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 ===== Hierarchies =====
-==== Lashala ====
+See [[:Nayabaru:society:Titles]].
-One of the strangest positions amongst the Nayabaru are the **Lashala**. To someone who does not know Nayabaru society, they may seem to hold all the power.
-Indeed, they are central to any Nayabaru community - but they do not lead anyone in it any more than any others in the community do.
-Their job is to **assess the correct profession** for a young Nayabaru, to monitor the members of the community throughout their life, and to thus know enough about each Nayabaru to be able to **make decisions if there is a professional dispute**.
-They decide the structure of a Nayabaru community as they assign the professions - however, they work on a generational basis. If someone comes to them requesting more //Hesha//, they will raise more //Hesha//, but it will take for them to become adults before this bears any fruit.
-//Reassigning professions// is not typically done - definitely not for reasons of need of someone in a particular profession, and only very rarely on request of a Nayabaru who feels misfiled and wants a second chance in another profession (which is necessarily just a shortcut on falling from grace in their previous profession - the tattoo scars aren't optional). If there is truly urgent need for someone in a profession (e.g. the only //Seklushi// in town unexpectedly came to death), neighbouring communities will be asked for help until the next generation can fill in.
-Note that Lashala typically do not bother to hold names - everyone refers to them simply as //Lashal//. If for some reason they were un-titled and survived the ordeal, they would be made to take on a four-glyphed name.
-==== Gan- ====
-The prefix "Gan-" to a title might be comparable approximately to the human habit of referring to respected people as "Master", and describes **actual hierarchy** (although only within the profession).
-"Gan-" is the prefix used within a **group** of Nayabaru with the same profession to refer to the one of highest respect. Amongst the profession itself, it is obsolete - the Nayabaru in the profession do not need to be //told// who their highest-ranking is. It is used outside of the profession, however, to direct enquiries to the most qualified. For example, a Nayabaru having a question about biology would be referred to the //Ganseklushi// of their community. (The //Ganseklushi// in turn might refer to a lower-ranking Nayabaru if they are busy, but they're considered a first contact.)
-The different professions group differently, based on how many of them exist in a given community.
-Some have several groups within a community, and in consequence several //Gana//. In larger towns, //Hesha// fall into this category - you might run into two or three //Ganhesha// there.
-Some have one group within a community. In most places, //Seklushia// have only one group. Sometimes that group is as small as two - one //Ganseklushi// and one //Seklushi//, latter perhaps an apprentice.
-Some are necessarily solitary within a community, and only group between neighbouring communities. Presently, this only concerns the //Lashala//, befitting their strange but important role in Nayabaru culture. The //Ganlashal// is one that decides on who may be a //Lashal// when a community's //Lashal// dies //without having decided on and/or educated an heir//. The //Ganlashal// is the most respected //Lashal// in all immediately neighbouring communities. (This means that two neighbouring communities may, indeed, have different //Ganlashala//! This is totally normal.)
-//Gan-// titles are consensus work. If there is dispute, no one is //Gan//. If a //Gan// is necessary for the group to function, the community's //Lashal// may arbitrate until a //Gan// is found. Uncooperative Nayabaru will be excommunicated with no hesitation.
-One can become //Gan// through good work alone.
-==== Hav- ====
-//Hava//, on the other hand, are chosen positions, filled by the //Lashala// like any other profession. The prefix can be translated, roughly, as "ultimate". The associated tattoo changes are complementary, so that at least in theory, a Nayabaru in the basic profession can be upgraded to a //Hav// if the need arises, but this is avoided if at all possible.
-//Hava// resolve disagreements between //Gana//, and coordinate them for the whole community, or between communities where no more than one group of the profession exists in a single community, but they may not do what humans would call "micro-managing", and they may not second-guess the actions of the //Gana// where they do not interfere with the stated meta-goal.
-How many //Hava// there are for a profession overall depends on the need for coordination, which is usually low. The fewest professions even //have// them. A few examples:
-  * The //Karesejat// is //Havhesh// - a position that was considered important for the high time of the kavkem <-> Nayabaru war, but has since effectively been absorbed into the title //Karesejat// and thus not usually used as a term any more.
-  * The largest communities in Vatenas each have a //Havdarhal// and //Havbaskaat//.
-  * //Marmoa// do not have //Hava//, although they may temporarily agree on a kind of //Havmarmo// when the need of a great artistic or architectural project arises that pools several //Marmoa// and their //Gana// together.
-  * //Seklushia// do not have //Hava//.
-  * //Yeresoa// do not have //Hava//.
-==== Mak- ====
-//Maka// might be tentatively translated as "penultimate". They are similar to the concept of //Hava//, with an important distinction: They cannot decide anything. They resolve disputes between //Gana//, possibly even between //Hava//, but their resolution is one that must be assessed by the parties in the dispute and accepted or rejected individually. In addition, their knowledge of the profession is strictly theoretical - if they were to practise the profession, they would not be chosen as //Maka//.
-//Maka// are rarely permanent. They might be particularly booksmart Nayabaru that are chosen by the Lashal on the spur of a moment to resolve a matter. Nonetheless, a handful of permanent //Maka// exist.
-Of these, the most notable are that the //Karesejat// is //Maklashal// and //Makdarhal//, both:
-She 'judges over' any //Lashala// in dispute that call upon her for dispute resolution. She cannot enforce her decision. She cannot muscle in on a dispute that she considers her presence useful in, either. She must wait for the //Lashala// to approach her.
-//Makdarhal// is of course far less spectacular. It corresponds to what humans would diagnose as //"well, d'oh, she's the most intelligent person on the planet, and she understands physics better than anyone"//.
-==== Karesejat ====
-The title //Karesejat// is a war-time creation and it has persisted since then. It would likely disappear once the kavkema are extinct (not that this is likely to ever happen). The //Karesejat// is many things, but most notably:
-  * //Havhesh// - she is the supreme commander of all military forces, no questions asked.
-  * //Maklashal// - she advises the //Lashala// if there are disputes amongst them.
-  * //Makdarhal// - she advises the //Darhala// if there are disputes amongst them.
-  * automatically grants a high //Social Respect// even amongst strangers.
-The current Karesejat, [[:character:Terenyira]], in particular is endowed with an extremely high //Social Respect// due to how well-known she is as an individual. She also enjoys near-infinite //Experience Respect// due to her current nature as a de-facto immortal being.
-==== Resulting Structure ===
-{{ :nayabaru:nayabaru-hierachies.png?nolink |}}
 ===== Interaction Rules =====