Political Primer

Politics can be messy and confusing by default and considering the time period and political structure most closely resembled by Fiore, it is even more so. For that reason and in the interest of keeping the game fun and not a deep dive into medieval politics and structure, a simple system will be used while allowing for more specifics should a player wish to engage in deeper roleplay. This means that the political structure defined here will be the basis of all monarchies in Fiore regardless of region or ethnicity. Typically, a noble will be the direct vassal of the noble above it in the list, but any title can instead be a direct vassal of the crown. Should this be the case they will answer directly to the crown and not have any other nobility above them. This typically would place them slightly higher than a similarly ranked title that has others between it and the crown, if only in renown.
The core power structure is as listed below, keep in mind that not all sovereign nations will have the full structure. The different stations will be listed as *male* / *female* - *domain*.

Tiers of Nobility

1. Emperor/Empress - Empire
2. King/Queen - Kingdom
3. Duke/Duchess - Dukedom or Duchy when the head of state, Duchy when in service to a higher power
4. Prince/Princess - N/A
5. Margrave - March
6. Count/Countess - County
7. Viscount/Viscountess - Viscounty
8. Baron/Baroness - Barony
9. Baronet/Baronetess - Baronetcy
10. Knight - N/A

Forms of Address

In the interest of simplicity forms of conversational address will be narrowed down to speaker's station when compared to the one they are speaking to.

• anyone -> commoner - by name or occupation
• commoner -> noble - Your honor or Your Lordship/Ladyship.
• noble -> noble - My Lord/Lady
• anyone -> royal bloodline - Your Grace

More in depth forms of address will be presented in the affiliated article, though it will be assumed that having grown up in the world your character will know and utilize the correct usage unless specified otherwise. Even the aforementioned simple system will not be required but is instead provided as a tool for roleplay. This is meant for worldbuilding and immersion, not homework.