[ What a strange conversation they've gotten into. Well - ]

A non-inheriting line of the family. My grandfather passed the Bannorn onto the oldest brother of my father's generation, which was not my father, of course. So, dear père was given a manor house and a small allowance from the familial coffers. This sort of situation can sometimes be alleviated by finding a bride with a lovely dowry, but mère's wasn't, really. It's why you can't assume that a Fereldan with a fine name has any money to speak of, the way that you can assume that of, say, an Antivan.