The Gorean Voice - May 2000 - Vol II Issue 11

Marauders of Gor book # 9

All of these puzzles on this page are from theMarauders of Gor, book # 9, chapters 10 thru the end. They were provided by lyri and I thank her for providing them to you for your enjoyment and for the challenges in trying to get them onto a page. As you might guess, next month will be Tribesmen of Gor, book # 10.

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ACROSS

2 Mystery man from the East
5 The beasts
6 divides men into rankings at a table
8 It is beneath a warrior to know these
11 Svein swore on the ring of this temple
14 Male slave
16 This Kur expression is frightening
17 Only female slaves expose this
19 Bosk urine is used as a cleaning agent because of this
20 Companion of Svein Blue Tooth
22 Tarl sees a pictograph of this
23 One of the Kur weapons

DOWN

1 In few if any human relationships is this found
2 That the Kurii had a sense of this, did not reassure Tarl
3 Delicacy to Kur
4 Leader or Master in Torvaldsland
5 The most common expression for a Gorean female slave
7 Svein had this about his neck
9 He was instrumental in helping Kurii
10 Earth guards this better than females
12 These were used to break the Kurii square during the battle
13 Tarl thought if Ivar did this, it might drive the Kurii away
14 She betrayed Tarl
15 Like men, Kur were this
18 Women of the north don't wear this
19 The man of Torvaldsland never leaves his house unless he is this.
21 10th Hour
24 This was found in the sleeping chamber
25 Number of talmits Ivar won

Kryptoquizzes

Instructions: Decipher the code by substituting a letter of the alphabet for each letter in the coded message.


Number 1:

  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

        "UH LHBFU," RP RC CFRA, "GUHLC PYZVJ LOFP COQ RC ZUPRV COQ OFC LHYU     POQ 
MHVVFY."

Number 2:

 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

        "XGBIDSH," ODPH AR, "OSRRLO PZ XAR XGBIDSHOKRBV, DZH ADO HGZR OG JGB    D 
XAGWODZH MRDBO.  AR QDPXO XG KR QDFRZRH.  QARZ APO SDZH ZRRHO APY,      AR OADSS 
DQDFR.  AR OADSS XARZ SRDH WO XG KDXXSR.  DVDPZ AR QPSS SRDH    XAR YRZ GJ XAR 
ZGBXA."

Number 3:

  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

        BI MUIB AWZZAI DL EWN.  HYZ EI ECR LDYSEZ BIAA.  BECZ IAVI UIIR DUI     MUDB 
DL C NCU?

Number 4:

  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

        S UDMMKLWF GKEWSBKM YCK UDAGKQK AZRKG ZO YCK DLSYKM TZGKEL RSWW....S CEM 
MSUPZXKGKM RCEY SY REU YZ JK TZGKEL.

TRIVIA:

Trivia Questions:

1)  Name the contests of the Thing


2)  What is the significance of the Talmit?

3)  What protects the eyes of men from Ax Glacier from the cold?

4)  What's black, has 80 legs and eats gold?

5)  When this is carried, all free men are to respond

6)  This is regarded as an insult

7)  According to legend, Torvald sleeps there

8)  Death by tharlarion oil can occur in two ways, what are they?

9)  The pillars of Svein's hall were marked with what?

10)  Three things which will hold the attention of the men of Torvaldsland.. 
hint, slaves aren't one of them

11)  Ivar intended to wake Torvald, and instead woke what?

12)  Never before had men done this

13)  If a female cannot be herded by sleen, this is done.

14)  The frenzy of Odin had this effect

15)  What was shouted when the men attacked the Kur?

16)  Any bond-maid who did this during the first part of the battle would be 
slain.

17)  For a man to be great, he needs this.

If you just can’t stand to wait for the answers they are HERE