send by Tia Abattoir (thebridelucretia)

silently glides into the reeds and hides my canoe

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"this place has to have some food -cant be so it doesnt" smiles

but then frowns i have to swim over to beyonds

"paddling too close over there" sighs "canoe would be seen like

a bug in your eye"

"bad crocs! stay away!" half screaming at them and using my pole

359b787d0b0d

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1.  https://gyazo.com/f56335e938a6b331a39a3d9a42b74e69

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fast feets up out of water and then onward to some buildings

"food food food" i say in musical steps hopping that way-

then revealing out the low friendly bushes

i see 2 goblets

"mmm" and licks my lips

2.  https://gyazo.com/6b062e121e5f85d81634

i pour out whats in them to my own cup

to see what is

"no swimming flies in it"silently delighted

sniffs-sips - festively drinks

"mmmm" gigling

pours the other goblet in and gulps it hurriedly

in the spirited borrowed moments 

"just need a snack now" smiling

3.  https://gyazo.com/77e654ff205a345893bd0f0502e399e5

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trying door by the goblets it comes open

and i run in

"what no food?!" disappointing in thought

running out the door and trying

other doors as i go

4.  https://gyazo.com/fdcb7c59fdd60691ea1f388771b609d9

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"i'll check the ships gallys im so hungry"

also thinking maybe it dangerous

but maybe theres candy-

to hide my angst

on deck and in to all the galleys

i find nothing

not even a peanut

i cant even believe this at first

dismayed and all for nothing

especially if all of a sudden

4 or many crew show up

"maybe worse they ghosts -

yaw yaw they dont need any food!"

but one deck cabin caught my senses

-in hopes of a snack a captain had left

but NO

just a parchment map 

5.  https://gyazo.com/3ea42a539e07e5a562a6a734fcd8ad53

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all there was is a map

i couildnt know what it said

-"so mad i cant read" mumbles my pain

as i slid drawers open

full of just air

6.  https://gyazo.com/a3da9c5461fe26303288b9fc5fc8fb62

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i tear the map grabbing in spite- 

i decide to roll it up and flint strike it-

test its burn

"good for wrapping catch for trade

--but there is noooOOooo fish!!"

frustrated but

happy about the glow

7.  https://gyazo.com/79430ec3ee03261d74bad8a596e7848b

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seeing more rolls

i lay down the burning one

i tie a few as one

to take to camp - good wrap

"well i cant take them all now"

looking down

seeing the rest start to catch fire-

runs out the cabin with some smoke

chasing me

8.  https://gyazo.com/3ccfc5a8852b9b77e80e4fb55c04cfec

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i found a walkway -and then another

with one more try to treasure some eats

i followed a tiny scent into a large room

"oh they eat in here"

but there was nothing

9. https://gyazo.com/0a279f9b02a917234b4f853fc4d42d24

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i stepped on a soft chair to feel it on my feets

then one more step on the long curved smoothed table

to feel it too - walking it as if all the ghost food plates

being kicked off

"just Ghosts here - No food!" now fully unbalanced from hunger

and so far from the forest

"i never shouldhave come to this hollow ship yard of Ghosts!"

polearming all the emptiness i saw -and felt

10.  https://gyazo.com/ff823f5e8f59f1c9a1c4d537664d66ec

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i walked over to the fire that was going

and lit a scrolled map

I frog hop the table again with my burning warning

"all you ghosts!! stay away do not touch!"

waving it at their invisble grabs as i circle the path

"You listen!" shrilling and hissing my breath

"Once warriors your stomachs full of delicious foods!

but now -feeling the poverty to never eat and 

its not imagined!" 

walks back again around the curve

whirling the hot torches and sparks

where there heads should be

"Yes! forever! Moan your no shadow

of you to see again!" 

walks off the table

and out the way

tosses the burning map by the pictures

"i see all you on the walls" grimaces

and pauses to calm on a thought

"I need a vulo sandwich i think"

