Dukes were given authority to govern towns and cities as well as ownership of farming land and Mines. For example, a duke could be responsible for a single town and own one farm. Whilst another could govern multiple towns and cities and have multiple farms and Mines. It all depended on status.
As a result of the floods a number of their private businesses had been affected. I could only imagine the stress they were in from the money they are losing.
I continued to scan the crowd until my eyes landed on one duke who had quite the distressed look on his face. Among the lower ranking dukes towards the back of the room sat Duke Remdon. A lanky man in his late fifties. He sat alone, his wife/duchess having passed a long time ago. He had been quite the topic of discussion as of late.
