On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Philip Hart wrote: >> David S. points out to me: >> led her past them into the room where his Majesty waited. Dimma >> then called out, "The Baroness of Dzur Mountain and Environs" >> as if there was nothing in the least unusual in this name. >> >> That's Sethra's big entrance in FHYA, or I'm a norska. > > >Ok, thanks. I'm going to suppose that Dimma needed something to call >her and just made that up - or rather that the title is just >conventional and used for this particular purpose only (Sethra can't >enter unless announced, no one without a title can be announced, >so...) > Err, why do have this wish for Sethra to be a commoner? Not that there's anything wrong with being a commoner, but Sethra is, after all, rather uncommon. I am not sure what the distinction might be between having a noble title, and being considered a noble, and actually being a noble. Besides, as mentioned, she is known to have served as Warlord. Do you really think that someone who was not a noble would be given this position of high responsibility, and *not* also be made (at least an honorary) noble?