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Re: Changing names of things
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:44 am
by Puckohue
Earl is too close to eorl.
How about:
TITLES
Baron
Drighten
Lord/Lady
Clan Chieftain/Chieftess
Tribal King/Queen
Eorl
MILITARY RANKS
Warrior
Thane
Ten-Thane
Hundred-Thane
Lt Warlord
Warlord
Warchief
Lt General
General
Warking
Re: Changing names of things
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:02 am
by Ivarenna
Perfect!
Re: Changing names of things
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:57 pm
by grumbold99
Looks great.
Re: Changing names of things
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2023 7:45 pm
by Harold
Happy to Roll with that
Re: Changing names of things
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2023 1:17 am
by Quatlu
Looks solid to me. Makes sense, too.
Re: Changing names of things
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2023 10:35 am
by Erik
Could we change Eorl to Jarl?
Re: Changing names of things
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2023 1:07 pm
by Puckohue
How about:
TITLES
Baron
Drighten
Lord/Lady
Clan Chieftain/Chieftess
Tribal King/Queen
Jarl
MILITARY RANKS
Warrior
Thane
Ten-Thane
Hundred-Thane
Lt Warlord
Warlord
Warchief
Lt General
General
Warking
Re: Changing names of things
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2023 4:39 pm
by grumbold99
Jarl sounds very Norse to me, while Thegn, Drighten and Eorl are all Anglo-Saxon in origin even if lining them up in a hierarchical pecking order of rank with Baron, Lord Chieftain and King is not.
Re: Changing names of things
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2023 6:22 pm
by Erik
grumbold99 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 4:39 pm
Jarl sounds very Norse to me, while Thegn, Drighten and Eorl are all Anglo-Saxon in origin even if lining them up in a hierarchical pecking order of rank with Baron, Lord Chieftain and King is not.
I agree, but since we are in a fantasy world we do not need to conform to real linguistic conformity.
Re: Changing names of things
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 11:01 am
by Rufus
Agree with Grumbold on origins and Eric with that it is whatever feels right for a rune quest background.
Baron is generally a more middling noble rank - above knight but below earl/eorl/jarl. Therefore feels a bit wrong to me for the first rank of nobility to be baron - but happy togo with whatever people want. If the word "knight" feels wrong you could go with the german ritter or perhaps better, the swedish (I believe) riddare (maybe adla?).
But happy to go with whatever feels right to others.