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Intermission 3: Zudi'kot Social Order System

First proposed by historian Eser Ha-Makot, and later refined by scholars Stephan Zubke and Naya Abadi, the social order system focused on defining relationships between people in a disordered society.
The honorifics are said before the name of an individual, and written as a separate word.

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Whenever people of the same specialty are referring to each other knowingly, they state only the honorifics which are based on superiority and their familiarity.
The conventions are as follows:

distant superiors - "Kon"
close superiors - "Gra"
polite equals - "Lai"
close equals - None
close subordinates - "Fre"
distant subordinates - "Fen"
rude way - "Len"

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In cases where individuals belong to different trades an occupational suffix is added to the honorific as follows:

"rod" - Creators (or people in professions that involve gathering raw materials, such as farmers, herders, miners, etc.)
"kee" - Maintainers (or people in professions that maintain the status quo, craftsmen who take from the creators, scribes, medics, etc.)
"zer" - Destroyers (or people in professions that undo creations, such as warriors, butchers, etc.)
"san" - Priests of the Jiemti



Generally a persons trade is discernable from their attire, but nonetheless it is necessary to introduce oneself upon meeting by stating the occupational suffix and name. The person who replies will then apply the perceived honorific.
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