The slaves of Landa are bound by Gorean Law and the Rules of the City. When submission is complete, as in the modialty of Gorean Slavery, she has no choices, her very life is in the Hands of the Free. The following quotes from the vast works of John Norman, begin to define just how much freedom a slave has, and what to expect should disciplinary measures be required.
"Perhaps it should only be added that the Gorean master, though often strict, is seldom cruel. The girl knows, if she pleases him, her lot will be an easy one. She will almost never encounter sadism or wanton cruelty, for the psychological environment that tends to breed these diseases is largely absent on Gor. This does not mean that she will not expect to be beaten if she disobeys, or fails to please her Master." Book 2, Outlaw of Gor, page 56
But what if he is weak?" she begged."Continue to serve him, in the fullness of your slavery, begging him for the least of his kisses, the most casual of his caresses...Even such small attentions, you will discover, now that you have become sensitized to your slavery, will be precious to you.""But what if he is stupid?" she asked"Beg him to sell you, or give you away," I said, "that you may, if only in being sold off on the block, come into the collar of another, one capable of satisfying what you are, a slave.""But what if he will not sell me, or give me away?" she said"Then," said I angrily,"that is how it will be, for it is you who wear the collar. He is the master. You are the slave." Book 25, Magicians of Gor page 233- 234
"When one who is a slave strikes a free person the penalty is not infrequently death by impalement, preceeded by lengthy torture." Book 5, Assassin of Gor, page 74
"Harold, as a boy, had once been a slave in the baths, those of the city of Turia, before he had escaped. He had told me that sometimes a Bath Girl, to discipline her, is thrown to the slaves in the darkness. Book 5, Assassin of Gor, page 164
'What is to be done with us?' demanded Verna. 'Curiosity,' said Marlenus, 'is not becoming in a Kajira. You might be beaten for it.' " Book 8, Hunters of Gor, page 142
'I will not eat the gruel of bond-maids,' said Aelgifu.'You will eat it' said the Forkbeard, 'or you will be stripped and put to the oar.' She looked at him in horror 'That will not violate you my pretty,' said the Forkbeard. In this punishment the girl, clothe or unclothed, is bound tightly to an oar, hands behind her, her head down, toward the blade. When the oar lifts from the water she gasps for breath, only in another moment to be submerged again. A recalcitrant girl may be kept on the oar for hours. There is also, however some danger in this, for sea sleen and the white sharks of the north occasionally attempt to tear such a girl from the oar. When food is low, it is not unknown for the men of Torvaldsland to use a bond-maid, if one is available on the ship, for bait in such a manner. The least pleasing girl is always used. This practice, of course encourages bond-maids to vigorously please their masters. An Ahn on the oar is usually more than sufficient to make the coldest and proudest of females an obedient, eager-to-please bond-maid." Book 9, Marauders of Gor, page 66
" 'A girl in a collar is not permitted inhabitions,' she said. It was true, slave girls must reveal their sexual nature, totally. Do they not do so, they are beaten." Book 9, Marauders of Gor, page 278
"Crusts of bread did I throw to the boards before her. It was slave bread, rough and coarse-grained. The beauty ate it eagerly. She had not known if she was to be fed that day. sometimes the slave is not fed. this might occur for aesthetic reasons, as, for example, if her measurements, which are generally carefully kept, should minutely depart from her master's conception of her ideal curvatures; sometimes merely to remind her of on whom she depends, totally, for her very life; sometimes as a training or disciplinary measure; sometimes merely to startle or puzzle her; what has she done; she is not told; has she not been sufficiently pleasing; she is not told; the girl, frightened, anxious, redoubles her efforts to please in all the thousand spheres of her slavery,intellectual, physical and imaginative; no master, it is said, who has not denied his girl food knows her; pleasant indeed are the surprises which such a fellow, who thought thitherto he knew his girl, upon the completion of the simple experiment, receives the girl's wits are sharpended; she becomes resourceful, helpless, desperate, attentive, inventive; 'Feed me, Master,' she begs. 'Feed me!'; at the conculusion of such an experiment, when she is fed, it is always, kneeling naked, from his hand. The lesson is not soon forgotten. Few things so impress the dominance of a male on a woman, and her dependence on him, as his control of her food. this dominance, provided it is absolute, thrills a woman to the core." Book 10, Tribesman of Gor, page 48
"I had been thrown to my Master's men. One after another had raped and beaten me, and thrown me to the next. I was handed about as an object fierce was the discipline that they handed me." Book 11, Slave Girl of Gor, page 94
