Titles And Honors
Akathian names and titles have storied histories, and though many are considered to stem from Alerean history specifically, there are those that find their roots in the Vissicaran Way of Drostollor. Honorifics are commonplace in the upper rungs of society in Akathia, especially between the Qieth and Azhan of Aleryn, where the use of such titles is not only expected, but in some circumstances, avoidance of their use can mean punishment.
"At what point does one lose their name to their title? Not just in the words, but in what it means to have earned it? Some find it an honor or privilege, but is a meager man not titled by the name "Farmer"? "Beggar"? "Rizhan"? These create space from their entitled. Titles remove the self in favor of a societal ideal of their person." - Rizhan Sozhan Relus I
The use of titles in Akathia was actually a unique cultural facet that was shared with the other realms, and grew in prevelence elsewhere slowly as exposure with Akathians expanded. Talii were the only culture with something like it, though their "titles" are more akin to completely new names. The Shaelarin and Fjorlosians have fully integrated honorifics into their languages as a result of this cultural exchange.
Titles And Meanings
Presage
- A common male honorific, a presage is any landowner with access to some military control. Often they are also a Derazh, and the titles are semi-interchangeable, so long as the one with the title is indeed male. Presage is more accurate, however, when used on one of that station who is more important for their land ownership than for their military might, as Derazh has more of a wartime context.
The term originates, along with Voyance, with the Drostollorian terms of rank for those within the Vissicaran Way after the fall of the Drostol Comet and the need to recreate and restructure their organization into an actual society as they formed the country to the north. The terms refer to foresight and that those in power within the - at the time - cult, who were said to have some degree of prescience.
Voyance
