(10-12-2013, 10:08 PM)Naunet Wrote:(10-12-2013, 10:03 PM)Twinflame Wrote: All of this can come packaged with your character. Why does it need to be nobility? Why do there always have to be nobles of every race in every city of every game? I don't get it!
Your entire post basically said what I was trying to communicate but ten thousand times better, but these lines in particular I must say: yes, yes, this forever and always.
Find me an example of a situation where there is a King or other sole-ruler (i.e. a Sultan/Sultana, Queen/King, Emperor/Empress) where there is, correspondingly, no nobility.
In a system where there is a sole ruler, there will always be courtiers and hangers-on, as well as those families who - by blood, wealth, or marriage - can sway the direction of the kingdom/empire/sultanate. And yes, there are systems of nobility and "high birth" that exist outside of purely Feudalistic societies.
Edited to Add: It should be noted that I am not talking about a democratically elected ruler by any means. I'm speaking of Divine Right-esque systems of governance.
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