I don't think there is any side effect, maybe the stored items but else it should work as normal.
((I play on Ps3 so it may be different between the consoles and pc)) Jessica breen Posts: 3524 Joined: Thu 1:04 am When in some indefinite future Empire re-takes Markarth again, I'll have to talk to the new-old jarl and have him name me a thane again? Are there any known bugs that can occur, like loss of Vlindrel/Honeyside, stored items, housecarls and their inventories or anything else? Then I went to have a chat with the new jarl, and turns out, there's a dialogue option to become a thane again, so I did, and got another blade of the Reach and a housecarl who was never gone in the first place. Now I'm wondering what happens to my thane status in those cities? I checked my house in Markarth, and my housecarl is still there. Now I'm finally doing main quest, and Season Unending quest changed political status and Jarls of Markarth and Riften, temporarily for one of the cities, until I decide to join Legion.
I am (was?) thane of all holds except Eastmarch long before retrieving the horn for Greybeards and without touching civil war line.
I'm not quite clear on how Thane mechanics work, and thus I'm afraid to screw something up if do something wrong.
