The Kurri

This Gorean Fan Fiction was generated using the Books and a story written by Ruben Arian. 

Please note that the Gorean Saga is a fictional series, and its world, customs, and values may not align with modern societal standards or moral principles.

Gor is Copyrighted by John Norman  

Many would assume that the Kurii are monsters—but that judgment is unfair. They are simply another intelligent species, formidable by nature rather than by malice. A Kur, when fully upright, can stand eight to ten feet tall. Their bodies are massive and powerful, built of dense muscle and weighty bone. They have claws and fangs, long arms, and a frightening agility; when they drop to all fours, they can sprint faster than any human could hope to run. They make no apologies for their strength or their terrifying presence, nor do they try to disguise it.

Long ago, the Kurii had a world of their own. According to their oldest legends, it was their own internal wars—fought on a scale nearly unimaginable—that ruined their planet. Whether it became barren or was outright destroyed is unclear, but it was rendered unfit for life. Their species eventually turned outward, searching the stars for a new home. In our solar system they found not one, but two promising worlds: Earth and its twin, the Counter-Earth known as Gor.

Yet both worlds were protected. Four times the Kurii attempted to seize them, and four times they were defeated by the enigmatic Priest-Kings, the hidden rulers of Gor. Now the main force of the Kurii waits deep within an asteroid belt, watching, planning, and awaiting the moment when they can strike again.

Among humans, their name is often twisted into “Kurii,” with “Kur” referring to an individual. In the northern lands of Gor—Torvaldsland—the word is often taken to mean “beast.” Those who have lived nearest to the frontier between humans and Kurii know them as mortal enemies. The Kurii that survive on Gor today are often many generations removed from their star-faring kin, and in the far north the two races occasionally clash. Kurii have been known to hunt and eat humans; in turn, men try to kill the creatures when they can, though usually only enough to drive them out of their territory. Even the fierce warriors of Torvaldsland think twice before pursuing a Kur too far.

Kurii civilization itself is ancient—far older than humanity’s—and once possessed technology of astonishing sophistication. Tens of thousands of years ago, before their great civil wars, they had scientific and military capabilities that dwarfed anything they possess now. Much of that knowledge was lost in the destruction of their homeworld. Still, even twenty thousand years ago, they retained deep-space capability and journeyed into our solar system. How far they traveled before discovering Earth and Gor, or what other worlds they may have tested before choosing ours, remains a mystery.

The Survivor on Gor

It was during one of the great conflicts between the Priest-Kings and the Kurii that a Kurri ship was struck down and crashed onto the surface of Gor. Every being on board perished—except one. The lone survivor, finding himself stranded and cut off from his people, attempted to learn the fate of his companions by using the ship’s damaged communications array.

The vessel was in ruins. Repairing it required years of hidden labor. Living secretly among humans, he worked in isolation, gradually restoring fragments of the ship’s systems. Over time, he managed to resurrect one of the Kurii’s most fearsome technologies: their method of achieving practical immortality. By implanting a neural interface into his own brain, he linked himself directly to the ship’s computer and began uploading his memories into it.

But immortality required a host—a body to receive his stored consciousness upon his death. For that, he needed a human vessel. Traveling north, he abducted an ordinary man, erased his memories, and placed him in a preservation tube aboard the ship. This body would become his next incarnation.

The mechanism was simple and terrible: if the Kurri were slain, the chip in his brain would transmit a signal to the ship, prompting it to download his consciousness into the dormant host body. The new form would awaken containing all the memories and personality of the old.

Eventually, he was killed by Ruben Arian of the Red Caste. The system activated perfectly: he revived in the body of the man he had taken. But he found the male human form awkward and unsuited to his preferences. Wanting a female body instead, he abducted a woman named Pani he encountered along the road. Her mind was wiped clean, her body connected to the ship’s systems, and his consciousness was transferred once more. Now inhabiting a woman’s form, he set out toward the city of Var-Kor, hidden behind a new identity and ready to continue his mission.