Malkioni_Castes

Last Updated 20 / Feb / 2005, along with release of Men of the Sea

Updated 03 / Apr / 2004, for Peter Metcalph's set about Vadeli and Arkati in Four Scrolls of Revelation and Tradetalk #13 fanzines, add labels.

Updated 05 / Oct / 2003, for Seshnela, Esvulari and according to Hero Quest and Voices

Helped by Trotsky Jamie Revell, Efendi, Nick Brooke, Peter Metcalph and Kevin McDonald: Updated 17 / May / 2003

(Slightly Revised for Arrolian Lunar Church according to Tales #20)

If you want to know about the earliest form of Western Monotheistic Society in Glorantha.

Nick Brooke's teaching about Sorcery in early RQ days:
"Knights, Priests, and Sorcerers in Glorantha"
http://glorantha.kondalski.org/g9index/0673.html

Comprehensive Caste Table of Malkioni (Ever Unfinished....)

If you want to know more about this topic, see Peter Metcalph's Analysis

Not as many European Feudal and Medieval Similarity Parallel to Gloranthan Malkioni, Greg Stafford and other creators of Glorantha tend to think Caste System (similar to Ancient Hindu Varana System, (Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra) and Fixed Society System is appropriate as they are followers / holders of Law and Stability Rune. It is the core and the parallel strings of their society.

FSOR: Four Scrolls of Revelation, Convulsion 2002 Source Book
RMM: Reaching Moon Megacorp (the publisher of Tales Fanzine), not official but still has great authority to this topic.

