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his retinue, whom I knew primarily as a Pani tarnsman,
Norman, John (2011-10-05). Mariners of Gor (Kindle Location 6546). E-Reads. Kindle Edition.
Several of the readied tarns, some bearing more than one man, had eventually taken to the air successfully. Several had earlier been slain by glaives, or struck with arrows, even as they prepared to take flight.
Rebels of Gor - Kindle Edition - Location 53
As a tarn force it was superbly trained and uniquely equipped for aerial combat, far more so than the usual tarn forces of known Gor, which usually consisted, in effect, of mounted infantry, spear bearing, and armed with a saddle-clearing crossbow. We used the supple temwood lance and a bow modeled on the Tuchuk saddle bow, the lance lighter and longer than the spear, exceeding its reach, and the string bow capable, of course, of firing several missiles to one of the traditional crossbow. The great peasant bow was impractical to use on tarnback.
Rebels of Gor - Kindle Edition - Location 53
As it turned out *I was to be enlisted in the service of Pani warriors, to equip and train a tarn cavalry, for eventual deployment at the World's End. I knew little of what lay behind these matters. It seemed likely, however, given the mysterious appearance of Pani in the northern forests, and the work on a great ship, so far from civilization, a ship which might be capable of crossing Thassa, that this business would have to do, somehow, with Kurii, or Priest-Kings, or both.
Rebels of Gor - Kindle Edition - Location 371