[Discuss] Council Positions and Being Part of an Army

[Andrew Asche]

> I see no difference here.
The difference between the situations is that the situation Tom is
talking about is one person with two people who outrank him that he is
subject to.
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.
Exactly, thats why my analogy works.  The corporate manager woudln't
report to a regional manager because the regional manager doesn't have
jurisdiction over what the corporate manager does.  This is a similar
situation.  Keep in mind that a Lord *employs* a Knight, he does not
*own* him.  Thus, when a Knight follows orders or does some action, he
either does them for his own agenda or for his employer.  Therefore a
council member would not be employed by a region lord because his
duties have an effect beyond that of the region.
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.
That can happen anyhow.  There can be lingering loyalty to a *former*
Lord.  Again, refer to the corporate example, wherein a person
formerly employed by the regional manager gets promoted to a corporate
management position, but slightly favors his old region because he has
lingering loyalty for it.
> Now that could lead into some real interesting things IG.
Definitely.