[Discuss] Council Positions and Being Part of an Army

[Timothy Collett]

Teclis7 at aol.com wrote:

> Also this doesn't answer the question of why a council position cannot have  
> a liege.

That one's easy.  If a Council member had a liege, there would be a very 
problematic conflict of loyalties: on the one hand, he's loyal to the 
Ruler, and to the realm, independent of all other politics, as he must 
be to faithfully perform his duties; but on the other, he's loyal first 
and foremost, through an oath that, in many cases, ought to be more 
important to him than his life, to a Lord or Duke over whom he might 
have to have authority in matters concerning his area of governance.

Timothy Collett
Anaris Family

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