11.  https://gyazo.com/8da01ea28031e5ef7b18975e83bfa17c

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"ill be happy for roots tonite - very"

scampering out of the no food ghost court

made of stone so hard my feet hurt

but the water welcomes them

12.  https://gyazo.com/ae17c914449090134c8287b7bea82223

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"grand scale mites and teeth! wretched crocs!"

polearming them to escape

to get back to my canoe

hiding in the reeds

13.  https://gyazo.com/ef575b30ff43324c1ce650baccc589d6

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"Theres nothing better than larma bites when paddling a canoe routes of hunt and gathers" -takes a swim over to the docks where i know juicy ripe bites are waiitng to be

https://gyazo.com/5fe57327fd6f6adb509eba932ff7d556

my feets telling me i shouldnt be here on the cobble hard stones - I gritting my teeth

but letting the futures of sweet tasting larmas this far from camp be what i think

 https://gyazo.com/b60ba68b3db7415a70ae4eb70a17902b

 

 makes to the familar filled bowl i know enjoying my arrival of some dream tastes about to come true - Bites!!

https://gyazo.com/3ca47475f891d13280675e27493e419c

Feets be fast! i tell myself and hope i just dont stub a toe on these not at all friendly cobbles - Shaman says dont run and eat but i never listen to all she says and i keep

enjoying my prize as i leave

https://gyazo.com/4825620d6bdb92dcdf318ffc55695a39

making it back across the small bridge i decide to walk and eat again but juggle

my luscious larma that cant get away but except by me - laughs and strolls out the early morning market with no one here yet -walks to the end of the dock to dive in the water and swim

 https://gyazo.com/24450358d20d789646f2f9a5764178ca

 

 Jumps high holding my nose to SPLASH!!!! in the water -swims away

 

 https://gyazo.com/a36461bf5e73c5b653a867d58f44935e

after arriving in Port Caer on the dock taking a chance out my canoe

I  found old Hag broom

"OooH! these have magic" so i grabbed it run to the tradebell 

sweep sweep sweep laughing

https://gyazo.com/beaac20d3c9d07720ba8495c034d8436

i stopped to make some silence

"hmm maybe this magic makes me invisible"

So i keep going and see what i would have today

Sweeep sweep sweeping

https://gyazo.com/01ff3b0ae495df72f5b10c7052eeeb37

I go inside some big doors and see some stairs

"Stairs always hide things and i love them" giggles

sweeping up wards

https://gyazo.com/4be11fbe84d5f98a66c41313becf7e62

I stop at some wooden chests on some shelves and look in one

"Kccccjk - Nuthen" and just push off some from the shelves

so they bust open on ground maybe something good in one

"Pffft" 

and continues sweeping to go up some stone stairs

https://gyazo.com/bbc21ce167710f1a1faa3066531813e8

I keep sweeping so i stay invisible but i hear a elephant outside 

and all the birdies too and try and see out the windows

but cant "Ocean is rough today" i was thinking hearing it outside too

Finally reaching the top i end up where i thought be candles

but Nuuuuuu nothing and was disappointed

Thinking i can try another bldg since i can be invisble with this Old Hag broom

so i went back down down down down

Sweeep sweep sweep sweep sweeeep

https://gyazo.com/dcfc382a1b781390f0f5ca7c68675b03

I finally made it down all the stairs making up a dance and sweep

to them because i need to be invisible you know!

I look around in some shelves for things hiding but see just books

- that i cant read - I take one still for the parchment to burn

and convince myself is good for a small candies to hide too for folding

Grins thinking of walking by all the dock booths that some is there

https://gyazo.com/89da6265cae2df25764d011287cf7139

Sweep sweep sweep sweeps

my way out the door stopping at the fire burning inside

I rip out a page and throw in the fire to test if its any good

Smiles and giggles wondering what it said

"Probably ouch eewchies ouchy" 

