discussion about the role of the Imperial Synod in the Empire. There has been discussion of the value of the national assemblies, the role of the paragons and

Principalities of Jarm Adnanna Dionati of the League for the Asavean Archipelago Braganza i Arco of the Brass Coast for the Faraden Destain of Derondell of Dawn

the Senate (a council of representatives chosen from each nation) to oversee the running of the Empire. When the Throne is empty, most of its powers are

Skarsind School of Warcasting by the Civilian Commissioner of the Imperial Orcs Construct statue of Janon by the Civilian Commissioner of The League Construct

monopolize the time of the Senate. It should be noted that the Imperial Throne only has the right to address the Senate once per summit. As such the only constitutional

maintaining the relationship between the Imperial Synod, the people of Oran, and the priests and worshippers at the Temple of Balo and the Black Bull. For

Damatian Cliffs Amend powers of the High Bard Amend the use of the Imperial breadbasket Amend title of Custodian of the Imperial War Memorial Appoint Asavean

Amend crime of slavery Amend power of Inquisition Amend powers of Civilian Commissioners II Amend powers of the Imperial Seer Appoint Dean of Pilgrims II

be revoked by the General Assembly, the Urizen National Assembly, and by the Assembly of the Nine. With the destruction of the fountain, the title still

As the title is assigned by the Synod, the auditor could have been granted the authority to use inquisition on members of the Imperial Senate. The position

and subject to the veto of the Imperial Synod. The outcome of the procedural motions was to clarify that the Quartermaster General had the power only to

applied to the following for the coming season: the Wolves of War, the Tusks, the Fist of the Mountain, the Winter Sun, the Valiant Pegasus, and to the defence

Dean of the Academy. The title would be appointed by the Senate, and could be revoked by the Assembly of the Nine or the General Assembly. The Dean could both

. but the coronation of a Throne is a significant event in the history of the Empire. Even at the height of the Orc Rebellion, the coronation of Emperor

Of all the great political bodies of the Empire, the powers of the Imperial Military Council are the most focussed. The Council's constitutional role is

herald of the Summer Realm associated with the southern waters of the lake - and this Lady of the Semmerlak clearly has power there. The existence of the

announced at the same summit that the title was auctioned The number of commissions available to the Senate would be reduced in advance by the number of Wayleaves

Glory as the reason for living. This passionate embrace of the ideals of the past and of the great legends of romantic and platonic love of the give rise

obtain advice in advance from the Chief Magistrate or the Office of the Speaker of the Senate on the wording of a Declaration of Endorsement Because Endorsement

whoever directed the Faculty as part of the necessary details of the commission. That would avoid wasting precious Senate time. The details of the proposed improvements

following the Imperial election schedule or after the citizen has held the title for a year if one of the appointments by the Senate. Titles in the Conclave

ceremonies. The Empire is primarily controlled by the politics that takes place in the five great houses of power - the Senate, the Synod, the Military Council

Temeschwar, The League At the end of the Autumn Equinox, 381 YE, the Imperial Titles in the Synod were held by: At the start of the summit the voting total

Liathaven Research the vallorn for the Academy Fortify Overton Construct Starlight Drift of Shimmering Snow Fortify Tassato Amend powers of the Conclave Liason

control over the position; in theory possession of the title and how it works is at the mercy of non-player characters. The Senate cannot abrogate the existence

request announced by the Fevermaster of Dredgewater using the legal powers to announce historical research delegated to them by the Senate. 5 Thrones 5 thrones

Summer 2013 The Imperial title of Bursar of the Conclave was created. Members of the Conclave were advised that any attempt to limit the remit of the Bursar's

