Sinecure
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |