Overview

All characters within the Lorien Trust game system are ranked from 1 to 10. The rank of a character can represent many things. Primarily and in character, it represents their social standing within the differing faction or guild hierarchies. Each faction and guild uses different in character titles for their ranks (for example in one faction a rank 4 character may be called a lord, while a rank 4 character in a different faction may be called a viscount). Each guild is led by a rank 8 Guild Master, whilst each faction is led by a rank 10 Lord General.

The second function of rank is to provide a social structure for the whole game world of Erdreja, both during events and "down-time" throughout the year. Basic characters start at rank 1, rather than rank 0, because they are assumed to represent the best of their communities. Whether they are physically strong, magically gifted, have great faith or are renowned for their wisdom and learning, all characters within the game world stand out from the crowd in some way. The general population are the rank 0's in Erdreja; the peasants who work the same piece of land all their lives, the innkeepers who never leave their small village and the many hundreds of people whose lives never affect the greater pattern of events are all rank 0. Players characters have unusual abilities and the potential to achieve great things.