Common

If you aren't Noble, you are a Common. The Commons are the largest caste within the the Empire of Crown. Every workaday citizen is considered a Common. These are the laborers, the workers, the functionaries, the clerks, the assistants, the servants, the soldiers, etc. Most Commons expect to do their jobs until they die. But the few with ambition look at the Lessor Nobles with envy, and plan for the day they can ascend to their ranks. 

From childhood, the Commons know they are lessor people and deserve their place in society. Their ancestors were weak and failed join with the Argentimeri and the Twelve in their holy war and founding of the Empire. The Commons inherited their ancestors' lack of virtue and moral weakness. They need the hand of the Argentimeri to guide them.

Qualifications

Nearly all Commons are born to their caste. One need only be born to a citizen to be born a Common. Nobles of either stripe have no means of becoming Commons. They either stay Noble or lose everything. A Noble that loses their status becomes casteless, a sort of untouchable. While not a regular event, Commons convicted of heretical crimes of great severity can also become casteless. Foreigners, or non-citizens, are not considered casteless. There is a process they can follow to become Commons should they desire it.

Duties

Commons are expected to follow the commands of the Nobles and the laws of the land, in that order. They are expected to fight for their country if called upon to do so. They are to worship The Twelve or no gods at all. Should they witness heresy or evidence of sorcery, they are obligated to report it.

Benefits

Citizens pay taxes and follow orders, but in exchange they get to dwell within the enchantingly beautiful gem cities of Crown. They receive the protection of the finest standing military in the world. They benefit from the endless mercy and charity of the High Nobles.

Type

Civic, Citizenship

Form of Address

None

Alternative Naming

The Masses

Equates to

The peasants and commoners of the nations that came before have been distilled in the current culture's opinion of the working class.