"I could not believe the pain of the whip. I could not even conjecture what it would be to feel a true slave whip on my body. Yet I knew a girl could be subjected to a full and lengthy lashing by the true slave whip for so small a thing as having failed in some way that she might not even understand to be completely pleasing to the master. Indeed, she could be subjected to such a lashing for no other reason than that it pleased the master to do so. I had now, for the first time, the former Judy Thorton, felt a whip. I groaned in misery. I now had a new insight into the condition of my slavery. I would do anything, eagerly, the masters wanted." Book 11, Slave Girl of Gor, page 203
"Generally he disciplined me with a cuff of the flat of his hand. I respected him. He managed me well." Book 11, Slave Girl of Gor, page 247
"Whereas the first penalty is commonly only a severe beating, the second often involves hamstringing, or the cutting of the tendons behind the knees, this cripples the girl and makes her generally useless save as a pathetic example to her sisters in bondage of the foolishness of attempted escape." Book 11, Slave Girl of Gor, page 331
" 'Please Master,' she said 'Take pity on me. Take pity on the miserable needs of a slave girl.''You are not mine " I told her, " You are a pretty little thing, but I do not own you.' 'Please,' she said.'Your master,' I said, 'if he chooses, will satisfy your needs. If he does not, he will not.' For all I knew she might be under the discipline of deprivation. If that were so, I had no wish to impair the effectiveness of her master's control over her. Besides I did not know him. I did not wish to do him dishonor, whoever he might be. 'Does your master know you are begging in the streets?' I asked. 'No,' she said, frightened. 'Then,' said I, 'perhaps I should have your hands tied and write that upon your body.' " Book 12, Beasts of Gor, pages 48 - 49
"She was dressed, save for her bondage strings, in much the same way as most of the women of the red hunters, bare-breasted, with high boots and panties. Thistle, however, behind her, was naked, in a northern yoke and on a leather leash. 'We are going to pick moss and grass,' she said. 'That is good,' I said. 'Why is Thistle yoked?''It pleased me, Master,' said Thimble, first girl.'Was she insubordinate?' I asked. 'She said a sharp word to me,' said Thimble.'Did you switch her, too?' I asked. 'Of course, Master,' said Thimble.'Excellent,' I said. Discipline must be kept in the tent." Book 12, Beasts of Gor, pages 196 - 197
'Sometimes, Masters, as a discipline, rent their girls out to employers to perform repetitious,trivial tasks.' " Book 12, Beasts of Gor, page 249
'I think I could well serve such a master,' she said. 'You would,' I said, 'or you, being a slave, would be promptly and efficiently disciplined, most likely whipped.' 'Whipped?' she asked, 'Could such a man whip a girl?''Of course,' I said. 'Do not think that the pleasure he finds in you will be permitted in the least to compromise his mastery of you.''I would thrill to be owned by such a man,' she said." Book 12, Beasts of Gor, page 249
"...it is difficult for a woman who is naked before a man to lie to him. Clothing makes it easier to lie. Naked, a woman is exposed not only physically to a man but, in a sense, psychologically, as well. She fears psycholocgically, exposed as she is, that she can hide nothing, that he will see all, and detect all, that she is uttlerly open and vulnerable to him in all ways. This, for subtle and subjective reasons, having to do with psychology, makes it hard for her, when she is fully exposed to his scrutiny, to lie convincingly. She fears, somehow, he will know. And, actually, of course there is something to her fear, indeed, a great deal. When she tries to lie there is a fear involved and this fear, in subtle ways, in subtle drawings back, in tensensenesses, is manifested in her beautiful body, proclaiming it that of a liar. Many times a girl does not know how the master knows she is lying. At the slave ring, struck, she cries out in her misery. How could he have known? The answer is simple. Her body betrayed her. It told him. Too, slave girls seldom lie, for the punishments connected with lying can be extremely severe. A girl may be thrown alive to sleen for lying." Book 12, Beasts of Gor, pages 299 - 300
"The girl had now learned that her feet might be cut from her for running away, that her ears and nose might be cut from her for lying. She was still an ignorant girl, of course, but she now knew a little more of what it might be to be a slave on Gor." Book 13, Explorers of Gor, page 69
I looked out the door of the shop. I could see the girl, about one hundred and fifty yards away, her wrists crossed and bound before her, tied by the wrists to a heavy ring at the side of the pier. She knelt. Then the first stroke of the whip hit her. She screamed. Then she could scream no more but was twisting, gasping, on her stomach, and side and back, under the blows of the whip. I think she had not understood before what it might mean, truly, to be whipped. Men passed her, going about their business. The discipling of a slave girl on Gor is not that unusual a sight." Book 13, Explorers of Gor, page 70
"I think she had not realized what the whip could do to her. Yet the beating had been merciful and brief. I doubt that she was struck more than ten or fifteen times. I think the purpose of the whipping had been little more than to teach her what the whip could feel like. A girl who knows what the whip can feel like strives to be pleasing to the master." Book 13, Explorers of Gor, page 71
" 'Master,' said the girl. 'Yes,' I said.'You need not have struck me, earlier this afternoon,' she said. 'But I suppose that you are the judge of that, for you are the Master,' she added, airily. I looked at her. 'Surely one needs a reason for striking a slave,' she said. 'No,' I said. 'I see,' she said, putting her head down. She trembled.'Come here,' I said. 'Kneel before me, back on your heels.'She did so, looking at me. 'Master?' she asked. Suddenly I struck her, a fierce blow which flung her, mouth bloodied, to her side in the dirt. I stood up. 'Do you see?' I asked. 'Yes, Master,' she whispered, looking up at me, horrified. 'Now kneel before me and kiss my feet,' I said, 'and thank me for having struck you.'Tremblingly, she crawled to me, and knelt before me. She put her head down. I felt her lips on my feet. 'Thank you for having struck me, Master,' she whispered. She looked up at me. 'Do you now understand that you are a slave?' I asked. 'Yes, Master,' she said. 'Do you still think that a Master requires a reason to strike you?' I asked. 'No, Master,' she said. 'And why is that?' I asked. 'Because I am a slave,' she said." Book 13, Explorers of Gor, page 295
'We may protest, of course, if the masters see fit to permit it,' said Mira, 'But then, when we are finished, our discipline is reimposed upon us, perhaps even more severely.' 'Discipline?' breathed the girl. 'Yes,' said Mira, 'the slave girl is subject to discipline and punishment. She is owned, like a sleen or tarsk is owned. She is owned, literally owned, You must understand that in its full sense. Accordingly, anything may be done with her that the master wishes. She may even be slain, if the master wishes.' 'Then the slave girl is totally helpless,' said the girl. 'She is totally at the mercy of the master.' 'Yes,' said Mira. 'I would like that,' said the girl. 'Oh?' asked Mira. 'Are you happy?' asked the girl. 'Yes, incredibly so.' 'Do you not desire freedom?' asked the girl. 'The only freedom I would now desire,' said Mira 'would be the freedom to be totally a slave.' " Book 18, Blood Brothers of Gor, page 296
"Insubordination, slaves are quickly taught, is not acceptable, in any way, to the Gorean master." Book 19, Kajira of Gor, page 123
" 'Will you truly be hard with me, Master?' I asked. 'Yes, Slave,' he said. 'Subject even to discipline, if I displease you?' I asked. 'Subject to discipline, at my pleasure, whether you displease me or not,' he said. 'My bondage will then be absolute,' I said. 'Of course, Slave,' he said." Book 19, Slave Girl or Gor, page 445
" 'Did you strike me because I challenged your manhood?' she asked...'You were not struck for such an absurd reason,' I said... 'You were struck, rather, because you were attempting to manipulate me.' " Book 21, Mercenaries of Gor, page 422
I put my head down gratefully. I was pleased that he was pleased. Girls such as I are eager to please such men. It makes us happy to do so. It satisfies something warm, and deep and marvelous, in the very bottom of our bellies to do so. If we do not, of course, they simply see to it that we do. Our behaviour is then quickly, and often painfully, corrected." Book 22, Dancer of Gor, page 70
"The dancing of the female before the male, that she be found pleasing and he be pleased, is one of the most profound lessons in all of human biology. Others are when she kneels before him, when she kisses his feet, when she performs obeisance, when she knows herself subject, truly, to his whip." Book 22, Dancer of Gor, page 193
"If a command needs to be repeated as the saying goes, the girl needs to be punished." Book 22, Dancer of Gor, Page 211
"The slave girl within the city, incidentally, commonly receives a great deal of freedom. She normally can do much what she wants, and go much where she wishes. Her mobility and freedom in such respects is often greater than that accorded to free women. This freedom and mobility does not matter greatly, of course, since she is branded and collared. To be sure, she is seldom allowed outside the walls of of a city unless in the company of a free person. Similarly, if an appropriate free person is available, she must request permission to leave the house. At this time, she will probably also have the Ahn of her return specified for her. Similarly, if an appropriate free person is available, she must report in to that person, when she returns... Many houses are strict about such matters. Being late can be a matter for discipline." Book 23, Renegades of Gor, page 413
Types of Punishments
bastinado a punishment not otherwise described, however the earth translation is a beating, especially with a stick or cudgel. The beating may be specifically to the soles of the feet. Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 445
beheading this ancient form of execution is seen as an option when the offender is of the same Home Stone; it consists of stripping, beating and beheading the offender and is considered a merciful death. Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 14-15
