Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category
Tharlarion Race
Tuesday, October 29th, 2024
Se’Kara
Tuesday, October 29th, 2024
The Se’Kara Festival is celebrated by the Rence farmers in the Vosk Delta on the first day of the month of Se’Kara, the day of the beginning of autumn, as a harvest festival.
The festival is now also celebrated in other areas of Gor. A few days ago, many traders and other Goreans met in Jort’s Ferry and Halin. The festival was opened by Melampus, the initiate from Isfahan and a seeress who called herself Völva.
Negotiations in Pa-Kur (Vosk Delta)
Sunday, October 20th, 2024
The Hoy ship “Phaedra” anchors in the port of Pa-Kur. There were exhausting and lengthy negotiations with the merchants about Pa-Kur’s potential accession to the Southern Trade Alliance.
Finally we got a letter:
Honored Yuroki,
In the spirit of kinship and shared prosperity, we, the Council of Merchants, humbly extend our greetings to you, esteemed leader of the Southern Trade Alliance. The winds of fortune have guided our deliberations, and we are pleased to announce that the Council has convened in earnest, our hearts aligned in purpose.
After thorough discourse and the weighing of the scales of trade, we have reached a momentous decision. With the blessing of our esteemed Ambassador, whose wisdom shines like the morning sun, we formally apply for admission into the Southern Trade Alliance.
We understand the weight of this request and recognize the bonds that unite your Alliance—a fellowship forged in the fires of commerce, trust, and mutual respect. Our intent is to contribute our resources, skills, and unwavering commitment to the prosperity of the Alliance and its members.
May our joint endeavors strengthen the markets, enrich our peoples, and foster a spirit of cooperation that echoes through the sands of time. We look forward to your favorable response, and to the flourishing of our alliance, hand in hand.
In brotherhood and trade,
Al’Hakim Anbay
First Merchant of Pakur
Rank of Caste Tournament
Sunday, October 20th, 2024
Rank of Caste Tournament, Isfahan:
1. Liam Whitesong
2. Lady Luella of Isfahan
shared 3rd place: Bran, kajira of Liam and Neptune, admin of Jasmine
5. Hermes, Khan of Isfahan
Next tournament in Isfahan on 9th of November
For more ask Zane Kanze.
Free Companionship Ceremony
Sunday, October 20th, 2024
Free Companionship Ceremony, Oasis of Red Rock.
Policy on Gay Gorean, written by the legendary Administrator of old Vonda, Jarvis Quan (17th of February 2010):
There are two issues about gay men and Gor. One is; did gay men exist in Gor? The second is; was the openly gay man accepted in Gor?
On the first point, there is no question of any kind that male to male sexual contact existed in Gor. Anyone who says it does not exist is wrong.
“There is very little male-to-male sex on Gor, though it is not nonexistent. Its relative scarcity, presumably, is a function not of repression, which does not exist, but of neglect or disinterest, a function of the nature, and naturalness, of the Gorean milieu, the innocent, unabashed complexion and constitution of its culture, its sensual and biological openness, frankness and artlessness, the absence of pathological conditioning programs designed, by means of guilt and social pressures, to confuse, divide and alienate the sexes, and the abundance and availability of beautiful, needful slave girls,who are usually, for the most part, affordable. (Bloodbrothers of Gor pg 450)
And there are extensive quotes on the Gorean Master Appanius and his slave Milo.
So it can and does exist in Gor. The second question is was the openly gay man accepted in Gor?
This is open to debate. Also open to debate is the “naturalness” of it. After a very lengthy discussion of the issue with several authorities I have decided the following.
Master Appanius was openly and obviously gay and everyone knew it yet he still had a household of slaves and a position in the community. My conclusion then is that this is an example of:
“The swords of others will set you your limits.”
In other words, if his sword is mighty enough, then whether he is gay or not is irrelevant.
Vonda is now taking the following stand on consenting adult gay Goreans.
It is none of our business!
We don’t ask Masters what they do with their slaves on their own couches. We don’t ask who is on the couch. We are interested in good role play. We are interested in warriors who know how to fight, scribes who know the books, merchants who know gold and slaves who serve.
Therefore, any sim that has good role Gorean roleplay “By the Books” is welcome to role play with Vonda regardless of the percentage of gay men there are among them. We are Goreans first and that is the only thing that matters.
Vonda citizens who are uncomfortable with male to male contact should specify this in their profiles as a personal limit and others are expected to abide by that personal limit.
Meeting of the Gorean Merchant Association
Sunday, October 20th, 2024
Meeting of the Gorean Merchant Association (GMA), Oasis of Two Scimitars
Riding in Aretium
Sunday, October 20th, 2024
Evening ride in Aretium, a gorean village and Black Court…
Fashion Show in Nyoka
Monday, September 30th, 2024
Port Andros
Monday, August 12th, 2024
The Hoy Trading Company arrived at Port Andros near Genesian Port and offered products from southern Gor. Port Andros joined the Southern Trade Alliance (STA) recently.
Turmus on the Vosk
Monday, August 12th, 2024
At the port – talks about business in Turmus on the Vosk river.