[!important] The rule of this page The pacted man is described as the peasant of Vallia Sacra is described: what he eats, with which hand he works, how many children he has buried.
The horror comes in on one line in ten, and it is never the subject of the scene. If a paragraph about the breakfast of a family in the Vychodstep needs to mention sacrifice in order to work, it is badly written.
1. Who the majority are
An average pacted man of 1890 has never made a pact.
| Layer | Who they are | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| LayerBloodless serfs | Who they arecaptives from the far east, still pure humans, under expectation of a future pact | Proportionsmall |
| LayerLevies | Who they areordinary peasants and workers, with no pact — most of the army and of the population | Proportionthe overwhelming majority |
| LayerPactuary serfs | Who they aregiven over to a demon by the family or by quota | Proportioncommon in the cities |
| LayerLesser pactaries | Who they arean indirect contract, through an intermediary | Proportiona functional minority |
| LayerPure pactaries | Who they aredirect contracted blood | Proportiona narrow elite |
| LayerCrowned of the Flesh | Who they arethe pactuary high clergy | Proportiona few hundred |
| LayerThe Spoken | Who they arethey channel a lesser demon. An elite corps | Proportionthousands |
The tattooed sigil belongs to a minority. The uniform belongs to everyone.
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