Great Mine of Briante - Revision history

Matt: Text replacement - "[[Imperial Bourse" to "[[Bourse"

2026-01-15T12:51:04Z

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	==Overview==		==Overview==
	The Great Mine of Briante is located in [[Kahraman#Serra Briante\|Briante]] in the [[the Brass Coast\|Freeborn]] [[territory]] of [[Kahraman]]. Custodianship of the Great Mine grants an [[Imperial title]]; a seat on the [[~~Imperial~~ Bourse]]; and a seasonal bounty of valuable mithril.		The Great Mine of Briante is located in [[Kahraman#Serra Briante\|Briante]] in the [[the Brass Coast\|Freeborn]] [[territory]] of [[Kahraman]]. Custodianship of the Great Mine grants an [[Imperial title]]; a seat on the [[Bourse]]; and a seasonal bounty of valuable mithril.

	==The Resource==		==The Resource==

Matt: Text replacement - "[[Imperial Synod" to "[[Synod"

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	As with all mithril Bourse seats, the holder of the title is determined during the Autumn Equinox. As an Imperial seat, any Imperial citizen may participate in the auction and hold the title. Votes are recorded in private in conjunction with the civil servants who support the Bourse.		As with all mithril Bourse seats, the holder of the title is determined during the Autumn Equinox. As an Imperial seat, any Imperial citizen may participate in the auction and hold the title. Votes are recorded in private in conjunction with the civil servants who support the Bourse.

	Custodianship of the Great Mine of Briante is retained for a year, or until the citizen holding the seat dies, or steps down. An Imperial Bourse seat cannot be [[revocation\|revoked]] by the [[~~Imperial~~ Synod]].		Custodianship of the Great Mine of Briante is retained for a year, or until the citizen holding the seat dies, or steps down. An Imperial Bourse seat cannot be [[revocation\|revoked]] by the [[Synod]].
	{{RecentElections\|Great_Mine_of_Briante}}		{{RecentElections\|Great_Mine_of_Briante}}
	[[Category:Title]][[Category:Bourse]]		[[Category:Title]][[Category:Bourse]]

Emmanovi: Guards funded; production restored

2023-09-03T14:18:12Z

Guards funded; production restored

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	There is some archaeological evidence that the Imperial (and pre-Imperial Freeborn) excavations here are nothing new. The remains of mine workings stretching back at least to the Terunael period, and in some cases much further than that, have been found along the walls of the valley. Indeed, some scholars who have explored the area around the mine claim to have evidence that the entire Briante valley was originally formed by a great open-cast mine intended to get at the most accessible mithril, abandoned centuries before the Terunael first settled the mountains south of [[Liathaven]]. They are largely dismissed as crackpots, however, and seem unable to muster up anything conclusive beyond wild speculation.		There is some archaeological evidence that the Imperial (and pre-Imperial Freeborn) excavations here are nothing new. The remains of mine workings stretching back at least to the Terunael period, and in some cases much further than that, have been found along the walls of the valley. Indeed, some scholars who have explored the area around the mine claim to have evidence that the entire Briante valley was originally formed by a great open-cast mine intended to get at the most accessible mithril, abandoned centuries before the Terunael first settled the mountains south of [[Liathaven]]. They are largely dismissed as crackpots, however, and seem unable to muster up anything conclusive beyond wild speculation.

	~~Before the~~ [[~~appraisal~~]] ~~into Kahraman, and the worsening of the~~ [[Time_and_time_again#The_Kahraman_Problem\|problems with raiders]], the custodian ~~received~~ 22 wains of mithril every season		The [[385YE_Summer_Solstice_Senate_sessions#Fund_Guards_in_Kahraman\|funding of guards in Kahraman]] has ensured that despite [[Time_and_time_again#The_Kahraman_Problem\|problems with raiders]], the custodian continues to receive 22 wains of mithril every season
	{{CaptionedImage\|file=AffluentBoyar.jpg\|caption=Boyar Vasiliy Krenyenkov Valeskai Strascovich of the Vor'azi <br/> claimed the seat in Autumn 379YE.\|align=right\|width=300}}		{{CaptionedImage\|file=AffluentBoyar.jpg\|caption=Boyar Vasiliy Krenyenkov Valeskai Strascovich of the Vor'azi <br/> claimed the seat in Autumn 379YE.\|align=right\|width=300}}
	==The Bourse Seat==		==The Bourse Seat==
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	Custodianship of the Great Mine of Briante comes with a seat on the Imperial Bourse. For the most part, this Seat comes with no additional responsibilities. It is an Imperial title that grants the right to participate on the rare occasion when the Imperial Bourse as a body is required to make a decision.		Custodianship of the Great Mine of Briante comes with a seat on the Imperial Bourse. For the most part, this Seat comes with no additional responsibilities. It is an Imperial title that grants the right to participate on the rare occasion when the Imperial Bourse as a body is required to make a decision.
	====Bounty of mithril====		====Bounty of mithril====
	The Seat has control of a source of mithril and receives Bourse certificates to represent that control. They can dispense this resource as they choose. Production is 16 Imperial wains of mithril every season.		The Seat has control of a source of mithril and receives Bourse certificates to represent that control. They can dispense this resource as they choose. Production is 22 Imperial wains of mithril every season.
	===Appointment===		===Appointment===
	As with all mithril Bourse seats, the holder of the title is determined during the Autumn Equinox. As an Imperial seat, any Imperial citizen may participate in the auction and hold the title. Votes are recorded in private in conjunction with the civil servants who support the Bourse.		As with all mithril Bourse seats, the holder of the title is determined during the Autumn Equinox. As an Imperial seat, any Imperial citizen may participate in the auction and hold the title. Votes are recorded in private in conjunction with the civil servants who support the Bourse.

