Rank Has Its Privileges

Rank still has its privileges in Tre'Volos, as well as throughout the world. Commoners are generally considered "low-born". They have no known Noble blood and generally cannot rise into a higher station without some help, training, or unusual events. Commoners have no land of their own.

Gentlefolk are not nobles, but they are not "low-born" either. They are farmers and other peasants that tend land and have a true home and own property. They generally do not rise to Guild status, nor fall to Commoners' status.

Guildsmen are trade masters — each knows and specializes in a trade skill such as potter, brew master, tinker, and others. Some Guildsmen are quite close to nobility if they work with metals — especially Goldsmiths, Silversmiths, and the like. Others acquire fame through artistic skills. Artists, Writers, Sculptors, and Painters are frequently Guildsmen.