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| 86 | "Can you help me find any Gor quotes on thieves? I have tried and i cant find any anywhere, just any quotes for thieves that would be good and to the point, with steel, coinage or anything else"
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Hello,
Here are some quote on the subject of thieves.
Fogaban
The man, who wore a simple dark tunic and sandals, dropped out to the
ground. His hair was dark and clipped short; his face intelligent, but hard.
On his right cheek, over the cheekbone was the Thief brand of the Caste of
Thieves of Port Kar, who use the small brand to identify their members.
Assassin of Gor Book 5 Page 96
There is even, in Port Kar, a recognized caste of Thieves, the only such I
know of on Gor, which, in the lower canals and perimeters of the city, has
much power, that of the threat and the knife. They are recognized by the
Thiefs Scar, which they wear as caste mark, a tiny three-pronged brand
burned into the face in back of and below the eye, over the right cheekbone.
Raiders of Gor Book 6 Page 104
Ear notching is the first penalty for a convicted thief in most Gorean
cities, whether male or female. The second offense, by a male, is punished
with the removal of the left hand, the third offense by the removal of the
right. The penalty for a woman, for her second offense, if she is convicted,
is to be reduced to slavery.
Hunters of Gor Book 8 Page 23
"I have seen the thief's brand!" she cried. "It is beautiful!" It was a
tiny, three-pronged brand, burned into the face over the right cheekbone. I
had seen it several times, once on one who worked for the mysterious Others,
a member of a crew of a black ship, once encountered in the mountains of the
Voltai, not far from great Ar itself. The caste of thieves was important in
Port Kar, and even honored. It represented a skill which in the city was
held in high repute. Indeed, so jealous of their prerogatives were the caste
of thieves that they often hunted thieves who did not belong to the caste,
and slew them, throwing their bodies to the urts in the canals. Indeed,
there was less thievery in Port Kar than there might have been were there no
caste of thieves in the city. They protected, jealously, their own
territories from amateur competition. Ear notching and mutilation, common
punishment on Gor for thieves, were not found in Port Kar. The caste was too
powerful. On the other hand, it was regarded as permissible to slay a male
thief or take a female thief slave if the culprit could be apprehended
within an Ahn of the theft. After an Ahn the thief, if apprehended and a
caste member, was to be remanded to the police of the arsenal. If found
guilty in the court of the arsenal, the male thief would be sentenced, for a
week to a year, to hard labor in the arsenal or on the wharves; the female
thief would be sentenced to service, for a week to a year, in a straw-strewn
cell in one of Port Kar's penal brothels. They are chained by the left ankle
to a ring in the stone. Their food is that of a galley slave, peas, black
bread and onions. If they serve well, however, their customers often bring
them a bit of meat or fruit. Few thieves of Port Kar have not served time,
depending on their sex, either in the arsenal or on the wharves, or in the
brothels.
Hunters of Gor Book 8 Page 304
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