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Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl
I imagine that an unlanded knight would likely have Military Rank 3 because he would have command (rather than support) the equivalent of a platoon of soldiers on behalf of his overlord. His overlord would grant him his arms and his mount, so he would only require a Comfortable Wealth to support his Status 2 (since one level would come from and be supported by his military rank), but he would probably require Patron to represent his overlord. I imagine that a landed knight would have not have Military Rank (his earning and his men come from his land), though he would receive a brevet Military Rank equal to his Status during war (meaning that he would have equal Military Rank to an unlanded knight during war from his Status 3 and Very Wealthy Wealth).
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This is an interesting way to handle this. I am pretty partial to this idea, thank you.