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-F- face-stripping: Perhaps the worse offense that can be performed against a freewoman is that of public face stripping, i.e. when the veils of a freewoman are removed from her by force. This is the equivalent of stripping her naked, though even the loss of her robes of concealment is not as great an insult as the loss of her veils. It is regarded as the right, duty and privilege of Gorean freewomen of the high cities to remain veiled. Even when captured by the Warriors of an enemy city, the freewoman will commonly be allowed to retain her veils at least until her final fate has been decided.
Public facestripping is the removal of the veils from a FreeWoman's face by force. This is equivalent to
stripping her completely naked, but not so insulting is the removal of her Robes of Concealment. This is
consider the worst offense which might be performed against a FreeWoman. It is the right, duty and
privilege of a Gorean FreeWoman to remain veiled. Even when captured by the Warriors of an enemy
city, the Freewoman will commonly be allowed to retain her veils at least until her final fate has been
decided. Fair of En'Kara: occurs during the spring, one of the four great fairs held in the shadow of the Sardar during the Gorean year: Players of Gor, page 8 Fair of En'Var: one of the four great fairs held in the shadow of the Sardar during the Gorean year: Assassins of Gor, page 78 Fair of Se'Kara: one of the four great fairs held in the shadow of the Sardar during the Gorean year: Assassins of Gor, page 78 Fair of Se'Var: autumn fair, one of the four great fairs held in the shadow of the Sardar during the Gorean year: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 309 falarian wine: wine: a very rare and expensive wine "Among these petitioners came one fellow bringing with him the promise of a gift of wine, a wine supposedly secret, the rare Falarian, a wine only rumored among collectors to exist, a wine supposedly so rare and precious that its cost might purchase a city." Mercenaries of Gor, page 158
falarina: a slave who is no longer a virgin or 'glana', preceded by the state of 'profalarina', indicating a slave who is about to be 'falarina' and before that by 'meta glana', one who looks forward to her deflowering: " The buyers were also informed that I was 'glana' or virgin. The correlated term is 'metaglana' used to designate the state to which the glana state looks forward, or that which it is regarded as anticipating. Though the word was not used of me I was also 'profalarina' which term designates the state preceding, and anticipating that of 'falarina' or the state Goreans seem to think of as that of being a full woman, or, at least, as those of Earth might think of it, one who certainly is no longer a virgin. In both terms, 'glana' and 'profalarina' incidentally, it seems that the states they designate are regarded as immature or transitory, state to be succeeded by more fully developed, superior states, those of 'metaglana' or 'falarina.' Among slaves, not free women, these things are sometimes spoken of along the lines as to whether or not the girl has been 'opened' for the uses of men. Other common terms, used generally of slaves, are 'white silk' and 'red silk' for girls who have not yet been opened, or have been opened, for the uses of men, respectively." Dancer of Gor, page 128 fan palm: found in the jungles of Schendi, more than 20 feet high, which spreads it's leaves in the form of an opened fan; an excellent source of water; as much as a liter at the base of each leaf's cupped stem: "One type of palm, the fan palm, more than twenty feet high, which spreads its leaves in the form of an open fan, is an excellent source of pure water, as much as a liter of such water being found, almost as though cupped at the base of each leaf's stem." Explorers of Gor, page 310 fermented milk curds: This is a drink usually only drunk by the Wagon People. Made from fermented milk curds. It is served in a metal cup. "By one fire I could see a squat Tuchuk, hands on his hips, dancing and stamping about by himself, drunk on fermented milk curds, dancing, according to Kamchak, to please the sky." Nomads of Gor, page 28 Fighting Hearts: see All Comrades Finch, whistling: flighted bird found at the ground level of the rainforest, it is insectivorous fire-maker: a small device consisting of a small reservoir of tharlarion oil, a wick, a thumb-activated, ratcheted steel wheel, and a splinter of flint; not unlike an old-fashioned cigarette lighter: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 138 first girl: slave appointed by the Master to oversee other, usually younger or less experienced girls; she rules, when FreePersons are not present, as the Master "You are 1st girl," I told Constance.
