Scabs

A Feral Rank Within Visage

Scabs
A common term for children and apprentices alike. Unable to earn a name for themselves, they are simply called Scabs for now. While it’s normally applied to younger ones within the factions, newcomers wishing to join Visage will also be called a Scab until they are able to prove themselves worthy of an actual rank. Because of the “joblessness” or “uselessness” associated with being a Scab, this is often used as an insult.

Scabs get to choose someone to mentor them in hopes of getting the rank they want. They train diligently under their mentors and are given a year to see if this rank is suiting for them. If not, they must seek someone else to train them. Just because one master failed you doesn’t mean you can’t have that rank, it just means you have to work twice as hard to prove your worth in your next apprenticeship. If this rank seems to suit them well they continue to train under their mentor for several years until their mentor deems them good enough to carry the name of their rank. Many Scabs take to a mentor at the young age of 12, and by 18 will normally know where they belong in the fraction.