Taken from: Savages of Gor pg. 260-261
The Fleer moved his kaiila about, on the other side of the coffle, so that he
might look at the girls one by one. None of them, as Grunt had advised, met
his eyes.  They kept their heads high and looked ahead, knowing themselves
scrutinized as the pretty, meaningless beast they were.
"Our friend" said Grunt to me,  "is a member of the Blue Sky Riders, a
warrior society of the Fleer."
"One should be careful of such fellows?" I asked.
"I would think so," smiled Grunt.
"You are gathering this membership from the marks on the kaiila`s flanks?" I
asked.
"Yes," said Grunt, "the dark line of the earth, the over arching dome of the
blue sky." "I see ," I said.
Most tribes had several warrior societies.  These societies had much
influence within the tribes and, on an alternating basis, to preclude any one
society from becoming  predominant, a good deal of power.  Their members
where expected to set an example in the war and the hunt.

Taken from: Savages of Gor Pg. 261
Warrior Societies in the tribes have many functions.  They are a significant
component of the tribal existence.  Such societies, on an alternating basis,
do such things as keep order in the camps and on the treks.  They function,
too, as guards and police.  It is part of their function, too to keep the
tribes apprised as to the movements of Kailiauk and to organize and police
tribal hunts.  Such societies, too, it might be noted, are through which
merit can be recognized and rewarded, and tribal traditions freshened,
maintained and renewed.  They preserve medicine bundles, keep ceremonies and
teach histories.  It is common for them to give feasts and hold dances.
their rivalries provide and outlet for intra tribal aggression, and the
attendant competitions supply an encouragement for effort and a stimulus to
excellence.  Within the society itself, of course the members profit from the
values of alliance, camaraderie and friendship.  Needless to say, each
society will have, too, its own medicines and mysteries.
I watched the Fleer, carefully.  How intricate, actually, is the structure
and governance of a tribe.
"The ear of his kaiila is notched," I said to Grunt. "Is that an eccentric
mutilation or is it deliberate, perhaps meaningful?"
"It is meaningful," said Grunt. "it marks the kaiila as a prize animal, one
especially trained for the hunt and war."

Taken from: Savages of Gor Pg. 264
I watched the rider racing away.  He was a memberof the Blue Sky Riders.  One
does not come easily into membership in such a society.  I was sweating.

Taken from: Savages of Gor pg. 314
"What are where the yellow lances on the flanks of the kaiila of the sleen?"
I asked.
"The sun lances," said Grunt, "a warrior society of the sleen."
"The painted prints on the flanks of the kaiila of the yellow knives?" I
asked.
"The sign of the Urt Soldiers," said Grunt, "a society of the Yellow Knives."

I nodded.  It was common for the members of a given society to take the
warpath together.
"Two societies are repressented among the Kaiila here," said Grunt. "Most
belong to the All Comrades, and one belongs to the Yellow-Kaiila Riders.  The
fellow in the back ground, with his war shield in its case, is a member of
the Yellow-Kaiila riders.  That may be told by the stylized yellow kaiila
print, outlined in red,  on the flanks of his beast, over the red horizontal
bars."
I nodded.  The red horizontal bar, or bars, as the case is, is commonly
associated with the Kaiila,  the cutthroat tribe.
There were many coup marks, I noted, on the snout and forequarters of the
fellow`s kaiila.
"That is a prestigious society," said Grunt.  "Only tried and proven warriors
with many coups, and many expeditions of war and kaiila stealing, are
admitted to it."
"The sign for the All Comrades," I said, "is the heart and lance."
"Yes," said Grunt. "They are somtimes known, too, from the sign, as the
Fighting Hearts.  The Society name, however, more strictly, translates as the
All Comrades."
"I see," I said.  The weapon ingredient in the insignia left little doubt in
my mind as to the sort of enterprise in which such fellows were most likely to
be comrades.
"Cheerfulness is indicated by the height of the heart, along-side the lance,"
said Grunt.
"I see,"  I said.  A heart placed on the horizontal base line, of course,
suggested a heart on the ground, or sadness.

Taken from: Blood Brothers of Gor Pg. 8
Scouts of the Sleen Soldiers,  a warrior society of the Isbu, had been
keeping track of the animals since they had entered the country of the Kaiila
more than two weeks ago.  This was the moon in which the Sleen Soldiers held
police powers in the camp, and so it was to their lot that numerous details
such as scouting and guarding, supervising  the camp and settling minor
disputes, now fell. Among their other duties, of course, would come the
planning, organization and policing  of the great Wanasapi the hunt or chase.

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