Vigilant Swan - Revision history

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

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	Since the early years of the Empire, the site was guarded by a flock of white and black swans who nested on the washing ponds below the quarry's workings. It was claimed they cried out whenever intruders came near, giving the quarries their name. Sadly, however, their presence was not enough to deter the [[Druj]] invaders bent on claiming the whole of Reikos. Despite the best Imperial efforts, the quarries were captured by the barbarians in 377YE.		Since the early years of the Empire, the site was guarded by a flock of white and black swans who nested on the washing ponds below the quarry's workings. It was claimed they cried out whenever intruders came near, giving the quarries their name. Sadly, however, their presence was not enough to deter the [[Druj]] invaders bent on claiming the whole of Reikos. Despite the best Imperial efforts, the quarries were captured by the barbarians in 377YE.

	The Druj slaughtered the swans, and drained the washing pools. The stoneworks is now a massive, open-cast quarry - a savage wound in the face of the earth worked by enslaved Highborn. When the Druj [[379YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#Blood_and_Stone\|retreated from the quarry]] in the face of an allied Highborn and [[Navarr]] advance, the Druj slaughtered their defenceless slaves, completing the degradation of the Vigilant Swan by turning it into a massive open grave. The presence of the tormented [[unquiet dead]] made reopening the quarry after its liberation next to impossible. During the Autumn Equinox 379YE, however, the [[~~Imperial~~ Synod]] assigned [[High Exorcist]] Solas to oversee the [[Religious skills#exorcism\|exorcism]] of the Vigilant Swan. With a great store of [[liao]], Solas and his fellow priests set to work and helped the majority of the angry ghosts haunting the quarry to pass on into the Labyrinth.		The Druj slaughtered the swans, and drained the washing pools. The stoneworks is now a massive, open-cast quarry - a savage wound in the face of the earth worked by enslaved Highborn. When the Druj [[379YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#Blood_and_Stone\|retreated from the quarry]] in the face of an allied Highborn and [[Navarr]] advance, the Druj slaughtered their defenceless slaves, completing the degradation of the Vigilant Swan by turning it into a massive open grave. The presence of the tormented [[unquiet dead]] made reopening the quarry after its liberation next to impossible. During the Autumn Equinox 379YE, however, the [[Synod]] assigned [[High Exorcist]] Solas to oversee the [[Religious skills#exorcism\|exorcism]] of the Vigilant Swan. With a great store of [[liao]], Solas and his fellow priests set to work and helped the majority of the angry ghosts haunting the quarry to pass on into the Labyrinth.

	All of this supernatural activity took place against a backdrop of significant political manoeuvring in [[Casinea#Anvil\|Anvil]]. During the Summer Solstice 379YE the Imperial Senate voted to [[allocate the Vigilant Swan]] to the [[Imperial Orcs]]. The Imperial Synod responded by employing the [[veto]], leaving the Swan unallocated. With Reikos [[379YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Rain_Falls_on_the_Just\|returned to Imperial hands]], the matter of the Swan, and indeed the [[territory]] as a whole, was a topic of heated discussion. In the end, Reikos was [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Assignment\|assigned]] to the Highborn, and the Vigilant Swan again [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation\|confirmed]] as a national seat during the Winter Solstice 379YE.		All of this supernatural activity took place against a backdrop of significant political manoeuvring in [[Casinea#Anvil\|Anvil]]. During the Summer Solstice 379YE the Imperial Senate voted to [[allocate the Vigilant Swan]] to the [[Imperial Orcs]]. The Imperial Synod responded by employing the [[veto]], leaving the Swan unallocated. With Reikos [[379YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Rain_Falls_on_the_Just\|returned to Imperial hands]], the matter of the Swan, and indeed the [[territory]] as a whole, was a topic of heated discussion. In the end, Reikos was [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Assignment\|assigned]] to the Highborn, and the Vigilant Swan again [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation\|confirmed]] as a national seat during the Winter Solstice 379YE.
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	As with all white granite Bourse seats, the holder of the title is determined during the Summer Solstice. Control of the Vigilant Swan is assigned to whichever Highguard candidate receives the most support from Highguard owners of congregations. Votes are recorded in private in conjunction with the civil servants who support the Bourse.		As with all white granite Bourse seats, the holder of the title is determined during the Summer Solstice. Control of the Vigilant Swan is assigned to whichever Highguard candidate receives the most support from Highguard owners of congregations. Votes are recorded in private in conjunction with the civil servants who support the Bourse.

	Custodianship of the Vigilant Swan 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 Vigilant Swan 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\|Vigilant_Swan}}		{{RecentElections\|Vigilant_Swan}}
	[[Category:Highguard]][[Category:Bourse]][[Category:Title]]		[[Category:Highguard]][[Category:Bourse]][[Category:Title]]

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	Shortly before the Summer Solstice 382YE, the washing pools were restored by the construction of the [[Reikos#Seminary of the Swan\|Seminary of the Swan]] on a nearby lake, and the swans began slowly to return.		Shortly before the Summer Solstice 382YE, the washing pools were restored by the construction of the [[Reikos#Seminary of the Swan\|Seminary of the Swan]] on a nearby lake, and the swans began slowly to return.

