Gentry
The main use of titles in the Midrealms is to specify where someone is on the social hierarchy that rules everything. Mainly this revolves around Houses and their statuses as kept record of by the Family Register, but there are also titles within organisations separate from Houses, such as the Church of Rahn and less savoury organisations such as the Chamber of Shadows.
Noble Titles
| Title | Addressed | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | |||
| King* | Queen* | Majesty | Leader of House & Kingdom | |
| Prince | Princess | Highness | Possible heir to House & Kingdom | |
| Archduke | Archduchess | Highness | Royal family | |
| Duke | Duchess | Grace | Royal family (extended) or given | |
| Hertig | Hertigess | Lord/Lady | Border houses (more important) | |
| Jarl/Count | Jarless/Countess | Lord/Lady | Leader of a county | |
| Baron | Baroness | Lord/Lady | Majordomo/Hold/City | |
| Baronet | Baronetess | Sir/Dame | Majordomo/Smallhold | |
| Peer Knight** | Sir/Dame | Low nobility | ||
| Knight** | Sir/Dame | "Hedge Knight" | ||
| Squire** | Mr/Mrs/Ms | Servants of Knights | ||
| Castellan/Captain | Castellan/Captain | Captain of guard | ||
| Esquire | Esquire/Sir/Dame | Near-gentry person of high standing | ||
| Freeman/Franklin/Citizen | Mr/Mrs/Ms | Land owner ranked below gentry | ||
| Villein | First name | An unfree man working the land | ||
| Cotter | First name | An unfree man with no land | ||
| Slave | First name/"slave" | An owned person with no rights | ||
| * Royal titles are bestowed upon the spouse of the actual owner of the power, but their actual rank is that of "spouse of King/Queen". ** These are required to fight, but can also perform heroic deeds to gain land and become true gentry. | ||||