Groups	Four Main Castes				Other Important Details
	Farmer	Soldier	Wizard	Lord	Women	Caste Mobility	Knighthood	Note
Brithini	Dronar	Horal	Zzabur*	Talar	Menena (Caste Mobility: No)	No	No	Immortals: *Each of Caste named after the Founders in legend God Forgottens have perverse version of their system along with upper caste True Brithini.
Brithini	Information: Genertela Boxset and Revealed Mythologies, Tales #13				Center of Worship: Don't need such "illogical" facility after the gap of Otherworld and Middleworld opened, Vani and Talarwal?			Tap: Yes Paganism: No
Vadeli	Brown	Red	-	(Blue) : Extinct? (Nick thinks Blues are Sorcerers, not Lords.)	No	No (**)	No. (As once Hrestol exiled to their domain, Peter thinks there's a perverse version of the original, like the Twisted Mentats of Dune.)	Demonic Immortals: **Vadeli Castes described as races, rather than a choise of society. (Peter Metcalph thinks that castes are actually skin types to shield them against specific magic.)
Vadeli	Main Information: Missing Lands and Revealed Mythologies, Tales #13, Tradetalk #13 (Outside of Genertela) by Peter Metcalph				Center of Worship: Don't need such unreasonable facility, maybe Ancient Empire of Chir?			Tap: Yes Paganism: ?
Waertagi	(Telepathic Deri?: Slaves)	-	-	-	-	-	-	They lost their ancient immortality for their bastardized religion or something else. (See Greg's unfinished tale "Aftal the Captain" in ML.
Waertagi	Main Information: Missing Lands, Revealed Mythologies, Elder Races Book, Tales #13				Center of Worship: Edrenrin Isles?			Tap: Yes? Paganism: Water God Ancestors
Old Hrestoli	As Brithini?	As Brithini?	As Brithini?	-	No?	No (Except Successors of Hrestol)	Only Chosen People as a representative (like RW Shiite Imams?)*** (You are wrong. The Brithini are not the only Malkioni survivors of the Ice Age and other Malkioni nations (such as Loskalm and Seshnela) were founded by non-Brithini settlers: Peter)	***Knights are truly virtuous and know secrets of all Four Castes (in Legend.)
Old Hrestoli	Main Information: Kings of Seshnela				Center of Worship: Malkonwal (before it was destroyed), Temple of Seshna (Only for Serpent Dynasty?), Golgotha of Sog (Fronela)			Tap: No Paganism: No
God Learner Empire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Destroyed by the Collapse of 2nd Age.
God Learner Empire	Main Information: Kings of Seshnela and Abiding Book, Revealed Mythologies				Center of Worship: Erandinthanos of Jrustela and the place where Prophet Seravos taught Abiding Book			Tap: ? Paganism: Mostly Demonologic Contact
Castle Coast	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-
Castle Coast	Main Information: Nick Brooke's Website (David Hall's Introduction)				Center of Worship: ?			Tap: No Paganism: No
Navigationist Church	Serfs / Peasants	Soldiers / Knights	Wizards	Lords	Yes (Rarely?)	No (at least not without enough silver?)	No	Note: Different Prophet from Rokari!
Navigationist Church	Main Information: Hero Quest and Voices				Center of Worship: Quinpolic League?			Tap: No Paganism: No?
Rokari****	Serfs / Peasants	Soldiers / Knights	Wizards	Lords	No (Exception)	No	No	****See below
Rokari****	Main Information: Tales of the Reaching Moon #13, Nick Brooke's Website, Hero Quest and Voices				Center of Worship: Cathedral of St Mardron in LePlain			Tap: No (Only Available with Lord Caste permission) Paganism: No
New Hrestoli	Farmer	Soldiers/ Knights	Wizards/ Adepts	Lords	Yes (Only for selected)	Yes! (Majority of the Society approve it.)	Elites of Society	Meritocracy only? possible under Syndics Ban. *****See below
New Hrestoli	Main Information: Tales of the Reaching Moon #13, Nick Brooke's Website, Trotsky's Website and (his Sorcerer Knight)				Center of Worship: Cathedral of St. Hrestol in Southpoint (Isefwal?: Peter Metcalph)			Tap: No Paganism: No
Cerise Church	-	-	-	-	Yes	Yes?	?	Note: Under Lunar Cycle
Cerise Church	Main Information: Hero Quest and Voices				Center of Worship: Maybe same as Syanoran Church, or not			Tap: No Paganism Yes
Syanorans	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	They thinks Marriage Bond is Sacred and illicit union and its result are cursed. (RMM setting)
Syanorans	Main Information: Nick Brooke's Website, Jonat's Saga? (Unpublished)				Center of Worship: Cathedral of St. Jonat ? (Okarnia?)			Tap: Only available against bastards! Paganism: Some Storm Gods?
Arrolians	Seven Castes each attributed to Seven Mothers(Tales #20)				Yes	Yes (By the acceptance of Lunar Creed)	?	Minderkind School of Riverjoin (Varnaro) is the main missionary force.....
Arrolians	Main Information: Tales #20 (I don't know how Nick Brooke thinks about the relation of them and Lunarized Syanorans in his website (2003, May))				Center of Worship: Riverjoin and Eastpoint			Tap: Accepted as Chaos (Entropy) Power Paganism: Yes, Lunar Gods
Valkarists	Fishmen	Spearmen	Magic Men	?	No	No (Generally)	No?	Nick thinks there is also Lord Caste, too. (RMM setting)
