Ishgard's Social/Class Structure

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[Aliluc]

I have a couple of questions about some more Ishgard lore, and wasn't completely sure where to ask it, but since it's related to this I guess I'll ask here.

How worshiped is the Archbishop by the common folk and the smaller noble houses of Ishgard? Is he considered an entirely holy and nearly godly figure, or just a holy symbol?

Also, speaking of the smaller noble houses, would those houses be in Ishgard itself or outside the city? And on those families, is the inheritor the first son or is there a different method for choosing the inheritor?

 

 

I'm sure this is answered in Heavensward, but I won't be able to play until 2 weeks, but wanna have my character's story ready by then.

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I have a couple of questions about some more Ishgard lore, and wasn't completely sure where to ask it, but since it's related to this I guess I'll ask here.

How worshiped is the Archbishop by the common folk and the smaller noble houses of Ishgard? Is he considered an entirely holy and nearly godly figure, or just a holy symbol?

Also, speaking of the smaller noble houses, would those houses be in Ishgard itself or outside the city? And on those families, is the inheritor the first son or is there a different method for choosing the inheritor?

 

 

I'm sure this is answered in Heavensward, but I won't be able to play until 2 weeks, but wanna have my character's story ready by then.

 

I'd assume the Archbishop is treated as the Pope IRL (though I'm more talking about Pope from the Middle Ages centuries rather than the modern Pope, who has lost some power since then). Either way, he is a holy figure and what closest I imagine we'd have to a god on the existing plane of things. His word is to be considered the word of the Gods themselves (or at least of Halone?), and only the Twelve themselves could have superior authority than him. This is of course all from an Ishgardian's point of view.

 

While the High Houses all have homes in the city of Ishgard, I wouldn't say that all the noble houses have to live inside the city, but at LEAST be still in Ishgardian territory. The noble house of my character, the Laucent, has for example moved to Coerthas to raise chocobos, for example (pre-Calamity, when Coerthas was an ideal place to do such things).

 

As for the inheritance thing, if it's how things worked IRL during the Middle Ages, the first male son is the heir unless he is disowned of his rights of succession. It could be different in-game, but I have yet to see any female at the lead of a noble house so far.

 

(Note: As unlikely as a Keeper noble house would be, being the Keepers of matriarchal society, I could assume the head of the house would be the Matriarch, however).