walks to the docks - drops the broom - and runs to my canoe

https://gyazo.com/de226767b938a9b08932d7da3d1c5029

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 send by Vicky Vanderbor

send by RIKKI

The Great Gorean Canoe Route has always had a Group tag for alerting lands about about griefers. It is becoming worse with AI. I am updating the list that you may already be on. Please take the time to accept the invite anyway. I am expanding what we all can use for notices. Please read. Be on the alert for copy bots, They come to copy your beautiful builds and take them to alternative grid out of SL. Yes, there is the technology. Also griefers that can move your prims and destry your build. This is an invite to the United Lands of Gor Group, it is the Group that is the Great Gorean Canoe Route. It was originally created 7 years ago to alert lands that there was a griefer in Gor. Sadly I neglected it with all the lands changeing so repidly. Now I have gone back to updating it for many other reasons and expand it so everyone can use it to it full extent. I have maintained a Facebook Gorean Blog for 7 years where I can make announcements of new lands with logos and pictures and short explanation, announce events that I know about, Trades, RPs. Many of you are already members, I have a following of 1200 and I try to interest earthlings to come to Gor. The ULG group would be a tool that all can use to bring Goreans to your events. You all would have the power to reach out and get those butts moving. I want a list of your conttacts too so the word can be spread quickly. Please contact me with the information and I will send invites to your contacts as well. We currently have 95 locations on the canoe route with access to all the others. I do maintain canoe route crates around Gor and my weapons shops with fresh copies of the list. The ULG group would allow me to sent the new lists out right away direct with no delay. As you all know. I and my tribe mates Write a blog, Wordpress, The Gorean Gazette and pass on copies of all the other gazettes. Everything we do is free, we promote Gor. Lets keep the genre alive, there is so much beauty and talent in Gor. Things that should be included in notices....

 1. Griefers, names and what they are doing.

 2. Events,

 3. Fairs,

 4. Ceremonies, 

 5. Dance shows or concerts, 

 6. Tavern Time,

 7. Wanting trade,

 8. Imaginative RP, 

 9. Arena, Capture the Flag. 

 10. Something for fun ,informative.,

classes The only thing I ask is no recruiting to be fair and no selling of things you make, contact owners direct I recently had a griefing on my own land and the griefer did not leave anything here but, it was a very sophisticated attack by moving and hiding pieces of the land that were not marked move . in my almost 19 years in gor and on this land only two other persons had ever had my rights and one is my neighbor in Real life and no longer plays and the other is my right hand person that lives on the land and was asleep in Germany when it happened. Griefers are ramping up their game.

aebd by sir FELIPE MENESES

 

 

send by Sarah

 The Sa Fora Kef (SFK) Dancers and Cat House  premiered a new kajira movie "The Virgin Dance" at Phoenix Studios this Saturday August 8th.   See the pictures of the premier and two  movie scenes below.  SFK promotes Goren RP in SL with movies and shows, part of SFK's mission. 

"There are some three senses of the expression "virgin dance" on Gor. .....The second sense is the obvious one in which it is a dance danced by a virgin, and usually just prior to the loss of her virginity. In that sense it could be almost any dance which serves the purpose of displaying the girl before her initial ravishing..."

 Dancer of Gor     Book 22     Page 190

 SEND BY SABAYNA

Call for Presenters for SCoG* Scribe Summit 2026 Sept 25-27, 2026

Come one! Come all! The Scribe Caste of Gor* group will be hosting a Scribe Summit on SEPTEMBER 25-27, 2026 at Thunder Mountain.

We are actively seeking qualified Scribes to present classes, seminars or discussions on various scribing topics. All are welcome to present. Please use the form indicated to schedule your presentation.

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SCoG* Group Scribe Summit 3 

PRESENTATION REGISTRATION AND SCHEDULING FORM EVENT FORM 

Please complete this form if you're interested in presenting a topic at this year's Scribe Summit 3

Please provide 3 preferred dates/times and we will do our best to accommodate your schedule.

The sooner you register for an event, the more likely you will get the date/time you want.

Please return completed form to: 

Myriam-Aliyah Spires (noirnyte.spires) 􀀀

or

Trygg Tyran  􀀁

~ Name (Character Name & SL system name): 

~ Presentation Title:

~ Description of Presentation (Optional. If you would like to provide  additional information about your presentation, please indicate it here.):

~ Will you need temporary rezzing rights at Thunder Mountain (for charts, illustrations, or diagrams) Yes or No:

~ Scribes are encouraged to present on topics that are interesting to you and with which you have experience. This is a partial list of topics which have been presented at Scribe Summits and Sardar Fairs in the past, to jog your memory or pique your interest. 