Hailmur at 11:51, 12 June 2023

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	There is some archaeological evidence that the Imperial (and pre-Imperial Freeborn) excavations here are nothing new. The remains of mine workings stretching back at least to the Terunael period, and in some cases much further than that, have been found along the walls of the valley. Indeed, some scholars who have explored the area around the mine claim to have evidence that the entire Briante valley was originally formed by a great open-cast mine intended to get at the most accessible mithril, abandoned centuries before the Terunael first settled the mountains south of [[Liathaven]]. They are largely dismissed as crackpots, however, and seem unable to muster up anything conclusive beyond wild speculation.		There is some archaeological evidence that the Imperial (and pre-Imperial Freeborn) excavations here are nothing new. The remains of mine workings stretching back at least to the Terunael period, and in some cases much further than that, have been found along the walls of the valley. Indeed, some scholars who have explored the area around the mine claim to have evidence that the entire Briante valley was originally formed by a great open-cast mine intended to get at the most accessible mithril, abandoned centuries before the Terunael first settled the mountains south of [[Liathaven]]. They are largely dismissed as crackpots, however, and seem unable to muster up anything conclusive beyond wild speculation.

			Before the [[appraisal]] into Kahraman, and the worsening of the [[Time_and_time_again#The_Kahraman_Problem\|problems with raiders]], the custodian received 22 wains of mithril every season
	{{CaptionedImage\|file=AffluentBoyar.jpg\|caption=Boyar Vasiliy Krenyenkov Valeskai Strascovich of the Vor'azi <br/> claimed the seat in Autumn 379YE.\|align=right\|width=300}}		{{CaptionedImage\|file=AffluentBoyar.jpg\|caption=Boyar Vasiliy Krenyenkov Valeskai Strascovich of the Vor'azi <br/> claimed the seat in Autumn 379YE.\|align=right\|width=300}}
	==The Bourse Seat==		==The Bourse Seat==
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	Custodianship of the Great Mine of Briante comes with a seat on the Imperial Bourse. For the most part, this Seat comes with no additional responsibilities. It is an Imperial title that grants the right to participate on the rare occasion when the Imperial Bourse as a body is required to make a decision.		Custodianship of the Great Mine of Briante comes with a seat on the Imperial Bourse. For the most part, this Seat comes with no additional responsibilities. It is an Imperial title that grants the right to participate on the rare occasion when the Imperial Bourse as a body is required to make a decision.
	====Bounty of mithril====		====Bounty of mithril====
	The Seat has control of a source of mithril and receives Bourse certificates to represent that control. They can dispense this resource as they choose. Production is 22 Imperial wains of mithril every season.		The Seat has control of a source of mithril and receives Bourse certificates to represent that control. They can dispense this resource as they choose. Production is 16 Imperial wains of mithril every season.
	===Appointment===		===Appointment===
	As with all mithril Bourse seats, the holder of the title is determined during the Autumn Equinox. As an Imperial seat, any Imperial citizen may participate in the auction and hold the title. Votes are recorded in private in conjunction with the civil servants who support the Bourse.		As with all mithril Bourse seats, the holder of the title is determined during the Autumn Equinox. As an Imperial seat, any Imperial citizen may participate in the auction and hold the title. Votes are recorded in private in conjunction with the civil servants who support the Bourse.

