387YE Spring Equinox Senate sessions

Overview

The Imperial Senate governs the Empire, and its authority extends to all areas of Imperial life not already covered by the other houses of government. Each summit the senators meet several times to deliberate and vote on the motions they have raised.

After the summit the civil service enact those motions, and ensure a public record of each is made available to the citizens of the Empire. This page lists all the motions raised during the summit, along with the announcements made by citizens with Imperial titles. In each case, the motion and its effects are summarized including the wording; who proposed and seconded it; whether it passed or not; whether any funds were disbursed to support it; and what the outcome of the motion will be.

Many motions (especially the commissions) also have a Further Details section that provides a link to a wiki page dealing specifically with that motion in more detail, any commentary from the Constitutional Court, progress on commissions, or expanded information about the outcome of the motion.

Following the mandate enacted by Luca i Taziel i Riqueza after the Winter Solstice 385YE the number of commissions available has been reduced as the faithful have been convinced to withdraw their labour. This will continue until either the Imperial Senate uses a motion to assign fines from the magistrates to the Virtue fund or the Prosperity Assembly uses a clearly worded Statement of Principle upheld with a greater majority to encourage the faithful to once again take up their tools. More information can be found in the Forwards and Rewards wind of fortune.

Treasury

• Imperial treasury during this season announced by the civil service at TBC thrones.

Administrative Motions

Create Judgement of Exaltation

• Motion: To create a new judgement of the Synod: Exaltation. This judgement can be raised in any virtue assembly to raise up an individual whose actions should be praised and serve as a pattern for virtue of others. To be upheld it must be passed with a greater majority, and the civil service will keep a public roll of names.
• Raised by: Speaker of the Senate
• Passed
• Notes: This motion was initially proposed by the Conscience of the Senate during the Winter Solstice 386YE. The original motion allowed it to be raised as a variant of sanction, rather than as an entirely new judgement. This type of judgement will only be able to raise in one of the eight Virtue Assemblies.

Create Singer of the Silence

• Motion: To create a new title; Singer of the Silence. This title is to be appointed by the Wisdom Assembly every year. The Singer of the Silence will have the responsibility to protect the Great Library of Hacynian, and to organise parley with Sung and Phaleron to try and unlock the potential of the enigmatic regio at the library. This title has no clear powers, beyond any potentially granted by the regio.
• Raised by: Speaker of the Senate
• Passed
• Notes: This motion is raised as a result of the mandate enacted by Nathair Autumngale after the Winter Solstice 386YE. For more information see the Little faith wind of fortune.

Amend Imperial Apothecaries Guild

• Motion: To amend the Imperial Apothecaries Guild to have the power to add new potions to Imperial lore. This power will be enacted by vote of the members of the sodality and cost ten thrones. This motion will remove the Senate's power to add new potions to Imperial lore.
• Raised by: Speaker of the Senate
• Passed
• Notes: This motion follows the motion to establish the Imperial Apothecaries Guild. For more information see the It's what we do wind of fortune

Create Magpies

• Motion: To create the Imperial Sodality of the Magpies. The sodality will be dedicated to the acquisition, documentation and preservation of artefacts for the Empire, and the uncovering of lost Imperial history. Its mission is: to aid and coordinate Imperial efforts to seek out lost artefacts and historical knowledge; to support the interests of historians and artefact hunters of the Empire; and to ensure accountability, protection, work, and suitable reward for the historians and artefact hunters of the Empire. This will also amend the title of Speaker of the Magpies to be appointed by members of the sodality rather than the Vigilance Assembly.
• Raised by: Speaker of the Senate
• Passed
• Notes: This motion will establish the Magpies as an Imperial sodality

Amend Keeper of the Breadbasket

• Motion: To amend the Keeper of the Breadbasket to be appointed by Tally of the Votes of the farm owners of the Marches. As a title elected by the bourse, it will no longer be revocable by the Synod. This amendment will allow the Keeper of the Breadbasket to direct the breadbasket to support a territory in response to any ongoing emergency that involves the devastation of local farming or a hungry population. The Imperial breadbasket will no longer boost the income of farms if it is used to support a territory or a nation's armies.
• Raised by: Speaker of the Senate
• Passed
• Notes: This motion follows the farm owners of the Marches voting to implement the changes made, as per the Send for me wind of fortune

