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| Sardar Mountain Fairs, Se'Kara (noun): occurs in the fall, one of the four great fairs held in the shadow of the Sardar during the Gorean year. ~Assassins of Gor, page 78~ Sardar Mountain Fairs, Se'Var (noun): occurs during the winter solstice, one of the four great fairs held in the shadow of the Sardar during the Gorean year. ~Priest-Kings of Gor, page 309~ Sardar Mountains (noun): legendary location of the Sacred Place home of the Priest-Kings, they are 1000 pasangs from Ko-ro-Ba, in the North. They are smaller than other mountain ranges such as those of Thentis or the Voltai mountains. ~Tarnsman of Gor, page 29~ Sa-Tarna (noun; lit. 'life-daughter'): staple gorean grain, described as yellow shafts growing in rows in a field. ~Tarnsman of Gor, page 43~ ~Marauders of Gor, page 102~ Sa-Tassna (noun; lit. 'life-mother'): meat; food in general ~Tarnsman of Gor, page 43~ Scarlet rug (noun): a submission rug used in Tharna on which a free woman naked and bound with yellow cords must submit as slave to her master first hearing him recite a ritual poem then yielding physically. ~Outlaw of Gor, page 205~ Schendi (noun): a port city just south of the equator having a population of c. 1 million citizens, most black. It is the base of operations for the League of Black Slavers. It's harbor on the Thassa is the entry for the Kamba and Nyoka Rivers which lead to the interior of the Schendi rainforest. ~Explorers of Gor, pages 16, 100, 115 and 123~ Schendi, rainforest of (noun): a vast rain forest covering thousands of square pasangs on the equator. It's western border is the Thassa and it's port of Schendi. Two great lakes puncturate it's center, Lake Ngao and Lake Ushindi, four hundred pasangs apart. The rain forest is home to myriad varieties of insects, birds, fish, mammals, rodents and reptiles and some of the most unique flora to be found on Gor. ~Explorer's of Gor, pages 100, 115, 116, 309 - 312~ Scmitar (noun): the preferred weapon of the tribesmen of the Tahari. A wickedly curved blade, so sharp that a bit of silk dropped upon it would fall, parted, to the floor. The wielder of such a weapon presses forward with lightening moves, in rapid, diagonal, figure-eight strokes, his booted foot stamped forward, his body turned to the left, minimizing target, his head to the right, maximizing vision, his rear foot at right angles to the attack line, maximizing leverage, assuring balance. On kailla-back, it is carried, sheathed, hanging from the saddle. ~Tribesmen of Gor, pages 120, 122, and 234~ Scorpion (noun): found in the canopy level of the rainforest. ~Explorers of Gor, page 311~ Scribes, Caste of (noun): the Caste which includes the scholars and clerks of Gor. There are divisions and rankings within the group, from simple copiers to the savants of the city. Blue. ~Tarnsman of Gor, page 44~ Scrolls, Gorean (noun): Manuals of the Pens of Mira, Leonora's Compendium, Songs of Dina, or Hargon's The Nature and Arts of the Female Slave are all texts with information or instruction about slavery, sometimes used in slave training. ~Magicians of Gor, page 193~ Scytale (noun): a marked ribbon wrapped around a spear. When the marks are aligned, a message can be read. ~Beasts of Gor, pages 23-24~ ~Explorers, page 10~ Se (adj.): second ~Outlaw of Gor, page 178~ Sea sleen (noun): long sleek mammal with flippers and six legs and double fanged jaws can weigh as much as 1000 pounds.. and as much as 20 feet in length hunted by the Red Hunters for food and pelt. ~Beasts of Gor, page 285~ Sea sleen, black (noun): one of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar North. ~Beasts of Gor, page 38~ Sea sleen, brown (noun): one of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar North. ~Beasts of Gor, page 38~ Sea sleen, flat-nosed (noun): one of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar North. ~Beasts of Gor, page 38~ Sea sleen, rogue (noun): rare broader headed more dangerous variety of sea sleen found in the Polar North. ~Beasts of Gor, page 283~ Sea sleen, tufted (noun): one of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar North. ~Beasts of Gor, page 38~ Sea sleen, white-spotted (noun): its rich fur is used for cloaks. ~Raiders of Gor page 300~ Second growth patches (noun): area's of the jungle that are impenetrable or almost impenetrable, not characteristic of the virgin rain forest. They occur when land is cleared and abandoned. Often found along rivers. ~Explorers of Gor, page 313~ Second Knowledge (noun): the education available to the higher castes; it is more esoteric and includes knowledge of Earth. ~Priest-Kings of Gor, pages 41 and 45~ Second slave (noun): referring to the serving of black wine and the custom of having two slaves attending, one with a tray holding cream and sweeteners, and the second girl fetching and serving the pot of hot black wine. If no cream or sweetener is desired, then only the 'second slave' is needed. ~Slave Girl of Gor, page 74~ ~Guardsman of Gor, page 245~ Second wine (noun): a breeding wine reverses the contraceptive effects of slave wine. ~Blood Brothers of Gor, page 319~ Seduction slave (noun): a kajirus used to seduce a Free Woman into violating the couch law and becoming slave. ~Magicians of Gor, page 8~ Se'Kara (noun; lit. 'second turning'): the seventh month of the Gorean calendar that of the autumnal equinox roughly equivalent to the Earth calendar month of September. ~Outlaw of Gor, page 178~ |