Notable Persons
Leadership
Prima
One of two Nidus leaders, traditionally female; responsible for public relations and general management of the Nidus; shares responsibility with the Primus.
Primus
One of two Nidus leaders, traditionally male; responsible for public relations and general management of the Nidus; shares responsibility with the Prima.
Optima
Aide to the Prima. Responsible for advising, budgeting, records, and special projects; no more than three at a time.
Optimus
Aide to the Primus. Responsible for advising, budgeting, records, and special projects; no more than three at a time.
Operations
Decurios
Teachers. Responsible for teaching newly-made pairs everything they need to know.
Capitos
Searchers. Discerning souls, good judges of character. Responsible for finding novos when there is a need.
Custos
Sentries. Responsible for patrolling the inner and outer Nidus on a regular scheduled basis.
Alas
Teams. A working group of dragons or dragon/rider pairs. Different Alas have different jobs, from defense, to agriculture, to construction; anything that works best as a team is a viable pitch to create an Ala.
Dux
The leader(s). Responsible for the running of the Ala, making all major decisions and functioning as a contact point for the Prima and Primus.
Alaris
The aide(s). Like an Optima is to the Prima. Responsible for the detail-work of keeping the Ala running. There can be one to three at any given time.
Opito
The members. Workers in an Ala. Both single dragons and dragon/rider pairs can be referred to as an Optio. Alas usually cap out at a couple dozen.
Wing Ala
Traditional dragon-rider pairs. The Wing Ala was created to echo an older manner of organization from the homeworlds of some of the Nidus’s dragons. Traditionally, Wings were intended for defense, and the Wing Ala trains in that vein.
Dux
Alaris
Opitos
Novos
Hopefuls. People, usually young and usually humanoid but not always, who are hoping to find a partner at a clutch.
(Thanks much to TyGryph for creating these names! To find out the original meanings of these words, visit Ryslen)