	During the Summer Solstice 386YE, the Senate [[Fortify Vigilant Swan\|voted]] to fortify the Vigilant Swan as a result of an [[Metal_and_stone#Alabaster_and_Onyx_Swans\|opportunity]] requested by the [[Archmage of Autumn]], '''Edmundo of Damakan's forge''', and the [[~~Imperial~~ Conclave]]. The Swans of Alabaster and Onyx, handcrafted by the ''Manse of the Lionsmith'', are seven warrior-constructs in the shape of swan-like humanoids; one for each of the Virtues. They are armed, armoured, and infused with the spirit of a herald of Estavus, which allows them to think, talk, and wield battlefield magics. They serve as unceasing watchers, protecting the quarry, and prepared to fight to defend it when called upon.		During the Summer Solstice 386YE, the Senate [[Fortify Vigilant Swan\|voted]] to fortify the Vigilant Swan as a result of an [[Metal_and_stone#Alabaster_and_Onyx_Swans\|opportunity]] requested by the [[Archmage of Autumn]], '''Edmundo of Damakan's forge''', and the [[Conclave]]. The Swans of Alabaster and Onyx, handcrafted by the ''Manse of the Lionsmith'', are seven warrior-constructs in the shape of swan-like humanoids; one for each of the Virtues. They are armed, armoured, and infused with the spirit of a herald of Estavus, which allows them to think, talk, and wield battlefield magics. They serve as unceasing watchers, protecting the quarry, and prepared to fight to defend it when called upon.

	==The Bourse Seat==		==The Bourse Seat==

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	==The Resource==		==The Resource==
	The Vigilant Swan was discovered by [[Highguard\|Highborn]] scouts around 4BE, and captured two years later. For a long time, it was the only part of Reikos in human hands - the remainder of the [[territory]] belonging to barbarian [[orc\|orcs]]. It was one of the first resources to ever be [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation\|allocated]] by the [[~~Imperial~~ Senate]] when Reikos was finally conquered in 56YE. There was some resentment at the time among the Highborn - they disliked even the suggestion that the quarry here might be taken away from them and made Imperial. In the end, their custodianship went unchallenged - although of course they failed to claim the [[Great Forest at Reikos]], something that caused bad feeling at the time. In the centuries since, the granite of the Vigilant Swan has been especially useful in building structures that honour [[the Way]] - both individual [[congregation\|congregations]] and more [[ambition\|ambitious]] structures such as the many basilicas of [[Bastion#Bastion, the White City \|the White City]] in [[Bastion]].		The Vigilant Swan was discovered by [[Highguard\|Highborn]] scouts around 4BE, and captured two years later. For a long time, it was the only part of Reikos in human hands - the remainder of the [[territory]] belonging to barbarian [[orc\|orcs]]. It was one of the first resources to ever be [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation\|allocated]] by the [[Senate]] when Reikos was finally conquered in 56YE. There was some resentment at the time among the Highborn - they disliked even the suggestion that the quarry here might be taken away from them and made Imperial. In the end, their custodianship went unchallenged - although of course they failed to claim the [[Great Forest at Reikos]], something that caused bad feeling at the time. In the centuries since, the granite of the Vigilant Swan has been especially useful in building structures that honour [[the Way]] - both individual [[congregation\|congregations]] and more [[ambition\|ambitious]] structures such as the many basilicas of [[Bastion#Bastion, the White City \|the White City]] in [[Bastion]].

	Since the early years of the Empire, the site was guarded by a flock of white and black swans who nested on the washing ponds below the quarry's workings. It was claimed they cried out whenever intruders came near, giving the quarries their name. Sadly, however, their presence was not enough to deter the [[Druj]] invaders bent on claiming the whole of Reikos. Despite the best Imperial efforts, the quarries were captured by the barbarians in 377YE.		Since the early years of the Empire, the site was guarded by a flock of white and black swans who nested on the washing ponds below the quarry's workings. It was claimed they cried out whenever intruders came near, giving the quarries their name. Sadly, however, their presence was not enough to deter the [[Druj]] invaders bent on claiming the whole of Reikos. Despite the best Imperial efforts, the quarries were captured by the barbarians in 377YE.

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	==Overview==		==Overview==
	The Vigilant Swan is a quarry complex in the north of [[Reikos#Riverwatch\|Riverwatch]], in the [[territory]] of [[Reikos]]. Custodianship of the Vigilant Swan grants an [[Imperial title]]; a seat on the [[~~Imperial~~ Bourse]]; and a seasonal bounty of valuable white granite.		The Vigilant Swan is a quarry complex in the north of [[Reikos#Riverwatch\|Riverwatch]], in the [[territory]] of [[Reikos]]. Custodianship of the Vigilant Swan grants an [[Imperial title]]; a seat on the [[Bourse]]; and a seasonal bounty of valuable white granite.

