Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20170309000346

Class is very important in Xin it determines what you eat, what clothes you wear, and where in a city you live. What class you are determines of what fabric and color your clothing may be and also what decorations and symbols.

At the very top is the Imperial Family who are the only individuals allowed in all of Xin to wear purple as a major part of their clothing (Higher ranking nobles may have purple trim in their clothing). They are also the only individuals allowed to have the Imperial dragon present on their clothing or accessories (Normally in the form of a hair pin). They may wear clothes of any color if they so wish.

Nobles ranked below the Imperial Family (Gong threw Nan) are allowed to wear the colors of Yellow, Orange, Light Green, and Sky Blue and may also wear all the zodiac symbols upon their clothing and accessories (Normally they pick the more noble animals like Fox, Panda, and Elephant)

Shi (Yeomen) are the next rank and are considered the middle class of the Empire and are allowed to wear the colors of Orange, Red, and Sky Blue. They are allowed to wear the bottom half of the Zodiac (Rat, Sheep, ect.)

The peasantry are allowed to wear earthen tones of any sorts and bleached out variants of yellow and orange. They are allowed to wear some Zodiac symbols (Pig and Horse chief among them)

The Colors white and black may only be worn during ceremony or as trim (By all classes). These ceremonies include Imperial Holidays and Festivals, Worship, and Funerals or family gatherings. Everyone even peasants are expected to have a nice white or black robe for such events.

Note:

- Xin uses a different Zodiac then the actual Chinese one

- Their is no restriction on jewelry no matter class it just comes down to what you can afford

- Nobles are also allowed to wear family symbols upon their clothes

- Symbols of non-zodiac things (And non-Imperial) may be worn like lotus flowers and the like 