Saturday, December 13, 2025

PRESENTATION OF THE NEW GOREAN GALLERY IN THE OASIS OF THE SEVEN PALMS

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 A warm greeting to my visitors and readers of this newspaper (blog)

 - Gazette of moons - today I want to present the new gallery in the new large renovated land with new photos complete with the name of the Gorean (no avatar name ), of course the work is still long and tiring, but I try to do everything in the best way, below I will put the presentation photos, and at the end the landmark necessary to reach the gallery, if someone does not find their photo exhibited, just send me their best image that represents them in Gor , free or slave, my dream would be to be able to write a story for each of you exhibited, of course it is very ambitious but in Gor time never ends, and men live forever unless they have taken the elixir before the age of 25.

Thanks to all the friends who follow me, you are always increasing, thanks again and if anyone has any suggestions please contact me I will try to fix some errors. May the Priest King enlighten you

darian-editor

           THENTIS-  ESCAPE FROM THE NORTH

 

   After the first day in that village, I realized that it was not the life I wanted, seeing lewd men and women eating and drinking and making love even in the presence of others was against my culture as a high caste Scribe, and Magistrate, I was in a lot of pain, Lady Chiara with her always lewd companion, accompanied by male and female slaves, I realized that the woman I had loved was not that one.

      I suffered a lot, having those slaves willing to do anything at my feet didn't make for a better life, one day while talking to a merchant, who had also stayed in the village due to the snow and ice, he told me that Lady BB, the woman I adopted after the death of my mother, she lived in a village called Finnur fjiord, not far from here, I would have waited for spring to arrive and go down with some ship to Finnur, where I hoped to reunite with my adoptive family, luckily the winter did not it was very long, so after having said goodbye and thanked everyone including Chiara I left that village, without nostalgia, I had suffered those months stuck eating and lounging in the great Hall.
   
     Once we reached Finnur fjiord a bad surprise awaited me, my mother had left with my adoptive father Sir Mith for another village called Windermeer, many miles further south, he was a great builder and went from one place to another where they required the his work.
   
I stayed just long enough to take another ship that went down the coast from village to village to that new place, but even there they told me that my parents had left,
and this time for a city named Jasmine, I was very disappointed, the possibility of reuniting with family was once again gone.

      The life of those Viking villages was not for me, I suffered when I saw those half-savages, they had no laws, no one wrote or read and they spent their free time drinking in the taverns:

One day a slaver told me about a large and beautiful city in the Cos archipelago, its name was Svago, he told me that they had three Kennels (slave houses), and it was located on two levels, on the upper floor lived the high castew and was accessed both from the woods and from a device such as a wooden platform operated by ropes connected to wheels that the slaves turned and the wooden surface rose, I would finally be able to return to civilization and work as a Scribe or Magistrate.

     I left for that new adventure, I didn't know what I was going to encounter, but I loved working in big cities, so I boarded a Pirate ship headed to the Cos archipelago, they would load them with the best wine on the planet and take me to the south, the journey it wasn't one of the best, at that time of year the sea was always very rough due to the spring cyclones, and I practically didn't move from my bed.

     We finally arrived in that large port, many ships were at the docks, and people filled the large square in front of the port, I stopped at the inn on the left just outside the dock, I ordered a Pay, and I looked around trying to understand how they lived, the the lower city was mainly built on a long road that from the prisons and the bank reached a large square, where the merchants had their stalls, from there stairs went up to the upper forest.

     A slave accompanied me to the guard post, a Captain offered to take me to the high caste area, I guided myself to that new instrument which I carried on it in a short time, dropped me off in front of the Chief Scribe's office, and left saying goodbye , the palace was located at the end of a beautiful square full of flowerbeds and benches, with many flowers and fountains, I sat outside the door, greeting the guard on duty and watched the people coming and going, mostly women, I was curious that there were so many women in front of the caste buildings, it wasn't a good sign, then I leaned against the wall and closed my eyes, I saw my whole life up until then in an instant, and I tried to imagine the future...... ..continue

     darianeditor

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Sunday, 17 December 2023

 WEDDING IN THENTIS

    I have been living in my oasis for too long, nothing special has happened lately, only the arrival of the slave Lola who I had met on my travels, but she also left with her master, then nothing important, some time ago some people arrived. Pani builders, they stopped in the oasis and I commissioned them to build a house near the beach in Pani style, and I must say they did a good job.

   The other day a message arrived from a slave of Lady Sabayna, she lives in the city of Isfahan, she announced Lady Monica's marriage to Sir Euronymous, I don't remember this man, when I lived in Thentis he wasn't there, attached to the message was the invitation to participate in the ceremony, and after consulting with my elders, together with the Commander of the guards, I decided to accept, I wanted to, I wanted to see my old city again, where I had been a Magistrate, I lived there with lady Brjianna my companion, later I run away with an Opal hunter.

