Nobility

[Curious]

Posts on the other boards got me to thinking, what historical, geographical, and political society is the noble structure based on?

I'm asking this in regards to the Northern Houses and the Southern Houses.  

Knowing that the nobility of Allanak is based on, for example, Feudal Era Europian nobility would be a great asset in understand how nobility should be viewed in the game.

Thanks.

[Sanvean]

I don't believe the original southern houses were based on much more than a general idea of medieval nobility. I'm hesitant to propose a RL corollary for the current ones because I think it would end up being more misleading than actually useful.