Solansian society is not medieval England, even if it uses its aesthetics.
I always considered the difference in classes closer to the Indian caste system in SoC.
Well... In my case, i compared it with the rest of Medieval Europe in which the ennoblement wasn't possible for commoners who dedicated their lives in the service of the nobility as mercenaries...
Let's see... If we see trough the
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to match in commons with Solansian Society, it have sense that Rowan could become General if we think in the
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, i thought of this because in both periods The Cast System existed but the Shudras as Rowan could earned their occupations, which could mean that they could be integrated into a different social status (Cast), something that would be possible if Rowan hadn't renounce to be General as prologue hint us to avoid politics, but it can lose sense if we think later where Rowan is asked to decided for what system he favor, Feudalism or Might Makes Right, choosing the second implies that the feudalism was the base of most of his static social condition in life...
What i understand from an European perspective is that a commoner could be a mercenary, and them could rank in a military perspective but their social status can maintain the same, being a commoner mercenary or a so call man-at-arms accolated could make them part of the knights, but even that isn't the same as being ennobled (which is the official recognition and integration into the nobility). In contrast to India, some time of it's history people from low social class could stand a chance to achieve in life to change their live condition and status, but outside of the periods where this was common, it's difficult to imagine a Shudra (as Rowan) to raise in a war in a rank so high as General.
If you can expand here, i don't have trouble if you use spoiler button or if you want to begin a private conversation, i want to know to understand your perspective, if not represent a problem.
