(10-12-2013, 09:40 PM)Naunet Wrote:(10-12-2013, 07:25 PM)Natya Rudh Wrote: We know Ul'dah has nobility, we know Garlemald has nobility, Ala Mhigo, being a formerly independant nation, probably had nobility. Ishgard is not the only society in Eorzea with noble families, it is simply the one with the most emphasis on them.
We do not know Ul'dah has nobility. There is a royal family and there is the Syndicate, the latter of which is not hereditary but rather bought into with gil. Garlemald isn't Eorzea, so it doesn't apply. As for Ala Mhigo... I'm not sure why you think it being an independent nation implies it had nobility. That makes no sense. Feudalism is not the default state of an independent nation. We know that Ala Mhigo had a king but aside from that, none of the Ala Mhigan refugees you meet make any indication of their former home employing a social system based around family heredity of property and status.
(10-12-2013, 07:30 PM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: There are nobles in Gridania, although we know almost nothing about them.
Nobles or just significant families?
More the latter, I think, unless I've missed something important. Gridania, more than Ul'dah and Limsa Lominsa, seems to be all about her citizen's individual cooperation to the benefit of the community. Some old prejudices remain, especially among the Wildwood population, but Gridanians as a whole seemed more tightly knit as a community than the other two cities. At least that's always been my perception.
