Add nobility ranks; council members

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+Council of Aldenmarsh
+===
+
+The Council is the ruling body of Aldenmarsh. They create laws and make all major decision.
+
+The current members are:
+
+- Church. Chairman. Ser Olivia Godman.
+- Church. Henry Copyist (taxes).
+- Church. Johann Humanson (steel).
+- Church. Blind Mason (scriptoria).
+- Guilds. Edwin Quickstone (artificer's guild).
+- Guilds. Henry Thatcher (port authority).
+- Guilds. Regalia Silk (merchant's association).
+- Guilds. Loramandaerell (mage's guild).
+- Nobility. Duke Alder Ylomont.
+- Nobility. Duke Alan Nettle.
+- Nobility. Duchess Amelia Fallow.
+- Nobility. Marchioness Petunia Lomarsh
+- Gardeners (nonvoting). Rosa Daelen.
+
+In general, there are 4 members from the Church, 4 member from the guilds (always one from the merchant's guild, one from the mage's guild, and two from other guilds), and the four highest-ranking nobles in the country. The gardeners do not vote, and the military and citizenry do not attend or vote.

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 - Prohibited [Divination](divination.md) spells
 - [Spells for sale](spell_sales.md) by the Church of Baneth
 - [Magic items for sale](magic_items.md) in Canyonport
+- [Nobility](nobility.md)
+- [Council](council.md)
 
 ## World
 - [Hundred Wonders](hundred_wonders.md)

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+# Nobility
+
+## Ranks of nobility.
+Aldenmarsh titles are ordered as:
+
+- King/Queen (archaic). "Your Majesty".
+- Princes/Princess (archaic). "Your Highness".
+- Duke/Duchess. "Your Grace".
+- Marquess/Marchioness. "My Lord"/"My Lady".
+- Count/Countess. "My Lord"/"My Lady".
+- Viscount/Viscountess. "My Lord"/"My Lady".
+- Baron. "My Lord"/"My Lady".
+- Head. "Ser".
+
+## Family
+
+Noble titles belong to only one person in each family only, the head of the household. The close family of a Viscount or higher is usually also termed "Ser" as an honorific, but they have no special legal standing.
+

diff --git a/aldenmarsh/party/gasela.md b/aldenmarsh/party/elira.md
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-# Gasela Rosefist
+# Elira Rosefist
 
 Private lore:
 

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 | Character          | Race       | Class     | Citizenship | Private info            |
 |--------------------|------------|-----------|-------------|-------------------------|
-| Gasela Rosefist    | Half-elf   | Warlock   | Aldish      | [Dodge only](gasela.md) |
+| Elira Rosefist     | Half-elf   | Warlock   | Aldish      | [Dodge only](elira.md)  |
 | Corvus can Laetham | Half-elf   | Barbarian | Aldish      | [Greg only](corvus.md)  |
 | Becket Riend       | Tabaxi     | Rogue     | Aldish      | [Jessen only](becket.md)|
 | Calaum Cadell      | Half-elf   | Paladin   | Aldish      | [Liam only](cal.md)     |