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

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	The Vigilant Swan was discovered by [[Highguard\|Highborn]] scouts around 4BE, and captured two years later. For a long time, it was the only part of Reikos in human hands - the remainder of the [[territory]] belonging to barbarian [[orc\|orcs]]. It was one of the first resources to ever be [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation\|allocated]] by the [[Imperial Senate]] when Reikos was finally conquered in 56YE. There was some resentment at the time among the Highborn - they disliked even the suggestion that the quarry here might be taken away from them and made Imperial. In the end, their custodianship went unchallenged - although of course they failed to claim the [[Great Forest at Reikos]], something that caused bad feeling at the time. In the centuries since, the granite of the Vigilant Swan has been especially useful in building structures that honour [[the Way]] - both individual [[congregation\|congregations]] and more [[ambition\|ambitious]] structures such as the many basilicas of [[Bastion#Bastion, the White City \|the White City]] in [[Bastion]].		The Vigilant Swan was discovered by [[Highguard\|Highborn]] scouts around 4BE, and captured two years later. For a long time, it was the only part of Reikos in human hands - the remainder of the [[territory]] belonging to barbarian [[orc\|orcs]]. It was one of the first resources to ever be [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation\|allocated]] by the [[Imperial Senate]] when Reikos was finally conquered in 56YE. There was some resentment at the time among the Highborn - they disliked even the suggestion that the quarry here might be taken away from them and made Imperial. In the end, their custodianship went unchallenged - although of course they failed to claim the [[Great Forest at Reikos]], something that caused bad feeling at the time. In the centuries since, the granite of the Vigilant Swan has been especially useful in building structures that honour [[the Way]] - both individual [[congregation\|congregations]] and more [[ambition\|ambitious]] structures such as the many basilicas of [[Bastion#Bastion, the White City \|the White City]] in [[Bastion]].

	Since the early years of the Empire, the site was guarded by a flock of white and black swans who nested on the washing ponds below the quarry's workings. It was claimed they cried out whenever intruders ~~come~~ near, giving the quarries their name. Sadly, however, their presence was not enough to deter the [[Druj]] invaders bent on claiming the whole of Reikos. Despite the best Imperial efforts, the quarries were captured by the barbarians in 377YE.		Since the early years of the Empire, the site was guarded by a flock of white and black swans who nested on the washing ponds below the quarry's workings. It was claimed they cried out whenever intruders came near, giving the quarries their name. Sadly, however, their presence was not enough to deter the [[Druj]] invaders bent on claiming the whole of Reikos. Despite the best Imperial efforts, the quarries were captured by the barbarians in 377YE.

	The Druj slaughtered the swans, and drained the washing pools. The stoneworks is now a massive, open-cast quarry - a savage wound in the face of the earth worked by enslaved Highborn. When the Druj [[379YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#Blood_and_Stone\|retreated from the quarry]] in the face of an allied Highborn and [[Navarr]] advance, the Druj slaughtered their defenceless slaves, completing the degradation of the Vigilant Swan by turning it into a massive open grave. The presence of the tormented [[unquiet dead]] made reopening the quarry after its liberation next to impossible. During the Autumn Equinox 379YE, however, the [[Imperial Synod]] assigned [[High Exorcist]] Solas to oversee the [[Religious skills#exorcism\|exorcism]] of the Vigilant Swan. With a great store of [[liao]], Solas and his fellow priests set to work and helped the majority of the angry ghosts haunting the quarry to pass on into the Labyrinth.		The Druj slaughtered the swans, and drained the washing pools. The stoneworks is now a massive, open-cast quarry - a savage wound in the face of the earth worked by enslaved Highborn. When the Druj [[379YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#Blood_and_Stone\|retreated from the quarry]] in the face of an allied Highborn and [[Navarr]] advance, the Druj slaughtered their defenceless slaves, completing the degradation of the Vigilant Swan by turning it into a massive open grave. The presence of the tormented [[unquiet dead]] made reopening the quarry after its liberation next to impossible. During the Autumn Equinox 379YE, however, the [[Imperial Synod]] assigned [[High Exorcist]] Solas to oversee the [[Religious skills#exorcism\|exorcism]] of the Vigilant Swan. With a great store of [[liao]], Solas and his fellow priests set to work and helped the majority of the angry ghosts haunting the quarry to pass on into the Labyrinth.

	All of this supernatural activity took place against a backdrop of significant political manoeuvring in [[Casinea#Anvil\|Anvil]]. During the Summer Solstice 379YE the Imperial Senate voted to [[allocate the Vigilant Swan]] to the [[Imperial Orcs]]. The Imperial Synod responded by employing the [[veto]], leaving the Swan unallocated. With Reikos [[379YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Rain_Falls_on_the_Just\|returned to Imperial hands]], the matter of the Swan, and indeed the [[territory]] as a whole, was a topic of heated discussion. In the end, Reikos was [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Assignment\|assigned]] to the Highborn, and the Vigilant Swan again [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation\|confirmed]] as a national seat during the Winter Solstice 379YE.		All of this supernatural activity took place against a backdrop of significant political manoeuvring in [[Casinea#Anvil\|Anvil]]. During the Summer Solstice 379YE the Imperial Senate voted to [[allocate the Vigilant Swan]] to the [[Imperial Orcs]]. The Imperial Synod responded by employing the [[veto]], leaving the Swan unallocated. With Reikos [[379YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Rain_Falls_on_the_Just\|returned to Imperial hands]], the matter of the Swan, and indeed the [[territory]] as a whole, was a topic of heated discussion. In the end, Reikos was [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Assignment\|assigned]] to the Highborn, and the Vigilant Swan again [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation\|confirmed]] as a national seat during the Winter Solstice 379YE.

	Shortly before the Summer Solstice 382YE, the washing pools were restored by the construction of the [[Reikos#Seminary of the Swan\|Seminary of the Swan]] on a nearby lake, and the swans began slowly to return.		Shortly before the Summer Solstice 382YE, the washing pools were restored by the construction of the [[Reikos#Seminary of the Swan\|Seminary of the Swan]] on a nearby lake, and the swans began slowly to return.

