Sinecure

Overview

A sinecure is any Imperial title that provides the office holder with a fixed income. The return can take the form of money, herbs, materials for crafting items, mana crystals or even liao. The income provided by a sinecure is received only by the person with the title - if the title has not been appointed the resources do not accrue.

Sinecures are traditionally appointed for life.

Senate Commissions

The Imperial Senate may pass a motion for the construction of an establishment capable of producing wealth - money, herbs, resources or similar. This motion automatically results in the creation of a sinecure once the construction is complete.

It is also possible for the Senate to pass a motion to upgrade a sinecure, increasing the benefits that it provides.

Costs

• Materials: Variable (minimum 10 wains)
• Time: 3 months to construct per 50 wains of materials used
• Labour: 2 crowns per wain
• Upkeep: None

The more resources are devoted to constructing a sinecure, the greater the return. Under normal circumstances, the material required will be the one associated with upgrading an equivalent personal resource. For example, at least 10 wains of mithril is required to create a sinecure that produces mana crystals.

In addition to the wains required, it costs 2 crowns per wain to pay for labour and skills to complete the construction.

Wains	Money	Ingots	Herbs	Mana Crystals	Congregation
10	216 rings	12	18	9	6 liao, 12 votes
12	252 rings	14	21	10	7 liao, 14 votes
16	288 rings	16	24	12	8 liao, 16 votes
20	324 rings	18	27	13	9 liao, 18 votes
30	396 rings	22	33	16	11 liao, 22 votes
60	540 rings	30	45	22	15 liao, 30 votes
80	612 rings	34	51	25	17 liao, 34 votes
116	720 rings	40	60	30	20 liao, 40 votes

The table shows some standard costs and benefits for a range of sinecures. For example a sinecure created by the Senate using 20 wains of mithril could produce 13 mana crystals each season. There is no upper limit on how many wains can be used to construct a sinecure; provided at least 10 wains are used, then any amount can be spent to build it.

Limitations

It is not possible to create a sinecure which mimics the effects of a fleet or military unit, nor is it possible to create a sinecure which creates mithril, ilium, weirwood, or white granite.

A sinecure is very similar to a personal resource such as a farm or mine in that it provides a set amount of resources to the character who holds the position at the start of each event. Unlike a personal resource, however, the sinecure cannot be upgraded or diversified by its holder (only by senate motion) and there are no decisions to be made about what the position provides or how it does so. A sinecure that produces liao will not come with an option to sell that liao in downtime, a sinecure that produces green iron cannot be paid to produce more in the way a green iron mine could.

Sinecures are not affected by rituals that target a personal resource. A ritual that increases the production of a green iron mine will not affect a sinecure that produces green iron.

A sinecure that produces herbs will normally produce equal quantities of all herbs. It is possible to create a sinecure that produces a single herb, provided it is one that is commonly found in the area. As part of the necessary details, the senator can indicate what herbs they would like but the final decision about production is made by the game team.

Synod Votes

Any sinecure that produces liao also provides votes in the Imperial Synod. The flavour for such a sinecure almost invariably includes a group of faithful lay followers of the Way of some sort. The civil service evaluates this in the same way they would a congregation and assigns liao and votes in the Imperial Synod on that basis.

A sinecure that provide votes in the Imperial Synod has significant constitutional implications if the appointment of the sinecure is not made through the Synod. For example, the Guardian of Britta's Shrine was unconstitutional since it was appointed by the Senate but the title carried votes in the Synod. The magistrates would not have allowed this motion to pass in this form if they had noticed the situation at the time. If the sinecure were appointed by the Synod, then it would be constitutional.

A sinecure that provides votes in the Imperial Synod grants the holder of that title the legal powers and responsibilities of membership of the Synod. If the holder of the title is not already a member of the Synod, it automatically includes membership of all appropriate assemblies (the General Assembly, the appropriate National Assembly, and either the relevant Virtue Assembly or the Assembly of the Way).

The physical location of a sinecure that provides synod votes is not relevant to the assemblies that the owner is considered to belong to. A Navarr guide who maintains a cathedral in the Marches still wields their votes in the Navarr national assembly rather than the Marcher national assembly, even though the congregation of that cathedral are largely of Marcher nationality. Only the size of the congregation matters to the civil service, not its make-up.