􀀂

~ Please indicate your first three choices for presentation times with 1, 2, and 3..

Day 1: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

8:00:00 (8 am) SL Time: Opening, welcome, Meet & Greet

9:00:00 (9 am) SL Time:

10:00:00 (10 am) SL Time:

11:00:00 (11 am) SL Time: Full Scribe Class (Part 1) Victoria Forstander (evavalentino)

12:00:00 (Noon) SL Time:

13:00:00 (1 pm) SL Time:

14:00:00 (2 pm) SL Time: Newspaper/Journalism Presentation (Jessika Roberts)

15:00:00 (3 pm) SL Time: Gorean Law Master Class Part 1: Victoria Forstander (evavalentino) 

16:00:00 (4 pm) SL Time:

17:00:00 (5 pm) SL Time:

Day 2: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

6:00:00 (6 am) SL Time: 

7:00:00 (7 am) SL Time: 

8:00:00 (8 am) SL Time: 

9:00:00 (9 am) SL Time: 

10:00:00 (10 am) SL Time:

11:00:00 (11 am) SL Time:  Full Scribe Class (Part 2) Victoria Forstander (evavalentino)

12:00:00 (Noon) SL Time: Authorship of the Books (Lion Euler)

13:00:00 (1 pm) SL Time:

14:00:00 (2 pm) SL Time:

15:00:00 (3 pm) SL Time:  Gorean Law Master Class Part 2: Victoria Forstander (evavalentino)

16:00:00 (4 pm) SL Time:

17:00:00 (5 pm) SL Time:

Day 3: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

6:00:00 (6 am) SL Time: Leadership Diamond as it applies to the Blue Caste Codes (BB Arliss)

7:00:00 (7 am) SL Time: 

8:00:00 (8 am) SL Time: 

9:00:00 (9 am) SL Time: 

10:00:00 (10 am) SL Time:

11:00:00 (11 am) SL Time: Full Scribe Class (Part 1) Victoria Forstander (evavalentino)

12:00:00 (Noon) SL Time: Closing Party

  DANCER OF GOR   (AUGUST PHOENIX)

Sa Fora Kef (SFK) published this article in the August Phoenix Studio Magazine to further the misssion of Gor education on SL.

 

Phoenix Kajira Dance Movies

by Sarah Luxembourg and Gemma Velvetleaf, Phoenix Studios Movie Director

The Sa Fora Kef (SFK) dancers have made four dance videos with Gemma Velvetleaf’s Cat House productions and Phoenix Studios. Three videos feature "Kajira" or slave girl dance. Kajira dance is sensual and important in SL Gorean roleplay (RP).  Gor is the fictional setting for a series of sword and planet novels written by philosophy professor John Lange, writing as John Norman. SL has many Gor novel-based sims. SL Gor sims follow rules from these novels, such as Dancer of Gor shown below, from quotations in the John Norman novels. This article has several Gor novel quotations on dance.

 Dancer of Gor pic

"Slave dance," on Gor, incidentally, is a rich and varied dance form. It covers a great deal more than simple "ethnic dance." For example, it includes dances such as hunt dances, capture dances, submission dances, chain dances, whip dances, and such. "Dancer of Gor”   Book 22     Page 172

Scene from Cathouse Productions “The Kajira Dance Movie”

 

"In Gorean female dance the girl is expected, often, to satisfy, fully, whatever passions she succeeds in arousing in her audience. She is not permitted merely to excite, and flee away; when; at the conclusion of the swirling music, she flings herself to the floor at the mercy of free men, her dance is but half finished; she has yet to pay the price of her beauty."Tribesmen of Gor     Book 10     Page 85

 

 

This is a movie poster from “The Mummers Dance” movie produced by Cat House Productions and Phoenix Studios, staring the Sa Fore Kef dancers. The movie shows the dancers and their musician Janos dancing in the pretty Love Song SL sim on their way to the Gor En’Kara fair. The girls in the movie know they will be sold at the En’Kara fair.

