximately seven feet in overall length, with prongs of 10" inches or more. | /msg $nick says 5 Often used with a line attached, for retrieval should it be thrown. This weapon is described in book #6, Raiders of Gor.
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n101=on *:TEXT:!Wagon Peoples:*:/msg $nick says 5Wagon Peoples |  /msg $nick says 5A long slender spear, eight to ten feet long, designed to be used from the saddle of a rider on kaillaback. These lances are carried in the right fist, and are flexible and light. They are used primarily for thrusting. Black in color, they are made from the poles of young tem trees, and so flexible that they may be bent almost double before they break. | /msg $nick says 5 A loose loop of boskhide, wound twice about the right fist, helps the user to retain the weapon in mounted combat. It is seldom, if ever, thrown. First described in book #4, Nomads of Gor.
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n103=on *:TEXT:!War Lance:*:/msg $nick says 5War Lance of the Red Savages |  /msg $nick says 5This weapon is almost identical to the kailla lance of the Wagon Peoples, though it is more heavily carved and decorated. First appears in book #17, Savages of Gor.
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n105=;Spiked
n106=on *:TEXT:!Hand Wraps:*:/msg $nick says 5Hand Wraps   |   /msg $nick says 5heavy cloth or leather strips bound about the hand, with projecting spikes which cover the wearer's knuckles. Described in book #14, Fighting Slave of Gor.
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n108=on *:TEXT:!Leather:*:/msg $nick says 5Leather |  /msg $nick says 5A pair of spiked leather balls which are worn upon the hands of gladitorial fighters; the spikes of these devices can be very long. Mentioned in book #14, Fighting Slave of Gor.
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n110=;Swords
n111=on *:TEXT:!Long Sword:*:/msg $nick says 5Long Sword |  /msg $nick says 5The Long sword is commonly used by the warriors of Torvaldsland. Approximately 36 inches in length, the forging of these "long swords" follows the pattern of the swords in the Damascus style. In this method, many billets of steel, both hard (high carbon) and soft or flexible (tool) steel are beaten together under heat and folded back upon itself and beaten flat again. This is repeated many times.   |   /msg $nick says 5It is carried in a belt-scabbard or strapped across its user's back over his right shoulder. Most long swords are "named" blades. they carry the name of their maker or are named by their owner. names like 'Gramr'('fierce')and 'Fotbitr' ('leg biter') are often used. The warriors of Torvaldsland belive their swords, as with their ships, possesses a 'soul'. First appearance in the series in book #8, Marauders of Gor
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n113=on *:TEXT:!Scimitar:*:/msg $nick says 5Scimitar |  /msg $nick says 5A long curved sword, used either one-handed or with two-hands, depending upon the situation. Forged in the Damascus manner, it has a wickedly curved, single-edged blade, honed to razor-sharpness. Even a light stroke of a Tahari scimitar will pass effortlessly through the flesh, leaving a carved mark 1/4" inch deep in the bone beneath. |   /msg $nick says 5The overall blade length is perhaps thirty or more inches, with an eight inch long "false-edge" across the back of the tip, for backhanded slashes. Used one handed from kailla back it is incredibly deadly; used two-handed upon the ground it is equally terrifying. This weapon is mentioned in book #4, Nomads of Gor, and described further in book #10, Tribesmen of Gor.
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n115=on *:TEXT:!Short Sword:*:/msg $nick says 5Short Sword |  /msg $nick says 5The basic weapon of all warriors of Gor. Approximately twenty to twenty-two inches in length from hilt tip to blade tip, the blade is doubled-edged, and leaf shaped on *:TEXT:! narrower at the hilt base and then widening to a width of three or four inches and then descending to a curved and pointed tip. The grip is generally either of polished wood or leather covered wood, with an oval cross-guard. The Gorean short sword is hand forged of hight carbon steel. The leaf shaped blade is ideal for thrusting  |   /msg $nick says 5Perfect for close combat, its point giving it excellent armor penetrating properties. It is generally carried, in a sheath slung over the left shoulder by means of a leather harness, but may also be worn at the hip. This sword is mentioned in all books relating to Gor, from Book #1 Tarnsman Of Gor and throughout the series. 
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n117=on *:TEXT:!War Club:*:/msg $nick says 5War Club of the Red Savages  |   /msg $nick says  5A carved, shaped club of wood or bone, often mounted with a stone or metal head of some sort. This weapon is probably approximately two to three feet in length. This weapon is mentioned in book #18, Blood Brothers of Gor.
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