Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160411010044/@comment-25758988-20160418093039

Just had a thought about Maurice being a Sir instead of a king and why Gaston's father is a Lord and not a king over their kingdoms. Because it is clear that in the case of Maurice, he defo seems to be in charge of his "kingdom" and that he does not seem to answer to an actual king.

Perhaps a kingdom can not be an official kingdom aka lead by a king if the kingdom does not meet certain standards. For example in the UK we have a group of houses and shops which is called a Hamlet, then if a Hamlet builds a church it becomes a Village, if this Village gains a certain population it becomes a Town, if this Town builds a catherdral it becomes a City. So maybe to be an official kingdom in the Enchanted Forest maybe you need a certain number of towns or villages for them to pay taxes to the king, or perhaps you need a certain number of trades i.e veg, flour, meat/fish or even materials. Sir Maurice's "kingdom" and Gaston's "kingdoms" are only ruled by lords because they may only have for example 3 towns each or only 3 trades when you need four to be a kingdom ruled by an actual king, when they join with the help of Gaston marrying Belle they will be the King and Queen of their new kingdom. If that makes sense?