DH nobles

From: Kevin Rose (vladt@interaccess.com)
Date: Tue 16 Jul 1996 - 17:26:54 EEST

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Pam asked, in reply to someone:

> > Because of the Urban focus of Dara Happan Society, there
> is no such thing as a country noble.
>
> Who owns the land? If nobles don't own land, what have they got?
>

Consider Japan prior to the rise of the daymios. The nobles who "owned"
the land lived at court. They had retainers who lived out in the country
gathering the taxes and taking care of the land. Not that I'm saying
that this the "true way" for DH, but it is practical.

Kevin

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