The Pani People
The Pani are a very strict culture of people on Gor they are Worlds End of Gor. The Pani regard anyone not of them as inferior it seems. It would regard the same view that Japan Edo Times had (and still has) in respects to foreigners or outsiders. The Pani have little tolerance for cowardice, weakness, or disrespect
Daimyo
The Daimyo were the provincial rulers of the Pani, similar to European Lords. They came in many different ranks and served under the shogun. They paid Swordsmen underlings with rice or land, to fight for them. They were themselves Swordsmen the same way, barons, dukes, and other lords were knights. Their duty was to govern an area, provide justice.
Current Daimyo –
Dojo Instructor
A Dojo Instructor would be called a Sensei…
Sen means “before”, Sei means “life, birth, living or lived”. Thus a Sensei is someone who has experienced something before you. He has walked the path you are planning to follow before you, he can tell you what to do. In more general terms, it’s a teacher, normally the head instructor of the Dojo you are attending.
A Sensei should be a person you can take inspiration from, whom you respect but feel comfortable enough turning to in a time of need. A Sensei should not use their students as tools for their egos to prove how superior they are. To the contrary the Sensei should lead their students to discover their strengths and weaknesses so they may grow and florist in the Martial Arts and life.
Current Dojo Instructor –
SwordsMan
The Pani had three Classes of warriors or fighters as some would call them..
First they had the Higher More Respected Swordsman ( Samurai Warrior.) The Swordsman would commonly be seen carrying two Swords (katanas)
Then they Had the Rōnin who was a in essence a Swordsman with no Lord or Master (teacher) . A Swordsman became master-less from the death or fall of his master, or after the loss of his master’s favor or privilege. Like regular Swordsman, rōnin wore their two swords. The rōnin used a variety of other weapons as well..
Then you had the Infantrymen in the Pani armies they are called ashigaru. They were conscripted foot-soldiers and were lower-ranking than Swordsmen.
Current Swordsmen
Blacksmith
A blacksmith works only with iron and steel. A thousand years ago, people only knew about seven metals (iron, gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, and mercury). By color: gold is yellow; copper is red; and silver, tin, lead, and mercury are different gray colors. Iron is also a gray color if you shine it, but usually its surface is covered with a black oxide, which is a kind of rust. This black color forms very fast in a blacksmith’s fire. The other metals have light colors, but iron is a dark color, so it is called the black metal in English. A smith who works the black metal is a black-smith.
Current Blacksmith –
Larl Tamer
Among the Pani there were larl whom more or less protected the camp from outsiders yet at the same time would keep those inside the camp there as well.. These larls were trained some considered tame and some gentled, usually only one person was able to walk out with these large creatures. He would be the one given the task of training them, It was unknown what signals he would use but what was known he alone was the most safe with these vicious beast..
Current Larl Trainer –
Scroll Keeper
A scribe is one who does the paper work of the camp and tasks requiring some level of intelligence. The role of the scribe ranges from magistrates, to record keepers, lawyers, accountants, historians etc.
Current ScrollKeeper –
Fishermen
Among the Pani just as well as among the rest of Gor there would also be Fishermen, they were the ones who went out daily and would strive to bring in fresh fish for the stalls of markets for trade or commerce as well as provide enough fish for those of the Camp to be able to eat with..
Current Fisherman –
Free Woman
Free women take part in the commercial life of Gorean polities as men do, owning and managing businesses, lending coin, negotiating loans, organizing caravans, investing capital, conservatively, or risking it variously, in real estate, voyages, commodities, and such, in translating goods about to find the most favorable markets at a given time, and so on. A Pani free woman was held with more respect than the rest of gor held Free Women.
Current Free Women
Yuri House Okasan
The Okasan (Mother) is the Female who rules the Okiya where the Contract Women reside and learn the perfection of there profession which is not written, it is passed by word of mouth and example within the Okiya by the Okasan. The Okasan will hold the contracts of those who are sold into the Okiya she would normally be a Contract Woman who has already paid her debts off and is now a Free Woman who chose to remain within the world of the Contract Woman by teaching there ways..
Current Okasan –
Atotori
This is a title for a senior geisha, one who has been adopted by the manager of an Okiya (Contract Woman lodging house) to be the designated heir. Does Most of the Training and helps the Okasan.
