In this sort of "historical" manhwa (I'm putting historical in quotes because it's not really, but that's what it's often called), I often see that the servants for royal or ducal families are picked from lower mobility, and I don't think it's the case in Europe of the time that the setting is supposed to mimic. Like there were noble ladies-in-waiting to the queen for example, but they weren't servants, more like companions. No noble, unless like seriously fallen would serve as a personal maid or head maid, or a footman like I sometimes see. I wonder if it's something borrowed from Korean court culture and carried over to this setting, such as an emperor having a queen and a bunch of consorts, which is also something I often see?
In this sort of "historical" manhwa (I'm putting historical in quotes because it's not really, but that's what it's often called), I often see that the servants for royal or ducal families are picked from lower mobility, and I don't think it's the case in Europe of the time that the setting is supposed to mimic. Like there were noble ladies-in-waiting to the queen for example, but they weren't servants, more like companions. No noble, unless like seriously fallen would serve as a personal maid or head maid, or a footman like I sometimes see. I wonder if it's something borrowed from Korean court culture and carried over to this setting, such as an emperor having a queen and a bunch of consorts, which is also something I often see?