Kinless

I guess technically you could call the kinless here slaves to the Lords’ Council, but look at them—they don’t act like slaves! ❋ Larry Niven (2005)

There were a dozen dishes, enough food for a hundred, delicacies that few Lords and no Lordkin or kinless could ever afford to taste, all set out for the visitors and the priests. ❋ Larry Niven (2005)

That would change, now that the kinless ponies were developing. ❋ Larry Niven (2005)

But the two kinless ponies pulling it were larger than Sandry remembered. ❋ Larry Niven (2005)

Fullerman shouted to the knot of kinless huddled behind the shield wall. ❋ Larry Niven (2005)

Further north a kinless woman hugged two children, while a teenage kinless laid a blanket over a body. ❋ Larry Niven (2005)

All his life he had been taught to hide his emotions, from the Lordkin especially, but from the servants and kinless and the soldiers too. ❋ Larry Niven (2005)

There had been more than one attempted kinless revolt led by a kinless with a Lordkin father. ❋ Larry Niven (2005)

Otherwise, it was sufficient to have enough troops to keep order, a Younglord messenger, kinless stable hands, and some kinless foresters to keep the road clear of vines. ❋ Larry Niven (2005)

The kinless owners rushed to gather up anything valuable and get it inside. ❋ Larry Niven (2005)

The kinless man leaped off, shouting thanks and begging them to help his son. ❋ Larry Niven (2005)

The creatures had killed at least a dozen kinless. ❋ Larry Niven (2005)

The pretty kinless waitress was the first to understand. ❋ Larry Niven (2005)

Come on, Sandry, it has to happen—a kinless girl gets pregnant by a Lord. ❋ Larry Niven (2005)

Nobody gathers here, and the kinless can get on with their work. ❋ Larry Niven (2005)

The kinless artisan was right in the path of the monsters. ❋ Larry Niven (2005)

They might not see him as any kind of Lordkin at all, just a kinless with weapons, and that really would burn the stew! ❋ Larry Niven (2005)

Half kinless, half Lordkin, officially kinless—but a dangerous combination. ❋ Larry Niven (2005)

The horses darted forward toward the running kinless. ❋ Larry Niven (2005)