The Grand Repository of Ages: February 2026

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Builder Quotes

"On the other hand, the High Castes, specifically the Warriors, Builders, Scribes, Initiates, and Physicians...." Tarnsman of Gor, page 41

"In Ar, for example, early in the day, a member of the Builders will go to the roof on which the Home Stone is kept and place the primitive symbol of his trade, a metal angle square, before the Stone, praying to the Priest-Kings for the prosperity of his caste in the coming year; later in the day a Warrior will, similarly, place his arms before the Stone, to be followed by other representatives of each caste. Most significantly, while these members of the High Castes perform their portions of the ritual, the Guards of the Home Stone temporarily withdraw to the interior of the cylinder, leaving the celebrant, it is said, alone with the Priest-Kings."

Book 1, Tarnsman of Gor, page 68

"Inside the tunnel, though dim, was not altogether dark, being lit by domelike, wire-protected energy bulbs. These bulbs, invented more than a century ago by the Caste of Builders, produce a clear, soft light for years without replacement."

Book 1, Tarnsman of Gor, page 197

"The road, like most Gorean roads, was built like a wall in the earth and was intended to last a hundred generations. The Gorean, having little idea of progress in our sense, takes great care in his building and workmanship. What he builds he expects men to use until the storms of time have worn it to dust. Yet this road, for all the loving craft of the Caste of Builders which had been lavished upon it, was only an unpretentious, subsidiary road, hardly wide enough for two carts to pass. Indeed, even the main roads to Ko-ro-ba were a far cry from the great highways that led to and from a metropolis like Ar."

Book 2, Outlaw of Gor, page 25

"...Similarly men of such castes as the Physicians and Builders make use of the fairs to disseminate and exchange information pertaining to their respective crafts."

Book 2, Outlaw of Gor, pages 47 - 48

"In the streets of Tharna shortly after the end of the revolt the caste colors of Gor began to appear openly in the garments of the citizens. The marvelous glazing substances of the Caste of Builders, long prohibited as frivolous and expensive, began to appear on the walls of the cylinders, even on the walls of the city itself. Graveled streets are now being paved with blocks of colored stone set in patterns to delight the eye. The wood of the great gate has been polished and its brass burnished. New paint blazes upon the bridges."

Book 2, Outlaw of Gor, pages 247 - 248

"It is little wonder that the cities of Gor support and welcome the fairs. Sometimes they provide a common ground on which territorial and commercial dispute may be amicably resolved without loss of honour, plenipotentiaries of warring cities having apparently met by accident among the silken pavilions.

Further, members of castes such as the Physicians and Builders use the fairs for the dissemination of information and techniques among Caste Brothers, as is prescribed in their codes in spite of the fact that their respective cities may be hostile. And as might be expected members of the Caste of Scribes gather here to enter into dispute and examine and trade manuscripts."

Book 3, Priest-Kings of Gor, page 9

"The man from the Caste of Builders then sat cross-legged on the ground and took from the pouch slung at his waist a tiny, cylindrical Gorean fire-maker, a small silverish tube commonly used for igniting cooking fires. He unscrewed the cap and I could see the tip of the implement, as it was exposed to the air, begin to glow a fiery red....screwing the fire-maker shut, replaced it in his pouch."

Book 3, Priest-Kings of Gor, page 138

"It might be mentioned, for those unaware of the fact, that the Caste of Merchants is not considered one of the traditional five High Castes of Gor the Initiates, Scribes, Physicians, Builders and Warriors. Most commonly, and doubtless unfortunately, it is only members of the five high castes who occupy positions on the High Councils of the cities. Nonetheless, as might be expected, the gold of merchants, in most cities, exercises its not imponderable influence, not always in so vulgar a form as bribery and gratuities, but more often in the delicate matters of extending or refusing to extend credit in connection with the projects, desires or needs of the High Councils."

Book 4, Nomads of Gor, page 84

"The walls were crowded, and I supposed many upon them used the long glasses of the Caste of Builders to observe the field of the stakes."

Book 4, Nomads of Gor, page 113

"Of special interest to me was the fact that this room, primitive though it might be, was lit by what, in Gorean, is called an energy bulb, an invention of the Builders. I could see neither cords nor battery cases. Yet the room was filled with a soft, gentle white light, which the physician could regulate by rotating the base of the bulb."

Book 7, Captive of Gor, pages 93 - 94

The Builders

~Builders~

In authenticated gold, naturally, added Chino.

Authenticated gold? asked Petrucchio.

Of course, said Chino. If you have not had the coins authenticated, my friend, Lecchio, here is certified by the caste of Builders to perform the relevant tests. &&&..Players of Gor, page 297

Inside the tunnel, though dim, was not altogether dark, being lit by domelike, wire-protected energy bulbs, spaced in pairs every hundred yards or so. These bulbs, invented more than a century ago by the Caste of Builders, produce a clear, soft light for years without replacement&.Tarnsman of Gor, page 197

I had not realized how vast was the city, said one of the men.

It is large, said another fellow.

There is the Central Cylinder! said a man, pointing.

The high, uprearing walls of the city, some hundred feet or more in height, the sun bright upon them, stretched into the distance. They were now white&..It was hard to look at them, for the glare upon them. We could see the great gate, too, and the main road leading to it, the Viktel Aria&.Within the gamut of those gleaming walls, so lofty and mighty, rose thousands of buildings, and a veritable forest of ascent towers, of diverse heights and colors. Many of these towers, I knew, were joined by traceries of soaring bridges, set at different levels.

I do not think I have ever seen anything so beautiful, said a man.

We were looking upon what was doubtless the greatest city of known Gor...Mercenaries of Gor, page 255 & 256

The Roads ~~~The Buildings

** The Roads **

The road, like most Gorean roads, was built like a wall in the earth and was intended to last a hundred generations. The Gorean, having little idea of progress in our sense, takes great care in his building and workmanship. What he builds he expects men to use until the storms of time have worn it to dust. Yet this road, for all the loving craft of the Caste of Builders which had been lavished upon it, was only an unpretentious, subsidiary road, hardly wide enough for two carts to pass. Indeed, even the main roads to Ko-ro-ba were a far cry from the great highways that led to and from a metropolis like Ar .....&.Outlaw of Gor, page 25

Neither of these roads, incidentally, are great roads, in the sense of being mounted in the earth several feet deep, built of stone like a sunken wall, the sort of roads which are often intended to last a thousand years, the sort of roads which, typically, are found in the vicinity of large cities or are intended to be military roads, speeding directly to traditionally disputed territories or linking strategic points. These roads are both secondary roads, so to speak, generally graveled and rutted; occasionally they are paved with such materials as logs and plated stone; they can be almost impassable in rainy weather and in dry, warm weather, they are often dusty. Tertiary roads, so to speak, are often little more than unfrequented, twisting trails. There is often talk of improving the secondary roads, and sometimes something is done, but generally little is accomplished. The major consideration, of course, is money. Too, many roads, for great portions of their length are not clearly within the jurisdiction of given states &&&.Players of Gor, page 100 and 101

Gorean Caste - Builder Quotes

"On the other hand, the High Castes, specifically the Warriors, Builders, Scribes, Initiates, and Physicians...." Tarnsman of Gor, page 41

Book 1, Tarnsman of Gor, page 68

Book 1, Tarnsman of Gor, page 197

Book 2, Outlaw of Gor, page 25

"...Similarly men of such castes as the Physicians and Builders make use of the fairs to disseminate and exchange information pertaining to their respective crafts."