Construct Master Apothecary's Garden Auras illegal in the Civil Service hub Amend powers of the Bursar of the Imperial Academy Address boggart infestation in

commissioned through the civil service. Historical Research request announced by the Minister of Historical Research using the legal powers to announce historical

request announced by the Advisor on the Vallorn using the legal powers to announce historical research delegated to them by the Senate. Spring 381YE 5 thrones

runeforge, college of magic. Administrative Motion This motion refers to the powers of the Master of the Koboldi associated with the College of Engineering and

both charges. The condemning priest for heresy was the accused. The condemning priest for abuse of powers was Solas of the Spire of the Waxing Sun, Urizen

established in the Imperial Synod. The national assembly will have all the powers and responsibilities of other national assemblies. "The Assembly of Pride believes

from the Autumn Realm. We march to War! Ciaphas Dekar, General of the Bounders Immediately after the Solstice, the armies of the Empire are on the move

Construct the Eternal Flame of Miaren by the Civilian Commissioner of Navarr Construct The Wellspring of Jade by the Civilian Commissioner of The League Authorise

ambassador Appoint a Captain of the Senate Guard Appoint Throne Rebuild the roads of Karsk Raise Varushkan army Change the level of the Guerdon Construct Reckoners

Envoy to the Sarcophan Delves. OOC Note: Parts of this section were superseded by the rules update 2018. As explained during the creation of the title, this

commissioned through the civil service. Historical Research request announced by the Advisor on the Vallorn using the legal powers to announce historical

commissioned through the civil service. Historical Research request announced by the Advisor on the Vallorn using the legal powers to announce historical

Tally of the Votes by the fleet owners of the Brass Coast. To that end, they declare that if the Senate passes builds the new Nets, and allocates the Seat

initiate contact with the foreign nation. The Senate has not chosen to assign any powers or functions to this position. The Senate has not chosen to assign

request announced by the Dredgemaster of Feverwater using the legal powers to announce historical research delegated to them by the Senate. Summer 381YE In

that the Imperial Guerdon for Spring 383YE will be shared between the Granite Pillar, the Hounds of Glory, the Quiet Step and the Wolves of War. The Advisor

grant a portion of the profits earned to the Imperial Senate. If the Senate wish to pass a law criminalizing gambling - except via the operations conducted

382 is to go to the following armies: The Wolves of War, The Fire of the South, the Bloodcloaks, and the Tusks. The intention to address the Empire was announced

Master of the Temple of the Winds. Does the Senate wish to amend this title to accede to that demand?” Without this amendment, the Master of the Temple of the

appointments. The title "Voice of Barbs" provides votes in the Imperial Synod, and so grants the holder of that title the legal powers and responsibilities of membership

representatives and citizens of the foreign power to whichever title or body has been granted the power to represent the Empire. The power cannot be vested in

to ask the Senate to expand the powers of a Grandmaster to include the ability to raise an "Accusation of Recklessness" after the resolution of a Declaration

concerning the city of Meade and the town of Sarcombe in the Marches, Reumah's Rest in Necropolis, the Spires of Dusk in the Barrens, and the flat, defenceless

would have the Senate amend the powers of the Imperial Magus to include the ability to raise a declaration as the first item in the order of business, once

contingent of the Granite Pillar on the Iron Plains. The Highborn are there to help a column of frightened refugees reach the safety of Anozel. The Iron Plains

The business of the Imperial Senate is the business of the Empire. The Imperial Senate governs the Empire, and its authority extends to all areas of Imperial

take advantage of the offers of the Marcher threshers and Highborn magistrates they have until the end of the Spring Equinox to amend the title's responsibilities

act. The orcs of the Great Forest find it difficult to reconcile the words of their Navarr friends, or the assurances of the Imperial Senate, or the actions

additional doctrines; the Doctrine of the Howling Abyss and the Doctrine of the Ancestors. With this change of doctrine, the position of the Imperial Orcs has

to the barbarian, her representatives focused on bringing the Synod, Senate, and Conclave back to the service of the Empire. The most common use of her

new army. The production of the Eternal Shafts of Time, the Hunt of Alderei the Fair, the Granites of Veltsgorsk, the Night Quarry, and the Sunless Depths

