The following Great Offices of State are available for investments of glory won over the course of the game. The House which has the greatest influence over a particular seat will receive a poll in their private forum to choose the holder, who will owe their position to them. The house with the greatest total influence when Richard leaves will have the opportunity to nominate the Regent of England during the 3rd Crusade.

Great Offices of State [Office Holder at Beginning of Game]
Lord Chancellor [Geoffrey fitzHenry]: 190 (d'Aubigny)
Lord High Treasurer [Richard fitzNeal]: 450 (de Blondeville)
Lord Great Chamberlain [Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford]: 164 (de Beaumont), 95(de Vere)
Lord High Constable [Henry de Bohun]: 90 (de Beaumont), 48 (de Blondeville), 95 (de Mandeville)
Lord Justiciar [Ranulf de Glanville]: 210 (de Beaumont) 196 (d'Aubigny), 170 (de Ferrers)
Lord High Steward [Robert Whitehands de Beaumont]: 296 (de Clare)

House Total Glory Invested
d'Aubigny: 386
de Beaumont: 464
de Bigod:
de Blondville: 498
de Clare: 296
de Ferrers: 170
de Mandeville: 95
de Redvers:
de Vere: 95
de Warenne:

How do I gain Influence?

Influence is gained by investing Glory you earn into a position.

How do I gain Glory, then?
Glory can be earned in the following ways:
1) Performing well in Events for which there is a Glory reward.

2) Having a success or critical success on a roll that is of powerful narrative significance to your character, or the action of which is cool. These are nominated by your fellow players, who are strongly encouraged to spread the love around by flagging posts for glory. 10 Glory per such occurrence. These also trigger an Experience Check at game's end. Each skill description in the book points out instances where glory can be gained with each skill.

3) If your character does something gob-smackingly awesome, achieves something especially significant, or is profound and chivalrous, I will throw extra glory at them commensurate with the weight of their achievement. If such an action is witnessed by an Earl, there will will be an extra 15 glory. If it is witnessed by Richard, John, or Eleanor, there will be an extra 30 glory. Those bonus awards are non-cumulative.

4) Any momentous task completed through teamwork (I hope there will be many!), has its glory award divided among the participants.

5) Each defeat of a knight in combat earns glory. This holds true both in and out of sanctioned events, but not if your action is illegal. The more glorious the Knight, the greater the glory.

6) You can convince your Earl to invest your House's cash in the form of donations to the Saladin Fund to the tune of 1 glory per 10 pounds cash.

Current Glory Earned
Andre l'Ecrivain: 70 [70 invested]
Geoffrey de Tournemine: 411 [375 invested]
Giles de Braose: 119 [100 invested; 9 kept]
Henry Piast: Yet to score
Llywelyn mab Iorwerth: 161 [declared for de Clare]
Margaret de Beaumont: 35
Miriam Yarchi: 22
Robert Whitehands: 254 [254 invested]
Simon de Montfort: 244

d'Aubigny: 386 [386 invested]
de Beaumont: 769 [254 invested]
de Bigod: 76
de Blondville: 609 [375 invested]
de Clare: 296 [130 invested]
de Ferrers: 172 [170 invested]
de Mandeville: 117 [95 invested]
de Redvers: 81
de Vere: 95 [95 invested]
de Warenne: 99

Sir Eudes de Tours: 30
Eleanor of Aquitaine: 15
Isabella of Gloucester: 10
Richard Lionheart 111
William the Lion 30
William of Brunswick 119
William of Salisbury 119