Generic Precedence of Title Equivalents

Since so many cultures have their own titles, many of which are very unfamiliar, this page is designed to assist with understanding the precedence of equivalent titles in Kornax. For example the Äklo goliaths recognize a Sirtuwasdt, which is listed as equivalent to a "clan chief". By referring to this document, you can see that a clan chief or equivalent is someone whose rank falls in the juncture between nobility and gentry.

Noble Titles

These titles and their equivalents are universally accepted as titles of nobility.

1. God-Emperor: a sovereign overlord to whom other sovereigns owe allegiance and who rules by divine mandate or by virtue of their own innate divinity.
2. Emperor: a sovereign overlord to whom other sovereigns owe allegiance.
3. God Monarch:a sovereign, usually one ruling an entire people, rather than a region, and doing so by divine mandate or by virtue of their own innate divinity.
4. Monarch: a sovereign, usually one ruling an entire people, rather than a region. Kings and Queens are monarchs.
5. Principal: a sovereign, rules an important and significant subset of a people. Sovereign princes (as opposed to children of monarchs) are principals.
6. Satrap: a monarch or principal who is appointed by and owes allegiance to an overlord. King Herod is an example of a satrap. He was a monarch, but he was appointed by and owed allegiance to Emperor in Rome.
a sovereign, usually one ruling an entire people, rather than a region. Kings and Queens are monarchs.
7. High Priest: the primate of an entire faith.
8. Primary Ruler: a sovereign who rules an important and significant subset of a people, but is not of as high a stature as a Principal. Dukes, Archdukes, and Grand Dukes are examples of Primary Rulers.
9. Monarchal Heirs: line-of-succession princes.
10. Alternate Monarchal Heirs: line-of-succession princes beyond the first degree.
11. Primary Heirs: line-of-succession heirs of Primary Rulers.
12. Primary Alternate Heirs: line-of-succession heirs of Primary Rulers beyond the first degree.
13. Secondary Ruler: a sovereign that rules a smaller defined region. Sometimes a secondary ruler may rule in their own right, but more often they owe fealty to a monarch or emperor. Counts, Marquesses, and Earls are examples of secondary rulers.
14. High Ministers: high elected or appointed officials who directly advise a primary ruler, monarch, satrap, principal, or emperor.
15. Tertiary Ruler: a semi-sovereign ruler that owes fealty to a monarch or emperor. Viscounts (hereditary) and Viceroys (appointed) are examples of tertiary rulers.
16. Ambassadors: chief diplomats from one political organization to another.
17. Important Urban Leaders: leaders of extremely important urban populations, who are not rulers by their own right. Lord Mayors are an example of this type of rank.
18. Bishops: supervisors of significant portions of a given priesthood.
19. Inquisitors: important civic or religious figures who safeguard membership in their given groups. Religious inquisitors and censors are examples of Inquisitor ranks.
20. Eibar̂um: specifically, co-rulers of the City of Calpi for a one-year term.
21. Military Chief: these are lords who owe military service and personnel under their command to a higher ruler. Often, but not always, they govern estates or small fiefdoms as tenants-in-chief. Barons are examples of military chiefs.
22. Aristocrats/Legislators: members of the ruling class. In some cases, these titles include perquisites and duties, and in others they do not, simply denoting one's membership in the social ranks from whom rulers are drawn.

Indefinite Titles

These titles may be considered part of the nobility in some cultures, but members of the titled gentry in others.

1. Clan Chief: a leader of an extended family group of political or social importance. The degree of their authority varies by culture.
2. Estate Lords: these are lords of an estate of importance. Usually, they owe military service to a higher liege, but not always. Sometimes, their households will include other military personnel, but not always. Baronets and Lairds are examples of estate lords.
3. Titled Warriors: these are military persons who hold title by virtue of their military status. Knights are an example of titled warriors.

Titles of the Gentry

These titles belong to those in the aristocracy who do not belong to the nobility.

1. Titled Lieutenants: these are military persons who hold titles granted them by titled warriors and who serves the assistants or appointed representatives of those warriors. Squires are examples of titled lieutenants. They are often dismissed as unimportant, which they are compared to the company in which they mix, but they are often respected and important leaders among the peasantry.
2. Local Priests: in most regions, fully ordained priests without other explicit political status are still considered part of the gentry.