Trivia Time

[RAGNAR]

as to the confussion... i did not specify should it be on line or in book.. but to be honest the scars and the silk colours are simalar... but they are for on line only that is what I learned I could be mistaken.. I will bow to the Masters decistion on this one ** but I belive that the first responce was correct**

Then proceed along that line.

[kadi{MTC}]

what is black, has eighty legs and eats gold

[Taryn]

Black Sleen; the ship of Thorguard of Scagnar

[kadi{MTC}]

ai Mistress You are right Your go


he did much better, I might mention, in the riddle guessing; but not well enough to win; he missed the following riddle "What is black, has eighty legs and eats gold?" the answer, though it might not seem obvious, was Black Sleen, the ship of Thorgard of Scagnar; the Forkbeard's answer had been Black Shark, the legendary ship of Torvald, reputed dis-coverer and first Jarl of Torvaldsland

Marauders of Gor page 167

[Taryn]

Two part question... meaning you have to answer both questions to move on... ~grins~

What are the two most common sleen that are trained?

What is the length of both?

[Thalia]

Perhaps you are thinking of the Prairie sleen of the Wagon Peoples, which is tawny-colored and 7-9 feet long, and the Gray sleen, considered the finest of all hunters and thus quite useful for tracking slaves and escaped figutives, which is 20 feet long?

[Taryn]

~shakes my head~ you got one right on both accounts... but it's not the gray sleen...

[kadi{MTC}]

Hunting Sleen and is 20 feet long
Prairie Sleen and is 7 feet long

[Taryn]

nope, it's not hunting sleens either...

[familure{TD}]

the parie sleen, which is around 7 ft in length, and the forest sleen (which can be brown or black), which can be up to 20 ft in length.

[familure{TD}]

ok...i looked this up cause the blonde brain is sometimes a little muddled~lol~

on the WoG site http://www.worldofgor.com/ref/ref_mammals.asp...there is this quote~

There are many varieties of sleen, and most varieties can be, to one extent or another, domesticated. The two most common sorts of trained sleen are the smaller, tawny prairie sleen, and the large, brown or black forest sleen, sometimes attaining a length of twenty feet. In the north, I am told the snow sleen has been domesticated. The sleen is a dangerous and fairly common animal on Gor, which has adapted itself to a variety of environments. There is even an aquatic variety, called the sea sleen, which is one of the swiftest and most dreaded beasts in the sea....

Sleen are used for a multitude of purposes on Gor, but most commonly they are used for herding, tracking, guarding and patrolling. The verr and the bosk are the most common animals herded; tabuk and slave girls are the most common animals tracked; the uses to which the sleen is put to guarding and patrolling are innumerable; it is used to secure borders, to prowl walls and protect camps; it may run loose in the streets after curfews....
---Slave Girl of Gor, 8:185-186

and then under Forest Sleen~

Sleen, Forest
Usually brown or black in color, and measure up to 20 feet in length. They are seen used as 'hunting sleen' for the tracking of game or men.

~scrunchin up my face~...not trying to be a smart ass...was just thinking kadi used the term hunting sleen meaning forest sleen (which is what was tickling my fuzzified brain)

[Taryn]

~nods and smiles at lure~ yuppers.. those are the correct two... ~grins~ you're up next, lure

~edits to add~

yes, kadi used hunting sleens as her answer, but it wasn't what I was going for... as that isn't the correct name of the sleen.... ~winks~

[familure{TD}]

thank You Mistress~ss

hrmmm...

it is common knowledge that slaves are belled for various reasons, but would a Free Woman ever be belled? if so...why?

[Thalia]

Actually, yes!  Free women of the Tahari sometimes wore walking chains on which was hung a single bell.  These chains ensured a measured, graceful stride, and the chiming of the single bell advertised that the woman was a virgin and suitable for Companionship.  These bells can be differentiated from that worn upon the ankle chains of the slave girl by the tone.

Free women, in the Tahari, incidentally, usually, when out of their houses, also measure their stride. Some fasten their own ankles together with silken thongs. Some dare even the chain, though they retain its key. Free girls, not yet companions, but of an age appropriate for the companionship, sometimes signal their availability to possible swains by belling their left ankles with a single "virgin bell." The note of this bell, which is bright and clear, is easily distinguished from those of the degrading, sensual bells of the slave.--Tribesman of Gor, 44-45

[familure{TD}]

yup yup!

you're up~s