Hierarchy of the nobles:
Tzar / Tzaritsa = King / Queen
Kniaz / Kniaginja = Duke / Duchess
Boyarin / Boyarinja = noble that is part of the feudal lords council, representing a city or responsible for a department
Knight or Bogatyr = noble that is part of the feudal lords household guard or knighted by the feudal lord
Freeman (there are no bondsmen in Triman officially, but at various times rumours surface that one of the provinces has thralls)
Hierarchy of the army
General (Ledoslavl, Gradoslavl), Voevoda (Drevnedub, Jereman and Kardomir) = general
Sotnik = captain
Knight = knight
Bogatir = knight
Starshiná = sergeant (litterally elder)
Soldier, guardsman = Soldier, guardsman
notice: Ataman = warlord in Jereman. Expects to be treated as equal in rank to general or boyarin, however it depends on the ataman being recognised outside of Jereman
Hierarchy of the church:
Elder = leader of the clergy in the region
High Sage = leader of a church
Sage (swedish: kunnskapare) - ordinary clergy
Hierarchy of the armed branch of the church:
Captain of the copper guard
Copper guard
Bogatir of Svarog = the beggar knights
Inheritance of titles
Nobility is inherited in Triman, however land is not. Only the kniazi have feudal inheritance. The rest of those that hold land hold it in the name of their kniaz, and the territory can be given to someone else if the holder dies, or displeases the kniaz.
One can own a house, but a castle and the land of the castle, or a city, will be subject to this rule in all provinces. That is, if one has a feudal contract with peasants to work ones land, that land is generally a holding of the kniaz that the noble
Provincial variations:
In Gradoslavl, the oldest child is given the same land or castle if the previous noble dies. A guardian is appointed for the child if the child has not reached adulthood. The guardian is a commoner or a sage that thus would not be able to take the position for themselves. The Kniaz Vratslav was brought up by a sage after his father died.
In Ledoslavl, the oldest son is usually given the same land or castle if the previous noble dies. If the son is not of age, the land can in stead go to whoever marries the widow of the noble, or if she remains unmarried, the land can be taken back by the kniaz, who gives it to a new noble to hold. Depending on the status of the widow, her family and the family of the dead noble, this can go very fast or very slow, sometimes so long that the son can come of age and take the land.
Drevnedub has no nobility beyond the kniaz, and there is no land to hold.
In Jereman the people chooses a new leader for the area, who is then confirmed by the kniaz
In Kardomir, the castle of a noble is his property, and is inherited, while the control over land beyond the castle is given to whoever proves competent amongst the nobles, so a mismanaging noble will loose land, and a noble is quite likely not to live near the land she or he holds.
In the territory of the tzar who holds the land changes both when the tsar changes and when the noble dies. If the noble dies, but it is the same tzar, the situation is handled as in the province the tsar is from
Privileges of the nobility:
Right to judge in the kingdom - Tzar
Right to judge in the kingdom except Drevnedub - Kniaz (it’s expected that the kniaz of Drevnedub doesn’t judge in the other duchies)
Right to judge on ones own land - Kniaz, Boyar (by tradition, the Kniaz of Drevnedub is the prosecutor, not the judge in Drevnedub)
Freedom from corporal punishment - all nobles
Freedom from execution - Kniaz
Freedom from torture - Kniaz, Boyar, citizens of Drevnedub
Right to carry arms - all nobles, citizens of Drevnedub
Right to maintain a household guard - Boyar
Right to maintain an army - Kniaz
Freedom from road toll - all nobles
Freedom from trade toll - Kniaz (in practice whoever the kniaz designates as his trade representative)
Freedom from fief specific taxes - Boyar, Kniaz, household guard of the given fief
Right to sit in the presence of the tzar - Kniaz, Boyar
Right to duel anyone of lower or equal rank - all nobles
Right of way - Kniaz, Boyar
Right to demand hospitality anywhere in Triman:
- food and lodging for however long he or she stays - Tzar, Tzaritsa
- food and lodging for 3 nights - Kniaz
- food and lodging for 1 night - Boyar of the province, Bogatyr (but not knights!)
- food - Boyar of any province
- fresh horses - Tzar, Kniaz, Boyar (in exchange for his horses)