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Civitatis Ar, Plus!
Avenues / Streets / Districts
Treasure Road
Torcodino, on the flats of Serpeto,
is a crossroads city. It is located at the intersection of various routes,
the Genesian, connecting Brundisium and other coastal cities with the
south, the Northern Salt Line and the Northern Silk Road, leading
respectively west and north from the east and south, the Pilgrims' Road,
leading to the Sardar, and the Eastern way, sometimes called the Treasure
Road, which links the western cities with Ar. Supposedly Torcodino, with
its strategic location, was an ally of Ar. I gathered, however, that it
had, in recent weeks, shifted its allegiances. It is sometimes said that
any city can fall behind the walls of which can be placed a tharlarion
laden with gold. Perhaps, too, the councils of Torcodino, did not care to
dispute their gates with forces as considerable as those which now
surrounded them. The choice between riches and death is one that few men
will ponder at length. Still I was surprised that Ar had not moved swiftly
on behalf of her ally. Torcodino, as far as I knew, had been left at the
mercy of the Cosian armies. The city was now used as a Cosian stronghold
and staging area. Mincon, for example, after delivering his goods in
Torcodino, was to return northward on the Genesian to Brundisium, where he
was scheduled to pick up a new cargo. Certainly the movements of Cos
seemed quite leisurely, particularly as it was late in the season.
Mercenaries, as I may have mentioned, are often mustered out in the fall,
to be recruited anew in the spring. To be sure, in these latitudes, cold
though it might become, the red games of war need seldom be canceled.
MERCENARIES OF GOR-, (21) Page 101
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those of the Counter-Earth .. the planet .. Gor.
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