Re: Some questions about rokari castes

From: t_m_ellis <tim_at_...>
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 22:25:58 -0000

> > Usually depends on father's birth. But bastards are exceptions.
>
> If the child is a bastard, then he takes his maternal
> grandfather's caste. This is what the Brithini did
> with Arkat. It causes a good deal of disgrace and I
> don't think Bastards can inherit or hold titles.

This makes the question of Wizards tricky whether the product of wizards "randomly impregnating peasant girls" (per HtWWW) or the childeren of the "father superior" and the cloistered nuns who show "disturbing magical ability" per your earlier post though, unless (either or both) of these are considered some kind of "marriage"