Editing Reign of Drapetes (section)

==Social Structure==
Society is organized around households - extended families and associated lesser families connected together culturally and economically.

===Warriors===
Due to the history of the Fled, all are expected to have a basic knowledge of combat to help defend the community.

===Uncles of All===
The Uncles (and Aunts) of All are a special order of people charged with defending and maintaining the knowledge and history of the fled.  They are wise-men, sages, and teachers.  The vast majority of literate individuals in society are Uncles of All.

===The Tethers===
Once, Tethers were humans who were selected to act as translators and heralds for to the Slavers, delivering orders to humanity and giving reports in return.  Some tethers were mercenary, and others were (or became) quite mad.  However, many were doing what they could to defend their communities as best they could.  To better serve the Slavers, Tethers were taught sorcery.  Over time, Tethers began to accumulate more knowledge of sorcery than the Slavers knew.  The Plan of Hope depended largely on Tethers and their sorcery.  Tethers are viewed with suspicion by some, but generally they are accepted as having a necessary role in society with very carefully proscribed boundaries.

===The Black Leaf Society===
In every society there are those who harbor a darkness inside them.  The Black Leaf Society is spoken of only as a rumor, always laughed off by the elders as a boogeyman to scare children with, but there are those who say that the Society is more than just idle talk around the cooking fires.  And what kind of rumors are there that swirl around them?  It is said by some that the Black Leafs wish to bring about the reign of the Slavers again but replace the Slavers with themselves and reign over all of the Fled and unleash their most twisted desires upon the peoples of the boats.