[Discuss] That old handle question....

[Anthony Cerqueira]

I'd like to start by saying that this is about that whole problem with the
name for the Soldier/Knight class and the hierarchy position of Knight. I
would also say that I don't remember off hand if anything was decided so if
it has just let this rambler carry on. Now to the meat of the letter

>From what I recall the problem was that Soldier implied military service, so
the name was changed to the more generic Knight. Problem was Knight was a
rank in the hierarchy.

Solution: a little musical chairs. Make the default class Noble (rather than
Soldier/Knight), and make the rank Noble in the hierarchy something else.
That something else should probably be a title that indicates the noble's
unpopular standing with their peers, but still provide some measure of
honour over peasants.

Sadly I've not been able to find a historically accurate example of this as
of yet, but I have managed to find some titles that could be usable:

Hedge Knight - meaning they wander the wilds, guarding as they can

Robber Knight - like a bandit really, usually used to mean heavily taxes
peasants but could still work.

Man-at-arms - short and to the point

Knight-errant - Errant meaning wandering or roving, indicates how the
knight-errant would typically wander the land in search of adventures to
prove himself as a full knight
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