Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20171118231805

Hereditary Slaves are a staple of life in the Empire these can be anything from families, clans, or even entire populations that serve as servants to some sort of master. They come in all sorts of races and walks of life and most tend to live in their ancestral lands.

The most common Hereditary Slaves would be the 'serfs' found across the Empire who are natives (generally a sub-species or minor race) that works the fields and land of more agricultural worlds. Others become household servants of the nobility and administration of said world.

Serf 'clans' tend to be leased out to minor nobles to help work their lands, fields, and help clean and maintain their manors. They can also be sold as the noble sees fit.

The State itself also has armies of Hereditary Slaves given to either their own workers, their own institutions, or put into service. On some worlds (Garden Worlds) the population runs the hotels, spas, and pretty much all institutions with a rather large amount of 'freedom', but they are technically owned by the state. Such slaves tend to live rather comfortable and easy lives.

At times families or clans can be made into Hereditary Slaves if the crimes of their Patriarch or Matriarch are so horrible that they will never be righted in their life time or in a thousand life times. Such slaves are usually put to work as servants of the State's high command.

Some are taken and turned into fanatical zealots or political officers. Raised from childhood to serve the Empire with their every waking moment. 