Atha'an Miere

Ranks and duties of the Atha'an Miere

Atha'an Miere PSW

General Info Seafolk

Role Play Information

The Atha'an Miere have a very strict hierarchy and they are almost religious in everyone behaving properly according to their respective rank. Being a race that lives almost predominantly on the sea, they are a hard and fierce people, with a very hard disciplinary system. After all, the safety of a ship, and therefore the entire ship family, rests with everyone knowing their place, their duty and performing at the peak of their ability at all times.

The rank a Seafolk person can achieve is not determined by age or strength in the One Power, but by gender. The Atha'an Miere are a matriarchal society and there is a clear road up the ladder which is different for males and females. While they all start out the same, only females can reach the top level, while the males can rise with their female leader but always remain under her authority.

    The PSW Seafolk have 2 Clans, each with 7 Sailmistresses.
                - Clan Tremalking (large island southwest from Tarabon) - home of the Mistress of the Ships
                - Clan Dashar (island group of 7 islands in the northwest from Arad Doman)
         This number may increase in time in case of a stable increase of active Seafolk members.

There are 4 main levels:

Deckhand    Midlevel    Leadership level    Top Level


    For more information on the specifics of each rank and the weapon score conditions, see the Progression System.

 

Deck hand
   Lowest rank on board ship. Also referred to as Deckboy or Deckgirl.
   Performs any and all tasks appointed to them by any of the higher ranks.
   They usually get the lowest and most daunting or dirty tasks.
   They are equal to the lowest servants.
   Weapon Strength (WS): maximum 2

 

Midlevel

Raw hand
   Lowest of the mid-rank positions.
   Performs any and all tasks appointed to them by any of the higher ranks.
   They start their training in all of the ship’s functions, rotating between the various tasks.
   WS: maximum 4

Water hand
   Midlevel of the mid-rank positions.
   They choose two specialties from the various jobs on board ship but continue to serve on all aspects.
   They are entrusted with more important duties such as lookout, equipment maintenance, damage reports
   During this period on board ship the direction of their career becomes clear based on proven talent, experience and skill.
   WS: maximum 6

Da d’ma Miere (one who is of the Ocean)
   Top level of the mid-rank positions
   Upon being raised to this rank, they receive their Salt Name
   They pick their specialty from the two they have been training in as their main career path.
   They are assigned a fixed position on board ship based on their chosen specialty.
   They are entrusted with high level responsibilities such as management of storage, repairs, purchase of equipment, training and supervising the hands.
   Required level to be eligible for promotion to one of the higher positions.    
   WS: maximum 12 without DL approval.

 

Leadership level

Sailmistress
   She is in command of a Ship and runs it like a family.
   She decides when and where her ship will sail and who may board him.
   She negotiates the gifts of passage
   WS: maximum 12 without DL approval.

Windfinder to the Sailmistress
   She is Second in Command and in charge of navigation.
   She uses her gifts and skills to aid the ship and, if able to channel, to defend it from storms as well as hostile forces.
   All channelers are Windfinders, but not all Windfinders are channelers.
   The channelers are all highly skilled in Weaving the Winds (Cloud Dancing).
   WS: maximum 12 without DL approval.

Cargomaster
   He is in command of all things trade and defense of a Ship.
   While the Sailmistress decides where they sail, it is the CM that decides what will be traded.
   WS: minimum: 8, maximum 12 without DL approval.

Wavemistress
   She is in command of the Clan and is chosen by the First 13 of her clan’s Sailmistresses.
   She is also the Sailmistress of her own Ship.
   WS: maximum 12 without DL approval.

Windfinder to the Wavemistress
   She has authority over all the Windfinders of her clan
   See duties of the Windfinder to the Sailmistress
   WS: maximum 12 without DL approval.

Swordmaster
   He is in charge of the trades and defense matters of the clan and has authority over all Cargomasters of his clan.
   He can direct the trade and defense actions of the Cargomasters for the overall benefit of the entire clan.
   WS: minimum 9, maximum 12 without DL approval.

Top Level

    these ranks can not be played by a regular Player Character. See the Progression System for more information on this.


Mistress of the Ships - NSW Character
   She rules over all the Seafolks and is the equal of a shorebound Queen.
   She is chosen from the ranks of the Wavemistress by the First 13 Wavemistresses of the Atha’an Miere.
   WS: maximum 12 without DL approval.

Windfinder of the Mistress of the Ships - NSW Character
   She has authority over all the Windfinders of the Seafolks
   WS: maximum 12 without DL approval.

Master of the Blades - NSW Character
   He is in responsible for the defense and the security of the Atha’an Miere and has authority over all Swordmasters.
   WS: minimum 10, maximum 12 without DL approval.  

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