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== Noble Titles == | == Noble Titles == | ||
{|class="wikitable" | {|class="wikitable" style="padding: 1px;" | ||
!colspan="2"|Title | !colspan="2"|Title | ||
!rowspan="2"|Addressed | !rowspan="2"|Addressed | ||
!rowspan="2"|Description | !rowspan="2"|Description | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Male | !style="font-weight: normal;"|Male | ||
|Female | !style="font-weight: normal;"|Female | ||
|- | |- | ||
|King | |King | ||
|Queen | |Queen | ||
|Majesty | |Majesty | ||
|Leader of House & Kingdom | |Leader or spouse of House & Kingdom | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Prince | |Prince | ||
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|Baroness | |Baroness | ||
|Lord/Lady | |Lord/Lady | ||
|Hold/City | |Majordomo/Hold/City | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Baronet | |Baronet | ||
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|"Hedge Knight" | |"Hedge Knight" | ||
|- | |- | ||
|colspan="2"| | |colspan="2"|''Squire*'' | ||
|Mr/Mrs/Ms | |Mr/Mrs/Ms | ||
|Related to Knights | |Related to Knights | ||
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|Captain of guard | |Captain of guard | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |colspan="2"|Esquire | ||
| | |Esquire/Esq./Sir/Dame | ||
|Person of high standing, beyond freemen | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |colspan="2"|Freeman/Franklin | ||
|Mr/Mrs/Ms | |||
|Citizen land owner ranked below landed gentry | |||
|- | |- | ||
|colspan="2"|Villein | |colspan="2"|Villein | ||
|First name | |First name | ||
|An unfree man | |An unfree man working the land | ||
|- | |- | ||
|colspan="2"|Cotter | |colspan="2"|Cotter | ||
|First name | |||
|An unfree man with no land | |||
|- | |||
|colspan="2"|Slave | |||
|First name/"slave" | |||
|An owned person with almost no rights | |||
|} | |} | ||
Revision as of 17:49, 11 February 2015
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 or spouse 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 | Related to Knights | |
| Castellan/Captain | Castellan/Captain | Captain of guard | |
| Esquire | Esquire/Esq./Sir/Dame | Person of high standing, beyond freemen | |
| Freeman/Franklin | Mr/Mrs/Ms | Citizen land owner ranked below landed 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 almost no rights | |