Aboriginal Kinship and Caste dictate that there exist two exclusive social castes in this society; the garingali (or star-touched) and the gunyjani (or land-bound). In an ancient military context, it would be obvious that the former would make up the generals and senior officers, while the latter would be foot troops. However, destitute members of the garingali, as well as the best of the gunyjani, made up an informal and non-hereditable class known as the longoni (or cloud-reaching), sort of an informal middle class. It is from here that bannerets were drawn from, a subclass of junior officers and elite soldiers with a particular set of ethos and attitudes which distinguished them from ordinary levies or their noble masters. To be a banneret has always been considered a form of lower nobility, a source of respect from both above and below. The first of these men emerged during the Ancient Age, alongside professional armies, urban development and writing. Full bronze plate armour and spears, swords or javelins of the same material were employed, though the former was eventually abandoned in favour of lighter armour during the Civilised Age as bannerets became primarily a Klongen cavalry force. These latter soldiers had archery skills which were very developed, eventually abandoning the javelin altogether. Most bannerets were slaughtered during the Ferozen Invasion, though the few that made it became crucial for the great migration westward, and became hellishly dedicated to bolstering their numbers, leading to the Aboriginal Bannerets in the Dark Ages.