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Re: Quote on Tarns from Tarnsman of Gor
Melinda - 04.07.2007, 10:44Quote on Tarns from Tarnsman of Gor
Tal All,
Since lately I have seen women, or shall I say Panthers, to fly on and lead a Tarn, and even worse attack from a Tarn, I though that a quote straight fom the books would make it clear, that, due to the nature itself of that bird, the visciousness, and strengh required to control this bird, a woman, no matter what woman, at least in Gor, wouldnt be able to drive, lead or even *dom* the bird, if even for Men it wasnt that easy. Time to be realistic would I say, at least were we can be.
The Goreans believe, incredibly enough, that the capacity to master a tarn is innate and that some men possess this characteristic and that some do not. One does not learn to master a tarn. It is a matter of blood and spirit, of beast and man, of a relation between two beings which must be immediate, intuitive, spontaneous. It is said that a tarn knows who is a Tarnsman and who is not, and that those who are not die in this first meeting.
My first impression vas that of a rush of wind and a great snapping sound, as if a giant might be snapping an enormous towel or scarf; then I was cowering, awestricken, in a great winged shadow, and an immense tarn, his talons extended like gigantic steel hooks, his wings sputtering fiercely in the air, hung above me, motionless except for the beating of his wings.
"Stand clear of the wings," shouted the Older Tarl. I needed no urging. I darted from under the bird. One stroke of those wings would hurl me yards from the top of the cylinder. The tarn dropped to the roof of the cylinder and regarded us with his bright black eyes.
Though the tarn, like most birds, is surprisingly light for its size, this primarily having to do with the comparative hollowness of the bones, it is an extremely powerful bird, powerful even beyond what one would expect from such a monster. Whereas large Earth birds, such as the eagle, must, when taking flight from the ground, begin with a running start, the tarn, with its incredible musculature, aided undoubtedly by the somewhat lighter gravity of Gor, can with a spring and a sudden flurry of its giant wings lift both himself and his rider into the air. In Gorean, these .birds are sometimes spoken of as Brothers of the Wind.
The plumage of tarns is various, and they are bred for their colors as well as their strength and intelligence. Black tarns are used for night raids, white tarns in winter campaigns, and multicolored, resplendent tarns are bred for warriors who wish to ride proudly, regardless of the lack of camouflage. 'The most common tarn, however, is greenish brown. Disregarding the disproportion in size, the Earth bird which the tarn most closely resembles is the hawk, with the exception that it bas a crest somewhat of the nature of a jay's.
Tarns, who are vicious things, are seldom more than half tamed and; like their dim;native earthly counterparts, like hawks, are carnivorous. It is not unknown for a tarn to attack and devour his own rider. They fear nothing but the tarn-goad. They are trained by men of the Caste of Tarn Keepers to respond to it while still young, when they can be fastened by wires to the training perches. Whenever a young bird soars away or refuses obedience in some fashion, he is dragged back to the perch and beaten with the tarn-goad. Rings, comparable to those which are fastened on the legs of the young birds, are worn by the adult birds to reinforce the memory of the hobbling wire and the tarn-goad. Later, of course, the adult birds are not fastened, but the conditioning given them in their. youth usually holds, except when they become abnormally disturbed or have not been able to obtain food. The tarn is one of the two most common mounts of a Gorean warrior; the other is the high tharlarion, a species of saddle lizard, used mostly by clans who have never mastered tarns. No one in the City of Cylinders, as far as I knew, maintained tharlarions, though they were supposedly quite common on Gor, particularly in the lower areas-in swampland and on the deserts.
The Older Tarl had mounted his tarn, climbing up the five-rung leather mounting ladder which hangs on the left side of the saddle and is pulled up in flight. He fastened himself in the saddle with a broad purple strap. He tossed me a small object which. nearly fell from my fumbling hands. It was a tarn whistle, with its own note, which would summon one tarn, and one tarn only, the mount which was intended for me. Never since the panic of the disoriented compass back in the mountains of New Hampshire had I been so frightened, but this time I refused to allow my fear the fatal inch it required. If I was to die, it would be; if I was not to die, I would not.
I smiled to myself in spite of my fear, amused at the remark I had addressed to myself. It sounded like something out of the code of the Warrior, something which, if taken literally, would seem to encourage its believer to take not the slightest or most sane precautions for his safety. I blew a note on the whistle, and it was shrill and different, of a new pitch from that of the Old Tarl.
Almost immediately from somewhere, perhaps from a ledge out of sight; rose a fantastic object, another giant tarn, even larger than the first, a glossy sable tarn which circled the cylinder once and then wheeled toward me, landing a few feet away, his talons striking on the roof with a sound like hurled gauntlets. His talons were shod with steel-a war tarn. He raised his curved be to the sky and screamed, lifting and shaking his wings· s enormous head turned toward me, and his round, wicked eyes blazed in my direction. The next thing I knew his beak was open; I caught a brief sight of his thin,sharp tongue, as long as a man's arm; darting out and back, and then, snapping at me, he lunged forward, striking at me with that' monstrous beak, and I heard the Older Tarl cry out in horror, "The goad! The goad!"
