Stabilization Serum, By Guest Writer: Physician Lady Neeve of Vor-Kar

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It was in the cities of Ko-ro-ba and Ar that our predecessors first achieved what is now recognized as the Stabilisation Serums—a medical triumph beyond compare. Centuries ago, these formulations were prepared, tested, and finally perfected, then shared among our colleagues at the great Sardar Fairs, ensuring their preservation and universal use throughout civilized Gor.

“The stabilization serums were developed centuries ago by the Caste of Physicians in Ko-ro-ba and Ar, and transmitted to the Physicians of other cities at several of the Sardar Fairs.”
(Assassin)

The serums function by stabilising the cellular and genetic pattern of the body, preserving the subject as they are at the time of inoculation. Their effect is profound and immediate:

“‘What is the meaning of the stabilization serums?’ I had asked Sucha.
She had kissed me. ‘They will keep you much as you are,’ she said, ‘young and beautiful.’”
(Slave Girl)

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III. Observations and Limitations

My own inquiries into the nature of these serums have revealed that they do not bestow true immortality. Rather, they suspend or retard the processes of decay for extended periods. A person of one hundred years might again appear as one of twenty-five or thirty, vigorous and whole. Yet the pattern eventually weakens. Without renewed administration, the symptoms of age—slow though they are—return.

The records speak inconsistently of this matter. In Priest-Kings of Gor it is written that a man came to our world more than six hundred years ago, with no mention that the serums required repetition. Yet another passage speaks of the gradual failure of the serums over eons, even among non-human subjects:

“‘Why is this one egg so important? You have the stabilization serums. Surely there will be many eggs and others will be female.’
Misk comments: ‘The mother was hatched and flew her flight long before the discovery of the stabilization serums. We have managed to retard her aging considerably, but eon by eon it has been apparent that our efforts have been less and less successful.’”
(Priest-Kings of Gor, Book 3)

From this, we may infer that the serums prolong life, but do not halt time itself. The body, though stabilized, remains subject to subtle decline.

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IV. Variation Among Subjects

The efficacy of the Stabilization Serums is known to differ from person to person. While some may remain unchanged for centuries, others experience gradual deterioration—or in rare, unfortunate cases, an acceleration of degeneration following treatment.

“With some the effect lasts indefinitely, with others it wears off after but a few hundred years, with some the effect does not occur at all, with others, tragically, the effect is not to stabilize the pattern but to hasten its degeneration.”
(Assassin)

This variation remains a topic of continuing study among our Caste. Theories range from genetic disposition and environmental influence to the purity of the serums themselves and the precision of their administration.

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V. The Aged on Gor

Though rare, instances of age do still appear upon Gor. I have encountered descriptions of the aged that serve as stark reminders of our duty:

“One cruel courtesan in the great city of Ar, now little more than a toothless, wrinkled hag, boasted that more than four hundred men had died because of her beauty.”
(Outlaw)

“One among them, an old man who had originally been one of the party that had captured the animal, identified the place.”
(Priest-Kings)

Such individuals are few, yet they embody something that the serums cannot reproduce—the dignity of endurance and the weight of memory.

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VI. On the Meaning of Life and Death

There are some, even within the Caste,

who argue that old age bears its own virtue—that it grants wisdom, patience, and the calm of perspective. While the Stabilization Serums preserve the body, they cannot enrich the soul. I have come to believe that there is honor in life and dignity in death, and that to cling to existence beyond purpose is to deny the natural balance of all things.

When my time arrives, I hope to depart while my faculties remain clear, leaving behind a legacy of knowledge for those who follow—my children, my students, my City. The serums are a gift, but like all gifts, they must be used with understanding and restraint.

For though we may slow the march of time, we cannot silence it entirely.