Gen. Morrowind Lore: Explaining Morrowind's Noble Class

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The Empire founded the tradition of a noble class among the Dunmer, who previously didn't have nobles or kings - they had the Tribunal. Foreign nobles are not always popular among the common Dunmer. The new nobility was incorporated in the same chain as nobles from the rest of the Empire.

The chain goes like this:
Lesser nobles ->
Baron (governor of a town i.e. Baron Remo in Reich Parkeep) ->
Count (governor of a town and ruler of a county) ->
Duke (reigns over a district, such as Dren over Vvardenfell or Duke Oram Hlaalo over Silgrad) ->
King (reigns over Morrowind, i.e. King Helseth) ->
The Emperor (who dies at the start of Oblivion) ->

That means that the Imperial Baron Remo answers to the Dunmer Duke Hlaalo, since they all belong to the same "chain" of nobility.

Updated June 18th 2006, 18:55 C.E.T.

Original article text:
The Empire founded the tradition of a noble class among the Dunmer, who previously didn't have nobles or kings - they had the Tribunal. Foreign nobles are not always popular among the common Dunmer. The new nobility was incorporated in the same chain as nobles from the rest of the Empire.

The chain goes like this:
Lesser nobles ->
Baron (governor of a town, i.e. Baron Remo in Reich Parkeep) ->
Duke (reigns over a district, such as Dren over Vvardenfell or Duke Oram Hlaalo over Silgrad) ->
King (reigns over Morrowind, i.e. King Helseth) ->
The Emperor (who dies at the start of Oblivion) ->

That means that the Imperial Baron Remo answers to the Dunmer Duke Hlaalo, since they all belong to the same "chain" of noble classes.