   Of course the journey was long, so I decided to take a tarn and fly to the coast on the Worsk river, from there I would cross the river and go up the Olni river passing through the city continuing to the city of Sais, up to Thentis, it wasn't at all the journey was easy, I had forgotten the effort of flying on the tarns, but in the end I arrived in Olni, bad news was waiting for me in the city, everyone was in mourning and I didn't know who had died until, in front of the stairs leading to the large gate, a guard told me that lady Lucy Bronet, the one who had been my teacher in the Scribe class together with lady Janette, had passed away, I don't know how or what had caused her death, I had seen her in the city of Geela at the wedding of Jovan the last time, everyone was sad, I thought there was no point in stopping, I would do it on the way back, I continued the journey.

     I arrived in Thentis, it was already evening, all the guests were already seated in their seats, a slave accompanied me to a bench at the end, I shared it with the Captain of the Thentis guard, Lady Monica meanwhile was at the end of the patio, nervously walking the future Comrade Sir Euronymous was late, and to my great surprise behind the altar as Officiant I recognized Lady Shaya, an old acquaintance of mine, she followed me to Port Victoria but then her brother called her back to complete her studies as a Scribe, she had a beautiful dress embroidered with gold thread, and she too was nervously fiddling with parcels and mugs

     The ceremony took place regularly, everything went well, in the end after the ritual greetings, we went to the tables set up outside the tavern for a small refreshment, I spoke with Monica about the past and the present and it all ended with the arrival of a sailor who he invited us to go to the port because the ship was leaving.
   I said goodbye to everyone and walked away with a hint of nostalgia, I had had a good time in that city, but my partner convinced me to build my own city, but then it fell miserably and she ran away.

                                  EN-KARA FAIR 2026

Action Items:

--- Post informational posts in SCoG*, Blue Caste of Gor, and on the Discord #Scribe thread with dates of the fair, Caste Days, and a call for presenters - After the Saturday meeting.

--- Individual contact and commitment to present, call for topics or other activities and presenters in SCoG*, Blue Caste of Gor, and on the Discord #Scribe thread

--- Tell the group members that we will be back at them for commitments in January.

--- Leave the groups alone until January. 

POTENTIAL TOPICS FOR PRESENTATION & DEBATES

Scribe Summit 2024 - List of Presented Topics

This is to provide ideas for possible topics at the 2025 Scribe Summit. They are listed in the order which they were presented and are intended to inspire your ideas as to possible topics for the upcoming Scribe Summit.

Topic                                                           Presented by                     Presented at 

Map Making: Cartography                       Ar Barbosa                        Summit 2024

Scribe Training: IC or OOC or Both?       Astary Pendragon             Summit 2024

Job Opportunities in the Scribe Caste   Trygg Tyran                        Summit 2024

Scribe Subcastes                                        Abraham Jacobson          Summit 2024

Gorean Laws                                                 Victoria Forstander         Summit 2024

Scribes are Ideal Goreans                           Discussion                        Summit 2024

Dealing with Different RP Styles                Edgar Regulus                   Summit 2024

Free Companionships                                   Unidentified                      Summit 2024

Forms & Apps to Help Scribes                     Abraham Jacobson           Summit 2024

So You Want to Lead Your Caste                  Unidentified                        Summit 2024

Caste vs Clan - Caste Work in the North     Billie Ann Bravin               Summit 2024

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LIST OF EVENTS AT THE EN'KARA SARDAR FAIR 2025

Saturday, March 15

Noon SL - Scribe Mixer - Social event to meet scribes of other cities

Sunday, March 16  

10 am - Southern Government of Gor

Noon SL - Scribe Slaves

2 pm SL - Law of Gor

4 pm SL - Southern Government of Gor

Monday, March 17

10 am - Scribe Paperwork

Noon SL - Scribe Slaves Discussion

2 pm SL - Law of Gor

4 pm SL - Scribe Paperwork

Tuesday, March 18

10 am - Moderating

11 am SL - City/Gor Interface: The problems of Gor- wide Conventions

1 pm SL - Law

3 pm SL - City/Gor Interface: The problems of Gor- wide Conventions

Wednesday, March 19

Scribes Day at the Sardar Fair - Informal discussion and Q&A all day. 

