Flora, Fauna, and Other Living Beings
Plants
Bushes, vines and shrubs
Blue Short Grass ...
A powder made of this grass once dried and crushed is used as an analgesic. It grows beneath the water of falls.Brak Bush ...
Branches of this plant are nailed over doors during the Waiting Hand to discourage bad luck from entering the house in the New Year.Carpet Plant ... From the rainforests of Schendi, its tendrils are used as a source of water.
Kanda ...
A shrub of the Gorean deserts whose roots hold a lethal poison. Kanda leaves have a strong, addictive narcotic effect that may make this plant a cousin of the Earth Coca plant.Kes ...
A shrub of the desert lands. Its roots are used in sullage.Liana Vine ...
A creeping plant of the rainforests used as a source of drinking water.Tospit Bush ...
Shrub that grows in patches in the Cartius Valleys, its fruit, small, peachlike, usually candied, is a popular garnish to many Gorean drinks and foods.
Crops
Rep ...
Gor's version of the rice plantations...
Sa-Tarna ...
Staple crop of Gor, Sa-Tarna is the Gorean word for "Life daughter", its grains are sued in the making of Sa-Tarna bread, usually yellow but not exclusively, as the Taharians are said to have a browner version of it, adapted to growth in the desert lands. Sa-Tarna is also used in the brewing of Sa-Paga or Pagar-Sa-Tarna (Pleasure of life daughter), a well known alcoholic beverage of Gor.
Rence ...
A long stalked plant of the marshes that fill the Delta of the Vosk, rence is used for food, fuel, cloth, and the making of paper that is sold to merchants of Port Kar.
Flowers
Dina ...
Small, multiple petaled flower of the northern regions akin the earth rose. It is sometimes referred ot as the slave flower and its print is commonly used as a brand.Flaminium ...
A five petaled scarlet flower.Talendar ...
A delicate flower of bright yellow that is the symbol of beauty and passion.Veminium ...
A small blue flower that grows on the rich soiled Thentis range. A different variety of it, of purplish shades, is found on the edge of the Tahari, it is called the Desert Vermimium.
Trees
Flower tree ...
Ka-la-na tree ...
A golden colored tree, its reddish fruit supplies Gor with its prime source of wine, the famed Ka-la-na. Ka-la-na wood is described as supple and strong, Goreans use it in building ships among other things. The long bow of Peasants is also made from a Ka-la-na branch.Needle tree ...
A pipelike evergreen of the Northern forest used in the building of ships. The oil of its needles is also used in the making of perfumes.Tem ...
A dark wood tree used in building of ships among other things.Tur ...
A redwood tree used in the building of ships among other things. Its branches host the Tur-Pah, a vinelike parasite plant with edible leaves. The City of Turia is said to have been named after this tree.
Roots, pods and bulbs
Kanda ...
A desert leafy plant with what is described as resembling a narcotic property. It seems the chewing of Kanda leaves brings a state of euphoria/numbness that is similar to that of strong analgesics.Leech plant ...
A plant that draws its name from the fact that it feeds on blood.Sip Root ...
A bitter tasting bulb used in the making of slavewyne.
ANIMALS
ARMORED GATCH:
A marsupial living in the Schendi rainforests.
BLACK SQUIRRELS:
Inhabitant of the rainforest.
BOSK:
cross between the Yak and Buffalo, meat can be roasted, dried, stewed, broiled, provides milk, and the skins can be used for leather like material.
GIANI:
A large mammal of solitary habits which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi. They are normally cat-sized panthers, not dangerious to man
GIANT TARSK:
cousin of the smaller tarsk, stands 10 hands high at the shoulder.
GIANT URT:
cousin of the smaller tarsk, It was a giant urt, fat, sleek and white; it bared it three rows of needlelike white teeth at me and squealed in anger; two horns, tusks like flat crescents curved from its jaw; another two horns, similar to the first, modifications of the bony tissue forimg the upper ridge of the eys socket, protruded over those gleaming eyes that seemed to feast themselves upon me, as it waiting the permission of the keeper to hurl itself on its feeding trough. Its fat body trembled with anticipation.