“The fair of En'Kara occurs in the spring. It is the first fair in the annual cycle of the Sardar Fairs, gigantic fairs which take place on the plains lying below the western slopes of the Sardar Mountains. ….They are an important clearing house for ideas and goods, among them female slaves.”

Players of Gor     Book 20     Page

 

Title scene from the “The Kajira Whip Dance “movie and supporting quotation.

"Tonight," said Ligurious, "I will give her to guardsmen. She will dance the whip dance, naked." There are many whip dances on Gor, of various sorts. In a context of this sort, presumably not in a tavern, and without music, the girl is expected to move, writhe and twist seductively before strong men. If she does not do well enough, if she is insufficiently maddeningly sensuous, the whips fall not about her, but on her." Kajira of Gor     Book 19     Pp 157

We are considering a virgin dance and a Sa-ella dance for our next movies. 

“The Sa-eela, usually performed in the nude, as though by a low slave, and by a girl freed impediments, except her collar, is one of the most powerful of the slave dances of 

Gor. Guardsman of Gor     Book 16     Pages 259

"As the music concluded I performed floor movements, and the eyes of the men blazed, and fists pounded on the tables, and then the music was done and I lay before them on my back, my breasts rising and falling as I fought for breath, my body sheened with sweat, my hands beside me, palms up, my knees lifted slightly, my right knee highest, a slave before masters."

Dancer of Gor     Book 22     Page 196

 

 The Sa Fora Kef dancers are kneeling for you in “The Kajira Dance” movie in the above picture.

"The girl now, in all her helplessness, in all her desperation, in all her sensual splendor, was dancing not aspects or attributes of her beauty before her master, but was dancing her own passions, her own needs and desires, her own piteous, needful, beautiful, intimate and personal self before him. There were no restraints, no reservations, no compromises, no divisions or distinctions. Her needs were as exposed as her collared body. She danced herself before her master."

Guardsman of Gor     Book 16     Pages 265

Cat House Productions also made a Sa Fora Kef video with Larkin Poe's Bluephoria song while  dancing in kajira silks. Gemma, Second Girl Asaeni and Sarah love Poe’s music. We close with a picture of a Sa Fora Kef Dancers performing at an SL Gor festival called En’Kara 2026—like in the movie “The Mummers Dance”--and a picture of a Cat House Production filming at Love Song sim in SL.

 

Sa For Kef Dances at SL Gor En’Kara Festival 2026

 

Sa For Kef Dancers filming at Love Song sim in SL.

Note from Gemma to readers: The SFK kajira dance and other movies are on my Flickr page. Search for "Gemma Velvetleaf" in "people" on Flickr to watch them. *winks* I have seen the Sa Fora Kef dancers in an SL Gor tavern. I have pictures to prove it 😉

 

 

Sarah ready to dance SL Tharna

 # THE ISLE OF TELETUS

## OFFICIAL INVITATION TO A COMPANIONSHIP CEREMONY 

GRAPHIC: ....ceremony invitation (Marco & Trinity)

By the grace of the Home Stone of **Teletus**, and with the blessings of its leadership, this invitation is extended to **all cities and peoples of Gor**.

The citizens of Teletus cordially invite Free Men, Free Women, honored guests, allies, merchants, travelers, and ambassadors from across Gor to witness and celebrate the Companionship of **Sir Marco Alighieri**, Magistrate of Teletus, and **Lady Trinity Althar**, Scribe of Teletus.

**Date:** Sixth Day of August 2026 (8/6/26)

**Time:** 3:00 PM SLT

**Location:** The Ubar's Garden, Isle of Teletus 􀀀

This celebration is **open to all of Gor**, including the citizens and residents of Teletus, the families of the Companions, honored friends, visiting dignitaries, and all slaves, who are welcome to attend and bear witness to this joyous union.