First Knowledge: the education available to the lower castes, such as the Peasants; it is practical, if occasionally deliberately erroneous (i.e. it purports that Gor is a flat disk): Tarnsman of Gor, page 58 First Spear: the designated leader of a unit of spearmen: Priest Kings of Gor, page 19 First Sword: the leader of the Guards in a given city such as Ar: Nomads of Gor, page 129 flahdah: a tree of the Tahari having lanceolate leaves; the trunk leans, like that of a palm tree: "About some of these water holes there were a dozen or so small trees, flahdah trees, like flat-topped umbrellas on crooked sticks, not more than twnety feet high; they are narrow branched with lanceolate leaves." Tribesmen of Gor, page 72 Flame Death: also known as the Blue Flame a form of capital punishment imposed by the Priest-Kings and triggered from the Sardar; in it, the victim seems to spontaneously erupt in blue flames: Tarnsman of Gor, page 208 flaminium: a largish scarlet flower having 5 petals A flower; scarlet, with five petals. Fleer: a tribe of Red Savages, a member of the Blue Sky Society, a warrior society of the Fleer which inhabits the Barrens; they have long hair combed back and flowing down the back like cornstalks; They ride their kaiila bareback and carry a long, feathered lance and a small, round war shield with medicine signs inscribed on it: Savages of Gor, page 256 fleer: large, hook-billed bird which hunts at night: My master looked upward, at the moons. From through the trees, on the other side of the camp, came what I took to be the sound of a bird, the hook-billed, night-crying fleer, which preys on nocturnal forest urts. Slave Girl of Gor, page 117 fleer, long-billed: a bird inhabitant of the emergent level of the rainforest: In the level of the emergents there live primarily birds, in particular parrots, long-billed fleers, and needle-tailed lits. Explorers of Gor, page 311 fleer, prairie: yellow bird with long wings and a sharp bill; sometimes called the 'maize bird' or 'corn bird' from the belief that it is usually the first bird to find food: The fleer is a large, yellow, long-billed, gregarious, voracious bird of the Barrens. It is sometimes also called the Cord Bird or the Maize Bird. Savages of Gor, page 246
Flower Tree: a tree with hanging stems and dangling blossoms "And so we sat with our backs against the flower tree in the House of Saphrar, merchant of Turia. I looked at the lovely, dangling loops of interwoven blossoms which hung from the curved branches of the tree. I knew that the clusters of flowers which; cluster upon cluster, graced those linear, hanging stems, would each be a bouquet in itself, for the trees are sobered that the clustered flowers emerge in subtle, delicate patterns of shades and hues." Nomads of Gor, page 217 flute: same as Earth flute and the players always keep them polished; in the inland, it is called 'filimbi': Magicians of Gor, page 120 finch, whistling: flighted bird found at the ground level of the rainforest, it is insectivorous: Explorers of Gor, page 311 foot, Gorean: slightly longer than the Earth foot based on supposition that each of its 10 horts is roughly 1 ¼ inches long (12 ½ inches Earth measure); it's standard is a metal rod kept at the Sardar: "The Gorean foot, is in my estimation, just slightly longer than the Earth foot; based on the supposition that each of its ten horts is roughly one and one-quarter inches long, I would give the Gorean foot a length of roughly twelve and one-half inches, Earth measure." Raiders of Gor, pages 127-128 footwear, slave: slaves wear various things to cover there feet depending on the whim of the Master "At her throat was a
metal collar, no longer mine. "Slaves, for example, are commonly kept barefoot. High slaves, on the other hand, often have sandals, sometimes lovely ones. To be sure, much depends on the terrain, and such. One would not wish even a common slave to cut her feet or roughen them." Vagabonds of Gor, page 381 fora: chain; pl. fori - chains: Outlaw of Gor, page 216 Fort Haskins: A smallish fortress town at the edge of the "barrens," vast grasslands northeast of the mountains of Thentis, which guards the trade routes in that region. Known for its large contingent of kailla and Tarn cavalry used to resist and suppress raids by the Red Savages, which inhabit the barrens. It is similar to various western frontier settlements during the Indian wars of North America on Earth. Boswell pass, bordered by the southern edge of the Thentis Mountains and the northern range of the Voltai, opens into The Barrens, the world of the Red Savage. Fort Haskins is situated at the foot of the pass. Once a trading post maintained by the Haskins Company and later a military outpost flying the flag of Thentis, it's military and strategic influence declined with the development of the Thentesian Tarn cavalries and the growth of the population. It is once again a trading center, maintained by the Caste of Merchants of Thentis. Savages of Gor, pages 76-77
