[Steppes] Event Changes?

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In a message dated 10/7/02 6:14:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time, glennmc at ti.com
writes:

> Some, but not all, Crowns make use of the Landed Barons and Baronesses as
> well as the Royal Family to hold court in their stead. A couple of times
> while we
> were B&B we held court for their Majesties in a shire and gave out a
> handful of
> awards.

This particular issue has been one I have felt strongly about for nearly 25
years. The Crown needs to use the Barons and Baronesses of Its Court as
nobles-at-large and ambassadors within the kingdom to help facilitate
necessary business. Many of the Court nobles are well versed in running
courts as they have been formerly landed, and we will hope that everyone else
who has received a Court Barony has enough noble character to carry it off if
they needed to. For it to viably work I do feel a system would need to be in
place for Court Nobles who wish to offer the Crown their services in this way
to swear fealty to the Crown, much as currently landed nobles do.

Court Titles ARE noble titles and should have the chance for more active
responsibilities to the Crown for the benefit of the realm to justify their
standing as nobles. It might make some people, both with and without the
title, realize that it is much more than a "cookie".

Baron Edwin FitzLloyd
Court Baron for 20 years, landed Baron for six and a half years