(10-12-2013, 10:16 PM)Twinflame Wrote:(10-12-2013, 10:13 PM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: 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 in a given direction.
Edited to Add: It should be noted that I am not talking about a democratically elected ruler by any means. Â I'm speaking of Divine Right-esque systems of governance.
Isn't that what the Syndicate is? Holding half the power because of their wealth and influence, even though they personally don't pass down power through birthright? Anyway, I think it's been pointed out that the word "Noble" in game refers to the wealthy in Ul'dah, which kind of ruins my whole point because SE itself is doing the bad-noble-RP thing. xD
I suspect SE expected the Syndicate and other wealthy folk to fill this role in Ul'dah.
Well, that's kind of my point. Â You can't say that they're not, or that SE is even wrong in labeling them "nobles."
There's also nothing to say that the Syndicate won't eventually evolve into a more traditional type of nobility down the line. Â Most noble houses didn't start out as...well...nobles with lands and titles or whatever.
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