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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thomas Shey" data-source="post: 8495211" data-attributes="member: 7026617">Eh.  There are certainly situations where power vacuums occur and where someone who had the personal capability of a high level D&D fighter and brought along a bunch of men at arms could fill it, call himself whatever the hell he liked, and have his claim recognized by history later.  It just doesn't describe most periods of history, because in well-inhabited areas power vacuums are transient, and in poorly inhabited ones there's usually a reason they're poorly inhabited.Its not a coincidence how often settings where this is possible are remnants from fallen cultures, as its about the only way this works.</blockquote>