Hey @TheEdVerse how does one get the title of Lord in the Realms? My players beat those guys in Noanar’s Hold and are turning the ruined keep into a castle. Are they the lords now?
— Lou Anders Is Working on Something Secret (@LouAnders) September 1, 2019
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Heh. This is one of those “it depends” situations. If they start calling themselves lords, AND live in a castle, most folk they meet will accept the titles. Because Noanar’s Hold doesn’t happen to be in a ruled realm with a king or other ruler who’ll dispute 2)
…these self-assumed ranks, there'll be no trouble about calling themselves lords. In the common mind (of civilized humans in the Sword Coast), "every lord hath his castle," and vice versa. So, short answer: yes.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 1, 2019
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However, longer answer: if I was DMing this, I'd expect pretenders (armed thugs with a hired adventuring band waving blades on their behalf) to start showing up one a month or so, snarling, "I'M the rightful Lord of Noanar's Hold! Begone or die, miscreants!" ;}#Realsmlore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 1, 2019
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And in the interests of exhaustive topic coverage: it's really up to the High Heralds. However, barring misuse of heraldry for deceptions, heralds are ALWAYS on the side of more heraldry, so local herald will want more lords, and High Heralds very likely to agree.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 1, 2019