User blog comment:Zelron/Helgen Hometown (Dragons bring down my property values!)/@comment-16219425-20121130212430/@comment-4057437-20121201050825

Perhaps Helgen's ruler, if a Thane of Falkreath, could be granted autonomy and a higher title such as Hertug (duke) or Greve (count). The town and its surroundings would still technically be a part of Falkreath Hold, (a Fief) but self governing.