A sinecure that provides votes in the Imperial Synod does not provide additional votes during the election of a Highborn senator. This could in theory lead to the odd situation where a Highborn citizen can vote in that election due to the possession of a sinecure, but has no votes. On the rare occasions that this has come up, the citizen can attend and participate in the interrogation of the candidates, but cannot cast any votes during the selection process.

Other Votes

It is no longer possible to create a sinecure that provides votes in a Bourse or Senate election, even where voting is determined by the size of a citizen's personal resource. After lengthy consideration, the Constitutional Court determined that sinecures that did this violated an important principle of presence, that an individual should be present to cast their vote.

Responsibility

Any citizen who is granted a sinecure is expected to be responsible for any problems that might beset the resources represented by the sinecure. For example, if Thule reavers are raiding the mines overseen by the Lady of the Upper Halls, then the Empire will expect that citizen to deal with the problem.

Current Sinecures

This table includes all sinecures which are active and have been appointed in recent times. For a full list of title holders see here. This list was last updated following the Autumn Equinox 383YE.

Sinecure	Output	Location	Appointment	Eligibility	Election	Occupant
Afal-on-Ash	9 mana crystals	Ashbrook, Upwold	Senate Appointment	Marcher Position	Autumn	Vacant
Aviary of Ishal	5 doses of Goosewhisper Infusion	Skymark, Kallavesa	Senate Appointment	Wintermark Position	Autumn	Odelia Nelda
Azure Chorus	6 vials of liao 12 votes in the Imperial Synod	Braydon's Jasse, Kahraman	Synod Judgement	Imperial Position	Has tenure	Hembeneth i Guerra
Barossa College of Imperial Strategy Iron wing	8 pieces of day vis	Tassato Regario, Tassato	Senate Appointment	League Position	Winter	Vacant
Barossa College of Imperial Strategy Wolves wing	8 pieces of day vis	Tassato Regario, Tassato	Senate Appointment	League Position	Autumn	Gabriel Barossa
Basilica of Seven Doors	10 vials of liao 20 votes in the Imperial Synod	Bastion Rounds, Bastion	Synod Judgement	Highborn Position	Winter	Vacant
Brocks Buffet	2 thrones 4 rings	Greenfalls, Miaren	Not A Well Worn Path	Dawnish or Marcher Position	Summer	Vacant
Broken Shield Guardian	6 doses of imperial roseweald 5 doses of marrowort 5 doses of bladeroot 2 doses of cerulean mazzarine	Solvihill, Skarsind	Senate Appointment	Imperial Orc Position	Has tenure	Redhand Gezzar
Caretaker of New Dunhall	2 thrones 4 rings	Wood Heath, Hahnmark	Senate Appointment	Wintermark Position	Has tenure	Brigantia Duning
Claviger of the Basilica of Cora Holdfast	9 vials of liao 18 votes in the Imperial Synod	Chalcis Mount, Reikos	Synod Judgement	Imperial Position	Has tenure	Jared
Collector of Prosperity's Boon	20 mana crystals	Wood Heath, Hahnmark	Senate Appointment	Wintermark Position	Has tenure	Tyr Brenna
Crow Keeper of the Rest	6 vials of liao 12 votes in the Imperial Synod	Kallavesa Marsh, Kallavesa	Synod Judgement	Wintermark Position	Has tenure	Ursa
Curator of the Printer's Guild Museum	6 vials of liao 12 votes in the Imperial Synod	Tassato Mestra, Tassato	Cardinal Appointment	Imperial Position	Winter	Fabio Costas de Sarvos
Curator of the White City Museum	7 vials of liao 14 votes in the Imperial Synod	Bastion Rounds, Bastion	Synod Judgement	Highborn Position	Has tenure	Apollos
Custodian of Glass Point Cove	9 mana crystals	Uccelini, Sarvos	Senate Appointment	League Position	Has tenure	Dalibor Marek van Temeschwar
Custodian of the Claw	10 mana crystals	Ravion, Morrow	Senate Appointment	Urizeni Position	Has tenure	Valeria
Custodian of the Imperial War Memorial	6 vials of liao 12 votes in the Imperial Synod	Mareholm, Casinea	Synod Judgement	Highborn Position	Has tenure	Jericho
Delver of the Depths	50 ingots of weltsilver 20 ingots of tempest jade 12 mana crystals	Goldglades, Miaren	Bourse Auction	Imperial Position	Autumn	Tobrytan Dunning
Dredgemaster of Lake Feverwater	4 random resources	East Ashes, Therunin	Senate Appointment	Navarr Position	Has tenure	Eosffair Farwalker
Drusilla's Obelus	18 doses of bladeroot 12 doses of Bite	The Morass, Holberg	Bourse Auction	Imperial Position	Has tenure	Vacant
