Chooser

Choosers are a specialized class of Grik hij who's function is (in broad terms) to determine who in Grik society gets to live and who dies. Traditionally choosers select among hatchlings those who are to be slated to be eventually elevated to Hij as well as those who were to become uul warriors, valued workers, disposable laborers/livestock and which hatchlings were to be eaten. They also determined which Grik were no longer useful and were to be put down. In general the ultimate purpose of the Choosers was as a rather brutal method of population control. On the advice of Kurokawa some defensive hatchlings were also selected to live as an experiment and afterwards were kept alive to become soldiers for the Grik Army. Culls from her own nest were the former Celestial Mother's favorite snack. One unexpected side effect of this experiment is the new troops are very loyal to General of the Sea Hisashi Kurokawa, General Halik, and General Esshk as well as if not more than the Celestial Mother.

The most prominent Chooser is the one who serves the Celestial Bloodline whom is known simply as The Chooser.