Jewel Ranks
White
Yellow
Tiger Eye
Rose
Summer-sky
Purple Dusk
Opal*
Green
Sapphire
Red
Gray
Ebon-gray
Black
Ebony
*Opal in the dividing line between lighter and darker Jewels because it can be either.
When making the Offering to the Darkness, a person can descend a maximum of three ranks from his/her Birthright Jewel.
Example: Birthright White could descend to Rose.
Blood Hierarchy/ Castes
Males:
Landen- non-Blood of any race
Blood male- a general term for all males of the Blood; also refers to any Blood male who doesn't wear Jewels
Warlord- a Jeweled male equal in status to a witch.
Prince- a Jeweled male equal in status to a Priestess or a Healer.
Warlord Prince- a dangerous, extremely aggressive Jeweled male; in status, slightly lower than a Queen.
Females:
Landen- non-Blood of any race
Blood female- a general term for all females of the Blood; mostly refers to any Blood female who doesn't wear Jewels.
Witch- a Blood female who wears Jewels but isn't one of the other hierarchical levels; also refers to any Jeweled female.
Healer- a witch who heals physical wounds and illnesses; equal in status to a Priestess and a Prince.
Priestess- a witch who cares for altars, Sanctuaries, and Dark Altars; witnesses hand fasts and marriages; performs offerings; equal in status to a Healer and a Prince.
Black Widow- a witch who heals the mind; weaves the tangled webs of dreams and visions; is trained in illusions and poisons.
Priestess of the Darkness- one who awaits and serves the coming of the Darkness' Heart; has same duties of a priestess but can only be so if you have a jewel green or higher; has higher status than a Black Widow and only Authority that they answer to are Darker Queens
Queen- a witch who rules the Blood; is considered to be the land's heart and the Blood's moral center; as such, she is the focal point of their society.
White
Yellow
Tiger Eye
Rose
Summer-sky
Purple Dusk
Opal*
Green
Sapphire
Red
Gray
Ebon-gray
Black
Ebony
*Opal in the dividing line between lighter and darker Jewels because it can be either.
When making the Offering to the Darkness, a person can descend a maximum of three ranks from his/her Birthright Jewel.
Example: Birthright White could descend to Rose.
Blood Hierarchy/ Castes
Males:
Landen- non-Blood of any race
Blood male- a general term for all males of the Blood; also refers to any Blood male who doesn't wear Jewels
Warlord- a Jeweled male equal in status to a witch.
Prince- a Jeweled male equal in status to a Priestess or a Healer.
Warlord Prince- a dangerous, extremely aggressive Jeweled male; in status, slightly lower than a Queen.
Females:
Landen- non-Blood of any race
Blood female- a general term for all females of the Blood; mostly refers to any Blood female who doesn't wear Jewels.
Witch- a Blood female who wears Jewels but isn't one of the other hierarchical levels; also refers to any Jeweled female.
Healer- a witch who heals physical wounds and illnesses; equal in status to a Priestess and a Prince.
Priestess- a witch who cares for altars, Sanctuaries, and Dark Altars; witnesses hand fasts and marriages; performs offerings; equal in status to a Healer and a Prince.
Black Widow- a witch who heals the mind; weaves the tangled webs of dreams and visions; is trained in illusions and poisons.
Priestess of the Darkness- one who awaits and serves the coming of the Darkness' Heart; has same duties of a priestess but can only be so if you have a jewel green or higher; has higher status than a Black Widow and only Authority that they answer to are Darker Queens
Queen- a witch who rules the Blood; is considered to be the land's heart and the Blood's moral center; as such, she is the focal point of their society.