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This is just my understanding of the Ishgardian power hierarchy as I gathered from the game and the undermentioned sources.

some notes:

The church’s power mostly ‘technically’ spans over the orange blocks but some of the green blocks too. It should be noted, however, that Ishgard is a theocracy and religion practically rules over everything. Some examples of lose church power is that, the ruling houses seem to always have some cardinals appointed inside the church from their own house. It is, of course, not clear that it is forced upon the houses or the houses do it to have power inside the church. I wish there was a clearer explanation of this.

In regards to the lose connection between the inquisition and the ruling houses, it seems the houses do fear the authority of the inquisition officers and the inquisitor even by high standing lords (and knights) like Haurchefant and Francel. This is odd since nothing suggests they are above the ruling houses as it is my understanding that the ruling houses are basically a council of rulers in Ishgard, so, they shouldn’t be beneath the vault technically but they seemed to be practically. Religion rules.

I did not find examples any knights sworn to the minor houses, so it seems only the ruling houses have knights sworn to them and the minor houses sends their members to be sworn to the ruling houses, something like bannermen. This might not be for life, however, as seen by the knight Ser Carrilaut who used to serve house Haillenarte but has moved to serve house Dzemael when we meet him for the quest ‘The Rose and the Unicorn’.

*I apologise for the typo in the infographic: Next to the block of ‘minor house,’ the noble title should be ‘Viscount/Viscountess,’ not ‘Visount/Visountess’ lel

edit note (221214): If a clergy member is particularly young, newly admitted or is beneath a pastor, they can be referred with ‘sister/brother’ titles.

As always, respectfully correct me if I have made some mistakes.

Hope this helps people =D

Sources:

Haillenarte on tumblr

Ishgardian Lore Document

Encyclopaedia Eorzea- I by Square Enix

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I’m getting more and more comfortable with the changes I’m making to my art style! I’m sorry for inconsistent levels of quality, I’m getting back on the saddle after not drawing for a while lol!

Anyway, here’s one of the names I picked for my art raffle @briar-ffxiv ! Thank you for entering! 😄💜

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Otis and Gulool Ja from Final Fantasy 14 I would die for this child for real

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Thousand spears long Dragonsong war...

(Available as a print)

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Samurai Chocobo

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a drawing of dulia-chai and chai-nuzz!! they're my favourite pair TuT

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I made this AAAAGES ago and forgot to post it and now I'm annoyed by how it's rotting away on my phone so here. Bratty teen Thancred being a menace to Fourchenault (and a bad influence on Urianger lol)

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Some rough AU sketches of Aymeric. One as him as a ronin in the bakamatsu period in Japan and other as a modern school boy UwU

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It’s been a minute since I’ve posted anything, but I thought this would be a good place to start! Tanvi has undergone some design changes since I’ve last posted about her, her horns are different, her hair is longer, and she has a scar over her right eye. I’m experimenting with more of a watercolor-y design to see if I like this for IC art, but I haven’t fully decided yet

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An astrologian

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Do not seek forgiveness, for it will not ease the burden. It weighs as it should.

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