This guide ensures that when your players fill out the forms we’ve created, they use the correct formal titles. In Gorean society, addressing someone by the wrong rank or failing to use their "Caste Prefix" is a grave insult that can lead to the Formal Challenge of the Duel we just drafted.
❖ AR’S STATION: PROTOCOL OF RANKS & TITLES ❖
OFFICIAL SCRIBAL GUIDE FOR FORMAL ADDRESS
GENERAL RULE: All Free Persons are addressed as "Citizen" or "Citizen [Name]" unless their Caste or Rank is known. High Castes (White, Blue, Yellow, Green, Scarlet) are always afforded their specific honorifics.
🏛️ THE FIVE HIGH CASTES
| CASTE | FORMAL PREFIX | KEY RANKS (LOW TO HIGH) |
| Initiates (White) | The Holy... | Acolyte ➔ Initiate ➔ High Initiate |
| Scribes (Blue) | The Learned... | Copyist ➔ Notary ➔ Magistrate ➔ High Scribe |
| Builders (Yellow) | The Industrious... | Apprentice ➔ Architect ➔ Master of Works |
| Physicians (Green) | The Healed... | Medic ➔ Surgeon ➔ High Physician |
| Warriors (Scarlet) | The Brave... | Recruit ➔ Guard ➔ Sergeant ➔ Captain ➔ Marshal |
💰 THE LOW CASTES (NOTABLE)
| CASTE | FORMAL PREFIX | NOTES |
| Merchants (Gold) | The Honorable... | Includes Traders, Bankers, and Slavers. |
| Assassins (Black) | None (Hidden) | They do not publicly use their Caste titles. |
| Peasants (Brown) | Goodman/Goodwife | The foundation of the Home Stone. |
| Slavers (Gold/Blue) | The Master... | Often a sub-division of the Merchant Caste. |
⚖️ CIVILIAN & ADMINISTRATIVE HONORIFICS
Member of the High Council: Your Excellence or Councilor [Name]
The Administrator: The High Administrator or The Voice of the Home Stone
Free Woman: Mistress (Always capitalized) or Lady [Name]
Free Man: Master (Always capitalized) or Sir [Name]
A Person of No Caste: Outcast (A term of deep shame).
⛓️ THE UNFREE (NO TITLES)
Slaves have no surnames, no Caste, and no titles. In documents, they are listed by name only, followed by their Master's name (e.g., "The girl, Mina, property of The Brave Marcus").
Male Slaves: Asset, Boy, Bondman.
Female Slaves: Girl, Bondmaid, kajira.
❖ SCRIBAL CHEAT-SHEET FOR DOCUMENTS ❖
When signing for a High Caste: Use your seal and the words: "By the Quill of [Name], Scribe of the Third Circle."
When addressing the Guard: Always start with: "To the Scarlet Bench of Ar's Station..."
When filing a tax report: Always address it to: "The Gold Bench, Mercantile Division."
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