yes. hollywood basically lied and told us it was peasants, it was really more like disgraced nobility using peasants
⌠or rich people and people of power, yes, definitely, âpeasantâ was not the greatest word to use. Itâs quite logical when you think about it, capable people were leaders. Still, we donât really have to go far to get an example of a person who rose far above what he used to be without formerly being a part of nobility (part of relatively right family however, yes), and that being Jan Ĺ˝iĹžka. I donât know what social standing did blacksmiths have, but I canât imagine it being particularily bad.
Nonetheless, I would not like to see such an element implemented in the game, for being a power fantasy and being quite far-fetched. However, saying that âwe know there is no historic precedenceâ is quite bold - unless you happen to know the entire known worldâs history.
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The concept of coming from nothing and rising to the top is very bourgeois/American. As such historically it doesnât have too much of a place as an emblematic concept to represent in the narrative.
However itâs always appealing and feeds into our expectations of reward in games. I wouldnât be surprised if act 1 or 2 the player was knighted and maybe at some point in act 3 he must defend a castle. Possibly dying in the process, since why not. They could always pickup the story some his progeny( the spawn of which takes place in some act.)
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Ĺ˝iĹžka wasnât a noble. He raised to the position of warlord. And thatâs it. With a bit of a exaggeration we can say every bandit could became something like that. And thatâs not a case we are discussing here.
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To me, itâs not whether or not I can become a noble.
Itâs whether or not I can PRETEND to be a noble.
Can you imagine that� 
you canât, because people know who you are already
And there goes hoping to become a corrupt lord or something to employ assassins to cover up my misdeeds on the people of my fief or being a terrifying black knight wearing tons of armour.
:c
Maybe Harry could marry a baroness? Buy a title?
I donât know it might be a little far fetched but being knighted in certainly within the realm of possibility.
Well if itâs anything like Mount and Blade you can do whatever you damn well please. And anybody that has anything to say about it can say hello to your Swadian Knights. Thatâs just a hope though, it doesnât look like theyâre going quite that far with the freedom. Most likely, the answer is no. But you never know.
That makes me wonder. What happens when we die? Do we just wake up in the last place we slept or saved at?
You haunt your mortal remains until theyâre discovered by a random peasant.
Then the nearest town/village will arrange a suitable disposal which you get to attend. During this event it is possible to interact with the environment just enough to waggle a candle, pinch a cat or spoil a pail of milk.
Once decomposition has completed, (anywhere between 1 and 2 years in game time), you will be prompted with an option to resurrect.
Or⌠you load from last save?
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Doubt it, this is supposed to be realistic, not like Skyrim or something. It isnât likely that many children of blacksmiths became Barons during the Middle Ages, no matter what the circumstances.