Senate Motions

Raise Third Navarr Army

• Motion: To commission an Imperial Navarr army to must in Treji, Glen of Shadows, Hercynia. Cost 200 wains of mithril (or equivalent resources as outlined by the civil service) and 75 thrones. Self funding in progress
• Proposed: Hercynia
• Seconded: Weirwater
• Outcome: Raise Third Navarr Army

Repair Cerevado Nets

• Motion: To commission the repair of the Cerevado Nets, self funded by the Dhomiros Council for 50 thrones. This gathers 6 rings of ilium per season, and is a nationally elected position
• Proposed: Kahraman
• Seconded: Feroz
• Outcome: Repair Cerevado Nets
• Notes: More information can be found in the Where the river rises wind of fortune

Amend Grand Ossuary

• Motion: Amend the "Grand Ossuary" great work to create the title "Steward of the Ossuary". The Steward of the Ossuary will be responsible for oversight of the great work. In response to calamity, disaster, or other significant loss of life, the Steward of the Ossuary will have the power to announce the Senate, redirecting the prosperity of the Grand Ossuary and the skills of its stewards to collect the stories nad histories of the dead; use them to encourage and inspire the living; and to lay spirits to rest. Appointed by national tally of the votes.
• Proposed: Necropolis
• Seconded: Casinea
• Outcome: The title Steward of the Ossuary has been created and will be first elected at the Summer Solstice 387YE for a short duration
• Notes: More information can be found in the Send for me wind of fortune

Appointments

Ambassador to the Commonwealth

• Motion: Elect Ambassador to the Commonwealth
• Proposed: Speaker for the Senate at the Friday session
• Outcome: Finn Pridetalker of Wintermark was appointed as Ambassador to the Commonwealth
• Notes: This appointment of the was initially raised in the last session of the Winter Solstice 386YE

Ambassador to Otkodov

• Motion: Elect Ambassador to Otkodov
• Proposed: Speaker for the Senate at the Friday session
• Outcome: Kindra Surefoot of Wintermark was appointed as Ambassador to Otkodov
• Notes: This appointment of the was initially raised in the last session of the Winter Solstice 386YE

Imperial Spymaster

• Motion: Elect Imperial Spymaster
• Proposed: Volodmartz
• Seconded: Karov
• Outcome:

Commissions (Senate)

Meeting Place

• Motion: To build a feasting hall on Gull Island, Kallavesa. This would act as a new meeting place in matters of diplomacy between the Empire and the Jotun. The Empire will contribute 55 wains of white granite to this edifice, with 167 198 crowns of labour costs. This construction will be a joint effort with the Jotun. They are also contributing to this build.
• Proposed: Sermersuaq
• Seconded: Conscience of the Senate
• Passed
• Outcome: Construct Meeting Place

Beneficiary of the Golden Cascade

• Motion: To construct the Beneficiary of the Golden Cascade sinecure for 8 weirwood, 8 white granite, and 48 crowns. Gives 10 crowns per season to the virtue fund and creates the title of the same name, appointed by Urizen Assembly. The role requires using the proceeds of the position to aid and reward other nations to build international friendship and cooperation. Title holder gets 20 random herbs, 3 elixir vitae, 3 ossean solutions, 3 philtres of heavenly lore, and 10 crowns a season
• Proposed: Sarvos
• Seconded: Zenith
• Passed
• Outcome: Construct Beneficiary of the Golden Cascade
• Notes: More information can be found in the Forwards and Rewards wind of fortune

Convert Little Boyar's Welcome

• Motion: To convert the fortification 'The Loyal Boyar's Welcome' in Karov into a citadel.
• Proposed: Karov
• Seconded: Volodmartz
• Passed
• Further Details: Construct Beneficiary of the Golden Cascade
• Notes: More information can be found in the Outside the walls wind of fortune

