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Gorean Games, Fun, and Sports
Chain Luck
I wondered if many of Treve’s women were as
beautiful as Vika. If they were it was surprising that tarnsmen from all
the cities of Gor would not have descended on the place, as the saying
goes, to try chain luck. PRIEST KINGS OF GOR; 3; Page 61
“Few travelers journey through the northern
forests,” I said.
“Commonly,” said he, “I plundered beyond the forests.” He looked at the
slave girl. “Sometimes,” said he, “I plundered within them.”
She reddened.
“At the time I was captured,” said he, looking again at Samos, “I was
trying chain luck.”
Samos smiled.
“I thought that it was I who was hunting women,” said he. “But it was they
who were hunting me.” HUNTERS OF GOR; 8; Pages 13-14
The fact that I now realized I was subject to
theft frightened me, but it, too, like many other things, seemed an
attachment of my condition, a simple consequence of what I was. I recalled
hearing now, in the house, of “capture rights,” respected in law. I had
originally thought these rights referred to the acquisition of free women
but I had later realized they must pertain, more generally, to the
acquisition of properties in general, including slaves. I had not thought
much about such things, in a real, or practical sense, until now, now that
I was outside of the house. I tried to recall my lessons. Theft, or
capture, if you prefer, conferred rights over me. I would belong to, and
must fully serve, anyone into whose effective possession I came, even if
it had been by theft. The original master, of course, has the right to try
to recover his property, which remains technically his for a period of one
week. If I were to flee the thief, however, after he has consolidated his
hold on me, for example, kept me for even a night, I could, actually in
Gorean law, be counted as a runaway slave, from him, even though he did
not technically own me yet, and punished accordingly. Analogies are that
is not permitted to animals to challenge the tethers on their necks, or
flee the posts within which they find themselves penned, that money must
retain its value, and buying power, regardless of who has it in hand, and
so on. Strictures of this sort, of course, do not apply to free persons,
such as free women. A free woman is entitled to try to escape a captor as
best she can, and without penalty, even after her first night in his
bonds, if she still chooses to do so. If she is enslaved, of course, then
she is subject to, and covered by, the same customs, practices and laws as
any other slave. The point of these statutes, it seems, it to keep the
slave in perfect custody, at all times, and to encourage boldness on the
part of males. After the slave had been in the possession of the their, or
captor, for one week she counts as being legally his. To be sure, the
original maser may attempt to steal her back. A popular sport with young
men is trying “chain luck.” This refers to the capture of women, either
free or bond, viewed as a sport. In war, of course, women of this world,
slave and free, like silver and gold, rank high as booty. DANCER OF
GOR; 22; Pages 95-96
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.
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