Isn't knighthood generally considered either an additional caste, just one that has arisen post-Malkion. (You aren't a Dromari-Knight or a Holari-Knight or a Talari-Knight)
More musing follows that I don't necessarily consider to be true anywhere even in my Glorantha, let alone any "official" version...
The 4 Malkioni castes which derive from Brithini practices, the teachings of Malkion and the text of the Abiding Book lay down requirements and restrictions as to what is considered proper Caste behaviour, and which castes can (and can't) perform which tasks. These worked well when formulated, but changes in the world since time began mean that there are some tasks/roles which do not naturally fit any of the castes, or which seem to requre one person to belong to more than one caste in order to fulfil them. This has been solved by many Malkioni cultures by the creation of a fifth caste - Knights. No one starts in the Knight Caste, and the qualifications for achieving knighthood will vary from culture to culture. Knights also have their own caste rules to follow, of course, but they allow more options than the traditional castes.
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