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## Order of Ceremony

* Opening Remarks by the **Head Scribe**

* The **Handfasting Ceremony**, performed at the request of Sir Marco Alighieri

* The Traditional Sharing of **Kalana Wine**

* Reading and Signing of the **Companionship Contract**

* The Official **Presentation of the Companions**

Following the ceremony, all guests are invited to remain as the celebration continues with an open feast in honor of the newly joined Companions.

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## The Grand Feast

Prepared by the finest cooks of Teletus, the banquet shall include:

* Winged Fish and Rence bathed in Tospit Juice

* Grilled Tabuk accompanied by Roasted Suls

* Fire-Cooked Bosk Steak served with fresh Sa-Tarna Bread

### Wines & Refreshments

* Milk and Honey

* Turian Wine

* Tyrosian Wine

* Falarian Wine

* A Secret Vintage reserved exclusively for this celebration

To conclude the festivities, guests will be treated to an assortment of elegant cakes crafted by **Teletus' finest bakers**, together with exquisite handmade chocolates prepared by **the city's renowned master chocolatier**.

---

## Attire

**Formal Gorean Attire is Requested**

Guests are encouraged to attend in their finest robes, silks, leathers, or caste attire befitting such a distinguished occasion.

---

May all who travel to Teletus do so in PEACE, RESPECT, friendship and honor.

May the Home Stone witness the joining of two worthy souls.

May laughter fill the gardens, Kalana flow freely, and this day be remembered throughout Gor as a celebration of companionship, fellowship, and unity.

**We look forward to welcoming you to the Isle of Teletus on the Sixth Day of August.**

-send by Sabayna-

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 send by Sabayna

Tsar's Tournament at the Isfahan Oasis  (Hermes Khan)

Here are the tables once again:

For those who are new: you normally play one match a week and will find your partner of a certain week indicated in the tables. Please contact each other and fix a date and time that convenes to both and then send me the result. 

And here's the opening ceremony!

[10:16] Melampus (godhet) takes his place and nods amicably to the gathering:

Exalted Khan, esteemed guests and Zar players,

It is always a great pleasure for me to open a Zar tournament in Isfahan with a few spiritual thoughts and words of blessing.

Zar is a school for life. Much of what we learn through Zar consists of fundamental experiences that we can apply in life as well, and which strengthen our faith in the Priest-Kings.

That is why I would like to give you a slightly different kind of guide to this game today: as the tournament begins, I am offering you eight golden rules to follow.

The Eight Golden Rules

Rule 1. We move forward and do not look back.

In the game of Zar, the pieces may only ever be moved forward; moving backward is not an option.

Forget what lies behind and reach out for what lies ahead. Your goal is the baseline on the opposite side.

Our lives, too, have no rewind button. We cannot change the past, but we can consciously take the next step. The priest-kings repeatedly call upon people to set out on the journey.

[10:20] Hermes (prinzensaft): Wonders what they would say about sideway moves....

[10:20] Melampus (godhet): Rule 2. Every move counts.

Every single move has consequences. The same applies to the decisions we make in our lives. Some decisions open up new possibilities for us, while others limit our scope of action.

Test everything and hold fast to what is good. Through this, we learn to take responsibility for our own actions.

In life, too, we are constantly faced with decisions. The Priest-Kings do not take these decisions out of our hands, but they accompany us on our path—even when we make mistakes.

[10:21] Trygg Tyran (tryggtyran) smiles at Melampus as he listens to the Initiate

[10:21] Melampus (godhet): Rule 3. Not every defeat is the end.

There is a first leg and a return leg. One time we have the stones; the next, the sticks. If we lose, we can do better next time. Even strong players lose games. But anyone who plays Zar learns to accept defeat and learn from it.

The righteous man falls seven times and rises again—so our forebears knew. Seven times—meaning, time and time again.

It is the same in our lives. Here, too, we know failure, forgiveness, and new beginnings. Our dignity does not depend on our success, but on how we handle our failure.

[10:22] Cinnabar (evandanir) glances at his owner, then back to the ground. The barbarian boy is still getting used to his new home.

