| Gorean Architecture and Dwellings |
| Breeding Cell: also called a breeding stall. A slave that is desiginated to be bred is taken there. Both kajira and kajirus are hooded, and though they will never know the other's identity, their coupling is public, observed by Masters and O/others. Capture Cubicle: a room designed and arranged for the capture of an unwary FW , normally this captured FW is enslaved. Curulean: the most prestigious auction house in the city of AR. Cylinder: the primary architectural form of buildings in major Gorean cities, they are of various heights and colors, flat-topped and cylindrical, connect by colorful, narrow bridges arched between them. Garden, Walled: term used for the place highbred FW are raised in until a suitable Suitor is found. Home Stone, Dwelling: a stone often circular and flat, that is sacred to each Gorean dwelling and is to be defended ferociously, even by the meanest pheasant. It is said "A palace with out a Home Stone is but a hovel; a hovel which contains a Home Stone is a palace." Iglu: Innuit word, meaning dwelling or house, the Red Hunters cut blocks of ice with snow knives to construct them. Insula: a crowded , cramped tenement type dwelling, which rents living space to its inhabitants. They are not noted for their ventilation, luxury or roominess. Iron Pens: the subterranian retention facilities in a Slaver's house where slaves are kept for training and prior to sale. Loot Pit: a holding place for captured FW awaiting collars and brandings during the military occupation of a city. Nest: the colony and home of the Priest-Kings in the Sardar, the ruler of the Nest is the Mother from whose eggs the Priest-Kings are hatched. Night Gate: a gate or gates that are monitored to allow passages of bona fide citizens to and from the city after dark. Paga Tavern: an establishment where food and alcholic bevarages are sold; in addition the use of the serving slave is included in the price of the paga bought. Pillar of Exchanges: about 100 pasangs north-west of Tharna, lonely white column of solid marble 400 feet in height and 100 feet in diameter. The solid pillar offers an almost ideal place for the exchange of prisoners. Pleasure Garden: the name for a beautifully landscaped walled area of a wealthy Gorean home. Besides the decoration of flowers and foilage, slave girls may be kept there. Semnium: a public building which houses the high council, or governing body. Shelter Trench: to escape the blistering heat of the Tahari, where temperture can reach 175 degrees farenheit, a trench, 4 or 5 feet deep and 18 inches wide is dug. Tempertures are 50 degrees cooler 1 or 2 feet below the surface of the desert. The trench is drawn perpendicular to the path of the sun, so it provides the maximum shade for longer periods of time. Slave Kennel: a small room usually 3x3x4, having an iron grill for a door in which a slave girl may be confined for the night. Tarn Cot: building in which domesticated tarns are kept. Wagons, Wagon Peoples: square, the size of a room, brightly colored, each are drawn by a double team of bosk. The black laquered tem-wood wagon box that stands six feet from the ground, supports a rounded, tent-like frame covered by a tuat, painted, varnished bosk hide. The wheels are about 10 feet in diameter, the front wheels slightly smaller than the rear. The interior is often lushly appointed, filled with chests and silk cushions, and ankle deep intricately wrought carpets, lit by hanging thalarion oil lamps. In the center of the wagon is a small, shallow, copper fire bowl with raised brass grating. Some cooking may be done there, but it primarily provides heat, the smoke escaping through a smoke hole at the dome of the tent-like covering. |
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