Hierarchy

This will explain as clearly as possible what hierarchy is in the world of BattleMaster. The following will explain the levels of importance within the realm structure, the intangables of hierarchy, guild hierarchy, and how it can be roleplayed.

Hierarchy Defined

The best way to define what hierarchy is comes from the dictionary. Oxford English defines hierarchy as:

1 a ranking system ordered according to status or authority. 2 an arrangement according to relative importance or inclusiveness.

Well at least those are the definitions that apply to us here. The key we should look at here is Importance.

Character Importance

Player Characters are the most in important over all things in the BattleMaster world. For all intents and purposes one can think of it as a hierarchal caste system. Player Characters are favored above all else so the ranks of those less favored have no bearing on the Player Characters. There are only two caste. Player Characters and Non Player Characters We will deal with the Player Character hierarchy first.