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Originally Posted by kuroishinigami
Well, people need to eat in real life after all lol. In fantasy fiction though, the old lineage are often portrayed to be able to survive and prosper on pride alone and don't seem to be willing to stoop so low to being mercenaries.
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Not really. Becoming a mercenary isn't actually dishonorable.It's an opportunity to get wealthy and famous through martial prowess--something that aristocrats pride as their advantage over 'commoners'.I know a lot of fantasy fiction where the younger sons get sent to become soldiers whether it's in the army of their own country or another.Transferring allegiance from one group to another is quite common. In fact, there's already an example. Erica and Lilianna
Then again, there's no need to hire aristocrats as auras in the first place. There's plenty of other magicians who are just as talented who would just serve anyone as long as they are properly paid.The male protagonist from Kaze no Stigma ,for example, is from a magician-aristocratic family, but serves throughout the series pretty much as a mercenary. There's also Kiritsugu Emiya....and Touko Aozaki from the typemoon series who are pretty much free-lance/mercenaries.It's usually just the eldest sons or family patriarchs who clung on to honour over reason.