transforming the territory. With the aid of the Golden Pyramid, the heralds of the eternal Estavus, and even the cheerful support of the Dragon of Stone's koboldi

practical limit on the number of commissions that the Senate can authorize each season before the practical limits of the Civil Service and the Empire to arrange

focussed on the systems and apparatus of the Empire, with modifications to the roads, the infrastructure of the Civil Service, the organisation of the Bourse

gave voice to the will of many people of the Empire: that we should also strive for the liberation of those in chains, all across the face of Creation. We

truth to the words. Berechiah had left the politics of the League for the virtue of Highguard late in life, but as far as he was concerned the exemplar was

world stage. While the business of dealing with foreign powers is most often the remit of the Imperial Senate and the Imperial Synod, there are several ways

Beasts; the Circle of the Drowned, the Nation's Guard, the Wolves of the Pale Raven, Glory's Shadow, the Envoys of the White Stag, Wick's Rest, and the Suns

Virtue Assemblies of the Synod: At the Summit, the following judgements were made by the Assemblies of the Synod: The Imperial Synod made the following Statements

read out on the floor of the Senate - so all senators should be aware of the manifesto they have approved. Once the motion is approved, the only changes

city. The instruction of the Imperial Senate is timely, and it is fortunate indeed that the Senate opted to assign the most diplomatic member of the appraisal

faded entirely. The Guardian of the Maze of Zoria has gained a number of innate powers arising from their connection to the Maze The Maze of Zoria is something

from their lives and doings. The duels of Adelamr. The legacy of Atuman. The grand vision of Aldones - of course. The quest of Tian." She nodded along. "Yes

Garden of Falling Snow in Kalpamark; the Herbalist of the Hearth receives a bounty of herbs from the Valley of Pride, near Hendle Hearth; and the Guardian

Rezia di Tassato, of the League, called for the League National Assembly to revoke the title of General held by Ismund of the Wolves of War. This judgement

to congregations of Prosperity across the territory. In total, the creation of the network of shrines along with the conversion of the Sarcombe Register

captains, Imperial Senate With the destruction of the Freeborn Storm, the Grendel have effectively gained military domination of the Bay of Catazar, contested

simply returning to the buyer. The scale of the auction is ultimately determined by the degree of interest in the senate position it secures. If there are few

six great powers in the known world; the Empire; the Asavean Republic; the Sumaah Republic; the Commonwealth; the Principalities of Jarm; and the Sarcophan

Stating: The conclave has assessed the risks associated with the title of emissary of Phaleron, and recommends to the Senate the creation of this title

Far to the west of the Empire, in the ancient Asavean city of Nemoria, stands a Temple of the Seven Virtues. The Imperial priests who support the temple

civilisation - of hundreds of thousands of people living in a great empire rising to the height of its powers. To make the scale of the Empire feel right

Grandmaster of the Rod and Shield The tide comes at the flood; the defence of Elerael and Boar's Dell against the greedy tendrils of the vallorn of Brocéliande

Tempestuous Orb, the Staff of Storms, and the Mask of the Geyser. The Fire Mage would continue to provide the vis and the regalia providing the tower remained

Crag of the Eternal Sun, bringing the frozen wrath of Cathan Canae to bear on that college of magic. The source of the rumour is believed to be the eternal

Regardless of how the Senate chooses to fund the celebrations, a key element will be The Throne's message to the people of the Empire. The celebration

only the state-of-play as it is generally understood at the start of the Autumn Equinox 383YE. This Wind of Fortune only covers the great powers of the

and separating the great powers of the world. East of the Sea of Sighs and the Sea of Teeth lies the Sea of Steel. One of the largest of the seven seas, believed

to assign Ossium to any of the ten nations of the Empire. The geographic location of the territory is arguably one of the least important considerations

but they will kill enough of the bandits that the threat of robbery against the Weirwater vales is ended and the general of the army will receive any intelligence