			During the Summer Solstice 386YE, the Senate [[Fortify Vigilant Swan\|voted]] to fortify the Vigilant Swan as a result of an [[Metal_and_stone#Alabaster_and_Onyx_Swans\|opportunity]] requested by the [[Archmage of Autumn]], '''Edmundo of Damakan's forge''', and the [[Imperial Conclave]]. The Swans of Alabaster and Onyx, handcrafted by the ''Manse of the Lionsmith'', are seven warrior-constructs in the shape of swan-like humanoids; one for each of the Virtues. They are armed, armoured, and infused with the spirit of a herald of Estavus, which allows them to think, talk, and wield battlefield magics. They serve as unceasing watchers, protecting the quarry, and prepared to fight to defend it when called upon.

	==The Bourse Seat==		==The Bourse Seat==

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	All of this supernatural activity took place against a backdrop of significant political manoeuvring in [[Casinea#Anvil\|Anvil]]. During the Summer Solstice 379YE the Imperial Senate voted to [[allocate the Vigilant Swan]] to the [[Imperial Orcs]]. The Imperial Synod responded by employing the [[veto]], leaving the Swan unallocated. With Reikos [[379YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Rain_Falls_on_the_Just\|returned to Imperial hands]], the matter of the Swan, and indeed the [[territory]] as a whole, was a topic of heated discussion. In the end, Reikos was [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Assignment\|assigned]] to the Highborn, and the Vigilant Swan again [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation\|confirmed]] as a national seat during the Winter Solstice 379YE.		All of this supernatural activity took place against a backdrop of significant political manoeuvring in [[Casinea#Anvil\|Anvil]]. During the Summer Solstice 379YE the Imperial Senate voted to [[allocate the Vigilant Swan]] to the [[Imperial Orcs]]. The Imperial Synod responded by employing the [[veto]], leaving the Swan unallocated. With Reikos [[379YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Rain_Falls_on_the_Just\|returned to Imperial hands]], the matter of the Swan, and indeed the [[territory]] as a whole, was a topic of heated discussion. In the end, Reikos was [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Assignment\|assigned]] to the Highborn, and the Vigilant Swan again [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation\|confirmed]] as a national seat during the Winter Solstice 379YE.

	Shortly before the Summer Solstice 382YE, the washing pools were restored by the construction of the [[Reikos#Seminary of the Swan\|Seminary of the Swan]] on a nearby lake, and the swans ~~have~~ slowly ~~begun~~ to return.		Shortly before the Summer Solstice 382YE, the washing pools were restored by the construction of the [[Reikos#Seminary of the Swan\|Seminary of the Swan]] on a nearby lake, and the swans began slowly to return.

	==The Bourse Seat==		==The Bourse Seat==

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	Shortly before the Summer Solstice 382YE, the washing pools were restored by the construction of the [[Reikos#Seminary of the Swan\|Seminary of the Swan]] on a nearby lake, and the swans have slowly begun to return.		Shortly before the Summer Solstice 382YE, the washing pools were restored by the construction of the [[Reikos#Seminary of the Swan\|Seminary of the Swan]] on a nearby lake, and the swans have slowly begun to return.



	==The Bourse Seat==		==The Bourse Seat==

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	The Druj slaughtered the swans, and drained the washing pools. The stoneworks is now a massive, open-cast quarry - a savage wound in the face of the earth worked by enslaved Highborn. When the Druj [[379YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#Blood_and_Stone\|retreated from the quarry]] in the face of an allied Highborn and [[Navarr]] advance, the Druj slaughtered their defenceless slaves, completing the degradation of the Vigilant Swan by turning it into a massive open grave. The presence of the tormented [[unquiet dead]] made reopening the quarry after its liberation next to impossible. During the Autumn Equinox 379YE, however, the [[Imperial Synod]] assigned [[High Exorcist]] Solas to oversee the [[Religious skills#exorcism\|exorcism]] of the Vigilant Swan. With a great store of [[liao]], Solas and his fellow priests set to work and helped the majority of the angry ghosts haunting the quarry to pass on into the Labyrinth.		The Druj slaughtered the swans, and drained the washing pools. The stoneworks is now a massive, open-cast quarry - a savage wound in the face of the earth worked by enslaved Highborn. When the Druj [[379YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#Blood_and_Stone\|retreated from the quarry]] in the face of an allied Highborn and [[Navarr]] advance, the Druj slaughtered their defenceless slaves, completing the degradation of the Vigilant Swan by turning it into a massive open grave. The presence of the tormented [[unquiet dead]] made reopening the quarry after its liberation next to impossible. During the Autumn Equinox 379YE, however, the [[Imperial Synod]] assigned [[High Exorcist]] Solas to oversee the [[Religious skills#exorcism\|exorcism]] of the Vigilant Swan. With a great store of [[liao]], Solas and his fellow priests set to work and helped the majority of the angry ghosts haunting the quarry to pass on into the Labyrinth.

