![]() ![]() It's name is taken from the word cart, a compass point indicating southwest .Īn island 400 pasangs west of Port Kar and hundred pasangs north of Tyros notable for growing ta-grapes on it's terraced hills. It is composed of three rivers, the Cartius Proper, Subequatorial Cartius, and Thassa Cartius. Brundisium served as the staging point for the Cosian invasion of Ar.īroad, fast-flowing tributary that flows into the Vosk river far to the south and west of Ar. The Genesian Road links it with other coastal cities. One of the largest and busiest ports of Gor and a commercial metropolis, it is 100 pasangs south of the Vosk Delta on the Thassa. No white man has ever penetrated to the eastern edge of the Barrens The grasses, shorter at it's western edge, can reach a height of several feet as one moves further east. Their climate can also include Booming thunderstorms and tornadoes and blizzards in which snow can drift as high as the mast of a light galley. They have extreme seasonal temperatures bitterly cold winters and long, hot, dry summers. Not as arable as the rest of Gor because of the presence of the Thentis mountains and the absence of large bodies of water. They are not as barren as the name suggests, but perhaps the nomenclature is intended to discourage their penetration. It stands at the northern terminus of the Viktel Aria which leads to Ar, also known as the Vosk Road.Ī vast tracts of rolling grasslands, lying east of the Thentis Mountains. When Cos landed at Brundisium, and moved it's forces toward Ar's Station, Ar failed to act because of political treachery. Ar's station was Ar's stronghold on the Vosk. Those Warriors who were betrayed by their city returned to it their goal to liberate Ar by whatever means to revenge her humiliation and regain the glory that was hers.Īn outpost of the Ubarate of Ar and trading station on the south bank of the Vosk, founded four years after Pa-Kur's hordes gathered there, prior to their war against Ar. Her citizenry burned their gates and tore down their walls to aid the Cosians. The powerful of Ar contributed to a disaster in the delta by not supporting their own army against the invading forces of Cos. Her politics lack the grandeur of the city itself. Surrounded by great walls, it's great Gate opens onto the Viktel Aria and there are forty other gates as well. A city of lofty cylinders, spires, towers, lights, and high bridges lit by lanterns connecting many of the towers. The largest, most populous, and most luxurious city of Gor. ![]()
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