If, on the other hand, a young man was especially adept at fighting, he won honors for himself and his whole family. A commoner could rise to become a quauhpilli (kwow-PIL-li), an eagle lord, or honorary nobleman. The slaves and other loot he brought back from battle made him rich. If he liked, he could take more than one wife, just like a born nobleman, for he could support them and the resulting children. Often such men were honored with an official position, and no one quarreled with their right to hold it.64