Valkarists	Main Information: Four Scrolls of Revelation (Martin Hawley), Nick Brooke's Website				Center of Worship: Ambovombe, Valkaro's Isle			Tap: Only against Sea Monsters (Extogallia) Paganism: Some East Gods?
Malki of Umathela	Peasant	Soldier	Wizard	Lord	Dolemi or Dryad (Only available in Cerngoth)	Generally no?	Varied	(Sedalpists and Ebbeshites are one of various, diversed Wizardly sects of Pamaltela, like Callers, Iconodules, without mentioning Cult of Silence and Stiflers, Clamourers)
Malki of Umathela	Main Information: Men of the Sea				Center of Worship: Various			Tap: No Paganism: Tolerable but not permitted
Sedalpists	Peasants?	Soldiers******	Wizards	Lord	-	-	No	******They shun War and Soldier Caste, Influenced by Cult of Silence?
Sedalpists	Main Information: Missing Lands? (Cult of Silence: Clamours....?), Nick Brooke's Website				Center of Worship: Nikosdros and Vanburch of Cerngoth? (Cult of Silence)			Tap: No Paganism: No
Ebbeshites	Peasants	Ghazis (Knights)	Wazirs (Wizards)	Ras (Lords)	No (But Upper Caste Women are more vile than men.)	No (without Masarin's permission)	No?	Hedonists (FSOR: Martin Hawley)
Ebbeshites	Main Information: Four Scrolls of Revelation (Martin Hawley), Enclosure #2				Center of Worship: Ebbeshal of Afadjann			Tap: Yes (If Ras permits and you enjoy it.) Paganism: Yes?
Damned of Ramalia	(Fallen Mraloti)	Warriors	Sorcerers	Axemen and Taxmen	No	No	-	Diabolists (Tradetalk #10, Ttrotsky)
Damned of Ramalia	Main Information: Tradetalk #10 Ramalia (Jamie Revell)				Center of Worship:			Tap: Tapping Lower Castes is Okay. Paganism: Some Chaos Deities
Carmanians	(Native Pelandans)	Hazar	Vizier	Carmanoi	Only available for Wareesha	Yes	They might not know the concept. (Nick has another opinion about the concept of "Knight".)	All of Carmanian Male Adults are born as Hazar caste. And leader of each Houses (Fazzik: Kevin McDonald) selects their role.
Carmanians	Main Information: Loren Miller's Website and Church Writeup, Nick Brooke's Website				Center of Worship: Brinnus and Castle Blue of Lake Oronin			Tap: No Pagan Worship: Yes (Most of Church Members except Magi (Mystic-Wizard))
Atroxites	Culeran (Peasant) Refugees and Outlaws?	Ridderan (Warrior)	Zoberan (Magician)	(Only Ethilrist?)	Only available by Ethilrist's permission	No?	Yes (Only for elites who promoted by Sir Ethilrist)	Black Horse County HW 1st Edition Rulebook
Atroxites	Main Information: Hero Wars Rulebook First Edition				Center of Worship: Muse Roost			Tap: No Pagan Worship: No (Peter thinks there is Arkat the Demon Shrine in Muse Roost)
Seven Churches of Slontans (Handra, Kaxtorplose, Bath and Wells)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Seven Churches? (Tradetalk #10&11 Peter Mecalph: In the real world, the Seven Bishops were opponents of James II in a court case that led to his downfall. One of the Seven Bishops was the Bishop of Bath and Wells (in southwestern England).)
	Main Information: Tradetalk #11 (Handra Special)				Center of Worship: Kaxtorplose?			Tap: No Pagan Worship: No (Relatively tolerant in Handra (for its Ralian root))
Aeolians	17 classes? (Standard Roles of Orlanthi?)				Yes	Yes	-	(RMM Setting)
Aeolians	Main Information: Joerg Baumgartner's Website, Glorantha Introduction to HW, Tradetalk #12, Issaries Official Site, Glorantha: Introduction to Hero Wars, Hero Quest and Voices				Center of Worship: Durengard and Mount Passant of Heortland			Tap: No Pagan Worship: Storm Gods as Saints
Safelstans	Peasants -Merchant Princes?	-Princes	-Princes of the Church	-	(Yes) Might makes right.	(Yes) Might makes right.	See below about Arkati.	"Caste structures are looser because this is a more advanced society." (Nick Brooke: RMM setting?)
Safelstans	Main Information: Tradetalk #3 (Naskorion), Nikk Effingham's Website (Henotheist Church), Nick Brooke's Website				Center of Worship: Fiesive, Arkhome?, Zorakarkat, etc...			Tap: No? Pagan Worship: Yes! (Storm and / or Darkness)
Stygians	-	-	-	-	-	-	Mystical Warriors / Assassins?	Mystics rather than Sorcerers and they are true masters of Safelstan Politics behind curtain. (FSOR: Peter Metcalph)
Stygians	Main Information: Four Scrolls of Revelation (Peter Metcalph: Arkati), Troll Gods				Center of Worship: Statham Well in Hero Plane? (Troll Gods)			Tap: No? (Yes against Deceiver!) Pagan Worship: Yes, against Deceiver!
Boristi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Peter Metcalph thinks that Chaos Monks are one radical branch of this sect. See TT#2 p.33.
Boristi	Main Information: Tradetalk #2 (p.24-27) by Ingo Tschinke				Center of Worship: Borin of Belstos?			Tap: Yes for Chaos Existence! Pagan Worship: No
Galvosti	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	They were once an ally of Godlearners
Galvosti	Main Information: Nick Brooke's Website				Center of Worship: Col (Summoning Demon Arkat?)			Tap: Yes for Pagans and Heretics! Pagan Worship: No