Atotori-
Contract Woman
A Contract Woman is not a slave but not completely free, slaves will refer to them as Mistress not sister/slave.
A Contract Woman is much like a Geisha.. a Living Breathing work of art from playing music, dancing, walking, singing, bathing, and preparing tea they will also have pleasing conversation skills. A Contract Woman will be pleasing to be around and be able to bring pleasure without pleasuring there is a world of difference! A Contract Woman will not dance or perform outside of Pani homelands as others do not respect the art form that is dance. The contract for a Contract Woman is temporary until her debts are paid. She is in essence a Free Woman to all except those who hold her contract and therefore would be treated with respect much like any other Pani Free Woman…
Current Contract Women –
Maiko
An apprentice Contract Woman who generally serves as the senior assistant to a Contract Woman.
Maiko –
Healer/Wound Dresser
A Healer of the Pani would be called a Wound Dresser and they are much like those of the physicians cast the healers would be closer to herbalists yet would be able to preform the main essentials of the physicians cast just without the main standards or rules that those of the green cast push forward..
Current Healers –
Baker
A baker is someone who bakes and sells bread, Cakes and similar foods may also be produced, such as cookies, muffins and other pastry’s or sweets for the camp…
Current Baker –
Outlander
An Outlander is a Person from a foreign land of another race that is accepted by the Pani and allowed in and around the camp reasonably yet is not welcomed with open arms. They could be Southern or Northern and will always be a Free Man or a Free Woman yet they are not of Pani decent so they will be scorned at times and looked down on often as being of a lower race or class..
Current Outlanders
Collar Girl
The slaves of the Pani were much like any other slave on gor though most if not all were brought to the Pani lands through some conflict or trade agreement. Pani slaves were either of blond or red hair as this was appealing to the Pani for they did not have those colors naturally among there own people though blond hair was the most highly favored among the Pani.. Every so often you would find a collar girl of Pani decent among the collar girls, she would have been a women of enemy “houses” or clans once a Pani woman is collared she is no longer considered Pani..
Current Collar Girls –
Larls
The larl is a predator, clawed and fanged, quite large, often standing seven to eight feet at the shoulder. The larl’s head is broad, sometimes more than two feet across, and shaped roughly like a triangle, giving its skull something of the cast of a viper’s save that of course it is furred and the pupils of the eyes like the cat’s and unlike the viper’s, can range from knife like slits in the broad daylight to dark, inquisitive moons in the night. The pelt of the larl is normally a tawny red or a sable black. The black larl, which is predominantly nocturnal, is maned, both male and female though you would also find the white Larl which was the largest of the Larl..
Current Larls
Shinobi/BlackCaste
A Shinobi (忍び?) or ninja (忍者?) was a covert agent or mercenary who specialized in unorthodox warfare. The functions of the Shinobi included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, and assassination, and open combat in certain situations. Their covert methods of waging war contrasted the Shinobi/BlackCaste with the samurai, who observed strict rules about honor and combat.
Tarnsman
Tarnsmen is a subcaste of the Warrior caste. To become a true Tarnsman, one must already be a warrior. Tarnsmen are not made, they are born. The first meeting of a Warrior and a Tarn will be most important for the Tarn will either accept the warrior or out right eat him. One must be strong to be a Tarnsman.
TransMan-
Slaver
A Slaver is a Merchant, one who deals in human merchandise. They would buy and sell slaves to others and deal with the training and all around management and up keep of the slaves for a city, town, village, or camp..
Archer
Archery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat, while in modern times, its main use is that of a recreational activity. A person who participates in archery is typically known as an “archer” or “bowman”, and one who is fond of or an expert at archery can be referred to as a “toxophilite”
Archer
Seamstress
A seamstress is a woman who makes her living through sewing, among the Pani the contract women wore what is known as Korti which in essence is a Kimono. The Pani seamstress would be much needed as Kimonos for the Contract Woman as well as your daily Kimonos for the Free Woman of the Pani would be only found in and around the Pani homelands..
SeamStress-
She-urt
she-urts: (noun; short for ‘she-urts of the wharves’) homeless free girls – runaways, vagabonds, orphans, etc. – who live near the canals in port cities, surviving by scavenging, begging, stealing, and sleeping with paga attendants; they sleep wherever they find space, and usually wear a brief tunic instead of Robes of Concealment
She-Urt –
Isle of Nara 