Perhaps if we loosely equate BM's Prestige with RL Respect it might help, as just like how much respect an employer, politician, lecturer or general ect has can often affect how successful they are in their own spheres, ie who the hell would give their best/trust/take real notice of/ follow one of those if don't have much respect for them?
So it might be worth looking at what effects Respect would have in BM term, ie would a court held by a judge/lord be more effective relative to how much the locals respected them ect.
