Shandu nobility

The unusual truth of Kosh is that the majority of its populace are in fact the former nobility of Shandu. The current culture of Kosh has developed a system of honorifics calling back to the noble families, houses, and positions the current Koshin have inherited by surviving their dimensional and necromantic apocalypse.

In antiquity, Shandu's societal structure was ordered thusly: It is considered polite to refer to post-nobles in Kosh by their noble party and family name via a system of honorifics. Customarily, when one is speaking formally one will attach the first syllable of one's noble party to their surname and then addres them by name. So, for example, Paltarus of the Minisual family of knights would be referred to formally as An-Minisual Paltarus.
 * 1) The Prince of Shandu, a seat of power that no longer exists. It is detailed in The Lay of Kosh that the last prince, Ibni-Haennu, will ever have living descendents. Who these are or could be is a mystery.
 * 2) The Satraps, chair-regents of the sixteen city-states of Shandu. Of the sixteen satrap families present at the fall of Kosh, nine have living descendents:
 * 3) *Diminur
 * 4) *Artamushta
 * 5) *Samsusaduga
 * 6) *Agmulael
 * 7) *Apiluilabi
 * 8) *Habiur
 * 9) *Neriglissabi
 * 10) *Mylopolashta
 * 11) *Militulael
 * 12) The Ganzabara, officials of various sorts, often financial. There are many such families remaining.
 * 13) The Anausa, or 'those who lack death', the military leadership of Shandu. There are many such families remaining.
 * 14) The Magauno, scholars of magic and divination. There are very few such families remaining, and of them, fewer still maintain the dwindling art of Scrivening - most of the rest turn to sorcerous practices less historically represented by catastrophe, such as witchcraft or peace-singing.

There are vague attempts to explain the lacunae of Koshin individuals as manifest representations of their noble status or birth, in some circles. These are as accurate as phrenology.