Assemblies of the Synod: At the Summit, the following judgements were made by the Assemblies of the Synod: The Imperial Synod was asked to make the following

Outcome: Apothecary of Orieb, Merchant-Boyar of the Stinking Market, Cabalist of the Hollow Stone, Keeper of the Bonehives, Grieftender of the Forgotten are

persuaded the Marchers to fully commit to driving the Jotun out of Wintermark by demonstrating the magic of the circle of runesmiths known as the Bloodgold

production of, the four Bourse Seats in Varushka. The Eternal Shafts of Time, the Hunt of Alderei the Fair, the Granites of Veltsgorsk, and the Night Quarry

agree that the Sumaah and the Empire agree on several points - the nature of the Seven Virtues, the role of the Labyrinth, the importance of inspirational

great deal of blood in the water." There are six great powers in the known world; the Empire; the Asavean Republic; the Sumaah Republic; the Commonwealth;

simply no way that the Navarr can fight the vallorn without the help of the Empire. The reason that the Navarr worked so hard to found the Empire centuries

when the rewarding resolves. The Senate could choose to assign the liao currently assigned by the Gatekeepers via the judgement of rewarding The Senate

in the area and take responsibility for the Sign of Tamar At the Autumn equinox, Brother Vashti of the Shattered Tower received the support of the greater

before the assemblies of the Way, and the House of the People Bonewall Rek - the priest responsible for overseeing the dissemination of the Doctrine of the

Imperial Senate, and Eska Crowspeaker selected by the Imperial Synod. The action of the Senate ensures that the civil service can proceed with all the normal arrangements

reason with the Mournwolders over the actions of the Empire are met with frank words. People here talk less in terms of liberation... and more of the Imperial

far might the rot have already spread? The Senate could expand the power of the Conclave to restrict access to dangerous rituals The Senate could pass

potential embodied in the Crucible of Fate. As the stones are set for new spires, the first of the new ushabti are completed at the Crucible. The wealthier spires

study at the College, and become part of the Imperial Orcs nation During the Spring Equinox the Imperial Senate voted to expand the College of Warcasting

suggestion of Adamant, Phaleron has a specific new title in mind. It proposes the Senate create the Emissary of Phaleron with the following powers and responsibilities:

with the technical merits of her plan..." Click for audio version Eleonaris, the Commander of the Golden Armies, the Queen of the Fields of Glory is angry

I've got just the thing!" The rangy bravo pulled a glass vial out of another of his pockets, and upended about half of it on the back of his hand. He tossed

much in the last two years. The Druj invasion has left many of the people of Zenith as prisoners of the cruel Druj. Great wonders - the Halls of Knowledge

during the first Senate session on the Saturday of the Spring Equinox. This will allow the Senators to decide which of the three titles will keep the power

excommunicated after their death as the escalation could not be done sooner. We call on the Imperial Senate to amend the powers of the Virtue Inquisitors so that

submit to 'the good of the Empire' or the the 'needs of your nation.' But that is not the path of Loyalty!" Two hooded figures ambled across the market and

side of the Empire, the Imperial Senate has allocated the Gift of the Dwindling Star as a Varushkan National Bourse Seat, in accordance with the wishes

repeated failures of the Court of the Five Winds to resolve the diplomatic situation with the Empire. In the weeks leading up to the Autumn Equinox, news

travel to all the great powers of the world to refute the claims of the Sumaah that they are the true guardians of the Way. The focus of this mandate is

available to the Assembly of Nine at the upcoming summit. The Asavean Plenum declared war on the Empire during the Autumn Equinox 384YE The Imperial Senate has

full members of the Senate. Doing so would automatically abrogate the Conscience of the Senate. During the reign of Empress Teleri, when the Imperial Synod

Imperial settlement The Imperial Senate has embargoed the Principalities of Jarm The Principalities of Jarm have severed ties with the Empire The Ambassador to

