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== Ranks and Titles ==
=== Aluvian ===
* '''High King/High Queen''' - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_king high king] is a king who holds a position of seniority over a group of other kings, without the title of Emperor.
* '''King/Queen''' - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King king] is a head of state, who may or may not, depending on the style of government of a nation, exercise monarchal powers over a territory, usually called a kingdom or a realm.
* '''Aetheling/Aethelinga''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aetheling Aetheling] was an Old English term used in Anglo-Saxon England to designate princes of the royal dynasty who were eligible for the kingship.
* '''Duke/Duchess''' - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke duke] is a member of the nobility, historically of highest rank below the monarch, and historically controlling a duchy or a dukedom.
* '''Ealdor/Ealdora''' - An [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ealdormen ealdorman] (from Old English ealdorman, lit. "elder man") is the term used for a high-ranking royal official and prior magistrate of an Anglo-Saxon shire
* '''Thane''' - The term [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thegn thegn] (or thane in Shakespearean English) is commonly employed by historians to describe either an aristocratic retainer of a king or nobleman in Anglo-Saxon England, or as a class term, the majority of the aristocracy below the ranks of ealdormen and high-reeves
* '''Reeve''' - In England, a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reeve_(England) reeve] was an official elected annually by the serfs to supervise lands for a lord.
* '''Baron/Baroness''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron Baron] is a title of nobility. In the British peer system, barons rank below viscounts, and form the lowest rank in the peerage.
* '''Baronet''' - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baronet baronet] is the holder of a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown known as a baronetcy. The name baronet is a diminutive of the peerage title baron. The rank of a baronet is between that of a baron and a knight.
* '''Yeoman''' - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeoman Yeoman] is A man holding a small landed estate, a minor landowner.

=== Gharu'ndim ===
* '''Sultan/Sultana''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan Sultan] (Arabic: سلطان‎ Sulṭān) is an Islamic title, used as the title of certain Muslim rulers who claimed almost full sovereignty. The dynasty and lands ruled by a sultan are called a sultanate.
* '''Malik/Malika''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malik Malik] (Arabic: ملك ‎) is an Arabic word meaning "king".
* '''Amir/Amira''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emir Emir] (Arabic: أمير; ãmeer), ("commander" or "general", also "prince" ; also transliterated as amir, aamir or ameer) is a high title of nobility or office, used throughout the Arab World and historically in some Turkic states and Afghanistan.
* '''Mushir/Mushira''' - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushir Mushir] (Arabic: مشير‎) (Marshal) is the highest rank in most militaries of the Middle East.
* '''Qadi/Qadiya''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qadi Qadi] (Arabic: قاضي‎) is a judge ruling in accordance with the sharia, Islamic religious law.
* '''Naqib/Naqiba''' - ??
* '''Ma'allim/Ma'allima''' - ??
* '''Maulan/Maulana''' - ??
* '''Shayk/Shayka''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh Sheikh], also rendered as Sheik, Shaykh, Shaikh, Cheikh, and other variants (Arabic: شيخ‎, shaykh; pl. شيوخ‎ shuyūkh), is a word or honorific term in the Arabic language that literally means "elder". It is commonly used to designate an elder of a tribe, a revered wise man, or an Islamic scholar. 
* '''Sayyid/Sayyida''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayyid Sayyid] (Arabic: سيد‎) (plural sādah) is an honorific title that is given to males accepted as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The word literally means "master" ; the closest English equivalent would be "sir" or "lord".

=== Viamontian ===
* '''High King/High Queen''' - ''See [[AC_Wictionary#Aluvian|Aluvian]] titles.''
* '''King/Queen''' - ''See [[AC_Wictionary#Aluvian|Aluvian]] titles.''
* '''Grand Duke/Grand Duchess''' - The title [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duke grand duke] is used in Western Europe and particularly in Germanic countries for provincial sovereigns. Grand duke is of a protocolary rank below king but higher than a sovereign duke.
* '''Duke/Duchess''' - ''See [[AC_Wictionary#Aluvian|Aluvian]] titles.''
* '''Marquis/Marquise''' - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquess marquess] is a nobleman of hereditary rank in various European monarchies and some of their colonies. 
* '''Count/Countess''' - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count count] is a nobleman in European countries; The word count comes from French comte, itself from Latin comes—in its accusative comitem—meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor".
* '''Viscount/Viscountess''' - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscount viscount] is a member of the European nobility whose comital title ranks usually, as in the British peerage, above a baron, below an earl (in Britain) or a count (the earl's continental equivalent).
* '''Baron/Baroness''' - ''See [[AC_Wictionary#Aluvian|Aluvian]] titles.''
* '''Banner''' - ??
* '''Squire/Dame''' - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squire squire] was originally a young man who aspired to the rank of knighthood. As part of his development to that end, he served an existing knight as an attendant or shield carrier. The squire would sometimes carry the knight's flag to battle with his master. If he proved his loyalty in battle, he would have a dubbing, an official ceremony to become a knight. A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dame Dame] is a female rank equivalent to a knight.

=== Other ===
* [[Crystal Imperator]] - The Latin word [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperator Imperator] was a title originally roughly equivalent to commander during the period of the Roman Republic. It later went on to become a part of the titulature of the Roman Emperors as part of their cognomen. The English word emperor derives from the Latin word "imperator", via its French descendent empereur. There is no direct Latin equivalent of the English word emperor, however - the Roman Emperors gained authority from a large group of titles and positions, as opposed to any single title. Nevertheless, Imperator maintained a relatively constant status as a part of a Roman ruler's title throughout the principate (derived from princeps, from which we get prince) and the dominate.

* [[Diamond Golem Suzerain]] - Suzerainty is a situation in which a region or people is a tributary to a more powerful entity which allows the tributary some limited domestic autonomy to control its foreign affairs. The more powerful entity in the suzerainty relationship, or the head of state of that more powerful entity, is called a suzerain.

* [[Glacial Margrave Golem]] - A Markgraf, or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margrave margrave], originally functioned as the military governor of a Carolingian mark, a medieval border province. A margrave had jurisdiction over a march (German: Mark), which also become known, after his title, as a margraviate or margravate, strictly speaking the correct word for his office. As outlying areas tended to have great importance to the central realms of kings and princes, and they often became larger than those nearer the interior, margraves often acquired considerably greater power than other counts of a realm. Being on the border, a Margrave by definition had to maintain armed forces and fortifications which would enable him to withstand an invasion - and these made his position stronger and more independent towards his own sovereign. Moreover, if successful in war, a Margrave might conquer considerable territory which he would tend to keep to himself, acquiring more power and wealth - and in some cases eventually building himself up as an independent King.

* [[Quaestor]] - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaestor Quaestor] is a type of public official. In the Roman Republic a quaestor was an elected official who supervised the treasury and financial affairs of the state, its armies and its officers. Today quaestor is used as the title of financial oversight officials, and as a senior police rank.