Brands

THE KEF
It had a vertical bar, a rather strict one, with two curling, frond like extensions, rather
near its base, as though in submission to it. It looked a little like a "K." There were other sorts of brands, too, but the "K-type" brand was the most common.
THE DINA
The Dina is another of the common slave brands found upon Gor. It is a flower with exquisite petals, complementing the feminine beauty of the slave. However, in the north at least, it is a common flower, referred to as the slave flower. Dina later makes it clear that the brand is not that unusual upon Gor.
THE BRAND OF THE FOUR BOSK HORNS
This is the mark that the Tuchuks use to brand their slaves. It is significant that this was also the brand used to mark animals thus reducing the slave to this status.
The MARK OF TREVE

This, like the Kef is a cursive representation of a letter in the Gorean alphabet. Kai would imagine that this is a T in shape, perhaps also with a strict vertical bar like the Kef and with the crosspiece being cursive in design. This mark would generally only be found on girls who had been enslaved by those of Treve.
THE BRAND OF TORVALDSLAND


found rather frequently in the north, consisted of a half circle, with at its right tip, adjoining it, a steep diagonal line. The half circle is about an inch and a quarter in width, and the diagonal line about an inch and a quarter in height. The brand is, like many symbolic. In the north, the bond-maid is sometimes referred to as a woman whose belly lies beneath the sword.
THE TAHARIC SLAVE MARK
The contact surface of the iron would be formed into the Taharic character 'Kef'
...Taharic is a very graceful script. It makes no distinctions between capital and
small letters and little distinction between printed and cursive script.....The initial
printed letter of 'Kajira', rather than the cursive letter, as generally, is used as the
common brand for women in the Tahari. Both the cursive letter in common Gorean and the printed letter in Taharic are rather lovely, both being somewhat floral in appearance.
Penalty Brands


Penalty brands would have a deterrent effect, in that the punishment would be very painful and the brands would remain forever marking the girl as a thief and a liar.