Empire. The first group, who call themselves the Freefolk, now dwell in Astolat as guests of the House of the Proffered Hand. On the other side of the Empire

read about the civil war threatening the Citadels of Axos; the growing concerns of the Faraden families; and the increasing frustration of the Iron Confederacy

towards the end of the summit, leaving this position vacant for next summit. The Senate passed a motion amending the powers and appointment of the Auditor

assisting the Civil Service in their assessment of the area making full use of the power of the Day realm blanketing the Empire. And, as the heralds promised

actual powers - and the powers that in the Empire would be wielded by the General Assembly are generally wielded by the Assembly of the Way. Tipoa the Insightful

celebrate the transformation of Sarvos and the triumph of the entire League over the spiteful Hag Queen, the Contessa and the Harlequin asked the new Mirrored

war with the Empire. The port of Zemeh remains closed. During the Winter Solstice, an envoy of the House of the People in Sumaah visited the Empire. Envoy

exert great power in the Realm of Summer. It allows a ritualist to command the powers of the Realm by will alone, using force of personality to forge powerful

messenger carries a missive from the ruling powers (sometimes the Synod, sometimes the Senate, sometimes the Emperor, etc.) The message turns high to low and

379YE None The title of Imperial Chaplain Consular was created Hywel Summercrow of Navarr was duly appointed to the position by the Cardinal of the Way.

apprentice, the symbol of the Labyrinth is no foreign addition. It was a metaphor: Labyrinth, in the view of the people of the Umshalla, was the whole of existence

Trescher, the diplomatic advisor to the House of Princes, declared that the Imperial Senate had until the start of the Summer Solstice to reassure the Principalities

soul of the nation, was lost to the Druj. Now the inhabitants suffer under the crushing burden of the dreadful miasma the vengeful orcs have spread over the

Stilicho Judgement: The people of Urizen do not trust the Senate of the Empire to make decisions in the best interests of our nation and the Empire as a whole

was a lot of support for the wagon raiders and the wardens, the presence of the Hounds of Glory and the Golden Axe mean that by far and away the most successful

prestige of the Imperial Consul, the status of the city of Seren, and the problematic situation of the Whittle folk across the border in the Mournwold. Surely

the Imperial Fleet Master has the legal power of representative to the Grendel. With the completion of the Consulate, if the Senate was to remove that

If they fail due to the opposition of the followers of Wisdom, then the opportunity is gone. The sword scholars bear the brunt of the Synod's ire, but it

a Senate motion to amend the law regarding the trade of liao to the Axou - in this case the price will remain at the current level. If the Senate or the

Kaban The efforts to rebuild the Tunnels of Kaban have increased Of some importance to the Axou, and of interest to the Empire, is the state of the westernmost

Bondforger, and the Assembly of Loyalty, who urged the people of Spiral to cleave to the loyalty of their hearts, enhancing the impact the mandate has had. It would

action by the issues raised - if the people of Highguard care about those issues. The words of Silas of the Cenotaph have brought a wave of support for

product of the first years of debate among the priests of the first Imperial Synod. Paradoxically of course, prior to the reign of Empress Teleri the original

lost, the Senate could still use a single suitably worded senate motion to create the six other titles that are the counterparts of the Champion of Courage

Knights of Glory. The permanent enchantment on the Wolves of War will provide the same benefits as the new version of the ritual. We've increased the magnitude

only in the might of Steinr courage, but also the cunning of the Suaq and the wisdom of the Kallavesi. We fight with honour in our way not the way of the Jotun

rise from the ground along the shores of one of the largest of the hot springs of Peregro. A handful of minutes later, the hissing streamers of fog coalesce

Imperial Conclave During the Autumn Equinox, the Imperial Senate ceded the regions of Ankra, Cinion, and Ateri in Spiral as part of the Grendel peace treaty