Book 2, Outlaw of Gor, pages 47 - 48

Book 2, Outlaw of Gor, pages 247 - 248

Book 3, Priest-Kings of Gor, page 9

Book 3, Priest-Kings of Gor, page 138

Book 4, Nomads of Gor, page 84

"The walls were crowded, and I supposed many upon them used the long glasses of the Caste of Builders to observe the field of the stakes."

Book 4, Nomads of Gor, page 113

Book 7, Captive of Gor, pages 93 - 94

The Caste of Builders

Builders Caste - (Third of the High Castes), the caste which includes architects, draftsmen, stonemasons and many others, which concern themselves with the creations of the physical and engineering marvels of Gor. Also among the caste of Builders are the inventors and technicians who develop such works.

Caste Color: Yellow.

"On the other hand, the High Castes, specifically the Warriors, Builders, Scribes, Initiates, and Physicians...."

~ Tarnsman of Gor, p. 41 ~

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Third of the High Castes

Includes Architects, Draftsmen, Stone Masons and other such People.

Book 1, Tarnsman of Gor, page 68

Book 1, Tarnsman of Gor, page 197

Book 2, Outlaw of Gor, page 25

"...Similarly men of such castes as the Physicians and Builders make use of the fairs to disseminate and exchange information pertaining to their respective crafts."

Book 2, Outlaw of Gor, pages 47 - 48

Book 2, Outlaw of Gor, pages 247 - 248

Book 3, Priest-Kings of Gor, page 9

Book 3, Priest-Kings of Gor, page 138

Book 4, Nomads of Gor, page 84

"The walls were crowded, and I supposed many upon them used the long glasses of the Caste of Builders to observe the field of the stakes."

Book 4, Nomads of Gor, page 113

Book 7, Captive of Gor, pages 93 - 94

Builder's Caste Information

Builder's Caste:

This is one of the High Castes of Gor and third in line of importance. Their caste color is yellow and their symbol is a metal angle square. This caste includes such subcastes as Architects, Draftsmen, Stonemasons and others. In general, they are the builders and inventors of Gor. The Glass of the Builders, a telescope, is one of their inventions. They also created the energy bulb, a special type of light bulb, over a century ago. With help from the Physician's Caste, they also developed the slave goad. In general, only free men are allowed to build on Gor. Only the city of Port Kar was constructed by slaves. The Builder's Caste can also verify the authenticity of gold. Though this is an important Caste, little is told about it in the books.

Ship Builders: Shipwrights may form their own Caste though it seems logical that they could be a subcaste of the Builder's Caste. Other craftsmen that contribute to the building of a ship, such as sail-makers, rope-makers, pulley-makers, oar-makers, sawyers, and carpenters are all not their own Caste or subcaste. In Port Kar, they basically form guilds and not Castes. This may apply to other port cities as well though that is not a given.

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The third High Caste is the Builders. Their Caste Color is Yellow. The Builders are the engineers, physicists, and physical scientists of Gor. They developed the Energy Bulbs, co-developed the Slave and Tarn Goads with the Physicians, and have developed the telescope, which is referred to as the "glass of the Builders." They are also highly proficient civil engineers: the cities of Gor have good waste management, aqueducts, and impressively large buildings.

CASTE OF BUILDERS: ~ Yellow ~ Included in this caste are architects, draftsmen, stonemasons, engineers, and other professions which are concerned with the physical creations and engineering works of Gor. Inventors and technicians who develop these types of physical creations are also included in this caste.

THE CASTE OF BUILDERS

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One of the five High Castes of Gor and accorded the third highest status (above Physicians and Warriors, but below Scribes and Initiates).

The caste colour is yellow and the caste symbol is the angle square.

This caste includes such subcastes as Architects, Draftsmen, Stonemasons and others. In general, they are the builders and inventors of Gor. The Glass of the Builders, a telescope, is one of their inventions. They also created the energy bulb, a special type of light bulb, over a century ago. With help from the Physician's Caste, they also developed the slave goad. In general, only free men are allowed to build on Gor. Only the city of Port Kar was constructed by slaves. The Builder's Caste can also verify the authenticity of gold. Though this is an important Caste, little is told about it in the books.

This caste and its many sub-castes concern themselves with the acquisition and preparation of sa-tassna, all forms of edible Gorean meat. In conjunction with the caste of Bakers, this caste and its many sub castes are responsible for maintaining the majority of the Gorean industries involved with food service.

The tier nearest the floor, which denoted some preferential status, the white

tier, was occupied by Initiates, Interpreters of the Will of Priest-Kings. In order, the ascending tiers, blue, yellow, green, and red, were occupied by representatives of the Scribes, Builders, Physicians, and Warriors. ..... I was pleased to note that my own caste, that of the Warriors, was accorded the least status; if I had had my will, the warriors would not have been a High Caste. On the other hand, I objected to the Initiates being in the place of honour, as it seemed to me that they, even more than the Warriors, were nonproductive members of society.

TARNSMAN OF GOR

>>In Ar, for example, early in the day, a member of the Builders will go to the roof on which the Home Stone is kept and place the primitive symbol of his trade, a metal angle square, before the Stone, praying to the Priest-Kings for the prosperity of his caste in the coming year;

TARNSMAN OF GOR

DUTIES OF THE BUILDERS CASTE

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1.)The builders caste are responsible for the design and construction of buildings, walls, palaces, fortifications, roads and other such public works....

"As you might have surmised," said Misk, "your city is being rebuilt. Those of Ko-ro-ba have come from the corners of Gor, each singing, each bearing a stone to add to the walls. For many months, while you labored in our service in the Lands of the Wagon Peoples, thousands upon thousands of those of Ko-ro-ba have returned to the city. Builders and others, all who were free, have worked upon the walls and towers. Ko-ro-ba rises again."

ASSASIN OF GOR

.....most outstandingly there had been a considerable disbursement for the construction of four bastions and tarncots for the flying cavalry of Ar, her tarnsmen; the military men of Ar had waited patiently for these cylinders and were now outraged to discover that the moneys had actually been disbursed, and had apparently disappeared; the parties, presumably of the Builders, to which the disbursements had been made were found to be fictitious.

ASSASIN OF GOR

TARNSMAN OF GOR

Some two years ago the merchants and builders had opened the road of Cyprianus, named for the engineer in charge of the project, which led to the fairs rather from the southwest.

PLAYERS OF GOR

2.) The builders also produce building materials......

In the streets of Tharna shortly after the end of the revolt the caste colours of Gor began to appear openly in the garments of the citizens. The marvelous glazing substances of the Caste of Builders, long prohibited as frivolous and expensive, began to appear on the walls of the cylinders, even on the walls of the city itself.

OUTLAW OF GOR

The new Administrator of Ar was a man named Minus Tentius Hinrabius, an unimportant man except for being of the Hinrabian family, prominent among the Builders, having the major holdings in the vast, walled Hinrabian kilns, where much of Ar's brick is produced.

ASSASIN OF GOR

3.) The Caste of Builders are responsible for the assaying (authentication) and certification of assayers, of gold......

"You have, of course, been paid in advance for your troubles?" asked Chino.

"Of course," said Petrucchio.

"In authenticated gold, naturally," added Chino.

"Authenticated gold?" asked Petrucchio.

"Of course," said Chino. "If you have not had the coins authenticated, my friend, Lecchio, here, is certified by the caste of Builders to perform the relevant tests......

"Let us see your other coins," said Lecchio.

"Sir!" cried Rowena.

"That we may see if they be genuine," he said, menacingly.

"I assure you that they are," said Rowena.

"Let them be examined," said Lecchio, "that a determination in the matter may be made."

