Nazirites & Perpetuals

The Adepts of God are divided into two important groups, the Nazirites and the Perpetuals. Nazirites are Adepts who have completely given themselves over to the cause, effectively living a celibate life and doing nothing but working for God directly in all they do. But to keep functioning, society (and Xtrian society too) needs people to perform a host of daily, civilian services. These Adepts, generally most Adepts in the world, are called Perpetuals, because they keep the world turning perpetually.
== Nazirites ==
Some Adepts just want to do nothing else but be an Adept. Maybe they are in love with Adepthood, or maybe they feel God has called them, or maybe they feel they are uniquely suited to do a great service to the wider world and living a more civilian life would only inhibit that. Whatever their motivations, Nazirites are in the minds of most Adepts dedicated soldiers known for going the extra-mile and accomplishing great tasks through simple commitment and dedication.
Nazirite is not a Title, no one can see you are definitely a Nazirite or not. But most people can generally tell when an Adept has become a Nazirite, they completely and totally live for the cause. A few Nazirites have truly gone the extra-mile (some Adepts might say they've gone too far) and actually abandoned their former lives to live as someone else, even faking their own deaths to accomplish it. This way, enemies can't track them back to their living relatives or friends.
Freelancers tend to be Nazirites, as well as Chaplains whose role of pastor within a Squad lends them to a solitary, caretaker way of life. 
== Perpetuals ==
The opposite of a Nazirite, Perpetuals are Adepts who operate within a Squad but also maintain a 'normal' life in the secular world. Perpetuals are by far more common than Nazirites, and are every bit as important and needed as Nazirites are (just for different reasons).
Perpetuals have their own challenges and rewards. They get to enjoy the benefits of modern society, of having family and friends to call upon, something which most lonely Nazirites don't have. But Perpetuals must deal with the reality that they are living a double-life. Rare is the Adept whose entire family are Initiated. And friends and neighbors have a way of noticing how someone disappears for lengths of time and then suddenly shows up with strange wounds on their person?