OUTLAW OF GOR Pg. 85-86GOREAN PYTHON:
GROUND URT:
A small rodent which inhabits the floor of the rainforests inland of Schendi
HITH:
A large, python like snake
HORNED VERR:
kangaroo like animal, the fur is wool
HURT:
kangaroo like animal, the fur is wool like used for clothing.
JIT MONKEY:
Lives in the Schendi rainforests.
JUNGLE LARL:
Less dangerous to man, than the northern larl, inhabitant of the rainforest.
JUNGLE VART:
A relative of the northern vart, it inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi
KAIILA:
an animal like the velociraptor, 20-22 hands high, very fast and carneverous, very vicious from birth, covered with silky fur, eyes have 3 lids to protect it from blowing sands.
KAILIAUK:
Heavy ruminant, tawny with markings of red and brown on its haunches, 3 horns, 20-25 hands at shoulder.
LARL:
A large (7 ft. at shoulder) feline, tawny red or black in color, having a black mane; carnivorous; similar to a lion.
LEAF URT:
A small tree-dwelling rodent, having 4 toes, which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi. Similar to the tree sloth
LEEM:
a small arctic rodent, five to ten ounces in weight, hybernates in the winter. It's furs are sold by the Red Hunters
OST:
Small snake, about 12" long, bright orange color; its' venom causes extremely painful death within seconds; a type living in therainforests inland of Schendi are red with black stripes.
PANTHER, JUNGLE:
Less dangerous to man, than the northern variety, inhabitant of the rainforest.
QUALAE:
Small, tan colored, 3-toed mammal with a stiff, brushy mane of black hair.
RACING TARNS:
Slender, lighter birds bred for speed and endurance. Racing Tarns are used by messengers.
RIVER THARLARION:
Extremely large, herbivorous, web-footed lizards used by bargemen of the Cartius River to pull barges
ROCK THARLARION:
A small reptile of the Tahari.
SLEE:
A rodent which lives in the rainforests inland of Schendi
SLEEN:
The deadly hunting dog of Gor..a mix of a weasel and a Komodo drag, furry, with fangs that drip a deadly poison. With 6 legs and tencious they can track a trail days old as if it were fresh..rending and killing the object of the hunt. Sleen are pack animals and cared for only by their Masters so thatthey are not befriended by the slave who may try to escape.
SLEEN, PRAIRIE:
TABUK:
similar to the goat or gazelle, they are quick. There are more than 20 types of this animal found in the rainforests. Their sweet meat is roasted.
TARN:
Enormous relatives of the earth Golden eagle.with up to a 50' wing span..they are bred in 2 types, as follows:
TAARSIERS:
Large, swift beasts, at the shoulders, 40 hands tall. Warm blooded reptiles, they are used in battle and a smaller bred cousin as draft animals on Gor. The Marsh Thalarion is not domesticated, but a vicious hunter.
TARSK:
similar to a pig, being carrion eaters, the meat is not a favorite. A staple among rence growers, Tarsk can be roasted.
THARLARION:
The large, slow tharlarion are usedas draft animals and are plant eaters.
THARLARION, HIGH:
Agile tharlarion used as a mount for riding; They have very short, almost useless, front legs; carnivorous similar to the tyrannasaurus rex.
TREE URT:
A small tree-climbing rodent found in the rainforests inland of Schendi
TUMITS:
Hunted with bolos, this large carniverous bird lives on the plains and is hunted by the Nomads.
TWO-STOMACHED SNOW LART:
A mammalian animal with four legs, that is about 10" high, and weighs between 8-12 lbs. It hunts in the sun. The food in the second stomach can be held almost indefinitely. It is filled in the fall and lasts the lart through the winter night, which lasts months. It eats bird's legs and preys on the leem
URT:
Think of a reptilian rat..the size of a terrier urt, a small, silken-furred rodent akin to the Earth rat; it has three rows of teeth, two tusks, and two horns
VART:
Blind, bat-like flying rodent, about the size of a small dog.
VERR
A mountain goat indigenious to the Voltai. Wild, agile, ill tempered, long hair, spiral horned.
VULO:
a small pigeon like bird, can be roasted or baked in spices.
WAR TARNS:
heavier but agile, trained to aid in battle.
