Be a King and other positions in the beginning of the game.

[Brisnn]

I personally think that you should have the choice of starting positions in the game. i know it would take the challenge out of the game, but that is why i said choice. some good ones would be- soldier in army, Farmer, Lord of Faction, King of Faction, Caravan, Bandit, Rebel, and Manhunter. If you choose king of faction, you should be able to make your faction and units, but lords are chosen for you, or not, your choice. for soldier in army, you should be able to choose which king's army you want to be in, also you should be able to desert. the lord would pay for the equipment, but you would have a budget. for lord of faction, you should obviously be able to choose which faction. being farmer would be awesome with enough things to do. e.g.- build things, farm... personally train farmers and round up cattle, maybe join the militia or an army from there. if you have any ideas you should post them, this could go far.

 

[Xzafierk]

I'm all for Greater customisation options. Being a king instantaneously though... I don't know I realise it would be optional but it might be too tempting to some players and it would ruin their experience of the game. It would be nice to be able to start as a true calradian either as bandit, farmer or merchant.
I'd like to add this though:
*The soldier in an army thing has its own thread so I won't go into detail. If you were a soldier it should give you a predetermined relationship with your faction and other privileges.
* A blue-blood swadian character would, if you think about it, have a better relationship with his swad troops so in game terms a morale bonus
* A rhodok merchant could get better deals in rhodok towns.
* A vaegir lord will could have a 5 maybe 10 point relationship bonus with any default-start-of-game vaegir town.

 

[Winterwolf00]

Maybe you could be a Claimant of a kingdom you choose, the younger son of the late king seeking the throne that his rightfully his.