Emilio's Herbarium	6 doses of true vervain 6 doses of cerulean mazzarine 4 doses of imperial roseweald 4 doses of marrowort 1 dose of bladeroot	Foracci, Sarvos	Synod Judgement	Imperial Position	Has tenure	Emilio Marsana Saverio di Sarvos
Eternal Flame of Miaren	9 mana crystals	Serenall, Miaren	Senate Appointment	Navarr Position	Has tenure	Tanwen
Fallsheart Guardian	9 mana crystals	Wood Heath, Hahnmark	Senate Appointment	Wintermark Position	Has tenure	Breeta
Farmer of Eastern Spring Farm	9 mana crystals	Gildermark, Skarsind	Senate Appointment	Imperial Orc Position	Has tenure	Stormcrow Dren
Fire at the Foot of the Mountain	9 mana crystals	Skogei Glens, Skarsind	Senate Appointment	Imperial Orc Position	Has tenure	Vana
First Voice Glade	27 random herbs	Oakways, Miaren	Senate Appointment	Navarr Position	Has tenure	Idwynn Splitroot
Forest of Defiance	9 mana crystals	Skogei Glens, Skarsind	Senate Appointment	Imperial Orc Position	Has tenure	Vacant
Friar of Honour's Rest	8 vials of liao 16 votes in the Imperial Synod	Greensward, Mournwold	Synod Judgement	Marcher Position	Has tenure	albert fugglestone-copperHill
Gatekeeper of Falling Snow	12 doses of cerulean mazzarine	Kalpamark, Hahnmark	Senate Appointment	Wintermark Position	Has tenure	Pendraed the Maker
Gloaming Sentinel	20 measures of iridescent gloaming	Srodkoja, Miekarova	Declaration Of Candidacy	Imperial Position	By candidacy	Vacant
Good Leaf Gardens	10 doses of true vervain 5 doses of imperial roseweald 5 doses of bladeroot 5 doses of marrowort 5 doses of cerulean mazzarine	Birchland, Upwold	Bourse Vote	Marcher Position	Winter	Vacant
Granger of the Golden Orchard	9 mana crystals	Serenall, Miaren	Senate Appointment	Navarr Position	Has tenure	Merel
Grim Gardener	7 doses of true vervain 5 doses of imperial roseweald 5 doses of cerulean mazzarine 5 doses of marrowort 5 doses of bladeroot	Perumaki, Miekarova	Senate Appointment	Varushkan Position	Has tenure	Maegruth Bearonovitch Strascovitch
Grove of Golden Cox	3 pieces of summer vis	Chalcis Mount, Reikos	Declaration Of Candidacy	Imperial Position	By candidacy	Gideon
Guardian of Dunfrith	5 doses of bladeroot 5 doses of true vervain 5 doses of marrowort 4 doses of imperial roseweald 2 doses of cerulean mazzarine	Wood Heath, Hahnmark	Senate Appointment	Wintermark Position	Has tenure	Kai
Guardian of Giselle's Tomb	5 vials of liao 10 votes in the Imperial Synod	Hanuri, Temeschwar	Synod Judgement	League Position	Has tenure	Casimir Marcelino di Sarvos
Guardian of the Cairn	9 mana crystals	Skogei Glens, Skarsind	Senate Appointment	Imperial Orc Position	Has tenure	Tarqeq Icetongue
Healer of Dawn	18 doses of cerulean mazzarine	The Chase, Astolat	Senate Appointment	Dawnish Position	Has tenure	Isabella de Rondell
Hearth of Virtue	9 vials of liao 18 votes in the Imperial Synod	Perumaki, Miekarova	Synod Judgement	Varushkan Position	Has tenure	Nikolovich Drakov
Herbalist of the Hearth	6 doses of bladeroot 5 doses of true vervain 4 doses of imperial roseweald 4 doses of marrowort 2 doses of cerulean mazzarine	Southridge, Hahnmark	Senate Appointment	Wintermark Position	Has tenure	Brienne-Walda Stormborn
House of the Proffered Hand	6 vials of liao 12 votes in the Imperial Synod	Coombe, Astolat	Synod Judgement	Dawnish Position	Has tenure	Lady Eleanor Novarion
Imperial Seer	2 x Waters of the Shimmering Shore (Activated Item)	Wittal Grove, Kallavesa	Declaration Of Candidacy	Imperial Position	By candidacy	Drake De Coeurdefer
Jade Custodian	12 mana crystals	Foracci, Sarvos	Senate Appointment	League Position	Has tenure	Giacomo Corvinoscuro
Keeper of Aurelie's Garden	10 doses of imperial roseweald 2 doses of cerulean mazzarine 2 doses of true vervain 2 doses of marrowort 2 doses of bladeroot	Groveyard, Astolat	Senate Appointment	Dawnish or Navarr Position	Autumn	Knight Commander Cinder Hearthsong
Keeper of Berislav's Rest	1 throne 2 crowns 16 rings	Suvretz, Volodmartz	Senate Appointment	Varushkan Position	Has tenure	Goran Berislavin Kovacevic
Keeper of the Crystal Vale	10 mana crystals	Southridge, Hahnmark	Senate Appointment	Wintermark Position	Has tenure	torunn Volcarona
Keeper of the Dour Fens	10 mana crystals	Gravenmarch, Bregasland	Senate Appointment	Marcher Position	Has tenure	Bill of Middleton
Keeper of the Golden Fields	9 mana crystals	Golden Downs, Mitwold	Senate Appointment	Marcher Position	Has tenure	Nicolas Reaper
