Kingdom
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- See also Gentry for more related content.
Kingdoms in the Realms are the only truly "owned" lands. It's basically a family or organisation that own and can defend an area against other organisations (sometimes related to the concept of Kingdom by Might).
Most kingdoms are ruled by a House and has a King or a Queen as a leader. By definition they are usually quite large and relativey prosperous to sustain its defence and/or warfare.
Many of these concepts are explaind more fully in Gentry, but this is a rundown of titles normally found in a Kingdom:
| Order of Precedence [e] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Marquess | Marchioness | Lord/Lady | Border houses (more important) | |
| Count | Countess | Lord/Lady | Leader of a county | |
| Viscount | Viscountess | Lord/Lady | Good province, small county and/or city | |
| Baron | Baroness | Lord/Lady | Province/Majordomo/hold/city/town | |
| Baronet | Baronetess | Sir/Dame | Majordomo/hold/town/village(s) | |
| Castellan/Captain | Sir/Dame/Title | Captain of guard | ||
| Peer/Hereditary Knight** | Sir/Dame | Low nobility - Estate/village | ||
| Knight** | Sir/Dame | Firstknight*** | ||
| Squire** | Mr/Mrs/Ms | Servants of Knights | ||
| Esquire | Esquire/Sir/Dame | Gentry person such as a third son or daughter | ||
| Freeman/Franklin/Citizen | Mr/Mrs/Ms | Land owner ranked below gentry | ||
| Villein | Given name | An unfree man working the land | ||
| Cotter | Given name | An unfree man with no land | ||
| Slave | First name/"slave" | An owned person with no rights | ||
| * Royal titles are lent to the spouse of the title's true owner, but their actual rank is that of "Spouse/Consort of King/Queen". ** These are required to fight (or assist), but can also perform heroic deeds to gain | ||||