Ritual; The Blooding
A ritual where a young Yautja goes on its first hunt. The difficulty of this hunt depends on your standing amongst the community. Failure means death, while success means you are marked on your forehead with the highly acidic blood of the Kainde Amedha
The Mark Of Honor
All Predators that make it to Young Blood have a mark burned into their foreheads to denote their position as successful Hunters. All who have this mark are recognized as true hunters. The mark can only be given by Elders. Ceremonies often occur but most of the time, this mark is awarded after the first hunt.
Dishonor
A Predator at zero honor simply means he must prove himself in the caste he is in(or her, in some cases). they may have weapons and armour but no trophies, having traded them off for newer trinkets. When a predator finds dishonor and his caste discovers this, he must either face consequences or be outcasted.
Consequences: When the Yautja is placed in the negative, his weapons will be removed to off the balance. He is never removed from his caste, but is considered a dishonored member of it. Obviously, because of the high honor of honored and elders, the chances of them being dishonored in this nature is virtually impossible. Usually only Warriors and under find this level of punishment. Eventually, if the dishonor is so great, the warrior must give up all possessions. If this eventually puts him back into the positive honor, he may still continue in the fight.
If, however, he remains in the negative, he is considered less of a person. These dishonored live without quarters in the slums of the ships, forced to live on whatever they can find. Most here don't believe they will ever be strong again. Some try to fight for honor and challenge other Predators for their honor to be acknowledged again. If they continue to lose, their dishonor grows deeper. If their dishonor continues to drop in extreme amounts, this Yautja is no longer allowed in the caste. They cannot be reduced to another caste...the Yautja is forced to endure discomidation. Stripped of his honor and banished, this Yautja is left with his clothes and maybe a side blade on a planet to live the rest of his life without honor. Some of these Yautja continue to hunt in their own mind, some others kill themselves. Others...adapt.
These yautja are not outcastes, just discomidated and not acknowledged. Outcastes are different. If a dishonored Yautja who freely accepted his punishment is needed again, there have been reports of an elder making a special case and letting a trained discomidated Yautja on a hunt. They usually have no major weapons and armor. If they survive, they are accepted. this is extremely rare. A hunt occurs on a planet with a dishnored Yautja and that Yautja saves the life of the leader. That Yautja may be brought back and accepted again.
BAD BLOODS/ OUTCASTES: The criminals among the Yautja have commited crimes such as murder, dishonorable hunting and failure. Strangely enough, outcasted yautjas can be recognized on sight by other Yautjas, like their face is placed on a bulletin board for all to see. If discovered to have dishonored the caste, and the Yautja flees rather than accept punishment, there can be no forgiveness. the Yautja flees with what he or she can carry- some of them already earned a ship or they might continue their dishonor by stealing one- never to return. Outcasted Yautjathat leave this way are never accepted back. Upon seeing them, honored Yautja are ordered to eliminate these dishonored fools. Outcasted yautja don't often hunt except for food.
They travel, always alone, from place to place, aimless, without purpose. Some are evil incarnate, hunting and slaying anything alive, even other Yautja. This is the unfortunate norm since most dishonor is had not by defeat, but by crimes against the caste. there have been reports of a rare few Yautja that have been outcastes, only to exist as farmers on an abandoned distant world. It doesn't matter what life they have chosen. Outcastes are outcastes and those who help them are as bad as they (-20 honor points if a Yautja helps an outcaste and is discovered)
Recognizing Honor in Others
Yautja are, in many ways, isolationists, which do not accept others into their broods. However, if a member of another species shows to have amazing honor, there have been reports of mutual respect between species. Most of the time, however, the Yautja considers this an opponent and worthy trophy. This is always the case with hunters in Honored Castes or less because they are in the constant search for more honor and will find it anywhere.
However, elders are more laid back, having earned enough honor for a permanent position, they consider honored fighters of other species as respected as their own kin. Elders have often let warriors of other species live after they have proven themselves honored warriors. This usually only occurs if the subject has killed a Yautja or fought alongside a Yautja in a fight. there is also a common practice in these cases, to maintain honor by exchanging trophies by both sides. This can offer equal or more honor than killing the opponent. Currently, there has only been one story of a Ooman living in a Yautja community ((Aliens vs. Predator: Prey)). This came from her fighting alongside an Elder Yautja in a hunt. When he died, the Ooman was accepted into the caste because of the obvious endorsement from a late elder. She was given the mark of honor, and therefore, became accepted.
