I think there should be female nobles in Pendor (like a Queen or Countess). Currently there is only the pretender of Ravenstern, who is a female character with chances to come to power. Seeing that she was rightfully named as heiress to the throne by the old King, she might get support from other nobles, even if there are no female nobles (similar to Empress Maud in medieval England, who failed to come to power as monarch, but came close by installing her son as rightful heir of the King of England, Stephen).
A female player however, would have practically no chances of being accepted in the solely male dominated hierarchy of Pendor. At least I would think so, as I know of no very influential (as in Queen or Empress) female sovereigns from medieval times.
One option for the female player is to find male nobles, who think emancipated and would follow a women. This would be unlikely without something like a rethinking in regards to the rights of women happening in Pendor. Even very liberal males would most likely not have such extreme views (in context of the time and general way of thinking), such as allowing a women, a gender thought to be inferior by the ruling class (ie. men), to rule the united Kingdom of Pendor. These liberal thinking male nobles would maybe include their wives in governmental affairs or ask them for advice, but I don't think they would follow a female Queen.
The other option I could think of, besides emancipation, would be a claim like the Ravenstern pretender (forgot her name) has. As every faction - even Pendor - has a pretender, the player can't claim to be the rightful ruler or heir of a kingdom and hope for the support of lords. They wouldn't support some unknown person, who claims to be their king, but hasn't anything to back up that claim and is moreover a female.
I think, that the female player couldn't become a sovereign in the current Pendor. Of course the game treats male and female characters the same in regards to founding a kingdom and so on, but in my opinion female players don't fit into the current Pendor as nobles. So to make the concept of player-controlled female nobles more fitting to Pendors cultu(res), maybe more computer-controlled female nobles could be added to PoP. Like Countess Emma, Duchess Henriette, Jarlesse Brunhilde (what is the female form or counterpart of Jarl, if there even is one?). This would make player-controlled female vassals and sovereigns much more plausible and add to the game IMO, as some female allies or enemies would enhance the male dominated Pendor.
A female player however, would have practically no chances of being accepted in the solely male dominated hierarchy of Pendor. At least I would think so, as I know of no very influential (as in Queen or Empress) female sovereigns from medieval times.
One option for the female player is to find male nobles, who think emancipated and would follow a women. This would be unlikely without something like a rethinking in regards to the rights of women happening in Pendor. Even very liberal males would most likely not have such extreme views (in context of the time and general way of thinking), such as allowing a women, a gender thought to be inferior by the ruling class (ie. men), to rule the united Kingdom of Pendor. These liberal thinking male nobles would maybe include their wives in governmental affairs or ask them for advice, but I don't think they would follow a female Queen.
The other option I could think of, besides emancipation, would be a claim like the Ravenstern pretender (forgot her name) has. As every faction - even Pendor - has a pretender, the player can't claim to be the rightful ruler or heir of a kingdom and hope for the support of lords. They wouldn't support some unknown person, who claims to be their king, but hasn't anything to back up that claim and is moreover a female.
I think, that the female player couldn't become a sovereign in the current Pendor. Of course the game treats male and female characters the same in regards to founding a kingdom and so on, but in my opinion female players don't fit into the current Pendor as nobles. So to make the concept of player-controlled female nobles more fitting to Pendors cultu(res), maybe more computer-controlled female nobles could be added to PoP. Like Countess Emma, Duchess Henriette, Jarlesse Brunhilde (what is the female form or counterpart of Jarl, if there even is one?). This would make player-controlled female vassals and sovereigns much more plausible and add to the game IMO, as some female allies or enemies would enhance the male dominated Pendor.