Restore the Throne Room

• Motion: For the restoration of the throne room in the Castle of Thorns within Withy, Astolat, which is a fortification. The cost of the restoration will be 15 white granite and 45 crowns which has been fully secured. The work would take 3 months. The restoration would generate historical research into the early monarchs of Dawn
• Proposed: Astolat
• Seconded: Temeschwar
• Withdrawn
• Notes: More information can be found in the Dog days are over wind of fortune

Construct Wharfage of Oran

• Motion: To commission the Wharfage of Oran in Oran, Oranseri. At a cost of 15 weirwood and 15 crowns, fully self funded. This will remove the lawless quality from the Cazar Straits. It will also create the title of Corsair of Oran, which grants 216 rings and a base fleet upgrade once a year in the season it was elected if held by a corsair.
• Proposed: Feroz
• Seconded: Kahraman
• Passed
• Further Details: Construct Beneficiary of the Golden Cascade
• Notes: More information can be found in the Send for me wind of fortune

Construct Fallen Petals Memorial Garden

• Motion: Weirwater would ask for a commission for a herb garden sinecure, 'The Fallen Petals Memorial Garden', to be built in Sandling, honouring the Glorious dead of the Sweetglade Massacre. It will specialise in cerulean mazzarine in order to prevent similar great losses. It will create the 'Custodian of the Fallen Petals', as an Imperial title, appointed by the National Assembly to a Dawnish yeofolk. This sinecure is fully funded and if passed today (Saturday Spring 387YE) can be completed by next summit.
• Proposed: Weirwater
• Seconded: Semmerholm
• Passed
• Notes: This motion was abrogated in a later motion by the Imperial Senate.

Construct Stone Smith's Workshop

• Motion: To commission a sinecure - Stone Smith's Workshop - in the Woldstone, Ashbrook, Upwold. Sinecure is to be a place where smiths can congregate, discuss, act as a repository of lore, and be a place to train new smiths. Sinecure to create the Stone Smith position, to be appointed by tally of the votes. This sinecure is self funded.
• Proposed: Mitwold
• Seconded: Upwold
• Passed
• Further Details: Construct Stone Smith's Workshop
• Notes: More information on the smiths can be found on the smith page and the A pinch of salt wind of fortune

Construct Chamber of Euphony

• Motion: To build and cede the Chamber of Euphony, a fane to Sung in Apulus, Spiral. The associated Imperial title, the Map to the City Below, to be appointed on an annual basis by the League National Assembly, and revocable by the League or General Assemblies, or the Assembly of Nine, with the responsibility to oversee the Chamber of Euphony and encourage the spread of magic, music, and mystery in Apulian.
• Proposed: Spiral
• Seconded: Tassato
• Passed
• Further Details: Construct Chamber of Euphony
• Notes: More information on this fane can be found in the The play that came to Apulian wind of fortune.

Commissions (Announcements)

Construct Wanderer's Entertainment Society

• Announcement: To commission the structure of the Wanderer's Entertainment Society. A self funded sinecure requiring 10 wains of weirwood, 3 thrones, and 6 crowns in labour using standard costings. The sinecure will provide wealth. The Wanderer's Entertainment Society will be supervised by the Mistress of Festivies appointed by Judgement by the League Assembly and will be built in Hanuri, Temeschwar. This project has been orgainsed by Red Ravens Holding, the premier building society in the Empire.
• Announced by: Lucrezia Corvinascura, Chair of the Wolf
• Outcome: Constructs a sinecure in Hanuri, Temeschwar
• Further Details: Construct Wanderer's Entertainment Society

Announcements

Support Feroz with Breadbasket

• Announcement: To have the Breadbasket support Feroz for two seasons
• Announced by: Orson Bogmyrtle, Keeper of the Breadbasket
• Outcome: The Breadbasket will stop providing benefit to the farms of the Marches until the start of the Winter Solstice 387YE. As per the Send for me wind of fortune