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| 91 | "this one was wondering if You could possibly find some quotes on Ubars similar to this one found in Slave girl of Gor...'The Ubar's power is limited institutionally only by his capacity to inspire and control those whose steel keeps him upon the throne.'
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Hello,
It is impossible really to search for this answer. If I use the words "Ubar"
and "defines" I will not get the results I need. What defines an Ubar is so
many, many things. However what few quotes I did gather I am including here.
Should you come up with a specific search word group, let me know.
Fogaban
"The High Castes in a given city," said my father, "elect an administrator
and council for stated terms. In times of crisis, a war chief, or Ubar, is
named, who rules without check and by decree until, in his judgment, the
crisis is passed."
"In his judgment?" I asked skeptically.
"Normally the office is surrendered after the passing of the crisis," said
my father. "It is part of the Warrior's Code."
"But what if he does not give up the office" I asked. I had learned enough
of Gor by how to know that one could not always count on the Caste Codes
being observed.
"Those who do not desire to surrender their power," said my father, "are
usually deserted by their men. The offending war chief is simply abandoned,
left alone in his palace to be impaled by the citizens of the city he has
tried to usurp."
I nodded, imagining a palace, empty save for one man sitting alone on his
throne, clad in his robes of state, waiting for the angry people outside the
gates to break through and work their wrath.
"But," said my father, "sometimes such a war chief, or Ubar, wins the hearts
of his men, and they refuse to withdraw their allegiance."
"What happens then?" I asked.
"He becomes a tyrant," said my father, "and rules until eventually, in one
way or another, he is ruthlessly deposed." My father's eyes were hard and
seemed fixed in thought. It was not mere political theory he spoke to me. I
gathered that he knew of such a man. "Until," he repeated slowly, "he is
ruthlessly deposed."
Tarnsman of Gor Book 1 Pages 42 - 43
The power of Marlenus, or much of it, lay in the mystique of victory that
had never ceased to attend him, acting like a magic spell on his soldiers
and the people of his city. Never defeated in combat, Ubar of Ubars, he had
boldly refused to relinquish his title after a Valley War some twelve years
ago, and his men had refused to withdraw from him, refused to abandon him to
the traditional fate of the overambitious Ubar. The soldiers, and the
Council of his city, had succumbed to his blandishments, his promises of
wealth and power for Ar.
Tarnsman of Gor Book 1 Page 65
"The life of a Ubar is uncertain."
Tarnsman of Gor Book 1 Page 106
Pa-Kur willingly granted this condition. Any indiscriminate slaughter of
Initiates would be regarded by his troops as an ill omen, and, besides, they
would be useful in controlling the population. Ubars have always employed
the Initiates as tools, some of the boldest even contending that the social
function of the Initiates is to keep the lower castes contented with their
servile lot.
Tarnsman of Gor Book 1 Page 188
"Take what men of mine you will," he said. "But I must fight for my city. I
am Ubar of Ar, and while I live, my city will not perish." He lowered his
helmet onto his head and loosened his shield and spear. "Look for me
hereafter in the streets and on the bridges," he said, "on the walls and in
the hidden rooms of the highest cylinders. Wherever the free men of Ar
retain their weapons, there you will find Marlenus."
Tarnsman of Gor Book 1 Page 203
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