Curator

A curator (Rurynote: காப்பாளர் kāppāḷar) is a member of the aristocratic and intellectual ruling class that has dominated Pytarus since the 13th century. Curators constitute the center of the later Pytarene political and cultural system, acting as the sources, transmitters, and guardians of Pytarene tolanggoly, and of the high cultural ideal of Peruru; politically they act as the arm of the Pytarene state's vinminine government.

Name
The Rurynote word officially used for, and most commonly associated with, curators is காப்பாளர் kāppāḷar, derived from kāppu, 'to keep watch, protection, preservation'. In local languages curators are referred to with a variety of other names and epithets. Perumāṉ and periyar, meaning 'great person', are common honorifics, but among curators themselves it is reserved for more respected and well-accomplished peers. It is also common to refer to them as Pitars (பீடர் pīṭar), the semi-legendary Gesnotic people for which Pytarus was originally named.

Induction
There is no single authority that determines if one is a curator, and the entire induction system is informal and ambiguous, based on recognition by either peers or a particularly prestigious authority such as the Tower Throne. In most cases, tutelage by another curator and an accomplished career in service of Pytarene interests or embodying Pytarene virtues are the prerequisites. Curators originally received their titles from their home nakars, but the second Trust Revolution has undermined the importance of this and today cities provide only one among several ceremonial confirmations of induction.