Freelander

Freelanders are defined as those who are registered as citizens, but not members of a guild or subject to a noble. One becomes a Freelander either by being a vassal who has fulfilled his or her terms of vassaldom, or by having a freelander mother. They make up the bulk of the middle class, not being directly subject to noble rule. Societal rules for this class are the most relaxed of any, with women seen almost as equals to men. They are the second-most populous class, behind vassals, at about sixty to seventy thousand strong.