Editing WS:Felines Culture (section)

=Roles=
==Torareichou==
The nobility amongst the Banbutsunoreichou are the tigers, the Torareichou.  They are most likely to be rulers, and leaders of groups, either mercantile, scholarly or military.  They are also the most likely to exhibit signs of magical aptitute.  They make the greatest warriors, the preeminent mages and stateswomen and the most implacable of enemies.
==Shishireichou==
The Shishireichou or lions are the death dealers.  While an individual tiger is a greater threat, a small group of these are amongst the most feared of warriors.  On a more social level, they are likely to be standing beside the tiger, offering advice or assistance.  The difference in numbers between male and female is greatest amongst the lions, as is the treatment meted to the males of the species.
==Subayaireichou==
The cheetahs are the lowest ranked of the Banbutsunoreichou.  They are usually relegated to less honourable tasks, more likely messenger or scout than a warrior.  They are also the species with the least differentiation between the genders.  Because of the denigration they tend to receive from the other great clans, they are perhaps the most xenophobic of species.
==Leopard/Jaguar==
Historicall speaking, these great clans varied little on the battlefield.  They are the basic troops, the water-carriers.  Of course, as the leopard were destroyed centuries ago this role now falls to the soldiers of the Jaguar.

Both groups always seemed to have a stronger connection to the reality and dirt of their jobs, and avoided the arrogance of the greater clans.  They also didn't seem to need the rabid protection of rank and position that so afflicts the Subayaireichou.  As such, an individual Jaguar is the most likely to deal with outsiders on an equal footing.

==Others==
There is the very occasional other.  Members of the feline species that are not considerd Banbutsunoreichou are seldom anything other than slave or pet.  Non-Felines occasionally end up in support roles, as servants and occasionally advisers.  The falling population means that non-felines are occasionally adopting roles as high as first adviser to the Major Domo of a minor household.

There are also the strange interbreeds.  Rare to the point of 1 or 2 in a century, a creature is born from the breeding between different species and survives.  They are technically outcast, but many families will offer them a small portion of feline contact in exchange for the most degraded of duties.  The exception is the liger, a combining and lion and tiger that can grow to huge proportions.  Accepted because they are also sterile, and the mother tends to suffer a fatal injury not long after the birth, they have been used as gigantic champions for centuries.  Some have been reported to have grown to over half a tonne in weight, and more than three hundred centimetres in height.