Keeper of the Splintered House

Overview

The Keeper of the Splintered House is an Imperial title awarded to a citizen of Navarr. Construction of the Splintered House was announced by Ciapek Splintered Oak, as Bearer of an Imperial Wayleave, during the Winter Solstice 387YE and construction was completed shortly before the Spring Equinox 388YE.

The Splintered House is a wayhouse in Utterlund, Holberg, that allows Navarr who live in the territory to both avoid the penalty for living in a different nation, and to benefit from the great works in the territory.

Responsibilities

The Keeper of the Splintered House is responsible for protecting the wayhouse. If the wayhouse, or travellers using the wayhouse, were to be threatened in any way it would be the responsibility of the Keeper to deal with those threats. Likewise, if any particular opportunity were to arise related to the wayhouse, the Keeper would expect to be consulted as to how that opportunity might be resolved.

Powers

Profitable Dealings

The Keeper of the Splintered House has custodianship of a sinecure. They receive an income of one throne, six crowns, and eight rings each season.

Appointment

The Keeper of the Splintered House is a national position appointed by unanimous decision of the senators of Navarr.

The Keeper has tenure and serves until they die or step down. They can be revoked by the General Assembly, the Navarr Assembly, and the Assembly of the Nine

Recent Elections

The table to the right shows the citizens who have been elected to hold this title in the years since Empress Britta died.

The Title in Play

The role does not provide additional information about events in the Empire, nor allow the player holding it to request special reports or downtime actions. These details are assumed to be below the abstraction layer. The title holder is encouraged to create their own stories about their activities within reasonable limits and to get involved in events appropriate to their title during the game, but they do not have any powers beyond those explicitly listed in the section on powers.

These details exist partly to provide context and character to the role - and partly to allow our writers to use the title as a plot hook. Plot that involves the position will be rare - but all the campaign positions in Empire have these details to create the potential for it to happen.