Anaris Family/Anton's Tome/Region Command
Region Command
If you're lucky, the time will come when you get to command a region. This honour brings with it certain privileges, and certain duties. The most generally useful privilege of region command is a small extra share of tax (or not so small, depending on the region), levied directly from the region. You will also move up the feudal hierarchy, and your allegiance will be to a duchy and its Duke, rather than to another lord. In addition, you will have your own knights, who will owe their fealty directly to you. They will be beholden to you, but they will also look to you for protection, and you will be expected to give it, in whatever manner you are able. You can also determine the tax rate of your region directly, as well as how much money your knights get from that tax.
You also get a whole set of options, many of which are only available when you're actually in your region.
- You can build, enlarge, or tear down recruitment centers, paraphernalia workshops, guildhouses, and temples.
- You can draft recruits into recruitment centers in your region.
- You can adjust trade settings, and send food to adjacent regions.
- Depending on the region type, you can build, repair, or upgrade its fortifications.
- You can disband any militia that is stationed in your region.
- You can hold court in your region, helping to improve the peasants' morale and loyalty and reduce the rumblings of independence.
The duties are few, but important. You will be expected to keep your region in good shape, and not let the peasants get too out of hand. You will often be expected to put the extra money you earn from your region into infrastructure for the region. You will be expected to keep an eye on your knights, as their behaviour will reflect upon you. Since you will be a more important person in the feudal hierarchy than you were before, you will generally be expected to set a good example for those under you--present a picture of honour and service to your knights, for them to follow.
Thus endeth the lesson.