	All of this supernatural activity took place against a backdrop of significant political manoeuvring in [[Casinea#Anvil\|Anvil]]. During the Summer Solstice 379YE the Imperial Senate voted to [[allocate the Vigilant Swan]] to the [[Imperial Orcs]]. The Imperial Synod responded by employing the [[veto]], leaving the Swan unallocated. With ~~the~~ Reikos [[379YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Rain_Falls_on_the_Just\|~~once again in~~ Imperial hands]], the matter of ~~who~~ the territory ~~will be~~ [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Assignment\|assigned]] to, and ~~whether~~ the Vigilant Swan ~~will be~~ a national ~~or Imperial Seat, is of great interest - especially to~~ the ~~priests of Highguard~~.		All of this supernatural activity took place against a backdrop of significant political manoeuvring in [[Casinea#Anvil\|Anvil]]. During the Summer Solstice 379YE the Imperial Senate voted to [[allocate the Vigilant Swan]] to the [[Imperial Orcs]]. The Imperial Synod responded by employing the [[veto]], leaving the Swan unallocated. With Reikos [[379YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Rain_Falls_on_the_Just\|returned to Imperial hands]], the matter of the Swan, and indeed the [[territory]] as a whole, was a topic of heated discussion. In the end, Reikos was [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Assignment\|assigned]] to the Highborn, and the Vigilant Swan again [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation\|confirmed]] as a national seat during the Winter Solstice 379YE.

	Shortly before the Summer Solstice 382YE, the washing pools were restored by the construction of the [[Reikos#Seminary of the Swan\|Seminary of the Swan]] on a nearby lake, and the swans have slowly begun to return.		Shortly before the Summer Solstice 382YE, the washing pools were restored by the construction of the [[Reikos#Seminary of the Swan\|Seminary of the Swan]] on a nearby lake, and the swans have slowly begun to return.

	While it was traditionally a Highborn national seat, and the Imperial senate again [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation\|allocated]] control of the Vigilant Swan to Highguard as a national seat during the Winter Solstice 379YE.

	==The Bourse Seat==		==The Bourse Seat==

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	Custodianship of the Vigilant Swan 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 Vigilant Swan 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\|Vigilant_Swan}}
	[[Category:Highguard]][[Category:Bourse]][[Category:Title]]		[[Category:Highguard]][[Category:Bourse]][[Category:Title]]

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	Since the early years of the Empire, the site was guarded by a flock of white and black swans who nested on the washing ponds below the quarry's workings. It was claimed they cried out whenever intruders come near, giving the quarries their name. Sadly, however, their presence was not enough to deter the [[Druj]] invaders bent on claiming the whole of Reikos. Despite the best Imperial efforts, the quarries were captured by the barbarians in 377YE.		Since the early years of the Empire, the site was guarded by a flock of white and black swans who nested on the washing ponds below the quarry's workings. It was claimed they cried out whenever intruders come near, giving the quarries their name. Sadly, however, their presence was not enough to deter the [[Druj]] invaders bent on claiming the whole of Reikos. Despite the best Imperial efforts, the quarries were captured by the barbarians in 377YE.

	The swans ~~are gone now~~, and the pools ~~drained~~. The stoneworks is now a massive, open-cast quarry - a savage wound in the face of the earth worked by enslaved Highborn. When the Druj [[379YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#Blood_and_Stone\|retreated from the quarry]] in the face of an allied Highborn and [[Navarr]] advance, the Druj slaughtered their defenceless slaves, completing the degradation of the Vigilant Swan by turning it into a massive open grave. The presence of the tormented [[unquiet dead]] made reopening the quarry after its liberation next to impossible. During the Autumn Equinox 379YE, however, the [[Imperial Synod]] assigned [[High Exorcist]] Solas to oversee the [[Religious skills#exorcism\|exorcism]] of the Vigilant Swan. With a great store of [[liao]], Solas and his fellow priests set to work and helped the majority of the angry ghosts haunting the quarry to pass on into the Labyrinth.		The Druj slaughtered the swans, and drained the washing pools. The stoneworks is now a massive, open-cast quarry - a savage wound in the face of the earth worked by enslaved Highborn. When the Druj [[379YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#Blood_and_Stone\|retreated from the quarry]] in the face of an allied Highborn and [[Navarr]] advance, the Druj slaughtered their defenceless slaves, completing the degradation of the Vigilant Swan by turning it into a massive open grave. The presence of the tormented [[unquiet dead]] made reopening the quarry after its liberation next to impossible. During the Autumn Equinox 379YE, however, the [[Imperial Synod]] assigned [[High Exorcist]] Solas to oversee the [[Religious skills#exorcism\|exorcism]] of the Vigilant Swan. With a great store of [[liao]], Solas and his fellow priests set to work and helped the majority of the angry ghosts haunting the quarry to pass on into the Labyrinth.

	All of this supernatural activity took place against a backdrop of significant political manoeuvring in [[Casinea#Anvil\|Anvil]]. During the Summer Solstice 379YE the Imperial Senate voted to [[allocate the Vigilant Swan]] to the [[Imperial Orcs]]. The Imperial Synod responded by employing the [[veto]], leaving the Swan unallocated. With the Reikos [[379YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Rain_Falls_on_the_Just\|once again in Imperial hands]], the matter of who the territory will be [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Assignment\|assigned]] to, and whether the Vigilant Swan will be a national or Imperial Seat, is of great interest - especially to the priests of Highguard.		All of this supernatural activity took place against a backdrop of significant political manoeuvring in [[Casinea#Anvil\|Anvil]]. During the Summer Solstice 379YE the Imperial Senate voted to [[allocate the Vigilant Swan]] to the [[Imperial Orcs]]. The Imperial Synod responded by employing the [[veto]], leaving the Swan unallocated. With the Reikos [[379YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Rain_Falls_on_the_Just\|once again in Imperial hands]], the matter of who the territory will be [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Assignment\|assigned]] to, and whether the Vigilant Swan will be a national or Imperial Seat, is of great interest - especially to the priests of Highguard.