Thursday, March 20

10 am SL & 4 pm SL - How to Make a Free Companionship Contract

11 am SL  - Fundamentals of the Scribe Caste

Noon SL - About the Moons

Friday, March 21

10 am SL & 4 pm SL - Being an Ambassador

Saturday, March 22

10 am SL & 4 pm SL - Home Stone Ceremony

11 am SL - Gorean Magistrate

2 pm SL - A Proposal to Standardize the Gorean Calendar 15 min explanation  with debate following

3 pm SL - Fundamentals of Scribe Caste

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Topics at September 2025 Scribe Summit

Role of the Ambassador - Abraham

Scribe and Magistrate Caste Codes -Abraham

The Use of Rumor in SL Newspapers - Myriam

Magistrate Q&A Session for Attendees - Kati

Calendar Standardization1 - Beginning of the year and leap years - Hermes

Geography -Victoria Forstander

Ambassador Class - Negotiations - Abraham

The Legality of an Unowned Slave and Slave Honor - Is There Such a Thing - Fogaban

Calendar Standardization 2 - Year Count - Which Year are we in? Presentation and Discussion - Hermes

Magistrate - Advocate - Tools for Investigation - Abraham

Role and tools of the Ambassador - Abraham

Anatomical Autopsy for Advocates of the Law and Magistrates - Sababyna

Map Making - Victoria Forstander

On the Size and Movement on the moons of Gor

Initiate Law - Tariq ibn al Samini (Blessed Tariq)

Ubarate vs Tatrixate - Victoria Forstander

From my AI

Suggested Topics for a Scribe Conference

Day 1: Foundations of the Caste

•     History and Role of the Scribes in Gor (Apprentice)

Overview of the caste’s duties, traditions, and ethical codes.

•     Basic Calligraphy and Script Forms (Apprentice)

Practice in neat, legible writing; introduction to stylus, ink, and parchment.

•     Record‑Keeping 101: Ledgers, Contracts, and Inventories (Apprentice)

How to maintain accurate records for merchants, fairs, and city archives.

•     The Oath of the Scribes (Apprentice)

Ceremony and meaning of the oath; discussion of honor and neutrality.

Day 2: Practical Applications

•     Cartography and Map‑Making (Apprentice → Intermediate)

Basics of drawing maps, symbols, and scales; advanced techniques for senior scribes.

•     Legal Documentation and Court Records (Intermediate)

How scribes record trials, judgments, and decrees.

•     Diplomatic Correspondence (Intermediate)

Formal styles of letters between cities, castes, and fairs.

•     Archival Preservation (Apprentice)

Methods for storing scrolls, protecting against weather, and cataloging.

Day 3: Advanced Studies

•     Philosophy of Neutrality: The Scribe’s Role in Conflict (Advanced)

Debates on impartiality, truth, and political pressures.

•     Comparative Scripts: Turian, Tahari, and Northern Variants (Advanced)

Study of regional writing styles and translation challenges.

•     Mathematics and Accounting for Trade (Intermediate)

Advanced numeracy, currency conversions, and merchant contracts.

•     Historical Chronicles and Epic Records (Advanced)

Techniques for documenting wars, treaties, and cultural events.

Day 4: Collaborative & Ceremonial

•     Public Readings and Recitations (Apprentice)

Apprentices practice reading aloud from scrolls in formal settings.

•     Ceremonial Salt Records at the Fair (Apprentice → Intermediate)

Recording trade of red, white, and yellow salts; symbolic importance.

•     Joint Session with Merchants: Contracts and Trade Agreements (Intermediate)

Roleplay negotiation and documentation.

•     Closing Symposium: The Future of the Caste of Scribes (Advanced)

Philosophical discussion on evolving duties and traditions.

🖋 Apprentice‑Level Topics (Best for Beginners)

•     History and Role of the Scribes

•     Basic Calligraphy and Script Forms

•     Record‑Keeping 101

•     The Oath of the Scribes

•     Archival Preservation

•     Cartography (introductory level)

•     Public Readings and Recitations

•     Ceremonial Salt Records (introductory level)

Debate Topics:

Resolved: That, in accordance with Gor’s male-dominant societal structure, women shall not be permitted to hold positions of authority such as Magistrate or Head of Caste within our caste.

Resolved: That Merchant Magistrates shall be selected exclusively by members of the Merchant Caste, and not appointed from among the Scribes.

 I want to re-propose these two old stories, I hope you like them......

NEW DAY

 

 

    I wander around the lonely Oasis. I try to memorize every corner of the city and the island, Lucy isn't there yet, perhaps she sleeps in her rooms, and as I always did in the Northern village I love walking in the morning looking for a quiet corner where I can sit and admire the beauties of nature. The first birds are already flying among the trees, some very colorful parrots are on the still branches observing me, some little monkeys jump noisily on the branches with their cries, everything around is in bloom and the bushes are so green after the brief rain of the night.

      It is not difficult in the early morning to meet someone who goes into the forest to collect coconuts or scented flowers, some women at the stream kneeling on the bank beat their clothes and I silently pass by, some recognize me and greet me with respect, but I don't want to disturb them from their beautiful work as housewives.

      Having climbed a small slope, I look back, in the distance towards the palace and scan the windows where the beautiful Lucy will surely be with her maids preparing for the morning walk in the large garden, but I see nothing else, only a wisp of smoke rising high from the kitchens, the women are already preparing lunch and dinner for the day.

