Gorean Warrior's Codes

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Librarians disclaimer:   This is not an exhaustive list.  There is no substitute for reading the books which are the original source and cannot be recommended strongly enough.  The following is simply through my own research and learning.
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What are the codes?
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There are no references to the codes explicitly claiming that a warrior would hold disdain or resistance to any professional mercenary armies and armed, organised criminals.  Albeit the codes are not set out in the books, references to the codes point to the righteous heart and conscience of the warrior.  The warrior must seek what is honourable within His own heart and not simply follow the laws of the land.
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"What is it to be a warrior?   It is to keep the codes. Nothing else matters…"  "What are the codes?  They are nothing, and everything.  They are a bit of noise, and the steel of the heart. They are meaningless and all significant. They are the difference.  Without the codes men would be Kurii"  (Page 340 - Beasts of Gor)

"All wisdom and truth does not lie in the codes." (Page 14 - Outlaw of Gor)

"…`I once betrayed my codes,' I said. `It is not my intention to do so again.' I looked at her. `One does not know, truly what it is to stand, until one has fallen. Once one has fallen, then one knows, you see, what it is to stand.'   `None would know if you betrayed the codes,' she said.   `I would know,' I said, `and I am of the Warriors.' `What is it to be a warrior?' she asked. `It is to keep the codes,' I said".  (Page 340 - Beasts of Gor)

"What is invisible but more beautiful than diamonds?" "And the answer?" inquired Labenius. "That which is silent but deafens thunder." The men regarded one another. "And what is that?" asked Labenius. "The same," said I, "as that which depresses no scale but is weightier than gold." "And what is that?" asked Labenius. "Honor," I said."   (Page 304-305 - Vagabonds of Gor)
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The Codes
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    ▪    Accept challenges quickly and don't back out.  Face the challenge like a Man.

    ▪    Once a challenge has successfully shed your blood, or vice versa, you become sword brothers, unless you in character role-play formally reject with disapproval or condemnation the blood on said weapon. Once a bond is shared by Warriors it shall overcome any city barrier. 

    ▪    Warriors do not break their word.

    ▪    Warriors do not commit suicide.  The Home Stone is the battlefield.  The only death a warrior would accept is in battle.

    ▪    If you want another's slave, you must challenge, and subsequently, fight for her with the weapon of your opponents choice.

    ▪    Warriors have a common allegiance in their Home Stone. Its name is battle.

    ▪    "I had been so much a fool as to be sad. That is not the mood in which to enter battle, even the battle which one knows one cannot win, even the ultimate battle in which one knows is doomed to defeat. Do not be sad. Better to take the field with laughter, with a joke, with a light thought, with a buoyant thought, or to go forward with sternness, or in fury, or with hatred, or defiance, or calculation, but never with self pity, never with sadness. Never such things, never them!" (Vagabonds of Gor, p.446)

    ▪    Submission of a female to a warrior is acknowledged only when a women kneels, and lifts her hands up with wrists crossed, and submits to a warrior.  The choice of the warrior is to either accept or destroy the one submitting, yet, if he accepts her and she is in the least bit displeasing, she may be killed immediately.

    ▪    When a city or land is at war, the War Chief or Ubar is sought and sworn in, until He decides the crisis is over.  A warrior does not swear to an Ubar on a whim.  Sword loyalty is the bond of allegiance to an Ubar.  If the Ubar is deemed to be 'unfit to rule' then he may be 'removed' by his own warriors. When an Ubar can't be removed then He rules as a tyrant.

    ▪    A slave is a joy and a pleasure to the warrior. Using slaves is not only permitted, it is encouraged.

    ▪    By the codes, if a weapon is lifted against you, then, as a warrior, you are permitted to kill the offender (do not draw a weapon against a warrior unless you are prepared to die).

    ▪    Poison is treated as a woman's weapon.  Applying poison to the steel of a sword is against the codes. 

    ▪    When a warrior disowns his kin, it is an irreversible action. With your hand on the hilt of your sword a warrior would not make this decision lightly.

Source and work by Lady Lennie of Farnacium