"'When we hunted the gaarnokh on Homeworld,' Dragoika often said, 'and he stood at bay, to spear him in the heart we must needs go in between his horns.'" (p. 410)
This, of course, is cited as a metaphor, e.g., in his immediate predicament, Targovi must advance and attack, not retreat.
Since The Game Of Empire is an installment of a future history series, we might find other references to gaarnokhs. The one that I have found is in this same novel:
"Dragoika lived high in the Gaarnokh Tower. Gaarnokhs had not been among the species which could be introduced on Imhotep, but memory lingered of their horned mightiness."
-CHAPTER THREE, p. 238.
See also Toborkozan.
Are they mentioned in Ensign Flandry?
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
I recall no mention of gaarnokhs in ENSIGN FLANDRY. Were these animals analogous to North American bison or the European auroch?
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
Search me. I have probably quoted all that we are told about them.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
I think so too. A small detail meant to add some background color.
Ad astra! Sean
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