[Discuss] Claims and appointment

[AJ]

On 4/18/08, fodder <nlksfd324 at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> It's not that anonymous if the knights never change them once they set
>  it. which seems quite common place.

It still is entirely anonymous except for the knight knowing which is obvious ;)

>
>  Let's look at it another way, would/should the size of one's estate
>  reflect the knight's commitment to the region? Obviously, not
>  infrequently the lord gives a knight money to expand the estate... so
>  maybe it doesn't reflect squat at all.

Or, s/he is just lazy, trying to subvert the region lord, politics
whatnot! Sending the enlarging gold to family etc.. The lord has no
way of knowing whether the knight enlarged the estate or not. The
knight can very well claim s/he did it

>
>  How often does the duke or ruler tell a lord to step down to see who has
>  what estates in a region? unless the ruler/duke tells the new lord...
>  the new lord will have to figure it out as he/she doesn't get that
>  info.... that info is only given to those who do the appointing.

Claims can be purchased.

AJ
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