For character effects, does Lord=Lady? Is Lord being used specifically to exclude all female royalty, or is it being used to indicate that station of royalty collectively (Lords and Ladies?)

You cannot read anything into a trait. You cannot assume that traits are equivalent based on any outside information. A Lord is not a Lady. Traits have no meaning other than those given to them by card effects. So if a card effect just says "Lord," you cannot apply it to a "Lady" as well.

Think of the card "Red Wedding" that tells you to choose a Lord AND a Lady. By the reasoning of "gender equality in traits," two Lords or two Ladies would fit the bill. Probably not the case here, given the source material....

On the other hand, you can get a Lady be a Lord as well will "Lordship". Therefore, AGoT promotes the idea of gender being a totally socially constructed thing...

Castorp said:

haha. very true!

...as well with Rhaegar's Harp.

with the Harp a characters become (at the same time!) a lord, a lady, a queen, a king, a bastard, a raven, a dragon, an army... !

And maybe he gets also non-char traits, becoming a poison, a weapon, a banner, a kingdom... very funny

Yep, the rules never differentiate between traits by card types so the character would get traits like weapon and poison....

schrecklich said:

Hmm... Cersei?

Rogue30 said:

I'd like to get my hands around that...