			Shortly before the Summer Solstice 382YE, the washing pools were restored by the construction of the [[Reikos#Seminary of the Swan\|Seminary of the Swan]] on a nearby lake, and the swans have slowly begun to return.

	While it was traditionally a Highborn national seat, and the Imperial senate again [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation\|allocated]] control of the Vigilant Swan to Highguard as a national seat during the Winter Solstice 379YE.		While it was traditionally a Highborn national seat, and the Imperial senate again [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation\|allocated]] control of the Vigilant Swan to Highguard as a national seat during the Winter Solstice 379YE.

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	The Vigilant Swan was discovered by [[Highguard\|Highborn]] scouts around 4BE, and captured two years later. For a long time, it was the only part of Reikos in human hands - the remainder of the [[territory]] belonging to barbarian [[orc\|orcs]]. It was one of the first resources to ever be [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation\|allocated]] by the [[Imperial Senate]] when Reikos was finally conquered in 56YE. There was some resentment at the time among the Highborn - they disliked even the suggestion that the quarry here might be taken away from them and made Imperial. In the end, their custodianship went unchallenged - although of course they failed to claim the [[Great Forest at Reikos]], something that caused bad feeling at the time. In the centuries since, the granite of the Vigilant Swan has been especially useful in building structures that honour [[the Way]] - both individual [[congregation\|congregations]] and more [[ambition\|ambitious]] structures such as the many basilicas of [[Bastion#Bastion, the White City \|the White City]] in [[Bastion]].		The Vigilant Swan was discovered by [[Highguard\|Highborn]] scouts around 4BE, and captured two years later. For a long time, it was the only part of Reikos in human hands - the remainder of the [[territory]] belonging to barbarian [[orc\|orcs]]. It was one of the first resources to ever be [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation\|allocated]] by the [[Imperial Senate]] when Reikos was finally conquered in 56YE. There was some resentment at the time among the Highborn - they disliked even the suggestion that the quarry here might be taken away from them and made Imperial. In the end, their custodianship went unchallenged - although of course they failed to claim the [[Great Forest at Reikos]], something that caused bad feeling at the time. In the centuries since, the granite of the Vigilant Swan has been especially useful in building structures that honour [[the Way]] - both individual [[congregation\|congregations]] and more [[ambition\|ambitious]] structures such as the many basilicas of [[Bastion#Bastion, the White City \|the White City]] in [[Bastion]].

	Since the early years of the Empire, the site was guarded by a flock of white and black swans who nested on the washing ponds below the quarry's workings. It was claimed they cried out whenever intruders ~~come~~ near, giving the quarries their name. Sadly, however, their presence was not enough to deter the [[Druj]] invaders bent on claiming the whole of Reikos. Despite the best Imperial efforts, the quarries were captured by the barbarians in 377YE.		Since the early years of the Empire, the site was guarded by a flock of white and black swans who nested on the washing ponds below the quarry's workings. It was claimed they cried out whenever intruders came near, giving the quarries their name. Sadly, however, their presence was not enough to deter the [[Druj]] invaders bent on claiming the whole of Reikos. Despite the best Imperial efforts, the quarries were captured by the barbarians in 377YE.

	The Druj slaughtered the swans, and drained the washing pools. The stoneworks is now a massive, open-cast quarry - a savage wound in the face of the earth worked by enslaved Highborn. When the Druj [[379YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#Blood_and_Stone\|retreated from the quarry]] in the face of an allied Highborn and [[Navarr]] advance, the Druj slaughtered their defenceless slaves, completing the degradation of the Vigilant Swan by turning it into a massive open grave. The presence of the tormented [[unquiet dead]] made reopening the quarry after its liberation next to impossible. During the Autumn Equinox 379YE, however, the [[Imperial Synod]] assigned [[High Exorcist]] Solas to oversee the [[Religious skills#exorcism\|exorcism]] of the Vigilant Swan. With a great store of [[liao]], Solas and his fellow priests set to work and helped the majority of the angry ghosts haunting the quarry to pass on into the Labyrinth.		The Druj slaughtered the swans, and drained the washing pools. The stoneworks is now a massive, open-cast quarry - a savage wound in the face of the earth worked by enslaved Highborn. When the Druj [[379YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#Blood_and_Stone\|retreated from the quarry]] in the face of an allied Highborn and [[Navarr]] advance, the Druj slaughtered their defenceless slaves, completing the degradation of the Vigilant Swan by turning it into a massive open grave. The presence of the tormented [[unquiet dead]] made reopening the quarry after its liberation next to impossible. During the Autumn Equinox 379YE, however, the [[Imperial Synod]] assigned [[High Exorcist]] Solas to oversee the [[Religious skills#exorcism\|exorcism]] of the Vigilant Swan. With a great store of [[liao]], Solas and his fellow priests set to work and helped the majority of the angry ghosts haunting the quarry to pass on into the Labyrinth.