boards, chained on an ancient modality of execution that involves the person being chained, by collar and shackles, on parallel upright boards. Like the punishment of hanging from an iron collar, the victim may take two to three days to die; these structures are most common in harbor cities near the wharves. Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 14-15
brand, penalty small 1/4 inch brands that mark a convicted liar, thief, traitor etc. Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 310
couching law any Free woman who voluntarily 'couches' with the slave of another may be taken as slave herself by the Master of the slave she 'couched' with. Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 7 and page 303
dung sack used to contain bosk (or any) dung after it has been raked up or collected; also employed as a punishment when slave girls are forced to 'spend a night in the dung sack'. Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 285
exile, ritual of a man being exiled for whatever reason is publicly refused bread and salt, and is then ordered to leave the city by sundown under penalty of death. The exiled one may not come within ten pasangs of the city from that day forward. Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 216
Frame of Humiliation wooden frame to which the condemned person is tied before it is set adrift in the Vosk River so that he may die of exposure and/or dehydration if he is not eaten by tharlarion or other carnivorous reptiles. Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, pages 136 and 138
garbage death the death for a slave where a slave is bound naked, and thrown to canal urts, as in Port Kar. Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 313
Impalement the impalement of a person on the pole lance or spear with the dying body raised for all to view. Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 157
iron collars, hung in an ancient modality of execution that involves the offenders being chained and suspended by iron collars on posts, taking two to three days to die. Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 14
Kneel to the Whip this command orders a slave to kneel, bowing her head to her knees, her wrists crossed under her as though bound. The position is intended to expose her back to the whip. Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 201 and 202 Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 200 Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 21 Book 18: Savages of Gor, page 137
slave box, punishment small square (3x3') iron box with a door having a viewing aperture of 7 inches x1/2 inches in the middle and a pass-through of 12x2 inches at the base; a punishment device for slaves. Book 7: Captive of Gor, pages 313-314
staking, exposure death by A death from exposure used in Klima for those attempting to escape. As the term implies, a person is staked to the salt crusts, spread-eagled, until the heat of the Tahari sun kills. Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 265
staking, sleen death or punishment by an form of execution or punishment used when a Master is done with a slave; he may stake her for sleen, by staking ankles and legs widely apart between two stakes. The slave is blindfolded and cut on the thigh to draw blood, smearing it across her body, to attract the animal.. Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 230 -231
tarn death each limb of a person is attached by rope or chain to different tarns and the person is flown aloft then torn apart. Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 158
tharlarion, torn apart by a form of execution that involves ropes being tied to the offender's wrists and ankles. These bindings are attached to two different tharlarion which are then drawn in opposite directions. Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 14
tharlarion, trampled by maimed.form of execution. The offender is bound before a tharlarion and trampled to death or until Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 14
torturers, clan of found only among the Wagon Peoples, they are trained as carefully as scribes or physicians in the arts of detaining life. Though some are famous for services rendered to Initiates and Ubars, they are always hooded. The hood is removed only when the sentence is death, so that only condemned men have seen what lies beneath it. Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 9 and 10
use discipline a punishment which avows the free man's prerogative to sexually use a house-owned girl as discipline. There are examples which state that these rights are governed by a Code, wherein a girl may not be used or disciplined without the permission of her owner. Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 226 Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 174 Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 329-330
wagon, justice a form of execution which involved tar and tallow, the contents from a wagon's grease bucket, and fire; a detailed description is not given, but it is noted as evidence of the Gorean's distaste of criminals. Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 22