Assemblies of the Synod: At the Summit, the following judgements were made by the Assemblies of the Synod: Judgements 1-18 were taken from the Hub in the early

their views of orcs and of the Jotun have not softened one iota. As the Empire wrestled with the problem of what to do with the large population of Jotun former

part due to the decision of the Imperial senate, the Eastern faction of the Jarmish princes has received an unexpected boost - the port of Rigia was chosen

nothing." The Empire is one of six great powers who wield great influence over the known world. Two of those other nations, the Commonwealth and the Sumaah

On the floor of the Senate she spoke passionately of the need to support Wintermark in its hour of need, and for each nation to sacrifice for the good

gift of a dozen weltsilver for the Grandmaster of the Unfettered Mind The students at the Spire of the Seventh Mist have not abandoned their goal of making

commissioned through the civil service. Historical Research request announced by the Advisor on the Vallorn using the legal powers to announce historical

it needn't be the whole of Dawn or the Empire. The enchanters and enchantresses of Dawn could choose to favour the Winter eternals over the Summer eternals

wall is the ONLY way of our people. Have we forgotten the Wisdom of the Kallavesi? The Cunning of the Suaq? We must be cautious of this embrace of "Honour"

known as the Hallow of the Green World. The irrepressible power of the Spring realm floods the Empire. In addition to the expected effect of filling Imperial

and the Grendel are all considered barbarians, whilst the orcs of Otkodov, the Great Forest Orcs, the Sand Fishers, the former Jotun thralls of the Mournwold

it. "The Prince of the Argent Tontine, the Sovereign-Lord of the City of Chains, sends his most profitable greetings to the office of the Archmage of the

require 7 rings of ilium. At the climax of the ritual, the general will pass the power of the magic to the soldiers of the army through the Law of Dominion and

becoming very awkward indeed. "The orcs of the Barrens killed three of my friends when they attacked the Towers of Dawn." The voice was flat. Not threatening

acknowledge the thousands of knights that the Commander of the Golden Armies had sent to fight for them. The Master of the Koboldi arranged to construct the statue

society. The magicians of the Spire are said to be masters of the Spring arts, with powers that rival those of the Archmage of Spring, but the spire also

cutthroat politics of the game. But – if you do get involved in the politics of Empire, if you participate in one of the five houses of the Empire or if you go

through the power of alchemy to create a new expression of the endless cycle of the universe. It is grateful to the magicians who helped to turn the wheel

message to the defenders: "The tortured of Vilewrither march forth..." As news of the destruction of the Halls of Knowledge still spreads across the Empire

between the House of the People and the Senate, Laloc has been charged with representing the Sumaah Synod. In this role he lays out what the Houses of Virtue

into the depths. During the Winter Solstice, the Coven of Umbral Reflection and the Spire of the Auric Horizon combined their powers to weave the powerful

compounded by the fact that the toilets that we'd bought years earlier were at the end of their life and some of them have not survived the move to the new site

flowering of the vallorn when it washed away the city of Terunael itself, its ruins now lost in the deepest part of the wood at the very heart of the infestation

however, the High Lord is busy with the business of running Pelabuhan, and other members of the Tchemetzi take charge of the magician diplomats. The family

be if the Imperial Conclave declares Adamant an enemy of the Empire; if the Imperial Senate abrogates or amends the powers of the Master of the Koboldi;

solution to the park. The magister Rebecca of Haroswatch, one of the Wise who came to Holberg, has an alternative suggestion. The Hag Queen is part of the Thrice-Cursed

time as the Highborn fight to defend the Seat of the Arbiter, the Druj attack the Gardens of Morrow. As with the Gardens of Pallas before them, the Druj loot

share of Cinion. In the north-east, the Fire of the South take up defensive positions and await the arrival of the Red Wind Corsairs - they secure the major

With the assistance of the civil service, the Senate make significant choices about the future of the Empire. The Imperial Senate is the primary legislative