Merchants are actually a rising force in this new order. During the Period of Westerosi isolation, social mobility was pretty much dead, but with the opening of the country, they have become a new driving power. They have yet to translate their wealth and soft power into hard power, but yes, this will be one of the topics of this rp. And while every player are to start as a noble house, things can also change with new political ideas enter the country just as much as guns and other goods.