Architect of the Crucible

Overview

The Architect of the Crucible oversees the Crucible of Fate in Zenith. The Crucible was originally suggested in Winter 384YE by Naomi of Virtue's Rest as part of an appraisal to stabilise and restore the territory of Zenith. It was commissioned by Sagua i'Ezmara, the Master of the Koboldi, during the Winter Solstice 384YE and completed shortly before the Spring Equinox 385YE.

Responsibilities

The Architect of the Crucible is responsible for ensuring the security of the Crucible and the artisans who work there.

Powers

Bronze Birds

The Bronze Birds
25 crowns	1 rings of ilium
50 crowns	2 rings of ilium
75 crowns	3 rings of ilium
98 crowns	4 rings of ilium
120 crowns	5 rings of ilium

The Keeper of the Bronze Birds, a herald of Estavus, resides at the Crucible with their glass aviary housing five birds fashioned from bronze in the shape of raptors, named Alea, Hona, Roosa, Sind, and Forn. The Keeper can be instructed to unleash their birds; sending them to scour the mountains of Urizen, searching not for prey, but for signs of the remnants of star falls. As soon as they find one, they will bring word to the Crucible, and it will then be possible to gather the precious metal. As a ministry, the Architect can purchase rings of ilium at a set price. The Architect spends their money and makes their choices during downtime from their character page. Money is removed from, and ilium is placed into, the character's inventory when the downtime is processed.

Perfect Utility

The Crucible Staves
4 thrones 1 crown	1 Choleric Staff
4 thrones	1 Enigmatic Staff
3 thrones 6 crowns	1 Luminous Staff
3 thrones 5 crowns	1 Melancholic Staff
4 thrones 2 crowns	1 Phlegmatic Staff
4 thrones 3 crowns	1 Sanguine Staff

The Architect of the Crucible is able to purchase up to three ritual staves from the artisans who work at the Crucible each season. The Architect spends their money and makes their choices during downtime by emailing into plot@profounddecisions.co.uk. Money is then removed from, and ribbons are placed into, the character's inventory when the downtime is processed.

Path of Prosperity

Polearms
90 rings	1 Garnet Glaive
270 rings	1 Blacksmith's Wage
450 rings	1 Fell Iron Fury
576 rings	1 Labyrinth's Gate

Heavy Armour
216 rings	1 Goldentide Mail
288 rings	1 Burnished Steel
432 rings	1 Defiant Steel
630 rings	1 Runeplate

Rods
72 rings	1 Windreaping Sickle
252 rings	1 Neophyte's Aid
324 rings	1 Roaring Chimera Rod
648 rings	1 Radiant Torrent

Following the mandate enacted by Bartimaeus of Zenith Ascendant the Architect of the Crucible has access to three ministries allowing them to purchase magic items from the artisans and architects who work there. The Architect spends their money and makes their choices during downtime by emailing into plot@profounddecisions.co.uk. Money is then removed from, and ribbons are placed into, the character's inventory when the downtime is processed.

The Urizen National Assembly can change the theme of one or all of these additional ministries through the use of a statement of principle that achieved a greater majority. If multiple such statements were delivered, the one with the greatest margin would take effect.

Miracle And Wonder

Once each season during downtime, the Architect of the Crucible can select a single Urizen character with a mine, forest, herb garden, farm, or business in Morrow, Redoubt, or Zenith, and commission the artisans at the Crucible to create bespoke ushabti for them. This will upgrade their personal resource by one level. The cost is four thrones for each rank the resource currently has (so to upgrade a standard resource costs four thrones, while a level three resource would require twelve thrones). This is in place of all other costs - no mithril,white granite, or weirwood is required. It does count as upgrading the resource, however, so it can't be done at the same time as a normal upgrade. Other opportunities that change how a resource is upgraded have no effect - the cost is set by the need to create custom ushabti.

To use this ability, the Architect of the Crucible must ensure they have the appropriate amount of thrones in their inventory, and email plot@profounddecisions.co.uk with the CID or name and details of the character they have chosen to assist.

Appointment

This title is appointed during the Summer Solstice. The Architect of the Crucible is appointed through Tally of the Votes by citizens of Urizen who control mana sites. The larger the mana site an individual has, the more votes they can allocate in support to a candidate. The voting is handled by the civil servants in the Bourse.

Only an Urizen citizen may hold the title. They do not receive a seat on the Bourse. As a title appointed through the Bourse they cannot be revoked by the Imperial Synod.

Bartimaeus, Architect of the Crucible

Summit	Elected	Votes
Summer Solstice 386YE	Esteban Ezmara of Zenith Ascendant	269 Votes
Summer Solstice 385YE	Bartimaeus

Recent Elections

This title is currently held by Esteban Ezmara of Zenith Ascendant; it will be reelected at Summer Solstice 387YE. The table to the right shows the citizens who have been elected to hold this title in the years since Empress Britta died.