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 ** There are instances of humans becoming fey, and fey becoming sidhe, but the subject's taboo (and in the case of humans kind of overlaps with [[Ambition Is Evil]]). There are also strong hints that the caste system's so strict as a result of human population crowding the supernaturals together; there are fewer sidhe Courts and fey societies than there should be.
 * In ''[[The Stormlight Archive]]'', the populations of most of the the major countries are divided into darkeyed common people, and the lighteyed leaders. Within these categories the people are further divided into ten nahns (the darkeyes) and ten dahns (the lighteyes) with the tenth being the lowest and the first the highest. It's possible to work your way up the ladder, through work (such as military service, or through marriage, well-off darkeyes can sometimes marry into a lighteyed family, and thus possibly have lighteyed children. Also anybody that has a Shardblade and/or Shardplate is automatically important regardless of their birth (it's even commonly believed in-story that if a darkeyed man wins a Shardblade in a battle, his eyes will actually change colour although whether this is actually true is unclear).
-* In [[Star Trek Vanguard]], alien [[Precursors]] the Shedai are divided between the ranks of the Nameless, each confined to only one body, and the elite ''Serrataal'' with individual names, e.g. The Maker, The Wanderer, The Myrmidon, who can take multiple forms simultaneously.
+* In [[Star Trek: Vanguard]], alien [[Precursors]] the Shedai are divided between the ranks of the Nameless, each confined to only one body, and the elite ''Serrataal'' with individual names, e.g. The Maker, The Wanderer, The Myrmidon, who can take multiple forms simultaneously.
-** Also in the [[Star Trek]] novels, and as a result of the Quch'Ha plague seen in ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise|Star Trek Enterprise]]'' season four, many Klingon families of the 22nd-23rd centuries lost their forehead ridges. A division between those who retained them and those who lost them resulted in an unofficial caste system within the Klingon Empire. The ridgeless Klingons - the Quch'Ha, or "unhappy ones" - were somewhat undesirable in the social hierarchy. Some Quch'Ha disguised their status with artificial foreheads. The two Klingon races are discussed in depth in [[Star Trek Forged in Fire]] and [[Star Trek Seven Deadly Sins]] in particular.
+** Also in the [[Star Trek]] novels, and as a result of the Quch'Ha plague seen in ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise|Star Trek Enterprise]]'' season four, many Klingon families of the 22nd-23rd centuries lost their forehead ridges. A division between those who retained them and those who lost them resulted in an unofficial caste system within the Klingon Empire. The ridgeless Klingons - the Quch'Ha, or "unhappy ones" - were somewhat undesirable in the social hierarchy. Some Quch'Ha disguised their status with artificial foreheads. The two Klingon races are discussed in depth in [[Star Trek: Forged in Fire]] and [[Star Trek: Seven Deadly Sins]] in particular.
-** In [[Star Trek Typhon Pact]], the Gorn caste system is explored in some depth. It includes Political, Warrior, Technologist and Labourer castes. The Tzenkethi also have a caste system of sorts, with different echelons into which their citizens are placed after testing in youth. However, they dislike it when people use the term "caste system" to describe it.
+** In [[Star Trek: Typhon Pact]], the Gorn caste system is explored in some depth. It includes Political, Warrior, Technologist and Labourer castes. The Tzenkethi also have a caste system of sorts, with different echelons into which their citizens are placed after testing in youth. However, they dislike it when people use the term "caste system" to describe it.
-** The Yrythny in the [[Star Trek Deep Space Nine Relaunch]] are divided between the Houseborn and the Wanderers. Yrythny breed by laying eggs in the water, which develop as tadpoles before coming ashore later in childhood. Those young which come ashore at the same House at which they were laid are Houseborn, and make up the ruling caste. "Wanderers" are considered inferior on account of having gotten "lost". Tensions between the castes are high, and a full-blown revolutionary war was seemingly brewing among the Wanderers as of This Gray Spirit.
+** The Yrythny in the [[Star Trek Deep Space Nine relaunch]] are divided between the Houseborn and the Wanderers. Yrythny breed by laying eggs in the water, which develop as tadpoles before coming ashore later in childhood. Those young which come ashore at the same House at which they were laid are Houseborn, and make up the ruling caste. "Wanderers" are considered inferior on account of having gotten "lost". Tensions between the castes are high, and a full-blown revolutionary war was seemingly brewing among the Wanderers as of This Gray Spirit.
-* In [[Star Trek Stargazer]], there's the Balduk, with their High Order, Middle Order and Low Order militaries. Also the Pandrilites, whose elevated and lower castes are supposedly now united by their adherence to the Three Virtues. Pandrilite protagonist Vigo has come to question this, though; an old mentor became involved with a radical sect insisting oppression of the lower castes is ongoing, and Vigo's faith in his people was shaken.
+* In [[Star Trek: Stargazer]], there's the Balduk, with their High Order, Middle Order and Low Order militaries. Also the Pandrilites, whose elevated and lower castes are supposedly now united by their adherence to the Three Virtues. Pandrilite protagonist Vigo has come to question this, though; an old mentor became involved with a radical sect insisting oppression of the lower castes is ongoing, and Vigo's faith in his people was shaken.
 * In the ''[[New Jedi Order]]'' books, the [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens|Yuuzhan Vong]] use a caste system: there are the Intendents (bureaucrats, basically), Warriors, Priests, Shapers ([[Mad Scientists]] with [[Organic Technology]]), and the Shamed Ones, outcasts who basically share the same level as the Vong's slaves. Interestingly, there is no leadership caste, but the [[Evil Overlord|Supreme Overlord]] usually comes from the warrior caste.
 ** The Supreme Overlord is actually considered a caste unto himself, combining elements of all the other castes barring Shamed Ones. He also usually shares his caste with a dozen or so potential successors identified by the priests, but the current Supreme Overlord, [[The Caligula|Shimrra]], had them all killed in a fit of paranoia sometime before the series began.