ZEDER:
A small, sleen-like, carnivorous mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi, esp. along the Ua River; grows to c. 2' and weighs 8-10 lbs; is diurnal, can swim very well, and builds a stick and mud nest in the branches of a tree, where it spends the night.
INSECTS
ANTS:
Explorers of Gor Pg. 313
CENTIPEDES:
Explorers of Gor Pg 313
GOLDEN BEETLE:
An insect, roughly the size of a rhinoceros, which lives in the caverns below the Nest of the Priest-Kings in the Sardar Mountains; its prey is the Priest Kings themselves.
HINTI:
Small, flea-like insects; unlike fleas, They are not parasites.
NEEDLE OR STING FLIES:
Originate in the delta, and similar Places. It's sting is extremely painful, but it is usually not dangerous, unless inflicted in great numbers.
ROCK SPIDER:
Explorers of Gor Pg 313
SCORPIONS:
Explorers of Gor Pg 313
SLIME WORM:
A long, slow, blind worm which inhabits the caverns below the Nest in the Sardar; scavenges the remains of the Golden Beetles kills.
STING OR NEEDLE FLIES:
Originate in the delta, and similar Places. It's sting is extremely painful, but it is usually not dangerous, unless inflicted in great numbers.
SWAMP SPIDERS:
large carnivorous spider with four eyes
TERMITES:
Explorers of Gor Pg 313
ZARLIT:
a large fly
MARINE LIFE
BALEEN WHALE:
Bluish bunt finned whale, often hunted by the Red Hunters.
BINT:
Small carnivorous freshwater fish which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi; a large school of bints can strip a carcass in minutes; similar to the piranha of Earth.
BLUE GRUNT:
A small, voracious, carnivorous freshwater fish, related to the Thassa grunt; like its larger cousin, it is attracted by blood.
DOCK EEL:
A black freshwater fish, 4' long and weighing 8-10 lbs.; carnivorous; they inhabit the shallow waters around the dock and wharves of river ports.
GIANT GINT:
A large cousin of the gint found in western Gor, similar in appearance, but with a 4-spined dorsal fin; is also amphibious and capable of walking on its pectoral fins.
GINT:
A tiny (6") freshwater fish which inhabits the rivers of the rain forests inland of Schendi; it has bulbous eyes and flipper-like fins; is amphibious, having both lungs and gills; is capable of walking on its pectoral fins; often found in the comp any of tharlarion, feeding off the scraps of their kills.
GRUNT:
A large, carnivorous, salt-water fish which inhabits Thassa; is often attracted by the blood of a wounded creature; similar to the shark of Earth.
HUNJER WHALE:
large black, toothed whale which is hunted by the Red Hunters.
LELT:
A small (5-7") blindfish with fernlike filaments at either side of the head which are its sensory organs; white, with long fins, it parsit fish a silvery fish having brown stripes.
MAMBA:
Large, predatory river tharlarion which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi; they have long, log-like bodies, with short, powerful legs and a long snout and tail; similar to Earth crocodiles.
MARINE SAURIAN:
Fish-like but reptilian, more than 20 ft in length.
MARSH SHARK:
Deadly fresh water hunter of the Gorean Marshes.. similar in shape to the shark of earth.
RIVER SHARK:
"A narrow, black, vicious, carnivorous fish with a triangular dorsal fin, which inhabits the rivers of Gor.
SALT SHARK:
A long-bodied (12' or more) carnivorous fish having gills situated under the jaw, several rows of triangular teeth, a sickle-like tail, and a sail-like dorsal fin; inhabits brine pits such as those of the Tahari.
SEA SLEEN:
long, sleek, mammal with flippers and six legs, and double fanged jaws, can weigh as much as 1000 pounds.. and as much as 20 feet in length, hunted by the Red Hunters for food and pelt.
SORP:
A shellfish, common esp. in the Vosk river, similar to an oyster; like an oyster, it manufactures pearls.
VOSK SORP:
A giant clam...that thrives in the seas and Marshes of Gor. ..the shell of which is large enough to be used as a throne.
WATER LIZARD:
WINGFISH:
Small blue salt-water fish with 4 poisonous spines on its dorsal fin which lives in the waters off Port Kar; its liver is considered a delicacy in Turia.