	All of this supernatural activity took place against a backdrop of significant political manoeuvring in [[Casinea#Anvil\|Anvil]]. During the Summer Solstice 379YE the Imperial Senate voted to [[allocate the Vigilant Swan]] to the [[Imperial Orcs]]. The Imperial Synod responded by employing the [[veto]], leaving the Swan unallocated. With Reikos [[379YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Rain_Falls_on_the_Just\|returned to Imperial hands]], the matter of the Swan, and indeed the [[territory]] as a whole, was a topic of heated discussion. In the end, Reikos was [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Assignment\|assigned]] to the Highborn, and the Vigilant Swan again [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation\|confirmed]] as a national seat during the Winter Solstice 379YE.		All of this supernatural activity took place against a backdrop of significant political manoeuvring in [[Casinea#Anvil\|Anvil]]. During the Summer Solstice 379YE the Imperial Senate voted to [[allocate the Vigilant Swan]] to the [[Imperial Orcs]]. The Imperial Synod responded by employing the [[veto]], leaving the Swan unallocated. With Reikos [[379YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Rain_Falls_on_the_Just\|returned to Imperial hands]], the matter of the Swan, and indeed the [[territory]] as a whole, was a topic of heated discussion. In the end, Reikos was [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Assignment\|assigned]] to the Highborn, and the Vigilant Swan again [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation\|confirmed]] as a national seat during the Winter Solstice 379YE.

	Shortly before the Summer Solstice 382YE, the washing pools were restored by the construction of the [[Reikos#Seminary of the Swan\|Seminary of the Swan]] on a nearby lake, and the swans began slowly to return.		Shortly before the Summer Solstice 382YE, the washing pools were restored by the construction of the [[Reikos#Seminary of the Swan\|Seminary of the Swan]] on a nearby lake, and the swans began slowly to return.

			During the Summer Solstice 386YE, the Senate [[Fortify Vigilant Swan\|voted]] to fortify the Vigilant Swan as a result of an [[Metal_and_stone#Alabaster_and_Onyx_Swans\|opportunity]] requested by the [[Archmage of Autumn]], '''Edmundo of Damakan's forge''', and the [[Imperial Conclave]]. The Swans of Alabaster and Onyx, handcrafted by the ''Manse of the Lionsmith'', are seven warrior-constructs in the shape of swan-like humanoids; one for each of the Virtues. They are armed, armoured, and infused with the spirit of a herald of Estavus, which allows them to think, talk, and wield battlefield magics. They serve as unceasing watchers, protecting the quarry, and prepared to fight to defend it when called upon.

	==The Bourse Seat==		==The Bourse Seat==

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	The Druj slaughtered the swans, and drained the washing pools. The stoneworks is now a massive, open-cast quarry - a savage wound in the face of the earth worked by enslaved Highborn. When the Druj [[379YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#Blood_and_Stone\|retreated from the quarry]] in the face of an allied Highborn and [[Navarr]] advance, the Druj slaughtered their defenceless slaves, completing the degradation of the Vigilant Swan by turning it into a massive open grave. The presence of the tormented [[unquiet dead]] made reopening the quarry after its liberation next to impossible. During the Autumn Equinox 379YE, however, the [[Imperial Synod]] assigned [[High Exorcist]] Solas to oversee the [[Religious skills#exorcism\|exorcism]] of the Vigilant Swan. With a great store of [[liao]], Solas and his fellow priests set to work and helped the majority of the angry ghosts haunting the quarry to pass on into the Labyrinth.		The Druj slaughtered the swans, and drained the washing pools. The stoneworks is now a massive, open-cast quarry - a savage wound in the face of the earth worked by enslaved Highborn. When the Druj [[379YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#Blood_and_Stone\|retreated from the quarry]] in the face of an allied Highborn and [[Navarr]] advance, the Druj slaughtered their defenceless slaves, completing the degradation of the Vigilant Swan by turning it into a massive open grave. The presence of the tormented [[unquiet dead]] made reopening the quarry after its liberation next to impossible. During the Autumn Equinox 379YE, however, the [[Imperial Synod]] assigned [[High Exorcist]] Solas to oversee the [[Religious skills#exorcism\|exorcism]] of the Vigilant Swan. With a great store of [[liao]], Solas and his fellow priests set to work and helped the majority of the angry ghosts haunting the quarry to pass on into the Labyrinth.

	All of this supernatural activity took place against a backdrop of significant political manoeuvring in [[Casinea#Anvil\|Anvil]]. During the Summer Solstice 379YE the Imperial Senate voted to [[allocate the Vigilant Swan]] to the [[Imperial Orcs]]. The Imperial Synod responded by employing the [[veto]], leaving the Swan unallocated. With ~~the~~ Reikos [[379YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Rain_Falls_on_the_Just\|~~once again in~~ Imperial hands]], the matter of ~~who~~ the territory ~~will be~~ [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Assignment\|assigned]] to, and ~~whether~~ the Vigilant Swan ~~will be~~ a national ~~or Imperial Seat, is of great interest - especially to~~ the ~~priests of Highguard~~.		All of this supernatural activity took place against a backdrop of significant political manoeuvring in [[Casinea#Anvil\|Anvil]]. During the Summer Solstice 379YE the Imperial Senate voted to [[allocate the Vigilant Swan]] to the [[Imperial Orcs]]. The Imperial Synod responded by employing the [[veto]], leaving the Swan unallocated. With Reikos [[379YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Rain_Falls_on_the_Just\|returned to Imperial hands]], the matter of the Swan, and indeed the [[territory]] as a whole, was a topic of heated discussion. In the end, Reikos was [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Assignment\|assigned]] to the Highborn, and the Vigilant Swan again [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation\|confirmed]] as a national seat during the Winter Solstice 379YE.