[10:23] Melampus (godhet): Rule 4. Patience is more important than haste.

Even though a clock is ticking in Zar, we know this: Zar does not reward the fastest player, but rather the one who remains attentive.

Be patient and strengthen your hearts. In a world full of haste, the game Zar reminds us of the value of composure and patience.

[10:24] Melampus (godhet): Rule 5. Jump when an opportunity arises.

[10:24] Hermes (prinzensaft): yay! Makes a jump

[10:24] Duncan Willis looks up in the sky for incoming blue flame

[10:25] Angesica: · applause ·

[10:25] Trygg Tyran (tryggtyran) nods in recognition and chuckles

[10:25] Melampus (godhet): In the game, you can leap over multiple pieces in a single move. Be bold and dare to make the jump.

"They gain new strength; they lift their wings like eagles"—so spoke a brother of my order once.

Sometimes, the Priest-Kings lead us through long periods of slow progress. But at times, a door suddenly opens, and we are permitted to act boldly.

[10:26] Melampus (godhet): Rule 6. Every single game piece has its value.

A match can only be won by the person who moves all the stones or sticks to the other side. If even a single piece is left behind, that person has lost the game.

The eye cannot say to the hand, "I do not need you."

It is the same with us humans. Every single one of us matters, for every person possesses their own gifts and unique dignity. We need everyone to reach our goal. No one must be left behind or lost.

[10:27] Hermes (prinzensaft): nods in agreement

[10:27] Melampus (godhet): Rule 7. We must respect our opponent.

Zar thrives on competition and rivalry, but also on mutual respect. There can be no game without an opponent. Disdain implies arrogance, and arrogance leads to underestimation. If we look down on our opponent, we underestimate them—and may well have lost the game before it even begins.

Outdo one another in mutual regard. Never lose respect for each other. Be fair and be friendly. That is your victory, regardless of the outcome.

[10:29] Melampus (godhet): Rule 8. We must look ahead, but we cannot control everything.

Good players plan several moves ahead. And then something unexpected happens, and all that planning is in vain. We must admit to ourselves that we cannot foresee or control everything. It is precisely the unexpected that makes the game so exciting.

The human heart devises its own path, but the priest-kings guide its steps. Planning is part of life. At the same time, we can trust that the priest-kings walk with us even when our plans change.

[10:31] Melampus (godhet) follows the eight golden rules, takes the holy water sprinkler from a situla, and sprinkles the game boards with the holy spring water he brought back from the Sardar Mountains. Then he returns to his seat and places the sprinkler back into the situla.

[10:31] Trygg Tyran (tryggtyran): "Thank you Blessed One."

[10:32] Melampus (godhet) raises hands for the blessing and closing prayer:

[10:32] Trygg Tyran (tryggtyran) bows his head in respect

[10:32] Melampus (godhet): As the Zar boards are opened today, more than just a competition begins. It marks the start of a time for connection, reflection, the joy of the game, and respectful interaction. May the Priest-Kings grant all participants clarity of thought, equanimity in victory and defeat, and joy in the fellowship we share. And may we not only make good moves in the game but also, in life, be people who act with wisdom, fairness, and love.

[10:33] 12Helga123 Resident: (=>en) look down

[10:33] Melampus (godhet): May the Priest-Kings, who sit enthroned, holy and mighty, high atop the Sardar Mountains, grant us this.

[10:33] Aetes Omar (vosathiel.ravenwood): Thank you, blessed one.

[10:33] Melampus (godhet): Ta Sardar Gor!

[10:34] Hermes (prinzensaft): Ta Sardar Gor!

[10:34] Aetes Omar (vosathiel.ravenwood): Ta Sardar Gor!

[10:34] Melampus (godhet): And now, in this very spirit, I wish you good and joyful games.

[10:34] Hermes (prinzensaft): Thank you very much, Blessed One, you have once again enlightened us!

[10:34] Duncan Willis: "Ta Sardar Gor!  Thank you blessed one.  Wise words and good advice."

[10:35] Melampus (godhet) steps back from his place.

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