      I emerge from the thicket of palm trees onto a small beach by the sea, beautiful and isolated, I don't think anyone ever comes here, in fact I tell the guards to bring some chairs so I can rest and admire the sunrise when I go out in the morning for my usual walk.

   A wonderful thing just far from the beach, two dolphins play chasing each other in the water, their jumps resemble the dances of the palace dancers, behind the small cliff you can glimpse the ships outside the port waiting their turn to enter and unload the goods .

    Finally I find a small rock and I sit down, I take off my sandals and I put my feet in the still cold water of the night, and I look at the Sun which, coming out like a yellow ball of fire, spreads its rays, I look far away towards that Sun, and the my thoughts run far away, it is not long since I left the village of Hammersgaard, the beautiful Nani sir Erik and all the other Vikings who have given me their hospitality and friendship over the years, it was not easy to separate from them, but my place and here in the Oasis, now that no one from my family lives anymore, except my sisters and my parents who adopted me by taking me to the North in the village of Finnur Fjiord, but I haven't seen them for many years now, even if the love for they never end.
 

   Lucy told me that she loves me so much. I also can't help but think of her, and soon I hope to be able to take her to the Temple for the Ceremony, and who knows maybe one day I will have children with her-

 

    After the death of the Emir, sadness had invaded the Oasis there was no future, fate was raging against the El Nairad family, first Darian, then Orlando, the population mourned their Emirs.

     One day a ship arrived at the port from the North, it had the insignia of the Vikings, but it also had a banner of the eL Nairad family, the guards surprised to see the insignia ran to the Commander in the guard post, they reported about that strange ship that had just arrived , he, suspicious, went to the port to investigate if that ship was really strange, Viking ships often arrived from the North with furs and forest products, but this time something shook the Commander, on the bridge together with some Warriors there was a man with long black hair, he looked very much like the Emir who everyone in the gulf and in the Thassa Sea thought was dead after being shipwrecked in the storm.

   The Commander hurriedly climbed aboard along the steep gangway escorted by two trusted men, and was even more amazed to see that imposing man with his icy gaze scanning everything around as if looking for something, arriving on the bridge and then having introduced himself, the commander welcomed the man by asking him for his credentials, and his amazement increased when the man told him his name was Ulysses of Korat, one of Pascia's sons, who escaped death thanks to a slave who had hidden him in a basket and had brought him to Korat, in the Shendi region, he said that he was the eldest son of the Pasha, but with a different wife from the other sons, and that to escape the raiders and Bedouins of Cartassa, he boarded a Viking ship and of having lived with them in the North for many years, even though he had traveled a lot and studied, and now knowing of the death of his brothers he had rushed to the Oasis to help the population continue their happy lives with a man in command, now that they there are more heirs he had become the new Pasha.

    The news quickly spread around the island, everyone rushed to the port to pay homage to the new Pasha Ulysses of Korat, this was the name the Vikings had given him. Great celebrations were organized and the long closed palace was opened to the newcomer and every window was festively decorated, the celebrations lasted a week according to tradition, after which life slowly began to move forward, the happy people worked and the Pasha he knew how to command those people firmly and wisely.

      But the Pasha wasn't happy, he was alone, he didn't have a partner, often in the evening he would go to the port, sit on the dock and look at the infinite in search of something lost, he was looking for love. One fine day while he was walking around the city greeted by everyone, a foreigner caught his attention, she wasn't excessively showy, she wore simple but well-made clothes, she walked haughtily with her guard, their eyes met and it was love at first sight, her deep blue eyes, her long blond hair, her long and tapered face, had won him over, Ulysses approached the woman asking her name and who she was and where she came from, she blushed after for that handsome and haughty man, even if he didn't yet know who he was, she said her name was Mariagiovanna, but everyone calls her Lucy, I've just arrived, she said, from the far west, in a region with a large gulf and I'm passing through here on my way. to the Sanctuary.
   

     Ulysses was so enraptured by the beauty of that woman, he invited her to the palace for a big party that would soon take place... she accepted without knowing who that man was, and they parted with the promise of seeing each other again at the palace.

        Lucy's surprise was great when she arrived at the palace and everyone bowed as she passed, until she reached the end of the hall where Ulysses was sitting on the throne waiting for her, she burst into tears of joy and amazement, Ulysses took her by the hand and accompanied her to the chair placed next to him and started the party. After many dances, he spoke to him about dreams and hopes and the future, and she told her life of happiness and sadness, the Pasha asked Lucy to stay at the palace and asked her to marry her, she, scared but happy, agreed to stay and promised to love him all his life and to give him children for his Kingdom.

     Now she lives in the Oasis, she furnishes her rooms and those of the children who will come, she spends a lot of time with Ulysses, hugging him and kissing him in return