four chains: method of chaining a girl, used frequently in taverns of Port Kar His girls served nude and chained. Each ankle and wrist ring had two staples. Each girl's wrists were joined by about eighteen inches of chain and similarly for her ankles. Further each girl's left wrist was chained to her ankle and her right wrist to her right ankle. This arrangement, lovely on a girl, produces the "four chains, from which the establishment took its name. The four-chain chaining arrangement, of course, and variations upon it, is well known upon gor. Four other paga taverns in Port Kar alone used it. Captive of Gor page 42 four-strap: one of a series of straps used in the navigation of a Tarn; it is also a command to land for a Tarn who has been trained in verbal cues. Four-Strap: Raiders of Gor, page 142 frame of humiliation: wooden frame to which the condemned person is tied before it is set adrift in the Vosk River, so that he may die of exposure and/or dehydration, if he is not eaten by tharlarion or other carnivorous reptiles: Tarnsman of Gor, page 136 and page 138 Francisca: heavy single bladed Alar war axe: Mercenaries of Gor, page 71 Free Companion: spouse; consort: Tarnsman of Gor, page 213 Free Companionship: This takes the form of a contract with another free person, usually of the opposite sex, for a period of one year. If not re-avowed on its anniversary, the contract is considered dissolved. Considering the life span of a Gorean is measured in centuries, not years, this is very practical. Free companionships are automatically dissolved if either is enslaved. There is no marriage, as we know it, on Gor, but there is the institute of the Free Companionship, which is its nearest correspondent. Surprisingly enough, a woman who is bought from her parents, for tarns or gold, is regarded as a Free Companion, even though she may not have been consulted in the transaction. More commendably, a free woman may herself, of her own free will, agree to be such a companion. And it is not unusual for a master to free one of his slave girls in order that she may share the full privileges of a Free Companionship. One may have, at a given time, an indefinite number of slaves, but only one Free Companion. Such relationships are not entered into lightly, and they are normally sundered only by death. Outlaw of Gor, page 54 "Remove your clothing ," Would my master say to a high born free woman, suing to be considered by him in companionship. She would do so, and be assessed. If he was not pleased, he would send her weeping from his presence, clutching the rag of a slave, to don it and return to her dwelling. If he was not displeased he would gesture to the tiles before him where there waited a goblet of slave wine which she, kneeling before him, would eagerly drink. She would serve him that night as a slave. In the morning, she, nude would prepare and serve to him his breakfast, after which he would make fresh use of her; he would then send her from his presence, first pressing a coin, usually a copper tarsk or a silver tarsk, commensurate with the quality of her service. Such women went from his quarters proudly. Clad in full regalia of the free woman. They were not discontent. Slave Girl of Gor, page155 According to the Gorean way of looking at things a taste of the slave ring is thought to be occasionally beneficial to all women, even the exalted Free Companions. Thus when she has been irritable or otherwise troublesome even a Free Companion may find herself at the foot of the couch looking forward to a pleasant night on the stones, stripped, with neither mat nor blanket, chained to a slavering, precisely as though she were a lowly slave girl. It is the Gorean way of reminding her, should she need to be reminded, that she, too, is a women, and thus to be dominated, to be subject to men. Should she be tempted to forget this basic act of Gorean life the slave ring set in the bottom of each Gorean couch is there to refresh her memory. Gor is a man's world. Priest Kings of Gor, page 67
