List of Chatcaavan Titles

Among Chatcaavans, titles are preferentially used over names by those with them, as names denote status either as a low-ranking male (e.g. Uuvek, Oviin) or a female or child (e.g. Firemint, Whisper).

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Title	Description	Exclusive?	Current Holder or Holders	Past Holders
Emperor	The most dominant male of the Chatcaavan Empire.	Exclusive	Emperor Kauvauc Ueneuvin	The Usurper, briefly The Queen Ransomed's grandsire
Queen Ransomed	The most prominent female of the Empire. Formerly the Slave Queen (the "most exalted and most debased female").	Exclusive	The Queen Ransomed
Second	Right hand of the Chatcaavan Emperor.	Exclusive	Second, formerly Worldlord	Second, formerly Command-East (Second to the Usurper Second-Who-Was
Third	Left hand of the Emperor. Third is a rank that acts as a minister to foreign entities. Until the advent of finding the Alliance and Lisinthir's ascension to the role, it has in practice mostly been stealing slaves from the Alliance and treating with pirates.	Exclusive	Lisinthir Lauvet Imthereli	Third-Who-Was
Throneworld Thorn	Presumably fairly high-ranking, as the Thorn took over some of the duties of Third-Who-Was when the latter was out of favor.
Hand	'Hand' is a title awarded to any Chatcaavan who serves as the executor of the wishes of a high-level male. Basically combined administrative assistant and thug. Any Chatcaavan of sufficient rank can elevate another male to the status of his Hand.	Not exclusive	The Hand who was formerly Deputy-East, answering to Second, formerly Worldlord	The Hand named Baavo, answering to Third-Who-Was
Knife	Head of security for the Queen Ransomed. Fell out of use when the Queen Ransomed became the Slave Queen, and has only recently come into use with the most recent Emperor to protect his Queen Ransomed.	Exclusive	Hautsuun, one of the Worldlord's many sons, formerly Reserve-East	Huuru, formerly the Knife, now Liaison
Liaison	Liaison to aliens.	Exclusive(?)	Huuru, formerly Knife	None; new title
Surgeon	Awarded to physicians who treat Inside males. Surgeons are always male, and considered Outside. They may be employed anywhere Inside males are common, in governments, in system and naval capacities, and in large enough population centers.	Not exclusive	Kuuvel, Head Surgeon of the Throneworld's main station
Imperial Surgeon	Chief surgeon to the Throneworld Court	Exclusive title	Sehkvit