Keeper of Aurelie's Garden

Overview

The Keeper of Aurelie's Garden is an Imperial title commissioned by the Imperial Senate in Spring 380YE. The position of keeper is a sinecure, requiring minimal responsibility but offering a regular income of valuable herbs. The garden is in the region of Grovesyard, Astolat, near the hospital Aurelie's Rest.

Responsibilities

The Keeper has no particular responsibilities; they simply receive a bounty of herbs from the Aurelie's Garden. If the Garden were to be threatened in any way, it would be the responsibility of the Keeper to deal with those threats.

Powers

Bounty of Herbs

The Keeper gains custodianship of a sinecure. Each season they receive 10 doses of Imperial Roseweald, and 2 doses each of Cerulean Mazzarine, True Vervain, Marrowort, and Bladeroot.

Appointment

The method of appointing this sinecure deviates dramatically from the well worn path for such appointments. Each Autumn Equinox, the title is contested each between representatives of Dawn and Navarr. The title can be held by any Navarr or Dawnish citizen, and the title is appointed annually. The Keeper can be revoked by the General assembly, both the Dawnish and Navarr National Assembly, and the Assembly of the Nine.

The Contest

The rules of the contest are extremely straighforward:

• ten Navarr face ten Dawnish
• All skills
• The contest lasts until one person remains standing, they take the title
• Any additional rules may be determined by mutal agreement on a contest by contest basis