Hailmur at 21:40, 14 June 2021

2021-06-14T21:40:09Z

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	In the [[The Brass Coast\|Freeborn]] [[territory]] of [[Kahraman]], in the [[Kahraman#Serra Briante\|Serra Briante]], lies the great mine that shares its name with the [[Territory#Regions\|region]] and the town that surrounds it. Perhaps the deepest mine in the Empire, it has been dug deeper and deeper over the centuries to excavate the precious mithril that is found far beneath the surface.		In the [[The Brass Coast\|Freeborn]] [[territory]] of [[Kahraman]], in the [[Kahraman#Serra Briante\|Serra Briante]], lies the great mine that shares its name with the [[Territory#Regions\|region]] and the town that surrounds it. Perhaps the deepest mine in the Empire, it has been dug deeper and deeper over the centuries to excavate the precious mithril that is found far beneath the surface.

	The bulk of the mithril mined in Briante lies deep underground, but advances in Imperial mining techniques mean that the miners can reach it no matter how far from the surface it lies. The Mine takes the form of a great shaft, cut almost vertically into the ground, on the walls of which can be seen dozens of workers. The Freeborn stonecutters pride themselves on their [[courage]] and skill, scoffing at the use of safety-ropes or nets and preferring to free-climb, seemingly completely oblivious to the fatal nature of any slip or fall. In recent decades their numbers have been swelled by a surprising influx of [[the League\|League]] workers from fallen [[Holberg]], and a great deal of friendly rivalry exists between their bands.Tunnels riddle the rock beneath the Briante valley, pursuing the rich seams of metal ore as they extend from the central shaft. Some of these passages make use of cunning pumps that ensure the workers have breathable air no matter how far the tunnels might stretch beneath the surface.		The bulk of the mithril mined in Briante lies deep underground, but advances in Imperial mining techniques mean that the miners can reach it no matter how far from the surface it lies. The Mine takes the form of a great shaft, cut almost vertically into the ground, on the walls of which can be seen dozens of workers. The Freeborn stonecutters pride themselves on their [[courage]] and skill, scoffing at the use of safety-ropes or nets and preferring to free-climb, seemingly completely oblivious to the fatal nature of any slip or fall. In recent decades their numbers have been swelled by a surprising influx of [[the League\|League]] workers from fallen [[Holberg]], and a great deal of friendly rivalry exists between their bands. Tunnels riddle the rock beneath the Briante valley, pursuing the rich seams of metal ore as they extend from the central shaft. Some of these passages make use of cunning pumps that ensure the workers have breathable air no matter how far the tunnels might stretch beneath the surface.

	The town of Briante itself is notable for its peculiar structure. Initially a mining village built on the edge of the workings that would later become the Great Mine, the settlement has spread around the outside of the deep shaft that forms the heart of the industry. With traditional Freeborn disregard for danger, the inhabitants have strung rope bridges across the shaft to connect parts of the town, arguing that "''nobody in their right mind would walk all the way round the edge when they can just go across the middle''". More than a few buildings actually lean precariously over the edge of the shaft itself! The majority of these structures are those that house the great cranes and lifts used to get miners and ore alike between the surface and the depths of the shaft; however, some civilian structures also poke out over the abyssal depths, built on wooden balconies and walkways by a populace with a great deal of experience of supporting heavy loads. The bridges and teetering structures are a regular source of conflict with the mine overseers, who complain that they endanger the operation of the great ore cranes used to pull mithril ore (and other valuables) from the lower tunnels - or present a potentially fatal hazard to anyone working below them.		The town of Briante itself is notable for its peculiar structure. Initially a mining village built on the edge of the workings that would later become the Great Mine, the settlement has spread around the outside of the deep shaft that forms the heart of the industry. With traditional Freeborn disregard for danger, the inhabitants have strung rope bridges across the shaft to connect parts of the town, arguing that "''nobody in their right mind would walk all the way round the edge when they can just go across the middle''". More than a few buildings actually lean precariously over the edge of the shaft itself! The majority of these structures are those that house the great cranes and lifts used to get miners and ore alike between the surface and the depths of the shaft; however, some civilian structures also poke out over the abyssal depths, built on wooden balconies and walkways by a populace with a great deal of experience of supporting heavy loads. The bridges and teetering structures are a regular source of conflict with the mine overseers, who complain that they endanger the operation of the great ore cranes used to pull mithril ore (and other valuables) from the lower tunnels - or present a potentially fatal hazard to anyone working below them.