"He is certified by the Builders," Chino reminded them."

PLAYERS OF GOR

4.) It should be noted that the builders caste are also the inventors of Gor who bring forth and introduce new technologies (although sometimes as a result of co-operation with other castes). Examples of builders' technological innovations are listed below......

4.1) The “slave goad” and the “tarn goad”......

On the other side of the belt, there hung a slave goad, rather like the tarn goad, except that it is designed to be used as an instrument for the control of human beings rather than tarns. It was, like the tarn goad, developed jointly by the Caste of Physicians and that of the Builders, the Physicians contributing knowledge of the pain fibers of human beings, the networks of nerve endings, and the Builders contributing certain principles and techniques developed in the construction and manufacture of energy bulbs.

ASSASIN OF GOR

4.2) “Energy bulb” lighting.......

Inside, the tunnel, though dim, was not altogether dark, being lit by domelike, wire-protected energy bulbs, spaced in pairs every hundred yards or so. These bulbs, invented more than a century ago by the Caste of Builders, produce a clear, soft light for years without replacement.

TARNSMAN OF GOR

4.3) A “Forbidden weapon”......

On a green field somewhere, I had no idea where, a man in the garments of the Caste of Builders, emerged from what was apparently an underground cave. He looked furtively about himself as though he feared he might be observed. Then, satisfied that he was alone, he returned to the cave and emerged once more carrying what resembled a hollow pipe. From a hole in the top of this pipe there protruded what resembled the wick of a lamp.

The man from the Caste of Builders then sat cross-legged on the ground and took from the pouch slung at his waist a tiny, cylindrical Gorean fire-maker, a small silverish tube commonly used for igniting cooking fires. He unscrewed the cap and I could see the tip of the implement, as it was

exposed to the air, begin to glow a fiery red. He touched the fire-maker to the wicklike projection in the hollow tube and, screwing the fire-maker shut, replaced it in his pouch. The wick burned slowly downward toward the hole in the pipe. When it was almost there the man stood up and holding the

pipe in both hands trained it at a nearby rock. There was a sudden flash of fire and a crack of sound from the hollow tube as some projectile hurtled through it and shattered against the rock. The face of the rock was blackened and some stone chipped from its surface. The quarrel of a crossbow would have done more damage.

"Forbidden weapon," said Sarm.

PRIEST-KINGS OF GOR

4.4) The “glass of the builders”......

The walls were crowded, and I supposed many upon them used the long glasses of the Caste of Builders to observe the field of the stakes.

NOMADS OF GOR

"How are they?" asked Chino.

"So far, they seem good," Lecchio muttered, "but many forgeries pass the first test." He then drew from his pack a glass of the Builders, used for identifying distant objects. "Oh, oh," he muttered, darkly.

PLAYERS OF GOR

I snapped open the glass of the builders. From both the north and the south,

like distant black slivers knifing through the cold waters of Thassa, masts down, came the fleets of the fifth wave.

RAIDERS OF GOR

4.5) The one way mirror......

Ho-Tu turned into a side corridor and we found ourselves, to my surprise, looking through a huge rectangle of glass, some twelve feet high and perhaps fifteen feet wide; it was one of a dozen such panels I could see in the corridor.

Beyond the glass I looked into what seemed to be a Pleasure Garden, ...... Then I stepped back for I noted, coming along one of the curving walks, two lovely girls, ......

"Do not fear," said Ho-Tu. "They cannot see you."

I studied the glass that separated us. The two girls strolled near the glass and one of them, lifting her hands behind her head, studied her reflection gravely in the mirror, retying the band of silk which confined her hair.

"On their side of the glass," said Ho-Tu, "it seems a mirror."

I looked suitably impressed, though of course, from Earth, I was familiar with the principles of such things.

"It is an invention of the Builders," said Ho-Tu. "It is common in slave houses, where one may wish to observe without being observed."

ASSASIN OF GOR

SOURCE OF LABOUR FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKS

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Goreans generally do not employ slaves for such labors as road construction, siege works, raising walls, and so on. Similarly they generally would not use them for the construction of temples and public buildings. Most such work is generally done by the free labor of a given community, though this "free labor" may, upon occasion, particularly in emergencies, be "levied," the laborers then contributing their labor as a form of special tax, or, if you like, "conscripted" or "drafted," rather as if for military service. Usually, of course, the free labor is paid, and with more than provisions and shelter, either from public or private funds.

DANCER OF GOR

The men of Port Kar had not chosen to build towers. It is the only city on Gor I know of which was built not by free men, but by slaves, under the lash of masters. Commonly, on Gor, slaves are not permitted to build, that being regarded as a privilege to be reserved for free men.

RAIDERS OF GOR

SPECIAL TOOLS OF THE TRADE

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1.) Surveying chords......

The streets were laid out geometrically. This is usually done by engineers, with surveying cords.

MERCENARIES OF GOR

2.) The angle square......

TARNSMAN OF GOR

EXCHANGE OF IDEAS

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Four times a year, correlated with the solstices and equinoxes, there are fairs held in the plains below the mountains, presided over by committees of Initiates, fairs in which men of many cities mingle without bloodshed, times of truce, times of contests and games, of bargaining and marketing...... Similarly men of such castes as the Physicians and Builders make use of the fairs to disseminate and exchange information pertaining to their respective crafts.

OUTLAW OF GOR

PRIEST-KINGS OF GOR

WOMEN IN THE CASTE OF BUILDERS

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For example, a woman in the Metalworkers does not, commonly, work at the forge, nor is a woman of the Builders likely to be found supervising the construction of fortifications. Caste membership, for Goreans, is generally a simple matter of birth; it is not connected necessarily with the performance of certain skills, nor the attainment of a given level of proficiency in such skills.

FIGHTING SLAVE OF GOR

STYLE OF DRESS

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A Builder, whose robes were stained with thrown fruit, hastily strode by. "You had better be indoors," said he, "on Kajuralia."

ASSASIN OF GOR

In a Gorean city it was not difficult for a woman to travel incognito. By the robes of concealment this is made easy. I wore the robes of a woman of high, caste, today the yellow of the Builders.

KAJIRA OF GOR

STYLE OF SPEECH

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My Chamber Slave's accent had been pure High Caste Gorean though I could not place the city. Probably her caste had been that of the Builders or Physicians, for had her people been Scribes I would have expected a greater subtlety of inflections, the use of less common grammatical cases;....

.....So, I thought to myself, I had placed her accent rather well, either Builders or Physicians, and had I thought carefully enough about it, I might have recognised her accent as being a bit too refined for the Builders.

PRIEST KINGS OF GOR

BUILDERS' KNOTS

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I then illustrated, she cooperating, several other common knots, among them the Karian ancho knot, the Pin hitch, the double Pin hitch, the Builder's bend and the Builder's overhand.

ASSASIN OF GOR

ARCHITECTURE AND NOTEABLE WORKS OF THE BUILDERS CASTE

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1.) On the general architecture of Gor......

Indeed, good taste and aesthetic sense, abundantly and amply displayed, harmoniously manifested, in such areas as language, architecture, dress, culture and customs, seem innately Gorean. It is a civilization informed by beauty, from the tanning and cut of a workman's sandal to the glazings intermixed and fused, sensitive to light and shadow, and the time of day, which characterize the lofty towers of her beautiful cities.

