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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 6782638" data-attributes="member: 82106">And just to carry the "authorities know and regulate class" idea further. IMHO it doesn't solve anything. There are plenty of cases where there simply aren't such authorities. Empires don't exist throughout time and space, so clearly there had to be a time and a place where if 1% of the population was classed individuals then they did whatever they pleased, and there wasn't a census or any other thing like that. Beyond that I note that [MENTION=6800918]empireofchaos[/MENTION] already has to admit that "some individuals don't fit into this scheme" and that it is ambiguous and even these authorities are sometimes calling a barbarian a monk or etc. They're going to invent whatever social organizations and structures they need and classify people based on THOSE. MAYBE, assuming class is a 'law of nature' those sometimes follow 'real' classes, but there's never going to be any requirement that they do. There's going to be the ranger that acts as the king's bodyguard and is called 'Sir Jones' and people say "He's might good with a bow and a great tracker!" etc. The whole class thing is just forced really. The world wouldn't shake out that way IMHO.</blockquote>