Nobility was nobility because they did stuff that didn't get them (directly) paid. Defense, research, some higher level medicine, engineering, etc... They wou

Nobility was nobility because they did stuff that didn't get them (directly) paid. Defense, research, some higher level medicine, engineering, etc... They would get money from rents, but were expected to spend that money in weapons, equipment for their civilian profession if they had any (for example building a telescope) etc... And of course it worked MOST of the time, but not ALL the time, sometimes you had people that became infamous, like that "vampire" lady that killed a ton of random people to bathe in their blood...