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Membership in the Guilds was typically reserved for the upper classes of D'ni society due to the high monetary cost of enrollment. A scholarship program was instituted in [[4721 DE]] by King [[Demath]], requiring the Guilds to accept a certain percentage of students who passed the entrance exams but were unable to afford the price. | Membership in the Guilds was typically reserved for the upper classes of D'ni society due to the high monetary cost of enrollment. A scholarship program was instituted in [[4721 DE]] by King [[Demath]], requiring the Guilds to accept a certain percentage of students who passed the entrance exams but were unable to afford the price. | ||
Women were not allowed in the Major Guilds, though there was a failed initiative to include them in [[3523 DE]]. This was met with considerable resistance by [[Shama]], the wife of | Women were not allowed in the Major Guilds, though there was a failed initiative to include them in [[3523 DE]]. This was met with considerable resistance by [[Shama]], the wife of [[King Ti'amel]], and as a result of her arguments, the proposal was dropped. However, a proposal several years earlier in [[3500 DE]] did enable women to join the Minor Guilds for the first time, though prior to that they had been allowed to participate unofficially (as actresses, for example). | ||
==Heraldry== | ==Heraldry== |