Drall

Dralls are the cornerstone of the Cinnibari society. Dralls are slaves of the Sultan that have been trained as soldiers and civil servants since early childhood. Officially, children who have not yet begun to grow body hair may be enslaved as Dralls, but in practice children who become Dralls are enslaved at a much younger age. Dralls are not solely warriors, but engineers, miners, and tacticians, as well. Dralls are all "owned" by the Sultan, but they may work for nearly anyone (one who hires a Drall pays the Sultan for the privilege).

The very survival of Cinnibar as a society relies on the Dralls that defend its borders. The Armies of the North, South, East, and West stand ready at all times to defend the free people of Cinnabar from any attack, and this is a responsibility that Dralls take most seriously. In fact, in most respects Dralls are unlike slaves anywhere else on NUM: they are universally respected (except by the ignorant Scythians), proud, dignified, competent, and better educated than nearly all of the free people of Cinnabar.

Like the Chained caste of Scythia, Dralls are adorned with tattoos. However, for Dralls these tattoos are marks of rank and accomplishment, and are inscribed upon the Drall with great solemnity and ceremony. As the Drall gets older and her rank among her peers increases, her tattoos become more and more complex, eventually (if she survives long enough and rises high enough) covering her entire body. For this reason it is common practice for Dralls to shave their heads and body hair, both males and females (although the Armies of the West, who man the ships defending Cinnabar's coastline, typically leave a long ponytail at the back of the scalp). Anyone found to wear Drall tattoos without having earned them, whether Drall or free, faces a Drall court of justice. The sentence is typically a public execution.