New Hrestol Church of Loskalm
They support Hrestol's teaching about Joy of the Heart and taught their people the strict translation of it, the perfectly vertical structure of meritocracy and caste mobility is only available through this folded structure. (At least until the Hero Wars begin to dissolve Ancien Regime. See also the Article: "Voices of Loskalm" of Jamie Ttrotsky in the Four Scrolls of Revelation: Thank you, Mark.)

Below is Peter Metcalph's approach more adhered to the religious / historical models rather than result of consideration about practical / social occupation roles by Ttrotsky.

As many other people, they lived blissful life in their Primeval Age before the Gods War. And it seems that they don't need Hierarchy and had a plenty of objects for their life.

Arcana of Stygian Arkati
Here is Secret Society types (Arcana) of Arkati classified by Peter Metcalph. (Four Scrolls of Revelation)

And various sects of according to characteristics of their own "Arkat". This is very confused for former Seven types and latter Five types are somewhat different, Peter Metcalph made an attempt to compromise them.....

Malkioni Society Ranks
And it is outline vertical structure of the division of two society (Political and Religion): But some of Malkioni Culture doesn't need such two-folded Structure or Vertical System itself. And the real state of affairs is far more complicated structure. (Codex #2 fanzine p. 9 also holds some notions about Malkioni rank and files, titles by Martin Crim.)

