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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zerith" data-source="post: 5476274" data-attributes="member: 99953">“The Raven’s River, a countship. Geologically small, and also valuable. This said I take it from your asking ‘of were’ you think all lords are rulers, not unlike a secondary king; but that is not true. The average lord is akin to a prince, all be it a minor one. My father for example, is Count Alexander Ravensworth the third… oh my, forgot to tell you, I’m Alexander Ravensworth the forth…” He commented before rolling his eyes at his comment with a grin. “Tradition, a, nay the perfect excuse for a complete lake of originality and, from what I can tell, because apparently the longer ones full name is the more powerful one appears and there is nothing like a large number behind ones name to toss one’s given name over the top; be happy I’m sparing you the use of middle names.” He continued on unimpeded as he happily both lightly mocked his heritage and took pride in it. “And I’ve ran off the road of my thought again… As I was saying, a proper, no, traditional lord is the son of a count or duke, or even a prince, or any of their female counterparts, although their daughters would hold the title of ‘Lady’. The other lords gain their title as a reword of rank rather than a right of birth. ‘Lord’ Bairan Roetir for example, is really a duke, and yet still not a true noble just yet; I mean him no disrespect, he has earned his lands and thus they are rightfully his, but his lineage is of common stock. I do believe that while he is able to stand firm among the nobles of Pesh, his heir will suffer two fold once the great bear is gone; Bairan’s reputation and standing with king Haspen is more than heavy enough that no noble is willing to take action against him or his heir to be, but that will vanish in half when he dies, and the other half is tied to Haspen. Then, once both are gone, Bairan’s heir will have to stand on his or her own reputation that most assuredly shall be seen as far lesser then Bairan’s, and his heir will still also be seen as an outsider by the nobles, who will be sensing weakness. I could go on at further length about this but I feel that I’ve wondered too far off topic.” Alexander rambled on and on seemingly without end. He enjoyed speculating about the hidden deals that happened in the dark of the ruling parties of the nobility, but he also knew he would have to wait to get into that game less he wanted to be the one used and not the one gaining a pawn. But that was alright with him, all the more reason for him to be where he was for the time being.</blockquote>

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