Psiloi
The Psiloi are critical to Kairosian military strategies. Even with a heavy core of armoured troops, no army is complete without solid arms of light infantry that can skirmish and harass enemy flanks or archers that can target enemy commanders, healers, or casters.
Psiloi tend to prefer to keep their armour light, with half-coverage heavy armour or fabric and leather light armour. They tend to be the most practically dressed in battle lines, able to change up their tactics depending on necessity alongside the heavy Heralds. Their headdresses, when worn, are less ostentatious, and they sometimes use stealth with cloaks or scarfs to cover their weapons until in position.
Kurusso
Priests, known as Kurussi or singularly as Kurusso, live ordinary lives alongside the rest of the citizens. Their role within society is to interpret and spread the words of the gods, but the Kurussi mustn’t be seen as anything more than mortals.
Closeness to the gods is not the same as being above others; that is one of the teachings of the combined pantheon. Equality across all aspects of society is vital to the Kairosi ethos. Priests can either speak for a single god or stand for the entire Pantheon, there is no real distinction between the two.
Usually there is some degree of symbology in the colours and clothing worn by Kurussi based on the God they dedicate their power to. A Kurusso who is a follower of the Celebrant is usually vibrant and decadent in their dress, whereas one who worships the Shadow might be wrapped up in more subtle, subdued colours.
Tools used by a Kurusso are equally varied, but most priests use a symbolic focus in their ceremonies; a Priest of the Smith might carry a ceremonial hammer to better encourage Masons in their duties with divine inspiration. A follower of the Guardian might carry a shield painted with stories of their God’s intervention in mortal lives. These are deeply personal and do not carry any inherent magical or divine power, but are familiar representations of their god for a priest to work through.
Heralds
A core part of the Kairosian military, the heavier troops are usually at the centre of most army manoeuvres. Armoured troops wielding shields and often spears fulfil the dual roles of initial punch and then line holding while lighter armoured troops and archers flank the enemy forces pinned by them.
In battle, the Heralds seek to stand out – partially to direct the enemy’s attention away from other targets on the field and partially to build their reputation. Flamboyance in dress is also common, with weapons, armour, and day-to-day clothing.
Rhapsodes
Songs and stories are essential to the people of Kairos, especially those retelling the lives of the honoured dead. A rhapsode curates these stories, records them for posterity, and protects those records from another Fade. The loss of knowledge that has affected all nations hurts Kairos deeply, as without the sagas of the past, they cannot correctly honour their ancestors. As such, Rhapsodes, and the scrolls and books they carry to record tales in, are vital to Kairosi morale and their future plans to reclaim what they have lost and rebuild their nation back to it’s former glory.
Rhapsodes come from all walks of life; there are those with an academic interest in recording history, while others see it as their duty to record the lives of the dead as and when they find them. At their core, though, you will find those with an artistic disposition, those who see the beauty in the stories of others and revel in retelling the sagas of those who came before; sharing the lives and glories of long-dead heroes and citizens as they’re rediscovered with any who will listen.
Archivists
The Archivists are scholars dedicated to discovering and interpreting ancient knowledge, they work alongside Rhapsodes but have a specific focus on uncovering pre-Fade artefacts and writings. They believe that the key to Kairos’s future lies buried in the past and are obsessive about finding, restoring and understanding lost knowledge.
This is a more academic approach than most Rhapsodes. Archivists dedicate their lives to unlocking the mysteries of the world’s past and attempting to discover important context and explanations for Kairosi traditions with lost origins. They often wear functional attire suited for both fieldwork and study and carry journals and tools for excavating and preserving artefacts.
Wandering Oracles
The Wandering Oracles of Kairos are known the world over. They travel the lands, offering divine guidance to those they deem to require advice. They are revered by some and feared by others for their abilities to glimpse the future and uncover its hidden truths. Their cryptic messages often leave people more unsure of their paths if they are not accustomed to true augury.
Wearing garments adorned with the symbols of the gods and carrying their preferred divination tools, such as carved bone dice for casting, scrying bowls for the reading of leaves or a veil that obscures the eyes and allows only the light of the gods to touch their sight they meander all over, seemingly always being where they are supposed to be when they are needed, but often by the time their interpretations become clear to mundane folk, their warnings are too late to be of use.