Before the Cataclysm, an elite on this continent was defined by inherited lineage plus access to the Crown. After it, three divergent models settled, according to how each bloc reorganised itself.
I. The independent kingdoms — inherited aristocracy, preserved
The four kingdoms — Königsmark, Vykhradia, Brytonia and Meridia — kept the pre-Cataclysm model: inherited nobility plus direct access to the monarch defines the upper caste. What changed is not who is on top. What changed is what being on top now costs.
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