Thexar-III: Ruun-El — Sha-El 06: Xha-Mor The-Rass — Social Structure
"There are no castes. There are no estates. There is only your contribution to the common cause — and the respect you have earned." — From the Code of the Council of Unity
Ruun-ak rass: → rhu [Thexar-III, Sha-El 01, "Rass-Vokh Khal-sha"], → rhu [Thexar-III, Sha-El 04, "Ruun-El Xha-Khal"] Mor-ven: Result of a conscious rejection of the estate model. Formally casteless: status determined by contribution, education, professional recognition — not origin. Mechanism = guild system, ensuring high social mobility. Status factors: guild 40%, merit 30%, education 20%, origin 10%.
6.1 Formal Structure
Formally casteless. Social status determined by:
| Factor | Weight | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Guild | 40% | Membership and rank |
| Merit | 30% | Contribution to society |
| Education | 20% | Level of knowledge |
| Origin | 10% | Family (minimal influence) |
Guild membership and rank = main status factor (40%). Origin deliberately minimized (10%) — a lesson of history: the estate-based First Empire fell partly because of the elite-people gap (→ rhu [Thexar-II, Sha-El 04, "Thar-Xa-Khal"]).
6.2 Social Mobility
High mobility: 60% of guild members come from families of a different status.
| Path | Difficulty | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Education → Guild | Low | 10–15 years |
| Merit → Recognition | Medium | 5–20 years |
| Guild change | Medium | 1–3 years |
| Entrepreneurship | Low | Any |
Key mobility channel — education: free and accessible, it allows anyone to enter a guild by ability rather than origin.
6.3 Family and Kinship
Family ties include affection, habit, care, shared expenses and division of work. Public support helps households but does not cook every meal or replace all daily care. Family arrangements vary and cannot be derived from a single guild model.
6.4 Equality of Species
Includes all three sapient species (→ rhu [Thexar-II, Sha-El 14, "Xha-Sha Xha-Mor"]). Xha'ri, Kel'vash, Moryn equal before the law; social status within each species determined by the same factors. Interspecies relations governed by the Law of Accord.
6.5 Institutional Protection
Equality protected institutionally:
- The canon — prohibition of discrimination by origin and species
- Guild courts — protection of members' rights
- The Keeper of Knowledge — canon conformity control
- Educational accessibility — removal of mobility barriers
Ruun Ven
- Formally casteless; status — by contribution, not origin.
- Status factors: guild (40%), merit (30%), education (20%), origin (10%).
- High mobility: 60% of guild members from families of another status.
- Education — the main channel of social mobility.
- Equality of the three species protected by the canon and the Law of Accord.
The 40/30/20/10 weights are an analytical model of status, not a physical measure of respect or a rule for every family. Identical qualifications operate differently where contacts, journeys to work and available time differ.