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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DM_Blake" data-source="post: 3911988" data-attributes="member: 57267">No, but I imagine Ghengis Khan didn't start his adult life as a warlord. He started it like all the rest of the mongols at the time. A nomad warrior. By 3.5e D&D terms, either a fighter or barbarian. By 4e terms, looks like fighter. His father had died when Genghis was 9 (called Temujin - the name Genghis came later). His family deserted him and left him to fend for himself. He grew older, won some fights, gained some respect amongst his peers, joined the army, won more fights, impressed some officers, rose through the ranks, siezed hold on the leadership (maybe a coup?), then finally earned the title of warlord.A quick google tells me he was 39 years old when he was voted the title of warlord (or the equivalent among his people). That means for 20 years of his adult life he was honing those fighting and leadership skills until he finally earned that title.Now, he passed on the title of Khan to his son, Ogedei, who was 41 when Genghis died and 43 when he became Khan (I guess these things took time back then). But he had been leading armies and conquering nations as part of Genghis Khan's army all his adult life too.</blockquote>