Honor to a Gorean Male is His most precious possession. Once He loses Honor once lost can only be regained if ever through rigorous trial or long term atonement. A Gorean Warrior will go to extremes to fullfill every promise, vow and letter of His code of honor, even though none may be around to see it's fullfilled He does so anyhow, He is considered a Man of honor and highly respected for such.
A Master with honor will be admired and respected even by His enemies. He will defend His personal code of honor at all costs, even to the death. He has respect for His enemies even when locked in mortal combat when They are one of honor. When in mortal combat, a Warrior will give His Enemy when They are stripped of the means of defending Themselves a chance to stand and be counted till the end, this is considered honorable.
Each caste has their own codes to
follow and are followed strictly by the Master's upon Gor usually and each
Master also usually pledges loyalty to a homestone. (for more on castes)
For example: A Warrior is prepared
to honor any commitment, weither it be His dedication to His homestone
(of which Warriors would easily lay Their life down for) or an agreement
made with Another, They may or may not agree with why but the mere fact
they stand by Their commitments and codes of Their caste make Them honorable.
Those whom meet a Warrior, should remember that at all costs He will defend
and enforce His decisions and personal code, it would be rather silly of
One to stand in His way unless They wish a battle to the death.
A Warriors word is as good as any contract, it's known He will fullfill every word or His vow or promise even though none may be about to enforce and see He follows through, to Him it's a matter of "honor". Athough there is a difference as to One's personal view and His word, when One looks Another in the eye or shakes on it and pledges His personal word then nothing will steer a Man of honor from that word or promise. If He does then honor is lost and even excuses won't matter, His peers will have lost faith in Him."I understand," I said. I had a respect for caste honor. Honor is honor, in small things as well as great. Indeed, how can one practice honor in great things, if not in small things?
Rogue of Gor..page 231"...one who speaks of Home Stones should stand, for matters of honor are here involved, and honor is respected in the barbaric codes of Gor."
Tarnsman of Gor .. pg 27
Even the Assassins, althought They are without caste, have codes of honor they follow and are proud of their profession.
A Gorean respects many things, and respect is a fundamental part of the Gorean Warrior Codes. Honor may be striped from Him by Others but respect may keep the Warrior His status and possibly even His life. Respect will get an enemy a swift painless death when it comes to that point, a Gorean respects any creature that is powerful even the powerful sleen, the sleen with it's awesome strength and ferociousness is repected by the Warrior, He knows what damage the sleen could do to Him if allowed. He respects anything that may harm Him or His fellow Man or is directly beyond His own personal control."I see you are not of the assassins," I said. It is a matter of pride for members of that caste to avoid the use of poisoned steel. Too, their codes forbid it."
Beasts of Gor Page 141
He also has a deep respect for beauty and skill, any skill that requires time and talent to perfect. The skill of Kaissa Players, skill of musicians, skill of the bowsman or even the dancer in the sandpit pleaded in her dance to be used as the Master's desire. He may not honor a slave but respects her talent and her slave nature.
He has deep respect not only for the other Goreans and creatures that surround Him but even the planet Gor itself, the plants, the sun, everything is an intergral part of the other and the Goreans respect that.
and more about Warrior's codes at WARRIOR'S CODE
and more about Gorean Males can
be found on Gor Male
Please Master,"
she said "Take pity on me. Take pity on the miserable needs of a slave
girl."
"You are not
mine " I told her, "You are a pretty little thing, but I do not own you."
"Please,"
she said.
"Your Master,"
I said, " if he chooses, will satisfy your needs. If he does not, he will
not."
For all I
knew she might be under the discipline of deprivation. If that were so
I had no wish to impair the effectiveness of her Masters control over her.
Besides I did not know him. I did not wish to do him dishonor whoever he
might be. Tarl Cabot
Beasts of
Gor, pg. 49
If it
turned out badly, what I did, I would have no defense other than I did
what I did for my freind for him and for his brave kind, once hated enemies,
whom I had now learned to know and respect. There is no loss of honor in
failing to achieve such a task, I told myself. It is worthy of a warrior
of the caste of Warriors, a swordsman of the high city of Ko-ro-ba, the
Towers of the Morning.
Nomads of
Gor, pg 8
He had
been destroyed by the Priest Kings as casually as one might jerk loose
the thong of a sandal. He had disobeyed and he had been destroyed, immediately
and with grotesque dispatch, but the important thing was, I told myself,
that he had disobeyed, that he could disobey, that he had been able to
disobey and choose the ignominious death he knew must follow. 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 Preist-Kings care to follow. He had,
as a man, lifted his fist against the might of the Preist Kings and so
he had died, defiantly, though horribly, with great nobility.
Priest Kings
of Gor, pg14
Once a warrior
without a helmet flew near, drunk, and challenged me for the perch, a wild
tarnsman of low rank, spoiling for a fight. If I had yielded the perch,
it would have aroused suspicion immediately, for on Gor the only honorable
reply to a challenge is to accept it promptly.
Tarnsman of
Gor page 78
