Occasionally I find myself birthing a five Accumen Peasant. Usually, if not always, because of virtues they are born with.

I believe one reason for their high accumen would be because of their basic cunning. Many accounts have told of how the peasant, having had to work his whole life to even survive, out witted his "supperiors" with his wyles and fast talking. But then again, often in stories the peasant who strives to much to overcome his station is brought down by his ambition and vices. A prime example would be Stendal's Red and the Black (a croincle of 1830).

I think that's why I like V&Vs. If someone is staying home and politicing, social climbing, and chasing his friends' wives (or in some cases sons) they get more vices than someone who is out buisying his mind with war and survival.