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Jobs in Pre-industrial agricultural societies were usually handed from parent to child. A carpenter would teach his son how to work wood so he would become a carpenter. A blacksmith would teach his son how to hammer hot iron into various shapes. A [[peasant]] couple would teach their kids to till the land and raise pigs and stuff, thus making them peasants. The people who were in charge of communities of such people for the most part were no exception, and since they wanted this to state of affairs to stay this way for their kids and were calling the shots, they made it this the law. Thus is created the class of nobility.
A noble is a member of a nobility, which is a member of a kingdom's royalty. Feckin' Nobles. Due to this, nobles are the richest louts in a kingdom, having plenty of money, land, and usually soldiers under their control. Due to the fact that they own most of the kingdom's resources, nobles are the most influential and powerful people in the land, normally in charge of settlements, estates, and industries. Because of the fact that noble own everything they need to survive, the commonfolk must follow their whims and decrees, for better or for worse.


Several societies came to have formalized classes of nobility, including the Mesopotamians, the Chinese up until the Sui Dynasty, the Tokugawa Shogunate and some Meso-American societies like the Aztecs, but in the English Speaking world the form of nobility which comes to mind is that of Medieval Europe, which included [[Knight]]s.
==Nobles in Fantasy==
When the word "nobles" comes to mind in fantasy settings; the stereotype for them is the rich folk who lives it up like a per-revolution French king while his peasants and guards do everything for him. This is only a half-truth, as while nobles can be as decadent as they wish since they can afford to do so, even noble classes partook in combat. A simple example are the [[Knights]], who are nobles but are popular in many settings for their elite combat prowess.


Also the worst kind of [[Dwarf]]. Feckin' Nobles.
Nobles throughout world history were notorious for exploiting their power to oppress the common populace, so they were usually good as enemy leader fodder in fantasy settings where the nobles continued to live a life of unparalleled luxury while the people lived in constant hardship due to him either short-changing the people on resources or taxing them to unfair levels to maintain his growing treasury.
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Revision as of 16:24, 11 January 2016

A noble is a member of a nobility, which is a member of a kingdom's royalty. Feckin' Nobles. Due to this, nobles are the richest louts in a kingdom, having plenty of money, land, and usually soldiers under their control. Due to the fact that they own most of the kingdom's resources, nobles are the most influential and powerful people in the land, normally in charge of settlements, estates, and industries. Because of the fact that noble own everything they need to survive, the commonfolk must follow their whims and decrees, for better or for worse.

Nobles in Fantasy

When the word "nobles" comes to mind in fantasy settings; the stereotype for them is the rich folk who lives it up like a per-revolution French king while his peasants and guards do everything for him. This is only a half-truth, as while nobles can be as decadent as they wish since they can afford to do so, even noble classes partook in combat. A simple example are the Knights, who are nobles but are popular in many settings for their elite combat prowess.

Nobles throughout world history were notorious for exploiting their power to oppress the common populace, so they were usually good as enemy leader fodder in fantasy settings where the nobles continued to live a life of unparalleled luxury while the people lived in constant hardship due to him either short-changing the people on resources or taxing them to unfair levels to maintain his growing treasury.

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