worker caste

Society of the First allows for some social mobility but not much. Most Lizardmen are born into one societal role and they live their whole lives in this role. They are born into castes.
The worker caste is the most common caste. About two thirds of all Skinks and nine tenths of all Kroxigor are born into the worker caste.
The worker caste has fewer natural leaders than other castes, despite representing over 60% of all Skinks, only about 40% of all Skink chiefs and priests are of this spawning.
Colorations differ across Lustria and the Southlands but in Klodorex at least, worker caste skinks and Kroxigor are usually blue with yellow and tan accents.
Worker caste Skinks and Kroxigor are expected to work but this a broad umbrella. Kroxigor are not deep thinkers. Pretty much all Kroxigor's main job is to carry heavy things from point A to point B.
Skink professions are all over the map. Some Skinks are "scroll heads" dealing with maintaining and accessing written archives and keeping records of things. Some are farmers, some are craftsmen, some are full time Kroxigor supervisors, some work in construction, some are menial laborers.
When a Skink first emerges from a Spawning pool, learned Skink priests and sages will carefully examine astrological signs in the sky and scale patterns on the Skinks in question to figure out which jobs the newly spawned Skinks should be trained in.
While the First make a big deal out of the pre-ordained wisdom of the Old Ones, more often that not Skinks are assigned job training based on what the Kahoun or Temple City has an unmet need for.
In larger Temple Cities, it is common for a worker caste Skink to only perform one very specific and often highly specialized task for the duration of his life. In smaller Lizardmen settlements, jobs are more flexible and most Skinks are crosstrained in more than one vocation.

Worker caste Skinks at War

The Sotek caste are more or less career soldiers (though not to the extant of Sauri who are born to nothing but fight) but there are not enough Sotek caste Skinks to carry Lustria's armies to victory alone.
During times of war, worker caste Skinks direct Kroxigor into battle, either separately or in mixed Skink and Kroxigor units.
Whereas the Sotek caste Skinks usually fight as small high mobile units, the worker caste Skinks tend to fight in large ranked regiments with banners and musicians similar to how most other races array for battle.
Most worker caste Skinks and Kroxigor drill for this eventually at least part time and some combat veterans find they have a real talent for it.
While the Sotek caste Skinks are the front line fighters and the Sotek caste Skinks are the main strategists and tacticians of the Lizardmen, worker caste Skinks coordinate the logistics of war, which is often easily as important, especially when marching far afield.

Encompassed species

• Kroxigor
• Skinks

Related Locations

• Lustria