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"A branch of them—possibly," conceded Douglas. "I know some titled and wealthy people who would be dumbfounded over that woman's ideas." }}
* Lord Ruthven, of course, the titular character from [[The Vampyre]].
*The Vor class of Barrayar had a reputation for being colorfully brutal
**The Cetagandans have two noble orders the Ghems, and the Haut. The Ghems were fairly typical, being militaristic and conventionally ambitious and [[Not So Different]] from the Vor of Barrayar. The Haut were kind of odd, being a combination of [[The Chessmaster|chessmasters]] and [[Mad Scientist|Mad Scientists]] and [[Mad Artist|Mad Artists.]]
*Nobility in [[Honor Harrington]] is mixed but in general no better or worse then other authority figures. Grayson's are an admirable [[Proud Warrior Race]] but some are distasteful religious fanatics. Manticorans have a mixed breed, some of them brave naval officers or wise statesmen, others corrupt politicions, and one a rather erratic sociopath. Manticore has a British style limited aristocracy and while they can be snobs they do not grind down to much on the commoners. The worst thing they did was when one cabal used a cease-fire to establish it's power while delaying negotiations so that they could avoid calling an election. In this case they thought of it as normal political manipulation and were basically to incompetent to realize that they were risking a war. To multiply their incompetence they even downsized the navy. Fortunately they were made up for by a number of reasonably decent nobles.
**They are however many surprisingly ''blackmailable'' Manticoran aristocrats and a mole is able to stalemate the House of Lords by the whisper of the vast hoard of information she has. Which does not make them evil precisely, but it does mean that some of them have something to hide and enough cowardice to let that manipulate them against their countries interest.
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