Skerry of Vars The skerry of Vars is in Thassa, two pasangs offshore Torvaldsland It is roughly a hundred feet square Rough but on the whole flat. The skerry rises fifteen to twenty feet from the water Grayish rock, igneous, bleak "Where is the Skerry of Vars?" I asked. "It is five pasangs to the north," said Ivar Forkbeard, "and two pasangs offshore." "Take me there," I said. "Very well," he said. ... The Skerry of Vars is roughly a hundred foot, Gorean, square. It is rough, but, on the whole, flat. It rises some fifteen to twenty feet from the water. It is grayish rock, bleak, upthrust, igneous, forbidding. Marauders Tiny rock promontory of eight or nine feet wide foots the skerry "Tarl! Tarl Red Hair!" I heard call. It was Ivar Forkbeard. I could see the longboat, four torches uplifted in it, men at the oars, putting in to the skerry. I stood on the surface of the skerry. Then I went down to meet the boat, finding my way among the rocks. On the tiny rock promontory, footing the skerry, some eight or nine feet in width, I met Ivar Forkbeard, and his men With him were Gorm, Ottar and Wulfstan of Torvaldsland. Marauders NOTE - the skerry is described as "igneous" which means either resembling fire or resulting from & related to the extrusion of magma, volcanic activity Back to The Main Page of The Library of Gorean Knowledge gorean_librarian@yahoo.com