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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tenchuu" data-source="post: 5502109" data-attributes="member: 85539">I'll be sure to come back and update the list to include the information from the Glasstons; I had left them off my list because they already exist in the Wiki, and I am looking to expand on that, but it should make it easier on everyone if I keep everything in one place.  Re: Lord Byron, I had not given much thought to where he came from, but I did fancy him a Dauntonian. I am thinking maybe all Lords are in the Lord's Council, but not all Lords are founding families, and I can make this organizational distiction easily enough.  I suppose the broader question is: what makes one a lord in Daunton? Traditionally, the title Lord has curteousy for some other title, which corresponded to a land grant from the king. In this setting, there appears to be no monarch. I would assume that the mayor is either appointed by the Lords or elected by the people, though it is not clear to me, and it is no clear who has greater power, the Lords or the Mayor.   Do these lords effectively rule Daunton as an Oligarchy, with the Mayor being more of an administrative function? Also, are lords just weathy land owners, or is there something else special which identifies them as Lords (as opposed to plain old rich people)?</blockquote>