Keeper of the Imperial Menagerie	3 pieces of winter vis 2 thrones 4 doses of Tears of the Rakshasa	Holmauer, Holberg	Throne Appointment	Imperial Position	Has tenure	Kay Griffinsbain
Keeper of the Memorial Gardens at Treji	6 doses of bladeroot 6 doses of true vervain 2 doses of imperial roseweald 2 doses of cerulean mazzarine 2 doses of marrowort	The Glen of Shadows, Hercynia	Senate Appointment	Imperial Orc Position	Has tenure	gertreg
Keeper of the Spice Gardens	12 doses of cerulean mazzarine 2 doses of imperial roseweald 2 doses of true vervain	Morajasse, Feroz	Senate Appointment	Freeborn Position	Has tenure	Sadiq i Isa i Erigo
Kennels of Holfried	1 throne 6 crowns 8 rings	Holfried, Holberg	Senate Appointment	League Position	Spring	Alfredo von Holberg
Laroc Cathedral	6 vials of liao 12 votes in the Imperial Synod	The Chase, Astolat	Synod Judgement	Dawnish Position	Has tenure	Perryn Forthwright
Master Apothecary	6 doses of bladeroot 5 doses of true vervain 4 doses of imperial roseweald 4 doses of marrowort 2 doses of cerulean mazzarine	Kalpamark, Hahnmark	Senate Appointment	Wintermark Position	Has tenure	Kesa Algarsdottir
Mayor of Caricomare	1 throne 7 crowns	Cigno, Sarvos	Not A Well Worn Path	League Position	Spring	Aria Notturno di Sarvos
Maze of Zoria	9 vials of liao 18 votes in the Imperial Synod	Mieriada, Miekarova	Synod Judgement	Varushkan Position	Autumn	Illya Nikovitch Volkov
Misericorde Market	1 throne 2 crowns 5 measures of ambergelt 12 random herbs	Holfried, Holberg	Senate Appointment	League Position	Has tenure	Vacant
Patron of the Pavilion	10 vials of liao 20 votes in the Imperial Synod	Holmauer, Holberg	Synod Judgement	League Position	Has tenure	Vacant
Penumbral Watcher	1 piece of night vis 1 x Distilled shadow-tar (Activated Item)	Naris, Redoubt	Declaration Of Candidacy	Imperial Position	By candidacy	Asenath
Pit of Revelations	9 mana crystals	Skogei Glens, Skarsind	Senate Appointment	Imperial Orc Position	Has tenure	Laika
Preceptor of the Skarsind College of Warcasting	9 mana crystals	Estermark, Skarsind	Senate Appointment	Imperial Orc Position	Has tenure	Gaterender Brik
Queen's Rose	12 vials of liao 24 votes in the Imperial Synod	Lacuve, Semmerholm	Throne Appointment	Dawnish Position	Summer	Catalina Novarion
School of Exorcism	6 vials of liao	Riverwatch, Reikos	Senate Appointment	Highborn Position	Has tenure	Naomi
Shepherd of the Great Herd	1 throne 2 crowns 14 rings	Estermark, Skarsind	Senate Appointment	Imperial Orc Position	Has tenure	Luga
Signori d'Argento Vine Tender	1 throne 2 crowns 16 rings	Foracci, Sarvos	Senate Appointment	League Position	Has tenure	Captain Markus DeVere
Skarsind College of Pitfighting	1 throne 2 crowns 16 rings	Skogei Glens, Skarsind	Senate Appointment	Imperial Orc Position	Has tenure	Vacant
Storm Shaman	9 mana crystals	Pakaanan's Pass, Skarsind	Senate Appointment	Imperial Orc Position	Has tenure	Ashborn Rauur
Temple of the Winds	8 vials of liao 16 votes in the Imperial Synod	Peregro, Morrow	Synod Judgement	Urizeni Position	Summer	Aspar
The Bleak Tower	6 pieces of winter vis	Ravion, Morrow	Senate Appointment	Urizeni Position	Has tenure	Staurakios
The Sapphire Stair	2 thrones 4 crowns	Cascatas, Tassato	Senate Appointment	League Position	Has tenure	Domitila Sanguineo Rezia di Tassato
The Spider's Tollkeep	2 thrones	Torres, Madruga	Senate Appointment	Freeborn or League Position	Has tenure	Rafa'eet i Contra i Guerra
Thorned Rose	9 mana crystals	Serenall, Miaren	Senate Appointment	Navarr Position	Has tenure	Bledri Eternal
Vigilant Shield	6 vials of liao 12 votes in the Imperial Synod	Mareholm, Casinea	Throne Appointment	Imperial Position	Winter	Vacant
Voice of the House of Barbs	8 vials of liao 16 votes in the Imperial Synod	Northpines, Hercynia	Synod Judgement	Navarr Position	Winter	Vacant
Watcher of Britta's Pool	9 vials of liao 18 votes in the Imperial Synod	Kallavesa Marsh, Kallavesa	Synod Judgement	Wintermark Position	Has tenure	Gunnbrand Ironwill
Watcher of the Wheel	1 piece of night vis 1 piece of autumn vis 1 piece of spring vis 1 piece of winter vis	Madeiras, Tassato	Declaration Of Candidacy	Imperial Position	By candidacy	Lina of Felix's Watch
Weigher of Worth	9 mana crystals	Gildermark, Skarsind	Senate Appointment	Imperial Orc Position	Has tenure	Tulva

