[Discuss] Council Positions and Being Part of an Army

[Teclis7 at aol.com]

>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


Well recently the idea was discussed about knight versus marshal/general  and 
lord liege with conflicts of interest and loyalties.  Tom said he would  not 
make a hard ruling on that as he wanted there to be some politics and  
different interpretations.
 
I see no difference here.  Also someone mentioned the idea of a  corporate 
manager reporting to a regional manager.  I agree this would not  happen, but it 
is not the same.  A liege/lord relationship has nothing to  do with what your 
duties are as judge, banker, or general.  At least not  theoretically.  It 
could get interesting though if the banker/judge/general  was a liege of some 
powerful lord/Duke and started to show favor to a particular  duchy.  
 
Now that could lead into some real interesting things IG.
 
Donnie



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