> I don't think it's possible to be a Jhereg without having a title. (Same > with any noble house. They've all got titles of some form or other. > That's what makes them "nobility".) I'm not sure on that. We have the title DragonLord or HawkLord, but not all members of those houses are refered to as such. Take, for example, the foot soldiers in Dragon. I don't think that any of them were ever refered to as a DragonLord, suggesting to me that they may not have any titles. Also, consider Khavren (in TPG). His family has a traditional title, but they had lost their lands and their titles, as best I remember. **** minor TPG spoilers here *** Or Tanzendra, also in TPG. She had renounced her family name and title. No one seemed especially disturbed by the idea of a title-less Dzor. Or by Aerich without a title, since his family had been discredited. It seems to me that being a Noble House means that the house has some nobility, not that every member of the house is a noble.