Fox Caste System

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Old Caste System

There are eight Castes in the Fox Caste system since it was established in the year 155 by the Fox first King. Note that the Caste system does not apply for liberal the Fox parties that don't reside on Cyantzium.

White 
The leader caste of the Fox. They are very rare and all descendants of Elite Fox.
Silver 
Secondary caste of the Fox. They are also rare and descendants of Elite Fox. Advisers, personal body guards.
Black 
Tertiary caste of the Fox. Not nearly as rare as the White and Silvers, but almost hunted to extinction by the Golden Fox. Descendants of Elite Fox. They had many of the same positions as the Golds before the hunts.
Gold 
Generic descendants of the Elite Fox. These serves as bounty hunters, law enforcers and imperial guards. It is in their culture they tend to be very single minded, stubborn and persistent in anything they do. They were respected for their physical ability, intelligence, and tenacity.
Orange 
Your normal, every day, common Fox color. Architects, artisans, scientists and high level working class.
Blue 
Another normal Fox, rarer than the Orange, Red and Goldens. These served in professional areas such as medicine, engineering and tactics. Blue and orange share their class as equals.
Red 
The second largest class and the base rung of the Fox people, they are very common. These are farmers, merchants and heavy labor workers, as well as basic troops, pilots and militia.
Gouttouve 
Below the bottom rung. Those Fox whose color does not match their class profession. This is the largest class. They are not permitted to own anything within the cities and are delegated to doing jobs that nobody else wants. They usually serve as woodfoxes, hunters, cooks, smaller merchants, herbalist and a menagerie of smaller jobs.

For a while the gold Foxes were part of a genocidal push to rid their race of impurities (white, silver and black Fox) without knowing that they themselves also carried the legacy of the Elite Fox in their own ranks but at a much lesser level, still above normal Fox.

Rashon's Caste System

When General Shour Rashon overthrew the monarchy and ordered the Elite Fox killed, he instigated a new caste system, placing himself at the top.

Royal Red 
King Rashon and his "son" Kiet fall into this category. They are basically really dark Reds, but Rashon separated himself from the other Reds.
Gold 
The Golds' position remained mostly unchanged in function, but their hierarchy rose greatly. Under Rashon's reign the Gold caste were second only to the king.
Orange and Blue 
Also unchanged, although their jobs as scientists and geneticists attracted the king's interest. It was Rashon that ordered Exotica Genoworks to begin developing soldiers for the militia. He did not regard EG creations as people, only as property.
Red 
The common Reds' position was unchanged.
Gouttouve 
Unchanged, but they may have been even more looked down upon, as a callous attitude prevailed during Rashon's reign.

Even in the current timeline, with the caste system as a whole abolished, there are still those that adhere to one of the two systems. Many Golds in particular still adhere to Rashon's castes, and some may kill a Black, White, or Silver, and callously hunt escaped EG creations. Of course, the latter is done because of the bounty EG pays, regardless of the color doing the hunting.

Elite Fox

Any Fox with white, silver, or black fur AND black skin is Elite. These were the ones targeted for extermination regardless of age. (Gralen Cragg Hall, strip 36) After the purge, there were only 1 white (2 if you count Kiet who was disguised as a red), 2 silver, and 6 black (only one of which was a full adult), known at the time to have survived. (Gralen Cragg Hall, strip 63) While it is possible for a Fox to have black or white fur and have pale skin, and thus not be subject to the king's order, they would, however, probably have to have a patch of fur shaved off to show that they're not Elite. There hasn't yet been a Fox shown in the GNIPs like this, indicating that a non-Elite black or white is extremely rare. Non-Elite silvers, on the other hand, are quite common, and have their own caste: Blue.

The issue of the Fox color purge is the apparent difference that is tied to fur color in the black, white and silver Fox with black skin. They ARE superior to the other colors, but fewer in number. Because there has always been a Fox caste system based on fur color, their original appearance set them aside as chosen for religious/ambassador type positions because they are beautiful and exotic due to their fur color. When this was originally setup, they were no more special than any other Fox. It was the ambassadors and clerics who ended up in the hands of the Squid, because they were supposed to be the best of their kind to meet and make deals. They were taken and genetically manipulated with new abilities that were tied directly to their skin/fur color.

Danie is told to have been an Elite Fox. Her whereabouts and if she has any offspring is still unknown.

It turns out that Rama had a hand in this genocide by "encouraging" the Red caste to rise up against their Elites when he was amongst them, circa 487-496.