Talk:Corvo Attano/@comment-98.28.88.47-20121128042326/@comment-27202257-20121211110130

It does suggest a measure of powerlessness depending on how cool the citizen in question is with the whole deal, but yeah, I imagine Corvo was more likely that than a slave. The fact that people wonder at his parentage at all kind of precludes that, too; if he had been a slave, that information probably would have been pretty incredible gossip fodder (a slave becoming one of the most powerful people in Gristol? Inconcievable!), and there wouldn't be as much talk over whether or not he's of noble descent.