Saturday, February 15, 2025

                     RETURN TO PORT KAR

I was truly happy when a pirate with his ship docked in the small port of my Oasis of the Seven Palms, that the city of Port Kar had been rebuilt.

    I had wonderful memories of that city, commanded by twelve Captains, but inhabited by thieves, criminals and murderers, the Panthers roamed freely through the canals, the fishermen used slaves as bait for their lines, to catch the big Urts that roamed the waters of the large port.

     I worked as a lawyer in that city, but I had very few clients, the law in that city was made by themselves, they didn't need judges or lawyers, but I spent my time walking outside the walls, I usually reached the foot of the hills where at the top there was a village of Panthers, one day walking in the small forest in the small valley, I came across their Queen..

Lady Myrian and Kajira Farah

    I had the opportunity to meet her and admire her beauty, she also did not disdain my presence so after some time we fell madly in love, she taught me the art of fighting, and survival in the forest, when she asked me to accompany her to the Black City for a tournament I was happy, I was less so when she was killed in one of the fights by an unscrupulous Torvie warrior, she suffered a lot and left the city of Port Kar and moved to the Island of Landa, in the south of the Thassa Sea.

Sir Augustus

     Now I had the chance to see those places dear to me and maybe meet some old friends, I told Suya about our next trip so she could prepare, and after a few days we left towards the North to reach Port Kar, the journey was harder than expected because the north wind was hindering our navigation, but after a few Hands we arrived in sight of the mouth of the Wosk river, from there we reached the roadstead of the large port full of ships coming from all over the planet.

Sri Adrian Aureluis

   It wasn't easy to get ashore, the docks were bustling with people and the port was in turmoil, the new city had attracted merchants from all over the planet and the commanders managed the traffic.

Kajira Menna

   We introduced ourselves to the guard corps and the Commander escorted us to the central square where many citizens were sitting. As soon as we approached the square I was very surprised and happy to see Lady Myriam, my friend for many years, and Sir Augustus, son of Lady Sabayna and Sir Yuroki, also my friends for years, sitting in a corner of the garden. After greeting them and meeting another great Gorean, Sir Adrian Aurelius, and exchanging a few words, Suya and I decided to visit the city immediately, but not before renting a room at the Inn, to spend the night in a bed that did not move with the waves of the sea.

    The city of Port Kar was no longer the same, it was still built on the canals but instead of the wooden shacks and houses there were now many very modern stone buildings, with many gardens, waterfalls and flowers everywhere,  I remembered the great Caste tower, but it was no longer there now the Castes had their beautiful marble buildings and the bridges once dilapidated made of wood worn by time were now built of stone with marble columns, the waterfalls brought the water always clear and fresh from the mountains, and each house had two entrances on two different canals.

    What more can I say? My sweet Suya and I were happy to have undertaken this trip and visited the new city.