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THE DOWN BELOW OCCUPATIONS,[/b]

GANG BANGER: In Khthonia, if you want to live and make a buck, the surest way is to join the oppressors. The crime organizations rule Khthonia with tight fists and big grins. Because of the heavy taxes imposed by the gangs, members are treated as both the law enforcement and the criminals by the people they oppress. The three gangs that rule Khthonia are The Scarlet Guns in Hogwash, The Black Collars in the Junkyard Downs, and The Ravage Family in Ravageland. There is more on the gangs and their ranks in the next post.

RACERS: The pride and joy of The Down Below, the racers are the closest things to celebrities and athletes that Khthonia and Elysia have. Due to hovercraft racing’s immense popularity, it isn’t hard to imagine that the racers themselves are always in the limelight. The racers follow a class system that ranks them by skill and wins. The highest class, The Hero Class, move up to race in Elysia for the nobles. Racers who rise to Class B can gain sponsors that will help them with racing and training expenses. There is more on racers below.

MECHANICS: Behind every great racer, there is a mechanic greasing the wheels. Working side-by-side with the racers, mechanics are the real hands behind the magic of hovercraft racing. A racer and a mechanic usually pair up as a team but the mechanics are not paid any attention to in the media.

PARTS DEALERS: Parts dealers are a racer’s and a mechanic’s line to good parts for a decent price. Unlike a mechanic, a parts dealer is not a part of a team. But, rather, tends to service several different racers at a time. They tend to employ junkies to go out and search for the parts that racers ordered. Parts dealers don’t deal with just racers and mechanics; they also deal with anyone who owns machina, aerials, and airships that are in need of parts and repairs.

JUNKIES: People who scavenge in garbage and debris for parts to recycle. This is considered a dirty and highly dangerous job, although it is a necessary one. A majority of Khthonian civilization depends on finding recyclable material. However, many people – especially from The Upside – treat Junkies like lepers. There is an unwarranted prejudice that they are disease-ridden and uneducated.

FACTORY WORKERS: For the corporate overlords who live high in Elysia, the people of Khthonia provide a form of cheap labor. A majority of Khthonians will have worked in a factory at least once in their life time. The health conditions of the factories tend to be horrid and the treatment of workers is just as poor.

THE UPSIDE OCCUPATIONS,

NOBLES: The nobles are the politicians and the corporation owners of Elysia. Aside from ensuring that their best interests are being taken care of, a noble’s job is to provide the king with the various viewpoints of the people. They are also to keep the king’s power in check, while wallowing in his good graces. It is both a stereotype and a truth that many nobles are twisted and corrupt, but there are also plenty of benevolent nobles who do a lot of charity work in Khthonia and the less advanced of the colonized islands. Each noble has a different title, and each title denotes a duty that the noble must accomplish if they want to earn the next title. Nobles are the only group in THE BLUE that can become royalty and rule Elysia. There is more on nobles and their titles below.

H.A.W.K.s: The H.A.W.K.s is the law enforcement and aerial fleet of Elysia. They obey the orders of the king and high-ranking nobles, and protect all of Elysia from the sky pirates. Not all H.A.W.K.s work in airships; many of them work on the islands as the police force, protecting the people and keeping order. The H.A.W.K.s also follow a ranking system that is further explained below.

TUTORS & GOVERNESSES: There is no such thing as school for the children of Elysia. Nobles pay private tutors and governesses a respectable amount of money to teach their children history, science, literature, math, and whatever else they feel is vital for their child’s education. Tutors, or teachers, are typically male and live on their own. Governesses are always female and live either in the noble’s house or on the estate. They also act as the child’s caretaker. There are some rare cases of governors but typically a noble prefers a woman’s touch.

PROFESSORS: The professors are the educators at Uisdean University. Professors were all formerly tutors, governesses, or scholars themselves before they earned their rank as a professor. Most professors conduct research funded by the nobles of Elysia, and teach classes to knowledge-hungry scholars who attend the university. They wield a surprising amount of respectability in their society due to their wisdom. The majority of professors are male, and many women feel the pains of being part of the patriarchal system at the University and wish to change it.

SCHOLARS: The scholars are students of Uisdean University and the dogs of the professors. They are an insatiably curious group who want to uncover the mysteries of the world. They allow themselves to be ordered around by their professors in order to curry favor. That way, they can make connections that will help them fund their research. It is expected of scholars to travel to both Elysia and Khthonia in order to complete their education. Scholars usually join the university at the age of fifteen to sixteen and do not graduate until their early to mid twenties. Depending on what a scholar wants to study, they will be assigned under a professor and that professor will mentor the scholar until that scholar completes that specific professor's course work. Once a graduate, a scholar has the option to stay on with the University or pursue a career in their field of study.

SERVANTS: Nobles would be nothing without people to order around. The servants are the backbones of Elysia. Most of them are former residents of Khthonia who were able to find their ticket out of that hell hole but didn’t have much money after buying their way into Elysia. A servant usually lives in their master’s house or on the estate.

PETS: This is a special occupation – if it can even be called that – for Chimeras. Since many Chimeras become more animal-like after undergoing anima splicing, some nobles keep them around as entertainment. They are treated as any pet would be: they are doted on and adored, but they can also be mistreated. A pet is nothing more than a glorified servant.

THE FLOATERS,

SKY PIRATE: The sky pirates are the scourge of the sky. They refuse to follow the laws of the Elysian king and live freely. Of course, in order to remain self-sufficient, they need to raid the islands and other ships for supplies. They usually stay away from Khthonia in fear of being grounded there by the crime organizations. There is more on sky pirates and their ranks below.

THE ALCHEMISTS: The alchemists are said to be scholars and professors ‘who went bad’. They are also knowledge-seekers. But, unlike their noble shoe-shining counterparts, they are willing to fund themselves. Known to be ruthless in their quest for knowledge, alchemists search both Elysia and Khthonia to discover the answers of the world. They believe that aether is the key to finding out how to create the ever-elusive philosopher’s stone. Alchemists are also the only people who know the art of synthesis, or the combining of two or more raw materials and using the elements in those materials to create something new. The process almost seems magical, as it happens nearly instantly.

BOUNTY HUNTERS: The bounty hunters are an honorable group of nomads who live by their own rules. They don’t pledge their loyalty to any ruling party, but rather spend their days hunting down targets for money and living on the edge. While many people consider them ‘the good guys’ compared to mercenaries and sky pirates, they are a far cry from being heroes. They will hunt down anyone, so long as they have a price on their head.

MERCENARIES: Mercenaries are very similar to bounty hunters, only they aren’t considered heroes. Quite the opposite, actually: mercenaries are greatly looked down on in society due to their willingness to take about any job for the right price. They are the ‘middlemen’ when nobles and H.A.W.K.s don’t want to get their hands dirty, or when one of the crime organizations wants one of the rival’s members to disappear without being blamed. They will kidnap, murder, torture, and otherwise wreak havoc for the sake of money. Like sky pirates and gang members, mercenaries tend to have bounties on their heads.

HUNTSMEN/HUNTRESSES: Due to the severity of climate and environmental changes, Khthonia and Elysia are overrun with mutated monsters that need to be killed. Huntsmen and huntresses travel the world in order to find these monsters. After they kill their target, they make a profit off the body. They are typically viewed as heroes because they get rid of beasts that are very dangerous.
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