Novemberalice at 20:33, 1 August 2020

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	Custodianship of the Great Mine of Briante is retained for a year, or until the citizen holding the seat dies, or steps down. An Imperial Bourse seat cannot be [[revocation\|revoked]] by the [[Imperial Synod]].		Custodianship of the Great Mine of Briante is retained for a year, or until the citizen holding the seat dies, or steps down. An Imperial Bourse seat cannot be [[revocation\|revoked]] by the [[Imperial Synod]].
			{{RecentElections\|Great_Mine_of_Briante}}
	[[Category:Title]][[Category:Bourse]]		[[Category:Title]][[Category:Bourse]]

Rafferty at 15:49, 9 March 2018

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 There is some archaeological evidence that the Imperial (and pre-Imperial Freeborn) excavations here are nothing new. The remains of mine workings stretching back at least to the Terunael period, and in some cases much further than that, have been found along the walls of the valley. Indeed, some scholars who have explored the area around the mine claim to have evidence that the entire Briante valley was originally formed by a great open-cast mine intended to get at the most accessible mithril, abandoned centuries before the Terunael first settled the mountains south of [[Liathaven]]. They are largely dismissed as crackpots, however, and seem unable to muster up anything conclusive beyond wild speculation.
 {{CaptionedImage|file=AffluentBoyar.jpg|caption=Boyar Vasiliy Krenyenkov Valeskai Strascovich of the Vor'azi <br/> claimed the seat in Autumn 379YE.|align=right|width=300}}
-{{Bourse Seat|the Great Mine of Briante|mithril|22 Imperial wains|Autumn Equinox|As an Imperial seat, any Imperial citizen may participate in the auction and hold the title.|and receives Bourse certificates to represent that control}}
+==The Bourse Seat==

Rafferty at 11:54, 13 February 2018

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	{{Bourse Seat\|the Great Mine of Briante\|mithril\|22 Imperial wains\|Autumn Equinox\|As an Imperial seat, any Imperial citizen may participate in the auction and hold the title.\|and receives Bourse certificates to represent that control}}		{{Bourse Seat\|the Great Mine of Briante\|mithril\|22 Imperial wains\|Autumn Equinox\|As an Imperial seat, any Imperial citizen may participate in the auction and hold the title.\|and receives Bourse certificates to represent that control}}
	~~[[Category:Imperial Title]] [[Category:Bourse]]~~

Rafferty at 19:42, 7 February 2018

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	{{Bourse Seat\|the Great Mine of Briante\|mithril\|22 Imperial wains\|Autumn Equinox\|As an Imperial seat, any Imperial citizen may participate in the auction and hold the title.\|and receives Bourse certificates to represent that control}}		{{Bourse Seat\|the Great Mine of Briante\|mithril\|22 Imperial wains\|Autumn Equinox\|As an Imperial seat, any Imperial citizen may participate in the auction and hold the title.\|and receives Bourse certificates to represent that control}}
			[[Category:Imperial Title]] [[Category:Bourse]]

Beeswax at 21:53, 15 April 2017

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	There is some archaeological evidence that the Imperial (and pre-Imperial Freeborn) excavations here are nothing new. The remains of mine workings stretching back at least to the Terunael period, and in some cases much further than that, have been found along the walls of the valley. Indeed, some scholars who have explored the area around the mine claim to have evidence that the entire Briante valley was originally formed by a great open-cast mine intended to get at the most accessible mithril, abandoned centuries before the Terunael first settled the mountains south of [[Liathaven]]. They are largely dismissed as crackpots, however, and seem unable to muster up anything conclusive beyond wild speculation.		There is some archaeological evidence that the Imperial (and pre-Imperial Freeborn) excavations here are nothing new. The remains of mine workings stretching back at least to the Terunael period, and in some cases much further than that, have been found along the walls of the valley. Indeed, some scholars who have explored the area around the mine claim to have evidence that the entire Briante valley was originally formed by a great open-cast mine intended to get at the most accessible mithril, abandoned centuries before the Terunael first settled the mountains south of [[Liathaven]]. They are largely dismissed as crackpots, however, and seem unable to muster up anything conclusive beyond wild speculation.
	{{CaptionedImage\|file=AffluentBoyar.jpg\|caption=Boyar Vasiliy Krenyenkov Valeskai Strascovich of the Vor'azi <br/> claimed the seat in Autumn 379YE.\|align=right\|width=300}}		{{CaptionedImage\|file=AffluentBoyar.jpg\|caption=Boyar Vasiliy Krenyenkov Valeskai Strascovich of the Vor'azi <br/> claimed the seat in Autumn 379YE.\|align=right\|width=300}}
	{{Bourse Seat\|the Great Mine of Briante\|mithril\|22 Imperial wains\|Autumn Equinox\|As an Imperial seat, any Imperial citizen may participate in the auction and hold the title.}}		{{Bourse Seat\|the Great Mine of Briante\|mithril\|22 Imperial wains\|Autumn Equinox\|As an Imperial seat, any Imperial citizen may participate in the auction and hold the title.\|and receives Bourse certificates to represent that control}}