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A little bit about Kassau
By: Admin Date: January 25, 2021, 4:19 am
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Kassau is a town of wood, and the temple is the greatest
building in the town. It towers far over the squalid huts, and
stabler homes of merchants, which crowd about it. Too, the town
is surrounded by a wall, with two gates, one large, facing the
inlet, leading in from Thassa, the other small, leading to the
forest behind the town. The wall is of sharpened logs, and is
defended by a catwalk. ~Marauders of Gor, page 27
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Re: A little bit about Kassau
By: Admin Date: January 25, 2021, 8:30 am
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The largest town south of Torvaldsland is Kassau, located at the
northern edge of the northern forests. It is most well known as
the seat of the High Initiate of the north who claims spiritual
sovereignty over all of the north including Torvaldsland. His
temple is the greatest building in Kassau, towering above the
wooden huts and merchant homes of the rest of the residents. T
he nearest other Initiate temple is hundreds of pasangs south in
the city of Lydius. During the events of Marauders of Gor, Ivar
Forkbeard and his group of raiders sack and loot the temple,
killing many of the Initiates. It is unknown if the temple was
rebuilt to its prior glory.
Kassau is protected by a wall of sharpened logs with a defensive
catwalk. The wall possesses only two gates. The larger gate
faces the inlet to Thassa. The smaller gate leads south to the
forest. Kassau has a population of about eleven hundred people.
There are also a number of nearby villages that rely on Kassau
as their market place. Their population would thus make the
total area population at around twenty-three hundred people.
Gurt is the Merchant Administrator of Kassau. He had a daughter
named Aelgifu but during the events of Marauders of Gor, she
became the slave of Ivar Forkbeard and was renamed Pudding.
The primary businesses of Kassau are trade, lumber and fishing.
There are enormous plankton banks on the north of town where
parsit fish are very common. Parsit fish are silvery and striped
with brown. They are a common food fish in the north. The
white-bellied grunt is a large game fish that feeds on parsits
and is also a common food fish in the north. The odor of the
fish-drying sheds in Kassau carries far out to sea. Lumber is a
valuable trade item and is often milled and traded to
Torvaldsland. In exchange, they often receive furs from the
north. Kassau also trades to the north weapons, iron bars, salt
and luxury items. These are usually brought from Lydius to
Kassau.
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Re: A little bit about Kassau
By: guest5 Date: January 25, 2021, 11:54 am
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Thank Y/you for posting this.
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Re: A little bit about Kassau
By: guest4 Date: February 14, 2021, 3:16 am
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Lydius: taken from the scrolls of Luther
(Lydius is about 550 miles down the coast from Kassau: a 5-6 day
sea voyage with good winds)
Lydius is a port city controlled by the Merchant Caste. It is a
city of contrasts, combining the roughness of the north regions
with the luxuries and civilization of the cities to the south.
For example, it is one of the only cities in the northern
regions that possesses public baths. Lydius contains a mint and
this mint is the only one within a thousand pasangs of
Torvaldsland. Many Gorean cities own or rent buildings in
Lydius. Thus, the population of Lydius contains a diverse mix of
different origins and cultures. Much wood and hides are brought
down the Laurius River to be sold in Lydius. The nearest major
town to the east of Lydius is Vonda of the Salerian
Confederation. One of the taverns of Lydius given in the books
is the tavern of Sarpedon.
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Re: A little bit about Kassau
By: Hunter Date: February 14, 2021, 5:28 pm
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A mint.
Sounds like an excuse to sail south and visit.
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