Talk:Amalie Mainbach/@comment-24.211.63.247-20200603171009/@comment-45880342-20200603202540

Basically, yes.

Karl will be granted a Knight title by Wend (though the King actually confers them, Wend was given the de facto authority to hand out the titles belonging to Baron Ruckner and his co-conspirators who died at the same time) once he grows up, and Oskar will be made the Junior Commander at that time. The Mainbach family is actually looking forward to this, since their territory is near max capacity for the type of domain it is, as this new branch title will help expand the overall Mainbach-led lands and lead to greater prosperity for both knighthoods. For that reason, the Mainbach family wants to play an active role in helping to prepare them for that role, including introducing them to candidates to be their future retainers, while also preventing Amalie from being too much of a doting mother by having her not live there too.

Meanwhile, Amalie was always the daughter of a Knight house, and she had married into another Knight house, so she's never exactly been a commoner, but whereas before she had some recognized power as a noble's daughter and then as a intended-noble's wife, now as a mistress her authority doesn't go beyond the bedchamber (in actuality, Elise gives her the position of head maid, so she actually leads the other maids, but that's a different kind of authority). Her family is actually very supportive of Wend taking her in, not just for the doting mother aspect mentioned in regards to Karl/Oskar, but also because it would be quite awkward to have her constantly around their territory seeing as she was once a daughter there and because Wend is wonderfully situated to continue taking excellent care of her. Rosina can theoretically take either of their surnames (which means either way she'll be recognizable as connected to nobility), and in all likelihood whould probably use Baumeister (just as Wend's half-siblings did), but would likely not be allowed to use the 'von' nobility modifier with either name. She's basically more than a commoner, but less than a noble, kind of like Amalie.