TARNSMAN OF GOR; pages 51 - 53
"""The tarn is guided by virtue of a throat strap, to which are attached, normally, six leather streamers, or reins, which are fixed in a metal ring on the forward portion of the saddle. The reins are of different colors, but one learns them by ring position and not color. Each of the reins attaches to a small ring on the throat strap, and the rings are spaced evenly. Accordingly, the mechanics are simple. One draws on the streamer, or rein, which is attached to the ring most nearly approximating the direction in which one wishes to go. For example, to land or lose altitude, one uses the four-strap which exerts pressure an the four-ring, which is located beneath the throat of the tarn. To rise into flight, or gain altitude, one draws an the one-strap, which exerts pressure on the one-ring, which is located on the back of the tarn's neck. The throat-strap rings, corresponding to the position of the reins on the main saddle ring, are numbered in a clockwise fashion.
The tarn-goad alas is occasionally used in guiding the bird. One strikes the bird in the direction opposite to which one wishes to go, and the bird, withdrawing from the goad, moues in that direction.
Tarnsman of Gor; page 55""
Enjoy
Melinda
Re: Quote on Tarns from Tarnsman of Gor
Windsweptgold - 04.07.2007, 11:18
Thank you for that information. I find it interesting when you inform people some of the things of gor they reply " but this is SL and i can do it if i want" Well maybe the next time a panther takes to me with a whip even thought i am with child ill decide the Priest Kings granted me the ability to pull a Uzi from no where and use it only in self defense of course.
Now if i did that i am sure there would be many who would cry foul but hey Its SL i can do what i want right?
Why join a gor sim if you cant be gorean, men be men women be ladies or slaves if we want Princeses we will go to Disney.
Re: Quote on Tarns from Tarnsman of Gor
Melinda - 04.07.2007, 11:37
I agree there Lady, unfortunately is so.
I am currently looking for the quotes on how people were transported via Tarn.
From what I recall they were either on the Tarn as we are seeing it in SL, but normally, there were carried in baskets..one on each side of the tarn..into which FWs and slaves are set while travelling, much like a package.
I will try to explain here some of the reasons of why even a panther that is free cant really fly a tarn or even get to a tarn.
1) Tarns are lead by people that tarns choose not that people choose to fly. Not any tarn can be lead by any people, see quote above.
2) A panther is an escaped slave, FW whatever, an outlaw by that a recognized outlaw, for them to catch a Tarn, it would mean
a) they are recognized by the tarn
b) they are able to sneek into the city, capture the tarn and take it away
c) for b) to happen, they must be unarmed and disguised and enter a city or whatever place
d) NO panthers baring that name would setat risk her safety and freedom to be captured and enslaved or, even worse, killed.
3) A woman (panthers arent any different then a woman) have the strenght of a 12yo child compared to the strenght of a Man
So as you can see, all these factors make it impossible to even think they can dominate a tarn. Panthers have an existance in the books for a very specific purpose and these is not to be xena, or wonder woman, or Super Jaimie
I have to agree with you for people screaming as you pulling a whip and dismounting the Panther from the tarn, of course you would be seen as a joker, but we all hold the right to ignore ungorean actions, even in the name of fun, my fun is to be Gor, in Gor, by Gor, as much as I can.
As I said, some things cant be so easely adapted, but most can be, and should be, we all learn...but the question..do we want to?
I hope that those that come to Gor are here for the fun to be gorean, a very particular way of living, requiring that we learn a bit of earthian history, a bit of ourselves and a bit of the phantasy that is associated to the series of JN.
I hope I can help people a bit with those quotes and by that contribute to Gor as Gor (no I am not perfect!! far from it)
respectfully
Melinda
PS: daughter in law...go and rest...*smile*
Re: Quote on Tarns from Tarnsman of Gor
Windsweptgold - 05.07.2007, 00:08
Flying over Water
It is extremely difficult to take a tarn far out over the water.
I did not know if they could be controlled at sea.
Generally even tarn goads cannot drive them from the sight of land.
Raiders of Gor, pages 271-272
The tarn can scarcely be taken from the sight of land. Even driven by tarn-goads he will rebel. These tarns had been hooded. Whereas their instincts apparently tend to keep them within the sight of land, I did not know what would be the case if they were unhooded at sea, and there was no land to be found. Perhaps they would not leave the ship. Perhaps they would go mad with rage or fear. I knew tarns had destroyed riders who had attempted to ride them out over Thassa from the shore. But I hoped that the tarns, finding themselves out of the sight of land, might accommodate themselves to the experience. I was hoping that, in the strange intelligence of animals, it would be the departure from land, and not the mere positioning of being out of the sight of land, that would be counter-instinctual for the great birds.
Doubtless I would soon know.
Raiders of Gor, pages 273-274
I have been resting MIL :P
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