Starshadw at aol.com writes: > Here's another interesting sidebar. We know that Khaavren's family had > fallen on hard times - lost their lands, etc. But according to the text, > this was becoming a common occurrence. Why?? > > "...but the Fallen Nobility, as they were beginning to be called..." > > This statement implies that -something- was going on, causing numbers of > noble families to sell back their lands (or perhaps to even have them "taken" > from them) and hence titles - which is interesting and starts to bring up all > kinds of questions about the peerage in Dragaera - to the Empire. What was > going on that was causing the need for this? Simple over-indulgence on the > part of the nobles - living beyond their means? That's an interesting question. I hadn't really thought about that bit of underlying economics. I don't remember anything that feels like ane xplanation, either. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / New TMDA anti-spam in test John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ New Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info