Sis

The Sis is an informal term for the richest and most powerful nobles of The Empire. The great families adopt the suffix "-sis" when the head of the family is enobled by the emperor. The emperor’s own family are the Lansis. Other families of note include the Tacsis, Jotsis, Namsis, Galamsis, Memsis, Leensis, Gersis, Rolsis, and Chemsis. There's a great deal of tension between and within the several social strata. The rivalries and self-enrichment of the Sis families. The resentment of the merchant classes against the arrogant Sis who see them as money-grubbers. The downtrodden common peasants who the Sis spit on and treat as things to be used.