Jesubaran Caste System

The Jesubaran Caste System is a strict class system laid down in the Jesubara. It divides and stratifies the hierarchy of Dyarin society into five distinct castes. An individual's caste is inherited. In the rare case that there is an offspring of parents of different castes, the child inherits the caste of their mother if they are born female, and their father if they are born male.

One's caste is displayed, like many other things in Dyarin culture, with black tattoos, in this case on the face, that are given to the individual shortly after birth.

While it is possible for an individual or family to change castes it is incredibly rare, virtually unheard of, and requires a very good reason.

Jeduri
The Jeduri caste is the highest ranking of the five, but only makes up around 1% of the total population. Virtually the entire focus of the Jeduri is that of religion and spirituality. They act as clergy, spiritual leaders and guides, mystics, diviners, and many other things.

There has, however, been a gradual shift of power and influence over the last few centuries from the Jeduri to the Adusi who, while still technically of a lower rank than the Jeduri, seem to be close to surpassing them in importance, thus causing much friction between the two castes.

Adusi
Below the Jeduri are the Adusi who fill both the roles of warriors and of aristocrats and rulers. It is the Adusi who rule the Great Houses and make up the bulk of the military forces, and thus in a practical sense, weild the most power.

Within the Adusi caste, however, there is a certain level of stratification. Not all Adusi belong to the aristocracy. The majority are warriors and soldiers, it is only those who rank highly within a Great House that belong to the aristocracy. All told, the Adusi caste makes up around 5% of the population.

Banuri
The Banuri, ranking below the Adusi, are merchants, skilled laborers, craftsmen, artisans, and landowners. They are, quite simply, the specialists of Dyarin society. They can be scribes, scholars, publicans, smiths, woodworkers, brewers, landlords, and innumerable other professions.

Generally, the Banuri tend to follow a family trade, thus forming powerful mercantile family dynasties. In some ways, they share much in common with the Adusi. Where the Adusi compare their social stature and that of their family on the grounds of martial prowess, honor, and so on, the Banuri compare theirs on skill and wealth.

They are the second largest group, making up approximately 35% of the population.

Madosi
Making up a full 50% of the population, the Madosi are a major group. Ranking beneath the Banuri, the Madosi are generally unskilled simple laborers such as miners, farmers, builders, porters, etc.

Nudhi
The Nudhi, making up 9% of the population, are the lowest of the low. They are outcasts who only rarely find a niche in normal Dyarin society, and only then performing unsavory tasks such as dealing with the deceased.

Most live on the fringes of society, and crime is by no means an uncommon practice among them as they have no other means of surviving.

History
The Jesubaran Caste System was implemented in the very earliest days of the Dyari, possible even in the time of the Prophet Jomar. It gained growing prominence and acceptance until around the Third House War in K2.Y166, at which point people began to take it less and less seriously and it was less and less enforced.

It was finally abolished shortly after the Great Uprising in K3.Y022, but that did not last all that long. After the Cataclysm in K3.Y891, there was a near universal belief that the disaster was the retribution of the gods for the sins of the Dyari and the Jesubaran Caste System was immediately re-established and heavily enforced by the Temple.