Free Islands: also known as exchange islands, they are maintained by the Merchants. Teletus, Tabor (south of Teletus, named for the drum), Scagnar (north of Landa, Hunjer, Skjern (north and west of Torvoldsland. lso known as exchange islands, they are administered as Free Ports by the Merchants. Included are Teletus, Tabor, and Scagnar. Others were Farnacium, Hulneth and Asperiche. In the south are Anango and Landa, and in the far north, Hunger and Skjern, west of Torvaldsland. These islands, and free ports on the coast such as Lydius and Helmutsport, Schendi and Bazi make possible the commerce between Cos and Tyros and cities of the mainland. Raiders of Gor, page 137 Freeing a slave: The slave cannot free herself. She can be freed only by an owner. The condition of slavery does not require the collar, or the brand, or an anklet, bracelet or ring, or any such overt sign of bondage. Such things, as symbolic as they are, as profoundly meaningful as they are, and as useful as they are for marking properties, identifying masters, and such, are not necessary to slavery. They are, in effect, though their affixing can legally effect imbondment, ultimately, in themselves, tokens of bondage, and are not to be confused with the reality itself. The uncollared slave is not then a free woman but only a slave who is not then in a collar. Similarly a slave is still a slave even if her brand could be made to magically disappear or, if she has been made a slave in some other way, if she has not yet been branded. Indeed, some masters, somewhat foolishly, I think, dally in the branding of their slaves. Indeed, some, perhaps the most foolish, do not brand them at all. Such girls, however, when they come into the keeping of new masters, usually discover that oversight is promptly remedied. Renegades Of Gor, page 273 Free Ports: the 4 free ports near the equator the 4 free ports maintained on the Thassa north and south of the Gorean equator are Lydius, Helmutsport, Schendi and Bazi. Raiders of Gor, page 137 Free Women: Are the Gorean women who dwell within the shops,
and behind walls. Guarded in the secret pleasure gardens and relaxation pools of the city, performing their
labors, managing their households, taking their pleasures and seeing to the birth,
maintenance and correct training of the children of Gor. It is a difficult and perilous
undertaking for a Gorean freewoman to maintain her status... in fact, a Gorean freewoman
is expected to choose the option of free and honorable death rather than accept the fate
of living in slavery. In practice, however, this rarely occurs. Few women, even Gorean
women of high caste and social position, will willingly choose to suffer a grisly death
rather than brave the degradations of bondage. Some Free Woman are veiled to hide their features while others do not wear them. The Gorean girl is, even if free, accustomed to slavery; she will perhaps own one or more slaves herself; she knows that she is weaker than men and what this can mean; she knows that cities fall and caravans are plundered; she knows she might even, by a sufficiently bold warrior, be captured in her own quarters and, bound and hooded, be carried on tarnback over the walls of her own city. Moreover, even if she is never enslaved, she is familiar with the duties of slaves and what is expected of them; if she should be enslaves she will know, on the whole, what is expected of her, what is permitted her and what is not; moreover, the Gorean girl is literally educated, fortunately or not, to the notion that it is of great importance to know how to please men; accordingly, even girls who will be free companions, and never slaves, learn the preparations of serving of exotic dishes, the arts of walking, and standing and being beautiful, the care of a man's equipment, the love dances of their city, and so on. Nomads of Gor, page 63 `In Ar's Station,' he said, `as in Ar, robes of concealment, precisely, are not legally obligatory for free women, no more than the veil. Such things are a matter of custom. On the other hand, as you know, there are statutes prescribing certain standards of decorum for free women. For example, they may not appear naked in the streets, as may slaves. Indeed, a free woman who appears in public in violation of these standards of decorum, for example, with her arms or legs too much bared, may be made a slave.' Renegades of Gor, pages 367 - 368 Veils are worn in various numbers and combinations by Gorean free women, this tending to vary by preference and caste. Many low-class Gorean women own only a single veil which must do for all purposes...The veil, it might be noted, is not legally imperative for a free woman; it is rather a matter of modesty and custom. Some low-class, uncompanioned, free girls do not wear veils. Similarly certain bold free women neglect the veil. Neglect of the veil is not a crime in Gorean cities, though in some it is deemed a brazen and scandalous omission. Slave Girl of Gor, page 107 Free women, drinking, commonly lift their veil, or veils, with the left hand. Low-caste free women, if veiled, usually do the same. Sometimes, however, particularly if they are in public, they will drink through their veil, or veils. Sometimes, of course, free women will drink unveiled, even with guests. Much depends upon how well the individuals are known, and who is present. In their homes, of course, with only the members of their families present, or servants and slaves, most free women do not veil themselves, even those of high