alex994
Hail Divine Emperor!
Is there a description for Duke Tarquelin somewhere?
I also realized erez claimed land that belongs to me.
The castle Est is under MY dominion.
I still don't see why we're using titles like Earl.
I still don't see why we're using titles like Earl.
Been reading through the last few pages... Is my best bet starting off in some cold, godforsaken wasteland where I will have minimal interaction with anyone else?
I don't see why you care so much. Just call Earl Anlan "Lord" in your writings. The problem is solved easily. I don't really see anyone going around and saying, "Earl Anlan", any way -- they would likely say "Lord Anlan"; unless being referred to in an official letter or by court handlers or something.
Then we should have our own unique names for the following:
World
Knight
Castle
Sword
Horse
Emperor
Air
etc.
Since you're doing NaNoWriMo, I'll give you a tip (at least based on anything I've learned about writing): ground your readers and audience. If you have tons of new names and titles for your world, and readers follow them and know them, fine (i.e., it makes some sense that with a setting as broad as EoE, various terms have been crafted over time); but I think (in this setting) it's better to find the closest translation to the language you have grown up around, so that you have a more fluid command of those words and readers won't have to check back to an appendix every time they see something foreign. I'm following the same principle here. I already regret coming up with various titles for religious figures, but I think that's justifiable considering how dramatically different our religion is from Catholicism (and how I really don't want to evoke what we are familiar with when we hear the word "saint" or "cardinal"). Meanwhile, for titles of nobility, the dynamic is quite similar to their historical purpose.
Luckymoose said:I'm confused by this. You think changing the religious titles is acceptable, but keeping titles form merry old England for nobility is fine? I don't see how the title Earl is at all relevant to my house or the political system being developed here. If you want me to just go by Lord in the stories and diplomacy, then why have this weird hierarchy to begin with?
Luckymoose said:NaNo has nothing to do with this beyond you being snarky, so I'll ignore that.
I think I explained it just fine; both why political titles can be used and why religious titles cannot, and why you might use Lord in your stories, while your title might become relevant in other political circles.
So why can't we just be Lords? What is the point of placing this system on the world that is going to be ignored anyway? The title Earl doesn't aid me in understanding my role in the world. I'm not sure what the point of it was to begin with.
Some lords have more power than other lords. Some lords rule over other lords. This is what people commonly associate with 'feudalism'.
...do we really need to do this?
Then why am I an Earl and not a Duke? The ranking, as is, seems insulting.
Insulting on in-character level? It probably should be, to some extent. I don't think it's insulting at all for the player though. At least any more than playing in a standard NES where the USA is referred to as a Great Power, and Romania referred to as a minor power.