Sects and References	Saints of each Malkionism Societies	Religious Centers of Malkionism
Brithini: Revealed Mythologies Vadeli: Revealed Mythologies, Tradetalk #13 Waertagi: Revealed Mythologies Old Hrestoli (Before Godlearners): Kings of Seshnela God Learner Empire: Kings of Seshnela Castle Coast: Rokari: Tales #13 New Hrestoli: Tales #13 Syanorans: Arrolian Syanorans: Tales #20 Valkarists: Sedalpists: Missing Lands? (Cult of Silence) Ebbeshites: Four Scrolls of Revelation (Martin Hawley) Damned of Ramalia: Tradetalk #10 (Jamie Revell) Carmanians: Loren Miller's Church Writeup and Website Atroxites: Hero Wars 1st Edition Rulebook Slontans: Tradetalk #11 Aeolians: Joerg Baumgartner's Website?, Tradetalk #12? (Mark Galeotti?) Safelstans: Tradetalk #3, Tales #13, Nick Brooke's Website, Nikk Effingham's Website Stygians: Four Scrolls of Revelation (Peter Metcalph) Boristi: Tradetalk #2 Galvosti: Malki of Umathela: Men of the Sea	#Aeol (Only for Aeolians) #Arkat (Only for Stygian Heresy, demon for most other Malkioni) #Carmanos, Syranthir and Charmain, Trinity of Lake Oronin (Only Carmanianism) #Dormal (After Opening, Worldly Saint) #Dronar, Menena, Horal, Zzabur, Talar (Coastal Area still accustomed with Danmalastan Tradition) #Ebbesh (Only Ebbeshites of Pamaltela, Demon for other Pamaltela Malkioni) #Ethilrist and Atrox (Only for Black Horse County) #Eliavar & Onokos, Deliam (Only for Quinpolic League, Demon for Rokari Orthodoxy?) Foreign Money Laundering? #Hensherek (Only for Cerise Church Lunars) #Hrestol (Only for New Hrestoli, Old Hrestoli as Prophet, Saint for other Sects) #Jonat (Only for Syanorans, Pagan Hero for Other Malkionism) #Kaxtor (Only for Slontos Seven Church) #Makri the Travelled, Swiril of the Net, Ormalin (Hymists of Umathelan Malki) #Nomia? (Hrestoli and Galvosti?) #Rokar (Prophet only for Rokari and Sedalpism? demon for Hrestoli) &Mardron #Seravos (God Learner Prophet? of Jrustela, Abiding Book) #Tomaris (Only Irensavalism of Fronela) #Valkaro (Only for Valkarian Tradition of East Isles) #Waertag (Only for Waertagi and their cousins) #Wordless Prophet (Only Clamours and Sedalpists of Pamaltela) #Zzabur (Not worshipped but as an idol of Atheism Sorcery like Fire Wizards of Loskalm)	#Serpent Dynasty: Temple of Froalar, Frowal #Godlearner Empire: Erandinthanos, Frowal #New (and Old) Hrestoli: Golgotha of Sog City #New Hrestoli: Southpoint (Isefwal): Cathedral of St. Hrestol #Boristi: #Galvosti: (Nomia?) #Sedalpism: Nikosdoros of Cerngoth #Ebbeshites: Ebbeshal #Silence: Vanburch of Cerngoth #Henotheism: Fiesive #Rokari: LePlain: Cathedral of St. Mardron #Aeolian: Durengard (Not Mt. Passant) #Carmanian: Brinnus #Arrolian & Syanoran: Cathedral of St. Jonat? #Damned of Ramalia: #Slontan Seven Churches: Kaxtorplose (Erenplose) #Enchanter (Goventainer?): Hrelar Amali #Arkati: Red Ruin and Arkhome? #Malki: Nikosdros?

Types	District	Note
Duchy	Tanisor, Rindland, Nolos (Doje? Glo: Intro), Pasos (Doje? Glorantha: Introduction to Hero Wars)	Tanisor and Rindland was ruled by King and Ecclesiarch, Quinpolic League opposes their force.
County	Deu, Estaurenic, Noyelle, Voi, Pithdaros (Glorantha: Introduction to Hero Wars)	Pithdaros was inhabited by Agimori migrated in King Ulmal's reign.
Barony	Dangim March, Vogai, Gilboch	Dangim March was called County under Ralian Rule.
	Castle Coast, Arolanit	-

Groups	Farmer	Knight	Wizard	Lord
Populace	Various	-	-	-
Military	-Soldier	Knight	Grand Knight	Lord Militant
Religion / Magic	-Acolythist	Chaplain?	Wizard(-Adept: Old RQ status)	Lord Spiritual
Politic	-	-Squire	Administrator?	Lord Temporal
Note	-	-	Adept is ignored in HW and HQ setting.	-

Primary Concern	Men	Men	Overmen	Overmen
Producing	Farmers	-	-	King
Military	-	Soldiers	Knights	King
Religion / Magic	-	Acolythists	Wizards	King
Politic	Citizens	Squires	Prefects	King
Note	Many known ranks such as the Grand Knights and Cardinals are IMO graduations in the basic Overman ranks rather than special ranks themselves. (Peter Metcalph)

Locations	Northernmost	Middle North	Northeast	Middle South	Southeast	Southernmost
Six Tribes	Waertagi	Enrovalini	Kachasti	Kadeniti	Viymorni	Tadeniti
Role	Sailor	Theologician	Communicator	Builder	Explorer	Scribe
Destiny	Remnants: Waertagi	Remnants: Brithini	Enslaved by Vadeli and Mostali in Gods War	Their land was conquered by Vadeli and sunk under Banthe Sea by Zzabur	Remnants: Vadeli	Destroyed by Helerians and Vadeli

