Talk:Nobles/@comment-25400375-20180907004054/@comment-36677606-20190110042706

To your first question, no, one noble to another, no matter the difference in rank, can order the other about except in the military, and only then it they have a higher military rank. Otherwise Lloyd could have walked into Suzaku's courtcase and took him or took the Ganymede from the Ashfords rather trying to marry into the family. As for spliting up his earldom, I'm not sure what you mean, like dissolve his territory and assets or split his territory and create new nobles that control each of those segments for him? Mm, if its the first, I. . . think that's within his right if he is the head of the family, though I imagine any family members would lynch him if they caught wind of it. If its the second, only the monarch, in this case emperor, can grant a noble title. I'm sure he could partition it and gift power to certain families living within his to lead it in his absence, but they can't be nobles.