Telbun

A Telbun was a middle-class human from the Kuat system. This person was chosen by one of the great merchant families to parent a child with a Kuati noble. The Kuati saw this as a way of avoiding inbreeding. The child was to only acknowledged the merchant house that hired the Kuati as family. The Telbun served as the child's caretaker. Because of the parental bond, the Telbun was very devoted to the child.