Venna (noun): a small, exclusive resort city, located west of Voltai and about two hundred pasangs north of Ar, noted for its fine baths and tharlarion races. It is a common locale for the villas of the rich, usually from Ar. Venna has many small and fine shops, catering to the wealthy. The Telluria section, in the northwest part of the city, on a hill, is the preferred residential section. (Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 88; Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 319)
vengeance and contempt slavery (adv): one form of vengeance slavery is proxy slavery where one woman, totally innocent, is enslaved and made to stand proxy for a hated, but unavailable woman, even being given her name. Ironically, even though the original woman may be found, the proxy is not released from slavery. (Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, pages 139-140)
Verl River (noun): tributary of the Vosk that flows northwestward into the Vosk.
verr (noun): a mountain goat indigenous to the Voltai Mountains; wild, agile, ill-tempered, with long hair and spiraling horns; source of a form of wool; it milk is potable, as well as being used for cheese (Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 63)
verr grass (noun): a type of common brownish grass that grows, stubbornly, in the shaded spots of the Tahari. (Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 71).
verr milk (noun): sometimes sold in open markets from a brass container, carried on a strap and served in tiny brass cups. (Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 61)
verus (adjective): true
Victoria (noun): a port city, capital of the Vosk League, located on the northern bank of the Vosk River, east of Ar’s Station. One of the founding members and headquarters of the Vosk League, it is known as a haven for pirates and it slave markets. It was once known as a den of thieves, a market and slave town. Most of the pirates and thieves have been run out of the town. Tasdron is the Administrator. (Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 235; Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 34)
viktel (noun): triumph, as in Viktel Aria, a military road named “Triumph of Ar” (Book 19: Kajira of Gor, page 217)
Viktel Aria (noun): a military road, the phrase translates as “Ar’s Triumph” or “The Triumph of Ar” and is also known as the Vosk Road in its more northern lengths; its northern terminus is Ar’s Station. Since it is the most direct route from Ar to the Vosk, it is a military road. Wide and built like a wall set into the earth it is marked with pasang stones. There are deep ditches along much of the road except for crossroads and turn-offs, to make it harder to bring supply wagons onto the road from the east and west. (Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 63; Book 19: Kajira of Gor, page 217)
vine, liana (noun): a rainforest plant that can be used as a source of drinking water; usually the first cut is made high about the head and the second cut made about a foot from the ground, giving a vine tube which when drained will yield approximately a lieter of water
(Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 310)
vint (noun): tiny, sand-colored insects found in the Tahari Desert.
(Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 115)
Violet grass (noun): patches of stalky grass, one of several hues used in pleasure gardens of Turia.
virgin bell (noun): single bell sometimes worn on a Freewoman’s left ankle to announce her availability to swains. (Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 45)
Voltai Mountain Range (noun): also known as the Red Mountains, located east of Ar and south of the Vosk river, stretching from there to the Tahari Desert. The Voltai are the eastern border of known Gor. They are dull reddish cliffs due to large deposits of iron oxide and are the greatest mountain range on known Gor. The Voltai is home to several bandit cities and bands of outlaws including Treve. (Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 144)
Vonda (noun): a city, part of the Salerian Confederation, located downriver of the Olni River, which has no tarnsmen.
Vosk (noun): Gor's mightiest river, flowing thousands of pasangs in a slightly southwesterly direction from its source in the Voltai Range to the marshes of the Vosk Delta, the Tamber Gulf, and on the the Thassa, it rampages across most of known Gor, over forty pasangs broad. The scene of mighty naval battles, involving fleets of warships, it is under constant threat from river pirates and cities who would control its merchant trade. The Vosk League, a political and protective alliance, was formed to promote trade interests by the towns along its banks. See also “Vosk League.” (Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 72; Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 40; Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 235)