SLAVE GIRL OF GOR

"Hold!" cried a guardsman, one of two, at this post on one of the long, arching, graceful, railess, narrow bridges interlaced among the towers of Brundisium. Such bridges are a feature of many Gorean cities. They are easy to defend and serve to link various towers at various levels, towers which in a time of attack or siege may serve on given levels or in isolation, if the defenders choose to block or destroy the bridges, as independent keeps, each an almost impregnable, well-stocked fortress in its own right.In Brundisium there were eleven such towers.

In many of the high cites there are many more. In Ar, for example, there are hundreds. Other than in their military significance, of course, such bridges tend to be quite beautiful and, functionally, serve to divide the cities into a number of convenient levels. Many Gorean cities, in effect, are tiered cities. Gorean urban architecture, in the high cities, tends to be not so much a matter of flat, spreading, concentric horizontal rings, as in many cities, as a matter of towers and tiered levels, linked by soaring, ascendant traceries.

PLAYERS OF GOR

Yards, and gardens and courts, if they exist, are generally within the house, not outside it. This is very general in Gorean architecture.

EXPLORERS OF GOR

There, some fifty yards away, kneeling, huddled together against the brick wall of a public building, the wall composed of the flat, narrow bricks common in southern Gorean architecture, was a group of some one hundred to one hundred and fifty females.

MERCENARIES OF GOR

Most doors giving entry into a compartment, or set of compartments, on Gor do, however, have locks, generally hand-crafted, highly ornate locks, usually set in the center of the door and controlling a long bolt.

ASSASIN OF GOR

He was a tall man, rather heavy, with bland soft features, but his voice was very deep and would have been quite impressive in one of the temples of the Initiates, constructed to maximize the acoustical effects of such a voice.

PRIEST KINGS OF GOR

The atrium in the house of records, I had learned, was open to the sky, which opening, as in many public and private Gorean buildings in the south, serves to admit light. The displuviate atrium is open in such a way as to shed rainwater outwards, keeping most of it from the flooring of the atrium below. This would also facilitate the use of the rope and iron. The alternative atrium, if unroofed, of course, is impluviate, so constructed as to guide rainwater into an awaiting pool below.

MAGICIANS OF GOR

2.) The Pharos of Port Cos......

We looked at the tall, cylindrical structure which lay on a promontory, at the southwesternmost point of the harbor. It was perhaps one hundred and fifty feet high. It tapered upward, and was perhaps some twenty feet in diameter at the top. It was yellow and red, in horizontal sections, the colors of the Builders and Warriors, the Builders the caste that had supervised its construction and the Warriors the caste that maintained its facilities. It was as much a keep as a landmark. At night, in virtue of fires and mirrors, it served as a beacon.

RENEGADES OF GOR

3.) The city of Tor......

The buildings of Tor are of mud brick, covered with colored, often flaking, plasters......

The buildings in Tor are seldom more than four stories high, which is about as high as one may build safely with beams and mud brick. Because of the irregular topography of Tor, however, which is a hilly, rocky area, like most of the Tahari terrain, many of the buildings, built on shelves and rises, seemed considerably higher. These buildings, on the outside smooth and bleak, save for occasional narrow windows, high, not wide enough to admit a body, abut directly on the streets, making the streets like deep, walled alleys. In the center of the street is a gutter. It seldom rains in Tor, but the gutter serves to collect waste, which is often thrown into it, through open doors, by slaves. Within these walls, however, so pressing upon the street, I knew there were often gardens, walled, well-watered, beautiful, and cool, dark rooms, shielded from the heat and sun, many with superb appointments. Tor was, as Gorean cities went, rich, trading city......

The architecture of Tor, in concentric circles, broken by numerous, narrow, crooked streets, was a function of the radius from its wells.

TRIBESMEN OF GOR

4.) The city of Port Kar......

(Note that Port Kar was built by slaves. However the slaves only provided the brute force labour and where directed and supervised by their Masters. One has to assume those masters were of the Builders Caste)

In Port Kar, incidentally, there are none of the towers often encountered in the northern cities of Gor. The men of Port Kar had not chosen to build towers. It is the only city on Gor I know of which was built not by free men, but by slaves, under the lash of masters. Commonly, on Gor, slaves are not permitted to build, that being regarded as a privilege to be reserved for free men.

RAIDERS OF GOR

Fire has always been regarded as the great hazard to the arsenal. Accordingly many of her warehouses, shops and foundries are built of stone, with slated or tinned roofs. Wooden structures, such as her numerous sheds and roofed storage areas tend to be separated from one another.

RAIDERS OF GOR

Here and there small lamps, set in niches, high in stone walls, or lanterns, hung on iron projections, shed small pools of light on the sides of buildings and illuminated, too, in their secondary ambience, the stones of the sloping walkway on which I trod, one of many leading down to the wharves......

I passed iron doors, narrow, in the walls. These doors usually had a tiny observation panel in them, which could be slid back. The walls were sheer. They were generally windowless until some fifteen feet above the ground. Yards, and gardens and courts, if they exist, are generally within the house, not outside it. This is very general in Gorean architecture. But there were few gardens or courts in Port Kar. It was a crowded city, built up from the marshes themselves, in the Vosk’s delta, and space was scarce and precious.

There were pilings along the walkway, to which, here and there, small boats were moored. The walkway itself varied from some five feet to a yard in width.

EXPLORERS OF GOR

5.) The city of Ar......

>> I had seen Ar at various times before. Such a sight I was accustomed to. It would not move me, as it might others, the first time to look upon it.

"Incredible!" said a man.

"Marvelous!" whispered another.

...... I saw then, in the distance, some four or five pasangs away, the gleaming walls of glorious Ar.

"I had not realized how vast was the city," said one of the men.

"It is large," said another fellow.

"There is the Central Cylinder!' said a man, pointing.

The high, uprearing walls of the city, some hundred feet or more in height, the sun bright upon them, stretched into the distance. They were now white. That had been done, apparently, since the time of Cernus, the usurper, and the restoration of Marlenus, ubar of ubars. It was hard to look at them, for the glare upon them. We could see the great gate, too, and the main road leading to it, the Viktel Aria...... Within the gamut of those gleaming walls, so lofty and mighty, rose thousands of buildings, and a veritable forest of ascendant towers, of diverse heights and colors. Many of these towers, I knew, were joined by traceries of soaring bridges, set at different levels......

"I do not think I have ever seen anything so beautiful," said a man.

We were looking upon what was doubtless the greatest city of known Gor.

"I did not know it was like that," said another man.

MERCENARIES OF GOR

We began the long journey through the halls of Ar's great Central Cylinder, almost a city in itself. At times we walked up swirling gradients, at times stairs, swirling and broad, leading higher and higher into the cylinder; sometimes we walked through marble-floored passageways, in which, through narrow windows, designed to be too small for a body to pass, but large enough for use as crossbow ports, I could see the blue sky of Ar's bright morning; ...... then we would be walking deeper within the cylinder, down broad, carpeted, tapestried halls, set with energy lamps, seldom found in the homes of private citizens, emitting a soft, glowing light; many of the doors had locks on them, the vast ornate locks in the center of the door, so common in the northern cities; some others were secured only by signature knots, presumably the doors to the compartments of unimportant retainers or members of the staff, in many cases perhaps the doors to the compartments of mere slaves.

ASSASIN OF GOR

There, in one wall, was a long crack. The floor creaked, too, in places, as one trod upon it. I trusted this was merely from the disrepair and age of the boards. Insulae are seldom maintained well. They are cheap to build, and easily replaced. Their structure is primarily wood and brick. There are ordinances governing how high they may be built. Although we had come up several flights, we were probably not more than seventy or eighty feet Gorean from the street level. Without girders, frame steel and timber iron, as the Goreans say wrought in the iron shops, such as are used in the towers, physics, even indexed to the Gorean gravity, is quick to impose its inexorable limits on heights. Such buildings tend to be vulnerable to structural stresses, and are sometimes weakened by slight movements of the earth. Sometimes walls give way; sometimes entire floors collapse.

