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==Society== | ==Society== | ||
The Kriosians | The Kriosians maintain a structured class system, divided between the nobility and the commoners. | ||
Discrimination based on gender, however, is not tolerated, and female Kriosians enjoy powerful positions in government and society, including the First Minister of the Kriosian Parliament. Another powerful female Kriosian is [[Sana]], the Headmaster for the Royal Kriosian School for Metamorphs.<ref name=Nadira7>[[SIM:Nadira, Chapter 7]], 2397</ref> | |||
Children identified as empathic metamorphs are commonly taken from their parents by the age of four and placed in a royal village where they are prepared by their tutors and servants. These attendants would constantly educate the metamorphs in literature, history, art and sex. | |||
When a family has produced a metamorph and is identified, it is considered an occasion of great celebration, both for the metamorph and the family, whose caste is elevated in acknowledgement for what they’ve brought to Kriosian society.<ref name=Nadira7>[[SIM:Nadira, Chapter 7]], 2397</ref> | |||
Some Kriosians practice polygamy. Metamorphs commonly were bonded to those in the upper echelons of society. Many politicians for instance have a metamorph as one of their spouses. It is not uncommon for those married to a metamorph to still find other partners to wed. For instance, the First Minister of the Kriosian Parliament had two non-metamorph husbands in addition to her male metamorph husband, [[Jatann]].<ref name=Nadira7>[[SIM:Nadira, Chapter 7]], 2397</ref> | |||
==Culture== | ==Culture== | ||