Rule of Rose Mysteries

I recall reading a discussion on the Gamespot/GameFAQs Rule of Rose forum long long ago (these comments are long gone now) that there is an inconsistency, somewhere in the game, relating to the aristocratic rankings of Eleanor and Meg.

So I did some checking on this.

In the airship, after one enters the First Class Guest Sector from the Sector 8 Stairway (during the “Unlucky Clover Field” chapter), one can see a chart with the heading “Social Rank” on the wall to the left. On this chart Eleanor is ranked as Countess and Meg is ranked as Baroness, and Eleanor’s name is placed higher on the list than Meg’s name.

On the other side of the door, on a chart with the heading “The Red Crayon Royalty”, the rank Countess is again placed higher on the chart than is Baroness, although the names “Meg” and “Eleanor” are not on the chart, just the ranks.

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