"who's duty is it to feed and care for tarns. a Free, such as a
Free from the caste of tarnkeepers or a female/male slave?"
Hello,
Well, it seems very, very unlikely that a slave would tend to a tarn. Most
women are absolutely terrified of tarns. Even some of Caste of Tarnkeepers
and experienced tarnsmen are killed handling tarns.
Following are just a few quotes which back this up. I think it answers your
question.
Fogaban
The tarn, the great, fierce saddlebird of Gor, is a savage beast, a monster
predator of the high, blue skies of this harsh world; at best it is scarce
half domesticated; even tarnsmen seldom approach them without weapons and
tarn-goad; it is regarded madness to approach one that is feeding; the
instincts of the tarn, like those of many predators, are to protect and
defend a kill, to the death; Tarn Keepers, with their goads and training
wires, have lost their lives with even young birds, trying to alter or
correct this covetousness of its quarry; the winged majestic carnivores of
Gor, her tarns, do not care to share their kills, until perhaps they have
gorged their fill and carry then remnants of their repast to the encliffed
nests of the Thentis or Voltai Ranges, there to drop meat into the gaping
beaks of white tarnlings, the size of ponies.
Assassin of Gor Book 5 Page 352
"You will be dead soon enough," he said, stammering on the words. "A hundred
tarnsmen have tried to mount this beast, and one hundred tarnsmen have died.
The Tatrix decreed it is only to be used in the Amusements, to feed on sleen
like you."
"Unhood it," I commanded. "Free it!"
The man looked at me as though I might have been insane. To be sure, my
exuberance astonished even me. Warriors with spears rushed forward, forcing
me back, away from the tarn.
Outlaw of Gor Book 2 Page 121
When I handed Hereena to him the poor girl was shivering and moaning in
terror, uncontrollably trembling. She, a girl of the plains, familiar with
fierce kaiila, herself a proud, spirited wench, brave and daring, was yet
like many women utterly for some reason terrified of a tarn.
Nomads of Gor Book 4 Page 230
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