Firstly, thank you for the typo catch. I found a number of others before posting but obviously missed this one. It has now been fixed everywhere.
About Lord Elnaith's title. Yes, the Empire's system of aristocratic titles has grandfathered in a lot of different things that didn't originally belong together, but a lot of the ongoing system is based on my understanding of the British peerage. Lord Elnaith doesn't have a title in his own right, in his case the 'Lord' is a courtesy title because his father holds what we might call a senior rank in the peerage - no doubt a holdover from when being extra polite (and possibly subservient) to a peer's son was a good life move because a couple of hefty lads wouldn't be sent around to teach you manners. If he was Lord bh'Sedloit then he would have a title in his own right - probably a barony but possibly an earldom. It is possible that our gentleman might later receive these honours from the Emperor, but for now he is Lord Elnaith bh'Sedloit.
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About Lord Elnaith's title. Yes, the Empire's system of aristocratic titles has grandfathered in a lot of different things that didn't originally belong together, but a lot of the ongoing system is based on my understanding of the British peerage. Lord Elnaith doesn't have a title in his own right, in his case the 'Lord' is a courtesy title because his father holds what we might call a senior rank in the peerage - no doubt a holdover from when being extra polite (and possibly subservient) to a peer's son was a good life move because a couple of hefty lads wouldn't be sent around to teach you manners. If he was Lord bh'Sedloit then he would have a title in his own right - probably a barony but possibly an earldom. It is possible that our gentleman might later receive these honours from the Emperor, but for now he is Lord Elnaith bh'Sedloit.