Can someone please explain the house-and-nobility-thingie to me??
I mean, could a character be a house-member or a noble simply by putting it on the character submission, or is it necesary to go through some long boring training or whatever?
Well, i don't have the complete picture, but as far as i can tell Royalty is a rank in Politics. Which would mean it requires training, in their case mostly etiquette, decorum in general and of course politics.
I'm fairly positive you don't get to start out with being a noble simply because it would give you access to resources and contacts simply by being one, thereby breaking the rule about having no unfair advantage by default.
Second characters, maybe, but that would be for Ayanna and Kalin to decide ^^;
What Jin-Ho stated is correct. A character cannot start out as a royal or related to a member of a royal family. As Jin-Ho mentioned, it is seen as a part of political training. You can gain royal status through politics, or for women, in Handmaiden training.
<-- *only knew it because you mentioned the option to Jin-ho* ^^;