The Clans
Castes do not exist within the tribes of The Wagon People. All are hunters, killers, riders, herders etc.. The Wagon people catagorize those with outstanding skills by clans.
"Every male, from the Ubar on down to the eldest leatherworker, have been trained almost since birth to fight and ride from the kaiila's back with lance and bow."
The Singers
Few of the Tuchuks can read or write. This makes record keeping a difficult task. The camp singers are able to recall much of the history and tales with songs.
The Year Keepers
The Year Keepers can recite the names of thousands of years. Each year is named according to events that occurred during that time period. The Wagon People do not number their years. These names are not written down, but are kept in the memories of men known as Year Keepers.
"Your coming and going with the Wagon Peoples,' said Kamchak, 'has spanned parts of two of our years.' I looked at him, not really understanding. What he said, of course, was true. 'The years,' said Harold, smiling, 'were the Year in which Tarl Cabot Came to the Wagon Peoples and the Year in which Tarl Cabot Commanded a Thousand.' Inwardly I gasped. These were year names which would be remembered by the Year Keepers, whose memories knew the names of thousands of consecutive years. 'But,' I protested, 'there have been many things of much greater importance than those in these years. The Siege of Turia, the Taking of the City, the Election of the Ubar San' 'We choose most to remember Tarl Cabot,' said Kamchak.
Nomads of Gor, p. 342
The Haruspexes
The Haruspex is able to read the winds and the stars. They have been asked to read future in the livers of animals and sometimes slaves. Their talents are often paid for with only a piece of meat.
Clan of Torturers
The most feared of the Wagon People are the Tuchuk Clan of torturers, notable by the black mask/hood worn to cover their features in entirety. The black masks are superior in the techniques of torture and interrogation. It is said that if you should ever glimpse the face beneath a black mask, it will be your last sight.
"I hoped that I would be granted death in battle, if death it must be. The Wagon Peoples, of all those on Gor that I know, are the only ones that have a clan of torturers, trained as carefully as scribes or physicians, in the arts of detaining life."
Nomads of Gor, p. 9
