Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26553378-20171110215722/@comment-26149161-20171122174412

Kickratgames wrote: Still I just don't think that Town-Master, Knife-man, Club-bearer seem like ranks. Or they could have just been terms to describe someones weapons. Chieftain being the highest rank doesn't seem right, a chieftain was leader of a small​ or medium group of people, not a large warband or army. They were akin to low-ranking generals and not the Highest ranked general.

And let's just say Town-master means mayor. Is a mayor a general or a politition? A mayor rank doesn't even fit in this at all. If you say that a lord ruled over a town and that it's basically the same thing it's not. A lord would fight for his King, a mayor doesn't fight for a king he simply governs a town and does not take part in fighting. Chieftain is used to describe Durin and the Noldorin lords, as this definition of it being for primitive groups is very modern. I think it's perfectly suitable for Dunland. Not to mention, I'm purposely not talking about the "Highest ranked general". There is no "King of Rohan" or "Steward of Gondor" rank for a reason, and there will not be one for Dunland either.

Town-master is the term used in the book. It doesn't mean mayor, though its duties include such. It's the leader of a people too--the people of Agar, in Tal-elmar, akin to a chieftain or lord. It is essentially an independant lord, but by a different name. And though Mogru in Tal-elmar was fat and lazy, doubtless the leaders of other towns were fighters and warriors.

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