Re: Caste

From: ttrotsky2 <TTrotsky_at_FhQRl0S9AdKAdlKprZDNr7Y8h7rZHTrSYgXsxdx6nJ9cpV67BqOUPGx8UxPI1BU2amp>
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:01:43 -0000

>
> On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Simon Phipp <soltakss_at_...> wrote:
>
> >
> > The other way of looking at it is that in the Rokari system you
> > are born
> > to your caste, so someone in the wizard caste who is rubbish at
> > magic cannot
> > do anything else. Similarly, someone born to be a knight who
> > cannot fight,
> > hates the sight of blood and is allergic to horses needs to be put
> > in a
> > position where he can do no harm. I'm sure there are special posts
> > created
> > for exactly those kinds of people. Nobles who can't lead, however, > > are fine exactly where they are.
> >
>
> But this suggests that some of the traditions are not mythically
> true. How
> can someone be born who is not a fit for their caste if the shape of
> the
> world set down at the start of time is true (for a given tradition,
> sect, cult or church).

Probably still true of the Brithini, but most other people are fairly human, and it's no longer the Golden Age, so not everything is perfect any more. This is largely the fault of evil, naughty, pagan beings falling into Error, and corrupting everything. Damn the Great Darkness!

And that's leaving aside the possibility that your belief about your father's caste might not be as 100% accurate as you might like to think. Because we all know that Rokari women are perfectly chaste, right?

> Is a
> stablehand a commoner or a warrior (likely in-training)?

Yes.

> What about a horse-breeder?

Probably a commoner, if he does it full time (as a servant to a knight or noble). Although, IMO, there is at least one major sect where they're specifically members of the knight caste.

> Is someone that designs and builds siege weapons a Noble, a
> Warrior or a is it just a specialization of other Commoner
> woodcrafts?

Could be a wizard, actually, in some Schools.

> Likely, the biggest problem for the "truth" of the Rokari doctrine
> (and some
> others) is the coming Hero Wars, which is generating a change of
> times. Such
> as heroic individuals that step outside and beyond the boundaries of
> what is commonly understood to be true.

Burn them!

-- 
Trotsky
Gamer and Skeptic

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