Hello and Welcome back all,
I've been away for quite some time, and have not been around to write many articles. But the goings on in Treve have once again caught my attention. It seems their Ubar was recently challenged for his position. This is not uncommon in Treve. They switch Ubars more often than most people change underwear in a month. But this one is a special case and I just want to go over it. A lesson for anyone playing a warrior.
I would first like to go off topic to address one thing. I have been receiving alot of IM logs and room logs, and while I will not get into their OOC non-sense. The characters of Firenza of Treve and Melania of Treve need a serious attitude adjustment. Their mouths (Or the the mouths of their NPC Guards) seem to have no limits, including spouting and thought RPing off such jewels as:
Firenza of Treve: She got unceremoniously yanked from her kneel and hauledback away from the action. Travis would catch hold of Melania's arm as welland lead her gently back to his sister. With that accomplished, he went tojoin Seravok at his
Firenza of Treve: side, fully ready to fight in the place of his Ubar whichwas, of course, the man's right as ruler of this city. It was stupid tochallenge a man who commanded MANY men on his home turf. His eyes narrowedfaintly on Kriger and then
Firenza of Treve: he smoked. "Fool." There. Outright. [d]
Melania of Treve: You fat f*cken swine..::remembering now Warn's adjectivesthat best describes this man::: You are not fit to tend tarsks ::and thereher impulsive tongue let loose..but not before Travis caught hold of her armand walked her to
Melania of Treve: Firenza::
...and...
Firenza of Treve: "Do the words of a mere woman affect you so...warrior?"Now that...pissed her off.
Firenza of Treve: "She is free. She can speak her own mind."
Ah-ha, wrong. A woman can speak her mind, all she wants to. Until a man informs her to shut her mouth. This is a male dominated society. If a man tells a woman to shut up, she better, or risk a collar.
Now back on subject. Myk of Treve (Ubar) was challenged by Kriger avHelvete to canjellne. Myk of Treve allowed WarnTheDeviI to fight for him in the challenge. Well as it goes, WarntheDevil won a very close DM, leading to Kriger's death. So far as i know Kriger is not challenging the DM and the scoring is correct. What I plan to address is Myk of Treve's assigning another Warrior to fight for him. Consider the following Warrior codes:
-21st Aphorism of the Codes-
To touch a Warrior without his permission is canjellne. To draw a weapon against a Warrior is canjellne. To misuse the property of a Warrior without recompense is canjellne. Canjellne is the Rite of Challenge. Woe be it to any who so challenges a Warrior!
-22nd Aphorism of the Codes-
A Warrior meets the challenges of those who do not share his caste in the manner he sees fit. Such a challenge may be so met in any fashion, provided it is not ignored.
-23rd Aphorism of the Codes-
A Warrior may respond to the rightful challenge of another Warrior in one of two ways: He may yield all, or he may answer with steel. Woe be it to any who yields all! A collar of iron awaits him one day.
These are three codes that apply to this chalenge. Kriger was a warrior, his challenge was rightful. Myk of Treve had only two responses. Yeild his seat as Ubar or answer with his steel. He choose neither path. He had another warrior fight for him. They justify it with the following arguement:
Firenza of Treve: [Um. Wrong. The Ubarate rights extend past those of amere warrior. And, for the record? ALL Ubars were of the Red Caste, since itwas a war-time or battle-time position.]
The Ubarate rights extend past those of a "mere warrior." Must they be reminded that to be a Warrior is to be one of the High Castes? Must they be reminded that without that caste the man would be NOTHING?!? How can a Warrior be above his own codes? Observe these codes:
-17th Aphorism of the Codes-
There is a time for Ubars, and there is a time when Ubars must also bow. Let no Ubar stand longer than his city has need of him.
-20th Aphorism of the Codes-
No Warrior can be of the Warriors who lives not the Codes of his caste.
If this man chooses not to follow by his codes for whatever ill-conceived reason, then he is not a Warrior, and by Firenza's own admission, NOT the Ubar.
Just something to dwell on. I congratulate however the two who did participate in the DM. They are not easy things to face and many would go running from them. You have played you characters well in that respect.
I wish you well.
For tomorrow is another day.
Mun of Torrin
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4 comments:
Isn't Treve supposed to have an Administrator... not an Ubar? Or have I missed something in the books? Or... of course, it's an AOL-Gor thing.
So let me get this straight - anyone can walk right up to the Ubar/Administrator of a city and challenge them simply because they are a warrior? Kind of threatens the stability of the position and the city greatly if that were the case.
And yes, according the books, Treve didn't have an Ubar, it was an Administrator. It's an AOL-Gor thing.
Actually the ONLY book which dealt with Treve as a whole was Witness of Gor. It did not say "Treve did not have an Ubar". Just because they had an Administator, does not mean there was not also an Ubar. Such occurred in Ar where the Administrator wasn't even Arian.
Furthermore all the 'Aphorisms' listed in the article do not appear in the books anywhere. There is 1 Aphorism in the boosk, the 97th Aphorism which is a riddle. It does not appear in the books until book 24 Vagabonds of Gor.
The only question I have concerning this particular event is this: Who, what, when, where, why, and how is Kriger a citizen of Treve? Is there even a record of his citizenship anywhere? By any Ubar or Administrator of Treve? Even those who split had records of their swearing in to Treve. If someone barges into a Trevan SL and is not even Trevan? Frankly, the man would have been impaled on the spot, regardless of his caste. Is Kriger a legitimate citizen or not???
A non-citizen of Treve, be he a warrior or not...doesn't rate a Deathmatch against the "ruler" of any city. Treve is an exception because they have very stringent entering and exiting criteria.
Oh, and Firenza didn't say women couldn't speak their mind. You misread that one.
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