	Shortly before the Summer Solstice 382YE, the washing pools were restored by the construction of the [[Reikos#Seminary of the Swan\|Seminary of the Swan]] on a nearby lake, and the swans have slowly begun to return.		Shortly before the Summer Solstice 382YE, the washing pools were restored by the construction of the [[Reikos#Seminary of the Swan\|Seminary of the Swan]] on a nearby lake, and the swans have slowly begun to return.

	While it was traditionally a Highborn national seat, and the Imperial senate again [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation\|allocated]] control of the Vigilant Swan to Highguard as a national seat during the Winter Solstice 379YE.

	==The Bourse Seat==		==The Bourse Seat==

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	Since the early years of the Empire, the site was guarded by a flock of white and black swans who nested on the washing ponds below the quarry's workings. It was claimed they cried out whenever intruders come near, giving the quarries their name. Sadly, however, their presence was not enough to deter the [[Druj]] invaders bent on claiming the whole of Reikos. Despite the best Imperial efforts, the quarries were captured by the barbarians in 377YE.		Since the early years of the Empire, the site was guarded by a flock of white and black swans who nested on the washing ponds below the quarry's workings. It was claimed they cried out whenever intruders come near, giving the quarries their name. Sadly, however, their presence was not enough to deter the [[Druj]] invaders bent on claiming the whole of Reikos. Despite the best Imperial efforts, the quarries were captured by the barbarians in 377YE.

	The swans ~~are gone now~~, and the pools ~~drained~~. The stoneworks is now a massive, open-cast quarry - a savage wound in the face of the earth worked by enslaved Highborn. When the Druj [[379YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#Blood_and_Stone\|retreated from the quarry]] in the face of an allied Highborn and [[Navarr]] advance, the Druj slaughtered their defenceless slaves, completing the degradation of the Vigilant Swan by turning it into a massive open grave. The presence of the tormented [[unquiet dead]] made reopening the quarry after its liberation next to impossible. During the Autumn Equinox 379YE, however, the [[Imperial Synod]] assigned [[High Exorcist]] Solas to oversee the [[Religious skills#exorcism\|exorcism]] of the Vigilant Swan. With a great store of [[liao]], Solas and his fellow priests set to work and helped the majority of the angry ghosts haunting the quarry to pass on into the Labyrinth.		The Druj slaughtered the swans, and drained the washing pools. The stoneworks is now a massive, open-cast quarry - a savage wound in the face of the earth worked by enslaved Highborn. When the Druj [[379YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#Blood_and_Stone\|retreated from the quarry]] in the face of an allied Highborn and [[Navarr]] advance, the Druj slaughtered their defenceless slaves, completing the degradation of the Vigilant Swan by turning it into a massive open grave. The presence of the tormented [[unquiet dead]] made reopening the quarry after its liberation next to impossible. During the Autumn Equinox 379YE, however, the [[Imperial Synod]] assigned [[High Exorcist]] Solas to oversee the [[Religious skills#exorcism\|exorcism]] of the Vigilant Swan. With a great store of [[liao]], Solas and his fellow priests set to work and helped the majority of the angry ghosts haunting the quarry to pass on into the Labyrinth.

	All of this supernatural activity took place against a backdrop of significant political manoeuvring in [[Casinea#Anvil\|Anvil]]. During the Summer Solstice 379YE the Imperial Senate voted to [[allocate the Vigilant Swan]] to the [[Imperial Orcs]]. The Imperial Synod responded by employing the [[veto]], leaving the Swan unallocated. With the Reikos [[379YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Rain_Falls_on_the_Just\|once again in Imperial hands]], the matter of who the territory will be [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Assignment\|assigned]] to, and whether the Vigilant Swan will be a national or Imperial Seat, is of great interest - especially to the priests of Highguard.		All of this supernatural activity took place against a backdrop of significant political manoeuvring in [[Casinea#Anvil\|Anvil]]. During the Summer Solstice 379YE the Imperial Senate voted to [[allocate the Vigilant Swan]] to the [[Imperial Orcs]]. The Imperial Synod responded by employing the [[veto]], leaving the Swan unallocated. With the Reikos [[379YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Rain_Falls_on_the_Just\|once again in Imperial hands]], the matter of who the territory will be [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Assignment\|assigned]] to, and whether the Vigilant Swan will be a national or Imperial Seat, is of great interest - especially to the priests of Highguard.

			Shortly before the Summer Solstice 382YE, the washing pools were restored by the construction of the [[Reikos#Seminary of the Swan\|Seminary of the Swan]] on a nearby lake, and the swans have slowly begun to return.

	While it was traditionally a Highborn national seat, and the Imperial senate again [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation\|allocated]] control of the Vigilant Swan to Highguard as a national seat during the Winter Solstice 379YE.		While it was traditionally a Highborn national seat, and the Imperial senate again [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Allocation\|allocated]] control of the Vigilant Swan to Highguard as a national seat during the Winter Solstice 379YE.