Tender of the Blood Orchard
Overview
The Tender of the Blood Orchard is an Imperial title awarded to a citizen of the League. The Wunderkind Woods were secured, and renamed the Blood Orchard, by the Imperial Senate during the Autumn Equinox 384YE.
Responsibilities
The Tender of the Blood Orchard is responsible for liaising with the Rebeshi Players, protecting the Blood Orchard, and protecting the people of Holmauer from the Blood Orchard should that become necessary.
Powers
Exploit the Warped Wood
| Blood Red Blood | |
| 105 rings | 3 Winter vis |
| 255 rings | 6 Winter vis |
| 450 rings | 9 Winter vis |
| 690 rings | 12 Winter vis |
| Warped Wooden Staffs | |
| 720 rings | 1 Phlegmatic Staff |
| 1440 rings | 2 Phlegmatic Staffs |
As a ministry, the title of Tender of the Blood Orchard allows the holder to purchase winter vis and Phlegmatic Staffs at a set price. The Tender makes their decision about how much money to spend during downtime from their character page. Money is removed from, and resources are placed into, the character's inventory when the downtime is processed.
Appointment
This title is appointed during the Winter Solstice. The Tender of the Blood Orchard is selected by unanimous decision of the the League senators. If a unanimous decision cannot be reached, the title may be appointed by the Imperial Senate instead.
The title can be held by any League citizen. They can be revoked by the General Assembly, the League National Assembly, and by the Assembly of the Nine.
Blood Orchard
The trees of the Blood Orchard are twisted unholy things, their naked branches grasping toward the sky like grasping claws. Each tree has a single hollow from which oozes a sweet smelling, sticky, bright red sap. Those brave enough to venture into the woods have reported sightings of half eaten small animals in the roots of many of the trees, but no sign of any predators - although odd blue-white lights are sometimes seen bobbing among the trees on nights when the sky is particularly clear.
Shortly after the curse of the Hag Queen, the sap was sold to visiting tourists by a mountebank as the blood of Empress Lisabetta. The sap, nicknamed blood red blood by the imaginative folk of Holberg's streets, was discovered to be poisonous if consumed but when prepared appropriately serves as a form of winter vis.
| Summit | Elected |
|---|---|
| Spring Equinox 386YE | Ricardo Almieda Desmondo di Tasetto |
| Winter Solstice 384YE | Cees Van Holberg |
Recent Elections
This title is currently held by Ricardo Almieda Desmondo di Tasetto; it will be reelected at the next summit. 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.
Further Reading
- In the garden of defiance - Autumn 383YE Wind of Fortune detailing the changes in the Wunderkind Woods
- Dear green space - Autumn 384YE Wind of Fortune with Sofia Rebeshi van Holmauer's offer of support