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Caste System
High Caste:
Sovereign (King, Queen, Prince[s], Princess[es])
Nobility (Grand Earls, High Earls, Earls)
Warriors (including Valkyries, Scouts, Spies, and Guards)
Officials (Advisors, Scribes, etc.)
Legislators (Litigators, Magistrates, Judges, etc.)
Middle Caste:
Healers (Surgeons, Apothecaries, Medical Researchers, Health Practitioners, etc.)
Scholars (Mapmakers, Explorers, Teachers – University Level, Philosophers, Scientists, Historians, Researchers, Wizards - Disciplined, etc.)
Builders (Architects, Draftsmen, Stonemasons, Engineers, Carpenters, etc.)
Traders (Merchants, Moneylenders, Bankers, etc.)
Artisans (Artists, Musicians, Writers, Potters, Cloth Workers, Weavers, Clothiers, Leather Workers, Metal Workers, Woodworker, etc.)
Low Caste:
Clerks (Receptionists, Secretaries, Librarians, Record Keepers, etc.)
Peasants (Bakers, Winemakers, Hunters, Fishermen, Farmers, Ranchers, Teachers - Grade School Level, etc.)
Slavers (including Overseers)
Punishers (Torturers and Executioners)
Slaves
Outcastes (Outlaws and Wizards – Undisciplined)
Gender Roles
- King can only be male
- Nobility can only be males; however, females are born into the caste, but they cannot hold a position of power
- Warriors, except Valkyries, can only be males; Valkyries are only females of Nobility
- Officials can only be males
- Legislators can only be males
- Healers can only be females
- Scholars are males except for Historians, Researchers, and Wizards - Disciplined, who can be any gender
- Builders can only be males
- Traders can only be males
- Artisans can be any gender, except Potters, Cloth Workers, Weavers, and Clothiers are only females, and Leather Workers, Metal Workers, and Woodworkers are only males
- Clerks can be any gender, except Receptionists, Secretaries, and Librarians are only female
- Peasants can be any gender, except only males can be Hunters, Fishermen, Farmers, or Ranchers, and only females can be Teachers – Grade School Level
- Slavers can only be males
- Punishers can only be males
- Slaves can be of any gender, but females are more valuable because they can produce more slaves
- Outcastes can be any gender
- Women who are of the Healers caste, or a Scribe, Historian, Researcher, Witch – Disciplined, or Teacher – Grade School Level must relinquish their position if they become married and/or pregnant
Slave Definitions
Slave Chain: the slaves that a master owns.
Slave Sister/Brother: a term used between slaves on the same chain.
Slave Mark: placed on the outside ankle, slave markings make it known that a person is a slave and notes who owns them. A Healer’s Lock of glowing blue Asgardian words forms a circle around the symbol. The lock prevents the scarring or removal of the slave marking by anyone except a Healer. Marking slavers receive several years of training before they can tattoo a slave. The process is painful for the slave as the marking slaver uses a wooden needle which Midgardians consider archaic compared to the electrically powered mechanisms they use.
Slave Ranks
Note: some slave duties might overlap. A pleasure slave might double as a hand slave, etc.
- Slave Mother/Father: an elderly slave that oversees all the slaves on a chain.
- Best Girl/Boy: the most favored slave who the master treats better than the rest. The master might supply them with a room in their chambers, allow them to sit on the furniture, and allow them to eat the food that free people eat.
- Pleasure Slave: a slave whose duty is to please a master in all ways that he wants.
- Hand Slave: the slave on the bottom of a chain whose duty is to follow the master around to be available to perform any task they need.
- Nanny Slave: a slave whose job is to take care of children. Can only be female.
- Breeder Slave: a slave whose job is to breed more slaves.
- Labor Slave: a slave whose job is to perform laborious tasks around a master’s estate such as tending the stables, cleaning the house, cooking, etc.
- Fighting Slave: a slave whose job it is to fight in an arena for entertainment. Some fights are to the death.
Currency
Asgard has access to various currencies including the units traded throughout the cosmos. On Asgard and the other realms (except Midgard), coins are the staple currency. I have added a conversion chart below and have made it as simple as possible.
1 gold piece = $100.00 USD
1 silver piece = $10.00 USD/100 silver pieces = 1 gold piece
1 copper piece = $1.00 USD/10 copper pieces = 1 silver piece