Recent info from the blurb of the Skyrim strategy guide revealed that you can become a Thane and own property. http://www.amazon.com/Elder-Scrolls-Skyrim-Prima-Official/dp/0307891372 "Large map Poster inside
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I have always had some interest in being a sort of lord in TES games. I liked the Fighter's Stronghold DLC because you could become the lord of a castle.
Now, in Skyrim, it seems we can become a Thane. I was rather curious about this when I first read it, because I was not certain what a Thane was. But then I did some research and came up with these definitions of Thane.
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Although since there are sever... more
thane |θān|
noun-historical
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a man who held land granted by the king or by a military noblema... more
Besides, they chose a badass title. "Thane" just sounds ten times cooler than "lord" doesn't it?