Actually, there's plenty of non-lalafellin nobility in Ul'dah. To be a member of the royal family you would arguably have to be Lalafellin, or at least married to one. But nobility in Ul'dah is more or less related to your wealth, and there's actually only one Lalafell in the syndicate if I remember correctly. Or two. But there's a Roegadyn, and an Elezen with seats in the syndicate. I'd say Hyur are almost represented more in Ul'dahn nobility than anyone.
To run with others have mentioned, being a landowner is one way of being "upper class", so to speak. And there's plenty of room for you to claim that in either the twelveswood (We've seen one manor out in the shroud, that being Haukke's Manor) or La Noscea.
However, if you want the most out of your nobility, Ul'dah is the way to go. All the lavish parties and rivalries you could imagine. There's actually a handful of Ul'dahn nobles in the RP community as well, so there's plenty of room to have interesting roleplay there. Feuding families and what not.
I'd personally be careful with Ishgard if you're sticking close to canon, as we know literally almost next to nothing about their society. The only things we do know for certain is that their head of state is an Arch-bishop, they're a bunch of religious zealots dedicated to Halone, and their military is structured in the way of a knighthood.
Even more so, we don't know much about the state of Ishgard since the calamity other than the fact that it's currently in a perpetual winter that has all but destroyed their chocobo breeding, which was a huge part of Ishgardian culture apparently. I personally would be very, very careful with anything Ishgard related until the city is actually available in-game. (which it will be at one point!)
To run with others have mentioned, being a landowner is one way of being "upper class", so to speak. And there's plenty of room for you to claim that in either the twelveswood (We've seen one manor out in the shroud, that being Haukke's Manor) or La Noscea.
However, if you want the most out of your nobility, Ul'dah is the way to go. All the lavish parties and rivalries you could imagine. There's actually a handful of Ul'dahn nobles in the RP community as well, so there's plenty of room to have interesting roleplay there. Feuding families and what not.
I'd personally be careful with Ishgard if you're sticking close to canon, as we know literally almost next to nothing about their society. The only things we do know for certain is that their head of state is an Arch-bishop, they're a bunch of religious zealots dedicated to Halone, and their military is structured in the way of a knighthood.
Even more so, we don't know much about the state of Ishgard since the calamity other than the fact that it's currently in a perpetual winter that has all but destroyed their chocobo breeding, which was a huge part of Ishgardian culture apparently. I personally would be very, very careful with anything Ishgard related until the city is actually available in-game. (which it will be at one point!)
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