I find it very hard to believe that out of 25+ nobles in Aenilia, every other noble "never talked" and you were the only one who was "active and dedicated" enough to award positions to. Seems pretty damn arrogant, if you ask me, that you think your characters were the only ones good enough to handle the positions. Pure, undiluted selfishness.
As far as I'm concerned there's absolutely no justification for giving yourself five positions unless your realm is a ghost town. Yeah, yeah, 75% of your nobles don't talk, but every realm is like that. Arcaea is the most active realm I've ever been in, yet the large majority of nobles don't talk either. Your job as ruler is to get people talking and try to promote talent in other nobles, not hoard all the positions for yourself. If you couldn't think of a single other noble in a realm with 25 people who'd make a competent duke, general or even marshal, then Aenilia must be a pretty piss-poor realm.
