Re: Sub-castes : within castes, below castes ?

From: Jeff <richaje_at_7-z_AormX4z0NIOOP3BxNRYNYQSVwQVblwuithO-frQLMBqOq4ekGtigDGVedIC7bw88>
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:20:20 -0000

> > In Seshnela, the Horals do not provide their own officers (although they do
> > have their own leaders). That is provided by the Talar caste. Think along the
> > lines of the Gurkhas in the British Indian Army.
> /// That is interesting. The "leaders" are NCO, to whom the Talari officers
> speak, and who relay orders to the grunts then ? But how far are rokari talari
> officers versed in matters of war then (strategy and tactics) ? And can they
> fight themselves if need be ?

Those talars of the Rokari sect are indeed versed in matters of war (along with poetry, duelling, the arts of negotiation, and the rest of a good noble education). However, these talars do not fight their own battles; they give orders to their Horali allies and periodically ride into the fray to duel another talar (it is a crime for a Horali to kill a Talar - even a Talar from the other side of the battle) or to shame the Horali into more aggressive action.

Jeff