Former Sinecures

These are sinecures that have been appointed in recent times but are no longer active. This happens automatically if a sinecure is abrogated by the Imperial Senate but in most cases it is because the commission has been captured or destroyed by barbarians.

Sinecure	Output	Location	Appointment	Eligibility
Custodian of the Starlight Drift	10 mana crystals	Occursion, Zenith	Senate Appointment	Urizeni Position
Custodian of the Storm Vault	10 mana crystals	Proceris, Zenith	Senate Appointment	Urizeni Position
Dean of Pilgrims	18 vials of liao	Operus, Morrow	Senate Appointment	Imperial Position
Head Gardener of Urizen	7 doses of true vervain 5 doses of imperial roseweald 5 doses of cerulean mazzarine 5 doses of marrowort 5 doses of bladeroot	Iteri, Zenith	Senate Appointment	Urizeni Position
Keeper of the Glorious Fountain	10 mana crystals	Peregro, Morrow	Senate Appointment	Urizeni Position
Keeper of the Tower of the Fall	10 mana crystals	Occursion, Zenith	Senate Appointment	Urizeni Position
Sheriff of Overton	12 ingots of green iron 2 ingots of tempest jade 2 ingots of weltsilver 2 ingots of orichalcum	Greensward, Mournwold	Bourse Vote	Marcher Position
The Herb Garden of Origen's Rest	10 doses of true vervain 5 doses of cerulean mazzarine 5 doses of imperial roseweald 5 doses of bladeroot 5 doses of marrowort	Lustri, Zenith	Senate Appointment	Imperial Position