MERCENARIES OF GOR

6.) The roads......

The village of Tabuk's Ford lay some four hundred pasangs generally north and slightly west. The Vosk road was the road used many years ago by the horde of Pa-Kur, in its approach to the city of Ar. We had travelled the Vosk road after crossing the Vosk on barges. It is wide, and built like a great wall, sunk in the earth. It is marked with pasang stones. It is, I suppose, given its nature, a military road leading to the north, broad enough to accommodate war tharlarion, treading abreast, and the passage, two or three, side by side, of thousands of supply wagons and siege engines, without unduly, for more than several pasangs, extending and exposing the lines of the march. Such roads permit the swift movement of thousands of men, useful either in the defense of borders, the meeting of armies, or in the expansions of imperialism, the conquests of the weak.

SLAVE GIRL OF GOR

In the old days the road of Clearchus was often referred to as the "west road." This designation became less useful after the recent opening of the road of Cyprianus. It is not unusual, now, to refer to the road of Clearchus as the "old west road" and that of Cyprianus as the "new west road." Neither of these roads, incidentally, are "great roads," in the sense of being mounted in the earth several feet deep, built of stone like a sunken wall, the sort of roads which are often intended to last a thousand years, the sort of roads which, typically, are found in the vicinity of large cities or are intended to be military roads, speeding directly to traditionally disputed territories or linking strategic points. These roads are both secondary roads, so to speak, generally graveled and rutted; occasionally they are paved with such materials as logs and plated stone; they can be almost impassable in rainy weather and in dry, warm weather, they are often dusty. Tertiary roads, so to speak, are often little more than unfrequented twisting trails. There is often talk of improving the secondary roads, and sometimes something is done, but generally little is accomplished. The major consideration, of course, is money. Too, many roads, for great portions of their length are not clearly within the jurisdiction of given states.

PLAYERS OF GOR

Some were even street wagons, and not road wagons, the latter generally of heavier construction, built for use outside the city where roads may be little more than irregular paths, uneven, steep, rugged and treacherous. Some Goreans cities, for example, perhaps as a military measure, in effect isolate themselves by the refusal to allocate funds for good roads. Indeed, they often go further by neglecting the upkeep of even those tracks that exist. It can be next to impossible to reach such cities in the spring, because of the rains. Besnit is an example.

MAGICIANS OF GOR

7.) The city of Laura......

The warehouses seemed constructed of smoothed, heavy timbers, stained and varnished. Most appeared reddish. Almost all had roofs had wooden shingles, painted black. Many were ornamented, particularly above the great double doors, with carvings, and woodwork, painted in many colors. Through the great doors I could see large central areas, and various floors, reached by more ramps.

CAPTIVE OF GOR

8.) The town of Kassau and the Torvaldsland region......

Kassau is a town of wood, and the temple is the greatest building in the town, It towers far above the squalid huts, and stabler homes of merchants, which crowd about it. Too, the town is surrounded by a wall, with two gates, one large, facing the inlet, leading in from Thassa, the other small, leading to the forest behind the town. The wall is of sharpened logs, and is defended by a catwalk.

MARAUDERS OF GOR

"Your hall," said I to the Forkbeard, "is scarcely what had expected."

I had learned, much to my instruction, that my conception of the northern halls left much to be desired. Indeed the true hall, lofty, high-beamed, built of logs and boards, with its benches and high-seat pillars, its carvings and hangings, its long fires, its suspended kettles, was actually quite rare, and, generally, only the richest of the Jarls possessed such. The hall of Ivar Forkbeard, I learned, to my surprise, was of a type much more common. Upon reflection, however, it seemed to me not so strange that this should be so, in a bleak country, one in which many of the trees, too would be stunted and wind-twisted. In Torvaldsland, fine tlmber is at a premium. Too, what fine lumber there is, is often marked and hoarded for the use of shipwrights If a man of Torvaldsland must choose between his hall and his ship, it is the ship which, invariably, wins his choice.

MARAUDERS OF GOR

Though the hall of Ivar Forkbeard was built only of turf and stone....

MARAUDERS OF GOR

9.) The Inn at Ar's Station......

The inn itself, aside from certain ancillary buildings, was built of heavy logs, and in two parts, or structures, with a common, peaked roof, and an open space, covered from above by the roof, between the two parts. Each part, or structure, contained perhaps three or four floors, possibly joined by ladders. It was about a hundred feet between the door in the interior gateway, where I stood, and, to the right, the covered way between the separate parts of the inn. The flooring of the court was formed largely, leveled and carved, from the natural stone of the plateau.

RENEGADES OF GOR

10.) The Torcodino Semnium......

Within the entrance to the Semnium was a marble-floored, lofty hall. Passageways and stairways led variously from this broad vestibule. The walls were adorned with mosaics, scenes generally of civic life, prominent among them were scenes of public gatherings, conferences and processions. One depicted the laying of the first stone in Torcodino's walls, an act which presumably would have taken place more than seven hundred years ago, when, according to the legends, the first wall, only a dozen feet high, was built to encircle and protect a great, sprawling encampment at the joining of trade routes.

MERCENARIES OF GOR

11.) The aqueducts of Torcodino......

"These are the aqueducts of Torcodino!" said Mincon.

"I see them," I said. The natural wells of Torcodino, originally sufficing for a small population, had, more than a century ago, proved inadequate to furnish sufficient water for an expanding city. Two aqueducts now brought fresh water to Torcodino from more than a hundred pasangs away, one from the Issus, a northwestwardly flowing tributary to the Vosk and the other from springs in the Hills of Eteocles, southwest of Corcyrus. The remote termini of both aqueducts themselves are usually patrolled and, of course, engineers and workmen attend regularly to their inspection and repair. These aqueducts are marvellous constructions, actually, having a pitch of as little as a hort for every pasang.

MERCENARIES OF GOR

12.) The village of Tabuk's Ford......

My master, with his lieutenants, sat cross-legged in the large, thatched hut of Thurnus. It was high, and conical, and floored with rough planks, set some six or seven feet on poles above the ground, that it might be drier and protected from common insects and vermin. The entrance was reached by a flight of rough, narrow steps. The entrances to many of the huts in the village, similarly constructed, were reached by ladders. Thurnus was caste leader. In the center of the hut was a large flat, circular piece of metal, on which, on legs, might sit braziers or the small, flattish cooking stoves, using pressed, hardened wood, common in the villages north and west of Ar. About the walls were the belongings of the house, in coffers and bales. Elsewhere about the village were storage huts and animal pens. Mats covered the rough planks. From the walls hung vessels and leathers. A smoke hole in the top of the hut permitted the escape of fumes. The hut, probably because of its construction, was not smoky. Also, though it was windowless and had but one door, it was not, at this time of day, dark. Through the straw of its roof and sides there was a considerable, delicate filtering of sunlight. The hut in the summer is light and airy. The frame of such a hut is constructed of Ka-la-na and Tem wood. The roof is re-thatched and the walls rewoven every third or fourth year. In the winters, which are not harsh at this latitude, such huts are covered on the outside with painted canvas or, among the richer peasants, with ornamented, painted bosk hides, protected and glossed with oil.

SLAVE GIRL OF GOR

cylinder

the primary architectural form of buildings in major Gorean cities; they are of varying heights and colors, flat-topped and cylindrical, connected by narrow, colorful bridges that arch between them.

