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Planet Gor
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- Far across the gulf of space, shielded from the view of Earth's finest instruments by the blazing sphere of the sun and the technology of the Priest Kings, lies the world of Gor. It is another Earth, a counter-Earth, our twin and our opposite, the antichthon, an alien planet within our reach but beyond our grasp. On this far world, transplanted and lost human cultures - along with new and alien ones - survive, thrive and fight for power under the watchful eye of the mysterious Priest Kings. Kept at a relatively primitive level, these societies and city-states fight with blade, bow and spear but also on the backs of fantastical creatures, from the saurian tharlarion to the great flying war bird called the tarn. Behind it all, Gor rests upon the backs of slaves, taken in conquest or as a result of criminality, debt or custom. On Gor, slavery is seen as being as natural as a predator taking prey or the strong overcoming the weak. Equality is seen as a contemptible myth and though they do not discriminate by race, they do by gender. On Gor there is no gender equality, the differences are seen as immutable and important and many a beautiful woman will find herself in the chains of a Gorean master, taken as a prize, no matter her power or station. Men who are taken prisoner are unlikely to find themselves in so soft a slavery and may well be executed or put to work in mines or fields, until death or sale. Gor and Earth alike are pawns in a game between the secretive Priest Kings and the warlike Kur, an orphaned species from another star, huddled in steel worlds in the deep solar system and striving in a, long running, interplanetary Cold War to remove the Priest Kings and take the world for themselves. In the games of war, slavery, exploration and even the survival of worlds, heroes are needed to stand up for those who are simply men in the wars of the 'gods'. Glory, honour, riches, power and slaves are theirs for the taking.
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