The Caste of Scribes, denoted by their blue robes, are in general the scholarly and studious caste. Scribes perform many tasks but are often specialists. Noted for their sharp and aware minds, they are the bookkeepers, accountants, historians, legal experts, compilers of data, mathematicians, and notaries. Some of the military aspects of Scribes are in logistics, mapmaking, historical reference, supply systems, pay rosters, enlistment, and any other support function they might be suited for.

Scribes are not generally what one considers a sterotypical Gorean, yet they remain men of Gor. Though not Warriors, Scribes will fight to defend their homestone, their women, or their honor. To this end, many will seek some training in weapons, but not much. Also, though they are not noted for ferocity, they are Masters in their own right, and kajirae should not forget this. The training of a Scribe is mentally rigorous, involving a long childhood of learning, study, and reasoning exercises. They also learn kaissa, the Gorean form of chess, to a greater degree than most other castes.

Since much legal business is conducted through Scribes, they generally consider it a wise career move to have an unimpeachable reputation, though there are rogues. Furthermore, since the Scribes are one of the High Castes, it is possible that they might one day sit on the governing council of a city, hence another good reason to ensure they have a reputation for honesty. Each Scribe has a unique sigil or seal with which he stamps his works.
Scribes include scholars, historians and clerks. The Scribes wear blue, and handle most of the white-collar work, so to speak, in the cities, keeping records, teaching, attending to the law, and such. ---John Norman, Letter to the Gorean Group, Sept 20th 2000
...The Scribes, of course, are the scholars and clerks of Gor, and there are divisions and rankings within the group, from simple copiers to the savants of the city. ---Tarnsman of Gor, 3:44
'Look,' he cried in actual despair, waving his blue-robed arms hopelessly at the messiest chamber I had seen on Gor. His desk, a vast wooden table, was piled with papers and pots of ink, and pens and scissors and leather fasteners and binders. There was no square foot of the chamber that did not contain racks of scrolls, and others, hundreds perhaps, were piled like cord wood here and there. His sleeping mat was unrolled, and his blankets must not have been aired for weeks. His personal belongings, which seemed to be negligible, were stuffed into the meanest of the scroll racks. ---Tarnsman of Gor, 3:37
...--a shrewd and kind spirit, a sense of humor, and a love of learning, which can be one of the deepest and most honest of loves. It was this love for his scrolls and for the men who had written them, perhaps centuries before, that most impressed me about Torm. In his way, he linked me, this moment, and himself with generations of men who had pondered on the world and its meaning.... ---Tarnsman of Gor, 3:38
...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, 15:208

It is perhaps most frustrating to a Physician entering Gor that he has little support from his other peers. He is smaller, not hardened by war.. often busy even at times when Warriors sit bored in taverns. They have few Castebrothers, and can easily find themselves at the mercy of more physically imposing Men. And even if a Healer can get past these difficulties... they have one major obsticle
They have no Code outlined for them in the Gorean scrolls.
Well... perhaps it is time we Physicians made a Code... one that can at least stand until contradicted by information in Gor books yet to be written.
And Hardcore Goreans, sit down. We Physicians do exist.. a Code does exist... we just don't know what it says. All is not Gold and Steel when one bears the Mortar and Pestle.

Asterisked entries are either those things mentioned in Gorean Scrolls, or things inherent in being Gorean.

CODE OF PHYSICIANS
*1. Walk with Honour always. We are the most technologically advanced Caste on Gor, and a High Caste as well... this Honour means resonsibility
Regarding War
*2. In times of War, a Physician is non-combatant. If the Warriors are the swords and shields defending the Homestone, we are the blacksmiths that keep the blade sharp and bucklar strong. If this non-combatant status is disregarded in times of war, the Caste will declare the transgressor Anethema
3. When a Freeperson is declared Anethema, he is forbidden care from any who wear the Green. In times of war, his bones will not be mended... in times of peace his diseases will not be treated
4. A Physician will not initiate combat. To do so shames the Caste and invites violation of our status. Transgressors will lose their Practice
Regarding Practice
5. A Physician's right to perform our art is called the Practice. A Physician may only begin his Practice once his training is complete. Unlike a Warrior who can take battlescars or a Scribe who can re-write a scroll, Physicians who fail in their duties can kill their patient
*6. A Freewoman of the Caste is permitted have a Practice.
Regarding Responsibility
7. A Physician's responsibilities are as follows in descending priority:

1) The General Health of Gor
2) The General Health of one's proximity
3) One's Homestone
4) The Health of an individual
Physicians within an army are concidered in proximity of their army, not the city it sieges
8. One of the responsibilities of a Physician is that of advice. Any Freeperson (or slave with proper permission) may come to a Physician and seek his advice. They can expect reasonable secrecy and discretion, the Physician's Confidence. He may discuss matters of Physician's Confidence with other Physicians, and only other Physicians. He must have the consent of the one asking of his advice before discussing it with anyone not of the Green. Matters of Physician's Confidence cannot be used for selfish gain
9. Sometimes a patient will need to be kept in the care of a Physician for some extended period of time. A Physician cannot enslave a Freeperson in his care, nor can he allow the patient to be enslaved
10. If it is in the interest of greater health, a Physician can enact Euthanasia. An example is in the case of a fatal epidemic or plague. The killing of a violent mass murderer is not... that is the province of Warriors
11. Alieviate suffering, stop pain, be an agent of Mercy. The Priest-Kings have blessed us with many gifts to bring Mercy to the sick, wounded, suffering. Use them as such.
The Physicians, who attend to all health needs, including what one would think of as those addressed by dietitians, nurses, therapists, dentists, and such, wear green. ---John Norman, Letter to the Gorean Group, Sept 20th 2000
...On the first day the physician, a quiet man in the green garments of his caste, examined me, thoroughly. The instruments he used, the tests he performed, the samples he required were not unlike those of Earth. Of special interest to me was the fact that this room, primitive though it might be, was lit by what, in Gorean, is called an energy bulb, an invention of the Builders. I could see neither cords nor battery cases. Yet the room was filled with a soft, gentle white light, which the physician could regulate by rotating the base of the bulb. Further, certain pieces of his instrumentation were clearly far from primitive. For example, there was a small machine with gauges and dials. In this he would place slides, containing drops of blood and urine, flecks of tissue, a strand of hair. With a stylus he would note readings on the machine, and, on the small screen at the top of the machine, I saw, vastly enlarged, what reminded me of an image witnessed under a microscope. ... ---Captive of Gor, 8:92-93