Tarnsman of Gor, page 23

Pillar of Exchanges

about one hundred pasangs northwest of Tharna lonely white column of solid marble 400 feet in height and 100 feet in diameter. The solid pillar offers an almost ideal place for the exchange of prisoners.

Outlaw of Gor page, 141

NOTEABLE MEMBERS OF THE CASTE OF BUILDERS

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1.) The Lady Rena of Lydius......

The woman sat regally on the curule chair, wrapped in resplendent, many-colored silks. Her raiment might have cost more than any three or four of us together were worth. She was, moreover, veiled........

“Lift you head, Child,” said a woman’s voice.

I did so. She was no older than I, I am sure, but she addressed me as a child.......

How steadily she regarded me, over her veil, her eyes amused. How beautiful she seemed. How splendid and fine! I could no longer meet her eyes.

“You may lower your head, Girl,” she said, not unkindly.......

“Who was she?” asked the grizzled, one-eyed guard.

“The Lady Rena of Lydius,” said Targo, “of the Builders.”.....

CAPTIVE OF GOR

The new girl had been Rena of Lydius, of the Builders, one of the five high castes of Gor. She still lay, secured, in the wagon. I expected Targo would keep her hooded and gagged in Laura, for it was possible she might be known there.

CAPTIVE OF GOR

2.) Ina the slave......

"It is the garment of a free woman," I had said.

"It is a lower-caste garment!" she said. "I am of high caste!" Ina was, I had learned, of the Builders, one of the five high castes on Gor, the others being the Initiates, Physicians, Scribes and Warriors.

VAGABONDS OF GOR

3.) Lady Filomela of Ar......

“But I was of high caste!” said Filomela.

“What was your caste?” I asked.

“The Builders!” she said.

“But you are not now of the Builders, or of any other caste, are you?” I asked.

“No,” she said.

“What are you?”

“A slave,” she said.

MAGICIANS OF GOR

4.) The members of the Hinrabius family (Tentius Hinrabius, Administrator of Ar and his daughter, Claudia)......

ASSASIN OF GOR

>>Nela, like most of the others at the baths, could talk of little but the startling disappearance, and presumed abduction, of Claudia Tentia Hinrabia, the proud, spoiled daughter of the Administrator of the City.

ASSASIN OF GOR

5.) Cyprianus the engineer......

Some two years ago the merchants and builders had opened the road of Cyprianus, named for the engineer in charge of the project, which led to the fairs rather from the southwest.

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This scroll compiled by the hand of Spyder Kamm, Scribe of Port Olni, 2008-09-09

Builder Quotes

"On the other hand, the High Castes, specifically the Warriors, Builders, Scribes, Initiates, and Physicians...." Tarnsman of Gor, page 41

Book 1, Tarnsman of Gor, page 68

Book 1, Tarnsman of Gor, page 197

Book 2, Outlaw of Gor, page 25

"...Similarly men of such castes as the Physicians and Builders make use of the fairs to disseminate and exchange information pertaining to their respective crafts."

Book 2, Outlaw of Gor, pages 47 - 48

Book 2, Outlaw of Gor, pages 247 - 248

Book 3, Priest-Kings of Gor, page 9

Book 3, Priest-Kings of Gor, page 138

Book 4, Nomads of Gor, page 84

"The walls were crowded, and I supposed many upon them used the long glasses of the Caste of Builders to observe the field of the stakes."

Book 4, Nomads of Gor, page 113

Book 7, Captive of Gor, pages 93 - 94

The Beginning Conversation of How to Make a Library

[15:16] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): yes

[15:16] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): i am thinking

[15:16] Kati Evans: ... about?

[15:18] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): notes

[15:19] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): I need to get next week;s lesson ready

[15:19] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): I am having to modify the old notes

[15:19] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): add item

[15:19] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): And take things out

[15:20] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): Updating it

[15:21] Kati Evans: Nods

[15:24] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): it has stay the same for a decade maybe longer

[15:25] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): i am not sure who did the original

[15:25] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): In the old days not copy write notice and claiming credit

[15:27] Kati Evans: Wish I had more of the library stuff you do. You have done such a great job.

[15:28] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): here

[15:28] Kati Evans looks puzzled.

[15:29] Second Life: Boxes of Scrolls to make a Library 2025/07/13

[15:29] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): now you do have it

[15:29] Kati Evans: Oh you are so good to me. HUGS

[15:29] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): now its a pain to unpack

[15:29] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): which is why varn is key

[15:30] Kati Evans: Oh?

[15:30] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): its unpacked there

[15:30] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): but that one is not updated

[15:30] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): I add more as time goes on

[15:30] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): slowly

[15:31] Kati Evans: So what I have is current or what is at the library?

[15:31] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): current

[15:31] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): that is why we date them now

[15:31] Kati Evans: Awe

[15:32] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): all my slaves keep a copy

[15:32] Kati Evans: Now I just have to figure out how to do a smaller library so I have access to them.

[15:32] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): sl takes inventory

[15:32] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): there is a way

[15:33] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): come

[15:33] Second Life: Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2) has offered to teleport you to their location ( CITY OF VARN (81,131,28)):

Join me in CITY OF VARN

CITY OF VARN (81,129,27)

- Adult

[15:35] Kati Evans: You moved

[15:37] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): yes be right back a man just came, but i will show you how to do what you asked

[15:40] Kati Evans: ok

[15:43] Second Life: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/CITY%20OF%20VARN/83/127/28

[15:45] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): up here

[15:45] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): at the entrance

[15:46] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): now up here we had the issue of how ot give out a library but by box when you clicked it

[15:47] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): since i was not going to unpack five languages

[15:47] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): so we have french

[15:47] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): italian

[15:47] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): ect

[15:47] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): but when you click them they give whole boxes

[15:47] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): not scrolls

[15:48] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): So , i had a sript that gives objects

[15:48] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): not scrolls

[15:48] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): which if you put in the small boxes will give you all the boxes in the main topic box

[15:49] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): like for warrors there are six boxes in it

[15:49] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): So you file the warrior box not unpacked but all of it together

[15:49] Second Life: ZenMondo's Item Giver 2.21

[15:49] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): and put that in it

[15:50] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): So when you want a subtopic of warriors you can choose which one and it will give you the scrolls in that box in box to unpact

[15:50] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): so the five high castes would take only five boxes

[15:51] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): each with that script

[15:51] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): and it will give you the subtopic for each one

[15:52] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): line 22 and 25 need to be changed

[15:52] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): but it works

[15:53] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): that is how we put five languages up here

[15:53] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): and each one give you boxes to uppack

[15:54] Kati Evans: Sounds great

[15:54] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): play with it

[15:55] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): keep things in needed boxes not unpacked

[15:57] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): they also allows me to give serving items to slaves in the slave sections

[15:57] Kati Evans: Oh?

[15:57] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): there is a whole set of vessels on these shelves

[15:57] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): yes, its gives objects

[15:57] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): does not matter what

[15:57] Kati Evans: Nice

[15:58] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): now i have another script for books

[15:58] Kati Evans: You do?

[15:58] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): grins

[15:58] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): now you see why i teach a class on this

[15:58] Kati Evans: Ok, when is the next class?

[15:58] Kati Evans: I want to set up one

[15:59] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): the paperwork one goes over all of this

[15:59] Kati Evans: Sounds like I need some of your classes.