caste. Fighting Slave of Gor, page 276 Many Gorean women, in their haughtiness and pride, do not choose to have their features exposed to the common view. They are too fine and noble to be looked upon by the casual rabble. Similarly the robes of concealment worn by many Gorean women are doubtless dictated by the same sentiments. On the other hand veiling is a not impractical modesty in a culture in where capture, and the chain and the whip are not unknown. One not regarded as inconsiderable, is that it is supposed to provide something of a protection against abduction and perdition. Who would wish to risk his life, it is said, to carry off a woman who might, when roped to a tree and stripped, turn out to be as ugly as a tharlarion? Rogue of Gor page 41 ...refused to wear the cumbersome Robes of Concealment traditionally expected of the free woman. She still wore the brief, exciting leather of a Tuchuk wagon girl and, when striding the high bridges, her hair in the wind, she attracted much attention, not only, obviously, from the men, but from women, both slave and free. Assassins of Gor, page 74 Virginia was clad in garments cut from the beautiful, many colored robes of concealment of the free woman. But, proud of her beauty and glorious in her joy, she had boldly shortened the garments almost to the length of slave livery, and a light, diaphanous orange veil loosely held her hair and lay about her throat. She wore the robes of concealment in such a way as not to conceal but enhance her great loveliness. She had discovered herself and her beauty on this harsh world, and was as proud of her body as most brazen of slave girls, and would not permit it being shut away from the wind and the sunlight. The garments suggested the slave girl yet insisted, almost demurely, on the reserve, the pride and dignity of the free woman. The combination was devastating, tormenting attractive, an achievement so tantalizing and astoundingly exciting that I would not be surprised if it were adopted throughout Ar by the city's free women, rebellious, proud of their bodies, at last determined to throw off centuries of restriction, of confinement and sequestration, at last determined to stand forth as individuals, female individuals, sensuous as slave girls but yet rich in their own persons, intelligent, bold, beautiful, free. Assassins of Gor, page 408 The Goreans claim that in each woman there is a free companion, proud and beautiful, worthy and noble, and in each, too, a slave girl. The companion seeks for her companion; the slave girl for her master. It is further said, that on the couch, the Gorean girl, whether slave or free, who has had the experience, who has tried all loves, begs for a master. She wishes to belong completely to a man, withholding nothing, permitted to withhold nothing. And, of course, of all women, only a slave girl can truly belong to a man, only a slave girl can be truly his, in all ways, utterly, totally, completely, his, selflessly, at his mercy, his ecstatic slave, helpless and joyous in the total submission which she is given no choice but to yield. Hunter of Gor, page 102 "If you are interested in this sort of thing from the Gorean viewpoint," I said, "free men and women are usually attentive to the thoughts and feelings of one another. Not only are they free, but they may even share a Home Stone. Free women, in being free, command attention when they speak. It is their due. The case with slaves, such as you, my dear, is of course very different. The difference, however, is that respect and attention is not due to you, that it need not be accorded to you. You are slave." Explorers of Gor, pg 354
Gorean FreeWoman is expected to keep her virtuous status or else choose the fate of an
honorable death than accept eternal slavery. It is very rare that a FreeWoman would give up her freedom and is
willing to suffer the cruel sentence of death than be humiliated and degraded into bondage.
"She was very lovely and attractive in her hunting costume, brief tunic and long hose, brown, a scarlet cape and cap, the cap with a feather. She carried a short, yellow bow, of ka-la-na wood, which could clear the saddle of the tharlarion, its missile being easily released to either side. Her black boots, click and shining were spurred. A quiver of arrows, yellow, was at the left of her saddle...She had had dark hair, dark eyes." Beasts of Gor, page 111 "free women of rence growers, when in their own marshes, do not veil themselves as is common among Gorean women, particularly of the cities." Raiders of Gor "Tuchuk women, unveiled, in their long leather dresses, long hair bound in braids, tended cooking pots hung on tem-wood tripods over dung fires. These women were unscarred, but like the bosk themselves, each wore a nose ring." Nomads of Gor, page 27
"Deceit is a freedom of free women," I said.
