Hierarchy

The hierarchies of the Divine Courts.

Leadership:
Archon: head of a pantheon, which is a collection of courts
Gerent: head of a court
Court Consort: partner to a Gerent
Court Potentate: a respected cosmic figure in a court
Court Curate: non-Divine who administers a court, a functionary
Vicegerent: an appointed second-in-command to a Gerent
Court Emissary: an ambassador from one court to another
Court Steward: third-in-command of a court
Chosen: an agent of a Divine picked by the Divine for a task
Vahana: a steed to the court's leadership
Symbiont: a companion Diversant to court leadership

Semi-Divine:
Court Witness: a mortal or minor inmortal who has seen paradox energy and now can see other realities
Court Speaker: one who represents a court on legal matters
Court Trinity: a trio who has access to paradox energy to alter reality to their combined will, but only if they all agree
Court Quaestitor: one who seeks paradox energy for matters of the court
Court Conservator: one who keeps a Divine's numen, part of their paradoxical source

Court Military:
Divine Marshal: leader of an entire pantheon's military forces
Court General: leader of a court's military forces
Court Commander: leader of a subcourt's military forces
Court Captain: serves a commander
Court Lieutenant: serves a captain
Court Herald: one who carries the words of a court
Court Bailiff: enforcer of court law
Court Nuntius: messenger for a court military officer

Species-based:
Manifest: first of a species
Subsequent: second of a species
Consequent: last of a species

Name-empowered:
Divine Dedicate: one who has spoken the Name of a Divine
Divine Secretary: one who has heard the Name of a Divine
Divine Thrall: one controlled by the Name of a Divine

Gift-based:
Divine Warden: one who has Mastered a Gift to their own will
Divine Harbinger: one who wields the Token Gift of a Divine

Mountain-born:
Fidei Defensor: greatest defender of a pantheon
Divine Champion: defender of a court
Divine Nemesis: the opposite of a Champion who must be defeated for the Champion to ascend
Supreme Vadelect: once "High Servitor", one who succeeds on the Mountain while a Champion already exists
High Vadelect: second to a Supreme Vadelect
Victor Ludorum: a Mountain-born who succeeds at multiple trials but not the final one
Divine Second: second to a Champion
Probata: Mountain-born with the task to administer a Champion's team
Divine Custodian: keeper of a Champion's relic
Greater Vadelect: Mountain-born who used to be a vadelect
Vadelect: follower of a Champion
Demivadelect: assistant to a vadelect

Inmortal-based:
Quintessent: an ascended Paragon
Paragon: one who embodies a pantheon
Ascendant: a mortal who becomes inmortal
Divine Vassal: one who serves an inmortal in exchange for one day becoming inmortal
Divine Disciple: one who serves an inmortal

Parliamentarians: members of the Divine Parliament; split between Parliament (first house), Assembly (second house), and the Synods (smaller committees that cross lines between houses)
Court Consul: an expert in Parliamentary practices
Court Attendant: a member of the Divine Parliament
Court Partisan: a member of the Divine Assembly
Court Exemplar: a member of the Divine Synod

Divine Diversity:
Ferine: former Symbiont who has been released from direct companionship to a Divine
Enchirdant: a Divine Diversant who serves as a guide
Incultant: a Divine Diversant who embodies a court
Epigonal Beast: a Divine Diversant that serves a Divine without belonging to it
Tutelary Beast: A Divine Diversant that protects a place
Jumentary Beast: burden-bearing Divine Diversant
Diversant Minion: any other Divine Diversant

Other roles:
Athezant: a failed Divine
Durant: prisoner of a court

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