Artifex

An Artifex is a form of slave within Caesar's Legion.
==Characteristics==
During the intake process, captures are screened for notable proficiencies in trades or fields, such as farming or medicine. Their skills are indicated for when they are transferred from holding areas to be processed at larger camps. There, the captures are assessed by a slavemaster and veteran Artifex of their field; if they are deemed worthy by the slavemaster and the Artifex verifies their skill, they enter consideration for an Artifex role. Once demand is reached for their field, the slave is transferred to the required area with the Artifexes. These slaves eventually become full Artifexes themselves through training and hard work, leading to a repeating cycle.
An Artifex is generally treated better than the average slave, though a slave nonetheless. They are offered a modicum of preference over other slaves, often presenting as slightly better quality food and sleeping arrangements. This preference can easily be revoked should the Artifex grow lazy, inefficient, or otherwise unvirtuous. In this case, they are often stripped of their role, regardless of skill level or importance, and returned to the slave pens, often missing a finger or bearing new brandings. Due to the preference given, the general body of slaves either resent the Artifex or strive to become one. Should an Artifex lose their position, they are often abused by their fellow slaves as a form of recompense or propositioned for education in their field outside the eye of their handlers. 
==Varieties of Artifex== 
===Cultor===
===Ferrarius===
===Medicus===
The Medicii fill the role of doctors and apothecaries. Due to the Legion's ban on chems, the Medicii rely on remedies from assimilated tribes to heal their patients and often provide soldiers with doses the remedies for use in the field, such as Healing Powder and Hydra. Due to their reliance on certain materials, the Medicii often work closely with Venators and Cultors to source needed ingredients. Despite their focus on healing, some Medicii also uses available resources to produce poisons to be applied to the weapons only upon request. Many of the materials used in poison are also used for the required remedies or are in short supply.
===Venator===