[15:59] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): its not the old one

[15:59] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): I upgraded them

[15:59] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): same framework

[16:00] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): but with extra items

[16:00] Kati Evans: Well you tell me when and I will come. I want to have a nice library

[16:00] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): ok come down here and i will go over some of the things,now

[16:01] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): i use this library

[16:02] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): over here

[16:03] Second Life: Caledon Library Scripts rev. 3/17/2008

[16:03] Second Life: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/CITY%20OF%20VARN/150/130/24

[16:03] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): i usually give handout

[16:04] Kati Evans: Grins

[16:04] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): you now have two of them

[16:04] Second Life: City forms

[16:04] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): you most likely do not need that one

[16:05] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): buts it every form you will most likely need

[16:05] Second Life: CoT - Scribe Caste [Introduction to Legal Forms]

[16:05] Second Life: Topics to be filed in a scirbe hall

[16:05] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): that was due to me forgetting what goes in the office files

[16:06] Kati Evans: Grins

[16:06] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): and for you i will find my labeles

[16:06] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): if i can

[16:06] Kati Evans: Nice

[16:07] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): that i need to put in a box and pass to you

[16:07] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): there are 230

[16:07] Kati Evans: Oh that is a few

[16:07] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): its every topic here

[16:07] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): took a few weeks

[16:07] Kati Evans: Yes, I can see that

[16:08] Kati Evans: This will keep me busy for a while, grins

[16:08] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): now the script i just gave to you

[16:09] Kati Evans: Yes, what about them?

[16:09] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): has to go into the box in contents

[16:09] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): or you will not be able to use t

[16:09] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): it

[16:09] Kati Evans: Yes, like I did to the dressers

[16:11] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): see the glowiing scripts

[16:12] Kati Evans: yep

[16:12] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): that is line 25

[16:12] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): there

[16:12] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): just change it

[16:13] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): nuts it has an issue

[16:16] Kati Evans: There it looks right

[16:17] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): yes but it has to give out whats it in

[16:17] Kati Evans: 230 labels...

[16:17] Kati Evans: That is a lot of boxes

[16:18] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): its textures

[16:18] Kati Evans: Ok textures

[16:22] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): ok staring over

[16:22] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): ahhhhh

[16:24] Kati Evans: Ideally I would have a few books that held the library which I could put on my desk.

[16:24] Second Life: Red Hunters)

[16:24] Kati Evans: I don't know if that is possible, but it would be nice

[16:25] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): make a folder called brass labels

[16:25] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): i know what happened

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[16:26] Second Life: BAZAAR-ISFAHAN_annonce

[16:26] Second Life: Blacksmith recipies

[16:26] Second Life: bond slaves

[16:26] Second Life: Breasts or Boobs

[16:26] Second Life: Butchers

[16:26] Second Life: Caste of Artisians

[16:26] Second Life: Chandlers

[16:26] Second Life: Children

[16:26] Second Life: cites

[16:26] Second Life: civil laws

[16:26] Second Life: Dress of a FW

[16:26] Second Life: Everyday life

[16:26] Second Life: FC Aspects

[16:27] Second Life: Food Preperation

[16:27] Second Life: Free Men

[16:27] Second Life: fruit

[16:27] Second Life: G and S info

[16:27] Second Life: G and S recipes

[16:27] Second Life: gay gor)

[16:27] Second Life: Gor Stories

[16:27] Second Life: Gorean Arts

[16:27] Second Life: ice and storage

[16:27] Second Life: john Norman Quotes

[16:27] Second Life: Kuri

[16:27] Second Life: legions of the North

[16:27] Second Life: Low Caste Colors

[16:27] Second Life: merchant Law

[16:27] Second Life: Merchants

[16:27] Second Life: meter worker

[16:27] Second Life: MIsc)

[16:27] Second Life: musical instriments

[16:28] Second Life: North Animals)

[16:28] Second Life: north ships

[16:28] Second Life: Northen Warfare

[16:28] Second Life: northern slave training

[16:28] Second Life: Paga Tavern

[16:28] Second Life: Peasant Caste

[16:28] Second Life: Players Caste

[16:28] Second Life: Poetry

[16:28] Second Life: Praetor Quotes

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[16:28] Second Life: Quotes on Caste

[16:28] Second Life: ready to file

[16:28] Second Life: salt

[16:28] Second Life: schendi

[16:28] Second Life: Serving impliments

[16:28] Second Life: Shamanism)

[16:28] Second Life: Slave Collars

[16:28] Second Life: Slaves

[16:28] Second Life: spikder people

[16:28] Second Life: Taluna

[16:28] Second Life: Tatrix

[16:28] Second Life: Torvaldsland, Armour

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[16:29] Second Life: Ubara

[16:29] Second Life: Unions

[16:29] Second Life: Vart Trainers

[16:29] Second Life: Vendor s

[16:29] Second Life: Women and sex

[16:29] Second Life: Vegatables

[16:29] Second Life: worker clans

[16:29] Second Life: about the books

[16:29] Second Life: Altars

[16:29] Second Life: BDSM and Gor

[16:29] Second Life: Bill of Tax

[16:29] Second Life: blank plates metal

[16:29] Second Life: Bond Cooking

[16:29] Second Life: Bond quotes

[16:29] Second Life: Bond Serves

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[16:29] Second Life: books

[16:29] Second Life: Builders

[16:29] Second Life: Caste Expulsion

[16:29] Second Life: Caste Registration

[16:29] Second Life: Certificate of Manumission

[16:29] Second Life: Citizen's Complaint

[16:29] Second Life: Citizenship Certificate

[16:30] Second Life: City Forms

[16:30] Second Life: cooking

[16:30] Second Life: Cordairs

[16:30] Second Life: Corsair

[16:30] Second Life: Dance Training

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[16:30] Second Life: drinks and serves

[16:30] Second Life: Employment Agreement

[16:30] Second Life: FC Contract

[16:30] Second Life: First Girl

[16:30] Second Life: General Agreement

[16:30] Second Life: God's Godesses

[16:30] Second Life: Gor Dictionary

[16:30] Second Life: Gor rp

[16:30] Second Life: Guardianship Contract

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[16:30] Second Life: Information City

[16:30] Second Life: Initiates

[16:30] Second Life: Investigation Record

[16:30] Second Life: It is said

[16:30] Second Life: kuri Attibutes

[16:30] Second Life: kurri Attirbutes

[16:31] Second Life: Kurri people

[16:31] Second Life: Kurri Phycology

[16:31] Second Life: MALE SLAVES

[16:31] Second Life: Mamba

[16:31] Second Life: Northern Culture

[16:31] Second Life: Northern Flora and Fauna

[16:31] Second Life: Northern People

[16:31] Second Life: northern sea life

[16:31] Second Life: Panther

[16:31] Second Life: Physicians

[16:31] Second Life: PROTOCOL ETTIQUTRE

[16:31] Second Life: Red Hunters

[16:31] Second Life: Red Savage

[16:31] Second Life: Red Savage Soc

[16:31] Second Life: Rencers

[16:31] Second Life: Resident Certificate

[16:31] Second Life: Schendi

[16:31] Second Life: scribes

[16:31] Second Life: Seal Registration

[16:31] Second Life: She Urts

[16:31] Second Life: Ship Registration

[16:31] Second Life: SLAVE DRESS

[16:32] Second Life: Slave Law

[16:32] Second Life: Slave Lessons

[16:32] Second Life: slave postions

[16:32] Second Life: SLAVE PUNISHMENT

[16:32] Second Life: Slave Registration

[16:32] Second Life: SLAVE TYPES

[16:32] Second Life: slave:Physlave

[16:32] Second Life: SLAVERS

[16:32] Second Life: Slaves Clases

[16:32] Second Life: Small Men

[16:32] Second Life: Spider People

[16:32] Second Life: taluna

[16:32] Second Life: Trade agreement

[16:32] Second Life: Trade and Safe Passage

[16:32] Second Life: Walgon People

[16:32] Second Life: War Animals

[16:32] Second Life: Warriors

[16:32] Second Life: What is a slace

[16:32] Second Life: Witness Statement

[16:32] Second Life: cities

[16:32] Second Life: Breads and Grains

[16:32] Second Life: slave branding

[16:33] Second Life: Recipies

[16:33] Second Life: drinks and serves

[16:33] Second Life: Fish:seafood

[16:33] Second Life: Meals on Gor

[16:33] Second Life: Sweet

[16:33] Second Life: Dairy

[16:33] Second Life: Sweet

[16:33] Second Life: fruit

[16:33] Second Life: tosh memorial

[16:33] Second Life: human flesh

[16:33] Second Life: Cosmetician

[16:33] Second Life: Wine Makers

[16:33] Second Life: Tosh Memorial Card

[16:33] Second Life: Mercenaries

[16:33] Second Life: Thieves )

