#i have a gamblignant fantroll who's an oliveblood :)

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As for Equius's aspirations, are ruffianihalators the troll word for executioners or do we know anything else about their roles? And what about archeradicators? We see The Executioner with a bow so perhaps archeradicators are executioners or at least can be? What positions would cerulean bloods hold?

the name ruffiannihilator and the fact that Equius' intro says he would be good at that and terrible at archeradicating point to it being a role that specialises in physical roughhousing and not delicate weapons. so no, not formal executioners, though they probably execute lots of aliens with their bare hands as part of the army the condesce uses to subjugate alien worlds. these distinguished military roles should be thought of as separate to practical jobs in civil service, like being an executor or a legislacerator.

as per page 20 of act 5, Troll Will Smith is "a green threshecutioner cadet who sasses up the bluebloods in his flaysquad pretty good." so the specialisations in the condesce's army are mixed, and not representative of ranks in a hierarchy. while archeradication is a noble art, there will be boss archeradicators and underling archeradicators just like in any other occupation.

it's possible to imagine that through immense difficulty and effort a troll might be able to earn enough experience and renown to command trolls of higher social standing than themselves, but it should be kept in mind that the Grand Highblood has authority over Dualscar because the land dwellers are in charge of their own affairs and the rivalry between land and sea is actually codified into their social structure.

less clearcut answer to this one but i would say it's a bit of both. despite being evidently mixed most of the military roles have a clear lean toward one caste (clowns for laughsassins, trolls who can commune with animals for cavalreapers and so on) so it would make sense that the pattern continue with the gamblignants, and the bluebloods being a "Thief class" would fit some of Caliborn's worldbuilding sensibilities. on the other hand i see gamblignants as a kind of independent culture divorced from the mainstream Alternian hierarchy, and it doesn't REALLY make sense for the hemospectrum to have one singular rigidly defined "criminal caste" so I expect the gamblignants as a people would have consisted of a broad variety of expatriates from the empire even if they were possibly cobalt-dominated in some way. and pirates any higher than cobalt are definitely gonna be some kind of rarity