>I think that although they are strict about caste mobility it is not
>100% true that every Rokari is of the same caste as their father, with
>some sons of the Noble caste being marked out as "knights" (soldiers -
>since the Rokari don't recognise Knight as a separate caste) and
>Wizards. In support of this I offer the non-canonical How the West Was
>One, and the following extract from my Characters character sheet...
>"You were born into a junior branch of the du Tumerine family in
>Noloswal in the Duchy of Nolos. This marked you out for the wizard's
>caste, and you were indentured as an apprentice to Rokari School of
>Wizards in Noloswal."
That's hardly conclusive. An alternative explanation is that the du Tumerine family has branches among each of the Castes (i.e. a Lordly branch, a wizardly branch and a warrior branch) with intermarriage (women having no caste) keeping the family together.
Furthermore the du Tumerines are from Nolos which is about as Rokari as Americans are English. IMO they do things differently in Nolos because Money is Sacred - hence one can buy a caste promotion as well as an indulgence for his caste-crime.
> > with the worst treating church property and
> >episcopal positions like their own personal fief. (this happened sometimes
> >in the early Orthodox church I seem to recall).
It was an abuse in the Latin Church and the solution was priestly celibacy.
--Peter Metcalfe
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