Narosi Caste System

+ Politicians, nobles, the wealthiest of the wealthy families. They are the movers and shakers of this nation, owning a great many of the businesses that lower castes work in. Most illicit behaviour and spy networks link back to someone in the caste.
* *Mirasai -* Mages
	+ Specifically arcanists or lacers are in this caste with most families cultivating strong magic in the blood lines. Magical teachings are jealously guarded among the Mirasai to protect it from the other castes though some tricks have slipped out. Should magic spontaneously appear in a child from a lower caste, they will be removed from their home and adopted by a *mirasai* family.
* *Norasai -* Warriors
	+ Mostly Naval families and houses, there are some standing army though they are often used more for security and keeping the peace than fighting in actual battles. This caste doesn’t involve every single person who would be involved in a conflict, many of those are drawn from the Kothamari, instead the most important. This caste is supposed to be comprised of officers and the most brilliant fighters, though this isn’t always the case. Due to a long history with intermarrying with the Mirasai caste there is more magic in the Narosai than some like to admit.
* *Rolisai -* Clergy
	+ The Rolisai fit in a unique position within Narosi culture. Despite being a relatively low caste with little to no political power, the Rolisai are highly honoured within Narosi cultures, exempt from taxes and many other requirements of the state. Some crimes are even waved for Rolisai if it is proven to be divine will. The Rolisai have a family for each of the gods and any who wish to join the clergy must beseech the emperor to be permitted to join the Rolisai.
* *Honmari -* Merchants
	+ The first of the ‘common’ castes, this is where a great amount of the nation’s wealth resides. It often has many ties to families in higher castes with a steady flow of income moving throughout the richer families.
* *Kothamari -* Labourers
	+ The lifeblood of Naros. The largest of the castes, the Kothamari make everything within the nation. Though they have no political power, they are not automatically poor with many Kothamari families being fairly well off and even owning property, though they may not own businesses.
* *Levamari -* Indentured Servants
	+ Once a slave caste, the Levamari are often the result of crimes with whole families being cast into indentured servitude for a single person’s actions. All Levamari families belong to a specific family of a higher caste and remain as little more than property till they have worked off their sentence. In some cases, a family will remain Levamari for so long that they don’t remember what they once were.
* *Telesk* - Casteless
	+ Casteless are people who don't fit into the system for a variety of reason. Perhaps they are visitors or immigrants who have yet to join a family (either through marriage or adoption)
	+ While a person remains casteless within Naros they are exist in a strange limbo. They have limited rights in what they are allowed to do, they cannot earn over a certain amount money and they can own only a small amount of property so long as it's not a business. In the case of crimes, the punishment is almost always deportation unless it's especially heinous.

### Extra Information

Only the emperor can allow a person to leave their caste (whether up or down) though in many cases such as adoption into the Mirasai or the Rolisai, it is fairly common. Within marriages, the children gain their clan/family from their father and their caste from their mother.

Castes are shown through coloured scarves that an individual must wear on their person while they’re out in public. Green for Harasai, Blue for Mirasai, Red for Norasai, Yellow for Rolisai, Black for Honmari, Brown for Kothamari, White for Levamari. Purple is reserved for the Emperor. Levamari wear special scarves that are white striped with the colour of the caste of the family they are indentured to. It is a crime to impersonate a false caste, though the punishment is more harsh for pretending to be greater than lesser.

### The Daimyos

Split between the highest castes, there are thirty two families that trace their families back to the original Tyrasian settlers.