Royalty

Nobility is a group of people, of higher social status with great politic and economical power. Nobility is a recurrent group on the Final Fantasy series.

Overview
Given its great status and power, nobility has been a recurrent theme on the series since its origins, spawning both Non-Playable and Playable Characters from this group, with most if not all of them being important to their respective game's plot, for they contribute to the player with Key Items or other suppor to further progress in the game.

On early games, noble families appear akin to those of medieval Europe. Unlike the real world, however nobility on the games is mostly reduced or centered towards Kings, Queens or Princes, disregarding other noble positions such as Dukes, Counts, etc. This suggests they may be non-existant or just irrelevant for story purposes.

Ever since Final Fantasy IV, nobility has featured several playable characters, with different abilities across the games.

Also a recurrent trend of nobility is to be linked to mainstream vehicles such as the Airship.