	Godlearners Analysis	Malkion Incarnation	Phenomenon	Beasts	Sorcery Planes	Note
First Action	Creation Age	Creator (Firbirth)	Creation	-	Immeasurable Plane, Joy	-
Second Action	Green Age	Law (Kiona)	Manifestation	Erasanchula, Hykim, Mikyh, Seven Primes	Law Plane, Solace	-
Third Action	Golden Age	Founder (Malkion)	Multiplication	Eight Powers and Five Materials	Saint Plane	-
Fourth Action	Storm Age	Prophet (Ordelvis)	Duplication	Forty Ancients	Adept Plane	-
Fifth Action	Great Darkness	Sacrifice (Malkionaru)	Destruction (Sacrifice)	Monsters	Mundane Plane	-
Time	Great Compromise?	Hrestol?	-	-	Hell Plane	-

Types	Cabals	Crypterias	Covens
Characteristic	Secular Powers behind Curtain	Power to unify Cabals and antagonize Tanisorians	Shun secular authority, concetrating on fight against Deceiver(s), very strong magical society
Disadvantages	Main target of Tanisorian Inquisition, seriously fragmental	More Intolerant to dissenting Arkati and less effective in controlling ordinary safelstans	Uncompromising Fanatic, Wage war against other "minion of deceiver" arcanas

Old Genertela Boxset (I don't have this english edition)	Great	Liberator	Savior	Chaosbane	Peacemaker	Destroyer	Deceiver?	-	-	Note: Mentioned only "human" Arkat sects
Glorantha: Introduction to Hero Wars	King (Tortun, Syran, Azilos)	Knight (Azilos)	-	-	-	-	Devil (Chaos Monks?, Argin the Terror?)	Martyr (World Loser's Movement)	Troll (Guhan)	Note: By Greg Stafford?
Four Scrolls of Revelation by Peter Metcalph	Paslac Tragic Path	-	(Peter Metcalph thinks this is subset of "Great" aspect.)	(Peter Metcalph thinks "Chaosbane" aspect is subset of "Knight" aspect against Boristi and Chaos Monks.)	(Peter Metcalph thinks this is softened version of "Troll" aspect, celebrates his friendship to elder races.)	Zorakarkat of Naskorion (Peter Metcalph thinks "Devil" aspect of Boristi and Chaos Monks is also subset of this aspect.)	-	Grim "Humarkat" and grotesque "Arkat the Loser".	See also "Peacemaker" aspect.	Note: Peter Metcalph thinks that Chaos Monks are subset of Boristi squids.

	Leaders of Politic / Religion
	Rokari	New Hrestoli	Carmanians	Stygians
Lowest	-	Mayors? / Liturgists? <Parish>	-	Hipparchs
Minor Landholder	Barons / Abbots	Barons (Prefects: Peter) / <Barony (Prefecture?) / >	Fazzik	Exarchs
Middle Ruler	Counts / Bishops	Counts / Vicars <County / Diocese >	Sirdar	Archon
Area Leader	Dukes / Archbishops	Princes (8) / Cardinals (8) <Provinces>	Satrap (4?) / Magi (100)	Arcane
Highest	King (1) / Ecclesiarch (1)	King (1) / Ecclesiarch (1)	Shah (1) / Hierophant (1)	Autarch (1)
Note	Each of Fragmented Feudal States are inherited by one's oldest son. (The Rokari do not consider the Church and Lordly ranks to be equal in status so they wouldn't recognize the above table: Peter Metcalph)	True Meritocracy except truly Heroic Leaders. (There is no "Bishop" or "Archbishop" in Loskalmi Titles: Nick Brooke & Trotsky.) [with some sort of Puritan flavour: TI]	Houses are important in Carmanian Society. Sirdar is Low Administrator appointed by Satraps. (Kevin McDonald) Magi are born as Magi in birth.	Mystical Achievement of disciplines rather than titles.