king skythunder was on the brink of breaking through to the warrior/mage king realm as a dual practitioner so I assume warriors among the lord ranks are common at least in the skythunder kingdom.

I'm a sucker for worldbuilding, my favorite parts of the book are the time in the barbarian lands, and when shang makes a city to train warriors.

Lash, 312. he's my favorite too. I also like the bird fish.

I love the city chapters. it's cool to think about the impact Shang's choices will effect the people living there.

I've been loving these mortal district chapters, civilization building should be it's own genre, I would read that all day.