[Incentives] Titles

[king0fblad3s]

I have a job for the lore team, come up with a title system that can be used with all of the races. This is so that if we decide to give a rank for purchases we can give them a title.

Here is the ones we are not going to use: Baron/Baroness Duke/Dutchess Marquess

Those are the titles we are avoiding as well as anything bland such as champion of hero. I also want there to be a hierarchy in the titles. Such as Count is higher in rank than Baron.

[diage]

What purpose are these titles going to convey, just vanity or anything legitimate?

[Nyrhi]

Here's a list of medieval titles I found: Serf

• Person bound to the land, virtually a slave to the landowner, but can free themselves by running away (usually to the city) for a year and a day.

Peasant

• Anyone not a noble. Collectively referred to as "the commons".

Yeoman

• Peasant who holds land in his/her own right.

Squire

Reeve

Knight, Dame

Baronet, Baronetess

Baron, Baroness

Viscount, Viscountess My Lord/Lady, Lord(Lady), Viscount(ess)

• Title granted to someone not quite important enough to be a count but too important to be a baron.

Earl, Landgrave, Count, Countess My Lord/Lady, Earl(Landgrave, Count etc.)

• Roughly equivalent titles, since there is no feminine term for Earl Countess is used.

Margrave, Margravine My Lord/Lady, Margrave(Margravine)

• Also called a Marquess/Marchioness. Equivalent in rank to a duke but holds land in the "marches" or border area, because conflict on borders is frequent they had broad power.

Duke, Duchess Your Grace, Duke(Duchess)

• Nobility which holds lands within a principality/kingdom, a hereditary title for the ruler of a duchy.

Grand Duke, Grand Duchess My Lord/Lady, Your Grace, Grand Duke(Duchess)

• Usually reserved for either a ruling monarch, descendants of a former ruling monarch, or rarely used instead of Prince(ss) for the offspring of a King/Queen.

Regent Addressed as Regent or by inherited title

• Regents rule in the stead of the crowned monarch if he/she is too young to rule or occasionally if incapable of ruling due to infirmity.

Prince Consort, Princess Consort Your Highness, My Lord/Lady, Prince(ss)

• Married to a ruling monarch.

Prince, Princess Your (Royal) Highness, My Lord/Lady, Prince(ss)

• Typically the son or daughter of a ruler.

King, Queen Your (Royal) Majesty, My Lord/Lady, My King/Queen, King/Queen

• Rules a country or married to the ruler. In some cases you can only inherit the title of King, if you marry the Queen you are Prince Consort.

Emperor, Empress Your (Royal) Majesty, My Lord/Lady, Emperor/Empress

• Rules an empire.

I have no idea how to make something bold, so you'll have to do with this crappy lay-out. Naturally speaking, Baron(ess) cannot be used, same with duke, since we want something unique. But this is just a small list with a short explanation underneath it so you know what it meant back in the day.

[Nyrhi]

Let me grab the titles from above and see which ones we can really use. Also, I'll compile a short list here that I'll update with viable alternatives as I find them. (it's in order of power)

• Yeoman
• Squire
• Reeve
• Bailiff
• Steward
• Patrician
• Vassal
• Knight / Dame
• Viscount / Viscountess
• Count / Countess
• Seneschal
• Chamberlain

An idea that popped in my head is the use of an honor system, since the titles above would work for certain races, but would look weird with others. They all work well for Zaranai, since they have a lot of Medieval influences, but most of the titles would look weird on an Haellera for example. So, here are some honor-titles, just an idea:

• Honored
• Revered
• Exalted

[CandleD]

The titles the lore team came up with have been sent to King