Freewomen and male "silk-slaves": Many Gorean freewomen possess kajiri, or male slaves. These serve many purposes, often they are servants and retainers, they may be utilized as pack bearers or manual laborers. Often a reewoman will be borne through the streets of her city in a curtained palanquin carried upon the backs of such male slaves. In addition, the wealthier and more free-thinking Gorean freewoman will also have within her household one or more "silk slaves," male slaves chosen for their handsomeness and sexual vigor, who have been trained to serve a Mistress sexually. This is quite acceptable, unless there is a law on the city scrolls which prohibits such sexual congress by free females. At the present time there is such a in the city codes of Ar, though most wealthy women in the city act in secret and circumvent it fairly easily. Any free woman who couches with another's slave or readies for such, becomes, by law, herself a slave and the property of said slaves owner. Magicians of Gor, page 7
Free Women's Rite of Submission: If at any time, or for any reason, a freewoman decides that
it is in her best interests either to become a slave or to openly submit herself to a male
for his protection and use, this is accomplished by the performance of a formal gesture of
submission. The freewoman invokes the ancient Gorean "rite of submission". Many
freewomen would rather die than perform such a subserviant act. It is important that a
freewoman understand that when this rite is invoked, there is no going back. Typically
there are only two possible outcomes when a freewoman submits so: either she is enslaved
and becomes the personal chattel of the male, his to do with as he sees fit. Or she is
found lacking in desirability by the male in question and is driven from him in disgrace.
In the case of a Warrior, the consequences are even more direr, since a Warrior is not
permitted by his codes to abandon the female while she is still alive. Therefore, most
Warriors have no qualms whatsoever against putting the submitting female to death on the
spot. "I know what you are waiting for," said the daughter of the
Ubar, strangely calm after her earlier fury - unnaturally calm, it seemed to me. I didn't understand her. What was it she thought
I was waiting for? Then, to my astonishment, the daughter of the Ubar Marlenus, daughter of the Ubar of Ar, knelt before me, a
simple warrior of Ko-ro-ba, and lowered her head, lifting and extending her arms, the wrists crossed. It was the same simple
ceremony that Sana had performed before me in the chamber of my father, back in Ko-ro-ba -- the submission of the captive
female. "'I can force you to take me,' she said. Free Women's Robes of Concealment: the mode of dress favored by free women in some of the larger city-states (i.e. Ar, Ko-ro-ba, Turia, etc.); it consists of one or more hooded robes of heavy brocade, or other opaque fabric, plus up to five face veils: "I missed in the crowd, the presence of slave girls, common in other cities, usually lovely girls clad only in the brief, diagonally striped livery of Gor, a sleeveless, briefly skirted garment terminating some inches above the knee, a garment that contrasts violently with the heavy, cumbersome Robes of Concealment worn by free women." Outlaw of Gor, page 66 Freedom Veil: the second in the layer of veils worn by Free women, also called the 'veil of the citizeness': Slave Girl of Gor, page 107 Frevet: small quick mammal, an insectivore that is kept in some homes for insect control. frobicain: a sedative injection used during Voyages of Acquisition to render a captured barbarian unconscious: "They seem very quiet," I observed. 'We permit them," said Flaminius, deigning to offer a bit of explanation, "five Ahn of varied responses, depending on when they recover from the frobicain injection. Mostly this takes the form of hysterical weeping, threats, demands for explanation, screaming and such. They will also be allowed to express their distress for certain periods at stated times in the future." -- Assassin of Gor, page 126 fruit tindel: a bird which inhabits the canopy zone of the rainforests of the Schendi area: In the second level, that of the canopies, is found an incredible variety of birds, warblers, finches, mindars, the crested lit and the common lit, the fruit tindel, the yellow gim, tanagers, some varieties of parrot, and many more. Explorers of Gor, page 311
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