Pani Book Quotes

Armor & Clothing

“I was at Cabot’s side to protect his left. And as a man fell, he was at the left of a Pani warrior with a large, horned, face-concealing helmet. The Pani warrior clutched a long curved sword with two hands.”— Mariners of Gor

“I looked up. The figure was in battle gear, and it removed from its head a large, winged helmet.”
“Ah,” said Lord Okimoto politely, “Lord Nishida.”— Mariners of Gor

“Some slaves, high slaves, may have sandals, even slippers, set with precious stones, but a free woman is likely to order them to remove such presumptuous footwear in her presence, and sometimes to bring them to her, dangling from their mouths, humbly, head down, on all fours—rather as a pet sleen or slave might bring footwear to her master.”— Mariners of Gor

“Both lords wore sandals. The hair of each was drawn behind the head and fastened in a ball or topknot. This was the case with many of the Pani, though not all.”— Mariners of Gor

Foodstuffs & Agents

“Tassa powder is a harmless, tasteless, swift-acting drug. It is commonly used in the taking of women. It might be introduced into the parties of maidens, into the private, candle-lit suppers of high-born beauties, into the beverages of inns or vendors.”— Swordsmen of Gor

“The staple in the Twelve Islands—which is actually far more than twelve—is not Sa-Tarna, but rice.”— Mariners of Gor

“Rice fields, or paddies, are associated with each village. A daimyo or shogun will have suzerainty over various villages, which he protects, and from which he obtains the means to maintain his men. He who controls the rice, it is said, controls the islands.”— Mariners of Gor

“The effect of Tassa powder is not felt for a time, but when it takes effect, it does so swiftly.”— Swordsmen of Gor

“One is not entitled to assume that a fair-skinned slave from abroad—one from a far different culture—is going to know what might be expected of her: the proper serving of sake, the appropriate temperature, and such.”— Mariners of Gor

“I hoped that, too, as I was growing weary of rice and parsit. The Pani do raise tarsk, verr, and of course, vulos.”— Mariners of Gor

Warrior & Daimyo

“I now saw one of the Pani emerging from the hut, carrying a head. These heads were clearly trophies of a sort... particularly if one of a celebrated foe, they might be treasured, the hair carefully combed and dressed, the head perfumed, the teeth painted black, and so on.”— Swordsmen of Gor

“Lord Nishida bowed first. There is apparently a certain order to such things—who bows first, how deeply one bows, and such.”— Mariners of Gor

“Hands, too, amongst the higher Pani, are often concealed in the broad sleeves of their robes. This makes possible the concealment, and ready availability, of a sleeve dagger.”— Mariners of Gor

“We are a formal, traditional people,” said Tajima. “The old ways are important to us. But we are also intelligent, adaptive, and always eager to adopt useful devices and pleasant customs.”— Swordsmen of Gor

Free Women

“The Pani free women, incidentally, seem—except for the companions of high officers—to have much lower status than the typical Gorean free woman. For example, an older sister, even a mother, must defer to a male child, bowing first.”— Mariners of Gor

“Their outburst earned them a cry of rage from the Pani woman in charge of the slave hut, who tore away their sheets and gave them several stinging strokes of a bamboo switch.”— Mariners of Gor

Contract Women

“Lord Nishida had two contract women—Sumomo and Hana. These women, I gathered, were not slaves. Their contracts could be bought and sold, and the women would accompany the contracts, which did not seem all that different from being slaves.”— Mariners of Gor

“These women, demure in their kimonos, their tiny hands in their sleeves, would sometimes visit the kenneled slaves. They looked upon them much as one would look upon caged verr. Sometimes they spoke softly amongst themselves, laughed, and turned away.”— Mariners of Gor

“The blackness of teeth was apparently regarded as cosmetically appealing. Indeed, certain beauties of the Pani blackened their teeth to enhance their charms.”— Swordsmen of Gor

“I would later learn that these were, indeed, ‘contract women,’ who, as girls, were often sold to pleasure houses, most often by their parents. Their contracts could be bought and sold—they were, in effect, slaves, but not thought of as such. They were not collared, branded, or tunicked, and regarded themselves, not arrogantly, but justifiably, as far superior to collar girls.”— Swordsmen of Gor

Slaves

“When a client enters the hut, if he thinks he might find one of the slaves of interest, he has her stand before him, her head down. He then lifts away the sheet and considers her. If he is pleased, he instructs her as to how he wishes to be pleased.”— Mariners of Gor

“Cecily had heeled me into the pavilion... She knelt with her head to the ground, palms down. ‘Please allow her to kneel up,’ said Lord Nishida. ‘Kneel up,’ I told Cecily. She then knelt up, her back straight, head up, hands on her thighs.”— Swordsmen of Gor

“The collar-girl was an animal who might be put to the straw in a stable, and would not even be permitted within the refined precincts of the pleasure house... She would be of little interest to a gentleman, save for her servile labors and squirmings in his arms.”— Swordsmen of Gor

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