[16:33] Second Life: Black Caste

[16:33] Second Life: Pirates

[16:33] Second Life: Chandlers

[16:33] Second Life: Mariners

[16:33] Second Life: perfumers

[16:33] Second Life: weavers

[16:33] Second Life: Caste Registration

[16:33] Second Life: FC Aspects

[16:34] Second Life: FC Quotes

[16:34] Second Life: FC Ceremonies

[16:34] Second Life: Free Companionskp

[16:34] Second Life: gor measurements

[16:34] Second Life: myths and Legends)

[16:34] Second Life: What is Gor )

[16:34] Second Life: hospitality)

[16:34] Second Life: Geography of Gor

[16:34] Second Life: Festivals: holidays

[16:34] Second Life: bdsm vs Gor

[16:34] Second Life: gor religion

[16:34] Second Life: mamba)

[16:34] Second Life: Panthers

[16:34] Second Life: Small Men

[16:34] Second Life: Taluna

[16:34] Second Life: red savage langu

[16:34] Second Life: Journey and Adventure of Arax

[16:34] Second Life: red Savages)

[16:34] Second Life: Rencers

[16:34] Second Life: Red Hunter

[16:34] Second Life: BIRDS

[16:35] Second Life: wild Animals

[16:35] Second Life: Domesticated Animals

[16:35] Second Life: Insects

[16:35] Second Life: Aquatic Life

[16:35] Second Life: Luther Scrolls

[16:35] Second Life: Reptiles

[16:35] Second Life: Tharna Tavern Evening 1st & 3rd Friday of month

[16:35] Second Life: Beginning Zar and Kaissa

[16:35] Second Life: Gor Games

[16:35] Second Life: Torvie religion

[16:35] Second Life: Torve Free

[16:35] Second Life: TorvaldsCulture

[16:35] Second Life: Augustus Cabot Ibn Yuroki 1

[16:35] Second Life: Procedures and treatments

[16:35] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): that is all of them

[16:36] Second Life: Parchment for labels

[16:37] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): which means this whole library is about 500 prim for labels and boxes

[16:38] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): why cites do not spend 500 prim is crazy

[16:39] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): let me know when your ready

[16:40] Second Life: Scribe Records Categories for Cities

[16:41] Kati Evans: Wow

[16:41] Kati Evans: I have that

[16:41] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): ys its old

[16:42] Kati Evans: I love it

[16:42] Kati Evans: Every city should have a real library

[16:42] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): its not expensive but the cites do not know it

[16:43] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): each box is one prim

[16:43] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): and there are 240 boxes

[16:43] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): but you need labels

[16:44] Kati Evans: So I 240 boxes with textures for labels

[16:44] Kati Evans: that is a lot of books

[16:44] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): you do now

[16:45] Kati Evans: I was going to label the spines

[16:45] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): no that is 7000 books

[16:45] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): in 240 boxes

[16:45] Kati Evans: There are subcategories in each?

[16:45] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): yes

[16:46] Kati Evans: Oh my

[16:46] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): try and unpack look at my shelves and you will see what we did

[16:46] Kati Evans: I will be spending some time looking through this one

[16:46] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): but cost is 500 prm

[16:47] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): but it holds 7000 scrolls

[16:47] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): its packed in boxes

[16:47] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): its eleven libraries packed into one

[16:47] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): from all over gor

[16:48] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): this is what i recommend

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/MoreThanPixels-Notecard-Filing-System/3028964

[16:48] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): let me show you two things that are needed

[16:48] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): that is what is used to make shelves private

[16:49] Second Life: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/CITY%20OF%20VARN/143/117/23

[16:51] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): when you by that it looks like this

[16:51] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): a file box

[16:51] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): andl like ne you can put your files in

[16:52] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): but if you go to textures

[16:52] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): blinn-Phong

[16:52] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): transparent

[16:52] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): and set to 100 no one see's it

[16:52] Kati Evans: Ok

[16:53] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): So i push it in

[16:54] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): make it the size of my book shelf

[16:54] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): and hide it

[16:54] Kati Evans: So it is hidden in front of the wall and label?

[16:54] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): as owner you can set ot owner

[16:54] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): to groups

[16:54] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): ect

[16:54] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): so when they click the books

[16:55] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): they are clicking your file

[16:55] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): they do not know it

[16:55] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): but they are

[16:55] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): we did that just for here

[16:56] Kati Evans: Yes I did that with the dressers

[16:56] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): the rest of the library is just the boxes

[16:56] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): there we use the link i gave you

[16:56] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): it makes private

[16:58] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): that beginning zarr is the the book giver script i gave you

[16:58] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): it gives out two books

[16:58] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): not notecards

[16:58] Kati Evans: Oh

[16:58] Kati Evans: Books

[16:58] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): you have the script

[16:59] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): i gave it to you

[16:59] Kati Evans: Yes

[16:59] Kati Evans: I saved it all to inventory. I will have to go through it all slower to figure it out.

[16:59] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): these books we made

[17:00] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): but , they are copy transfer

[17:00] Second Life: cook books

[17:01] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): three books on cookng gor food in rl

[17:01] Second Life: Songs of Gor

[17:01] Kati Evans: Oh that sounds fun

[17:01] Second Life: Flora of Gor

[17:01] Second Life: Animals of Gor

[17:01] Second Life: Poetry Book 2

[17:01] Second Life: Blacksmithing

[17:01] Second Life: Gorean Poetry Book 1

[17:01] Second Life: Plants and herd and their medical use on Gor

[17:01] Second Life: Insects, Water Manimals, Reptiles

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[17:01] Second Life: Birds of Gor

[17:02] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): our side project

[17:02] Kati Evans: I love this stuff

[17:03] Kati Evans: You said you have PDFs of all the books too.

[17:03] Kati Evans: That is so cool.

[17:04] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): this shelf is now

[17:04] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): new about the books

[17:04] Kati Evans: Nice

[17:05] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): people in books chapter by chapter

[17:05] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): ect

[17:05] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): do you have pdf of the books

[17:05] Kati Evans: no

[17:06] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SPAidTeWGaY9e4yo9dhsJC29YER1qrB2?usp=drive_link

[17:06] Kati Evans: I have audible.com copies of some

[17:06] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): down load those

[17:06] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): they can be searched

[17:06] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): and marked up using makers

[17:07] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): since they re pdf they have tools for research

[17:09] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): i keep a folder on my desktop to work on

[17:15] Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2): ok enough for tonight