Scott Schultz wrote: > In fact, it's noted in _Teckla_ that > Jhereg titles are actually "landed" titles. Vlad has an > actual baronetcy consisting of essentially a small city block > with four families on it. I'm confused by the way you put this. Vlad's title is to a patch of land somewhere, that has a few families on it (we know this from his conversation with Paresh in Teckla); maybe you didn't mean to imply that his title was to a city block. When I first read this I thought you were associating Vlad's title with his "area", and that's just not right. <snip> > Being a Baronet means exactly squat, especially when the > title can be revoked by the Council for whatever reason they > might see fit. Being a Baronet, if I recall correctly, also allowed Vlad to join "the business end of House Jhereg". Joining the House at all got him citizenship and his link; but his title permits him to work for the House. Presumably, one can be a member of House Jhereg and not be on the business end (else why the distinction between "business end" and not?), which would further imply that not every member of House Jhereg has a title, since Vlad claims that it's his title that got him this gig. Unless it's the degree of nobility one has (a Baronet and upwards) that permits one to join the business end; everyone else being the equivalent of landless nobility, wandering knights of larceny, instead of running areas themselves. Does Melestav have a title? Sticks? Glowbug? I vote "no". So I vote "not every Jhereg has a title". Maybe it's only required of those wishing to join the House that they join as nobility. Shawn