<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=111594.msg5192499#msg5192499">Quote from: TheHangedMan on 11-09-2011, 15:30:15</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I like to casually poke around and look at the new character sheets that pop up, and thought I'd throw out my two cents; apologies ahead of time if I speak out of turn, or trample on toes, it's certainly not my intention.<br/><br/>With swordmaster's character, I just don't think his history would work? Aserit strikes me as a meritocracy, where people were knighted based solely on their combat prowess and scholastic knowledge, rather than needing some sort of royal blood or backing.  Look at the Bloody Raven's; they're the elite force, but more than half of their total numbers come from a peasant background.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I'd been going on the assumption that it was rare but possible in Theiri for a peasant to be knighted, or for a knight or minor noble to be promoted higher through deed or marriage--it would sort of have to be the case, or else they'd all be terribly inbred at the top. >:P