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Civitatis Ar, Plus!
Transportation - Land
Sedan Chair
For more on Transportation see
Marking Time - Travel Time:
Tarns |
Kaiila |
Wagons |
Afoot |
Torvaldsland Ships |
Gorean Ships
My own duties during these months
in the House of Cernus remained light, consisting of little more than
accompanying Cernus on infrequent occasions on which he left the house, a
member of his guard; in the city Cernus traveled in a sedan chair, borne
on the shoulders of eight men. The chair was inclosed and, under the blue
and yellow silk which covered it, there was metal plating. ASSASSIN
OF GOR; 5; Page 205 "A chair, with soldiers, is
coming," said Boabissia.
We saw some folks gathering about to watch, but leaving a path for the
movement of the chair and soldiers. It was an enclosed sedan chair, its
silken curtains drawn. It was borne on long poles slung in tandem fashion
between two tharlarion. The chair and soldiers were making their way north
on the Avenue of the Central Cylinder, toward the Central Cylinder. The
soldiers were Taurentians.
"It is a woman's chair, is it not?" asked Boabissia.
"Yes," I said.
"Those are palace guardsmen, aren't they?" asked Hurtha.
"Probably," I said. "They are, at least, of the same sort as the palace
guardsmen."
"Taurentians, they are called," he said.
"Yes," I said.
"They look like capable fellows," he said.
"I am sure they are," I said. The eyes of the soldiers were mostly on the
crowd. There seemed little doubt such men formed an efficient guard. The
chair, I noted, was not borne by male draft slaves, but was supported by
tharlarion. There might be various reasons for this. One might be
ostentation, a simple display of wealth, for good tharlarion are generally
more expensive than male slaves, particularly draft slaves. But perhaps,
even more, the cargo might be regarded as too precious to be risked in the
vicinity of male slaves. After all, they are men. Too, perhaps it was felt
appropriate, if the cargo was deemed of sufficient beauty, that it even be
borne by male slaves. After all, might there not be some danger, as the
fair occupant entered into, or descended gracefully from, the sedan chair,
that there might be the careless movement of a veil, revealing a bit of
throat, or the inadvertent lifting of a robe of concealment, giving them
the glimpse of a briefly exposed ankle? MERCENARIES OF GOR-, (21)
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Kudos to you, Mr. Norman for writing the Gorean series!
A rich, yet utterly simple saga; a world, a time, a people;
those of the Counter-Earth .. the planet .. Gor.
Thank you!
The material presented herein was researched and compiled by me,
naia{Saul}.
The material referenced comes from John Norman's Gor Series, The
Counter-Earth Saga.
This is a work in process.
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