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==Overview==
==Overview==
The Challenger in Waiting is an [[Imperial title]] awarded to a citizen of [[Dawn]]. Construction of the Challenger in Waiting was [[Construct Challenger in Waiting|announced]] by '''Valentin Ivarovich Orzel''' as [[Bearer of an Imperial Wayleave|Bearer of the Second Imperial Wayleave]] during the Summer Solstice 385YE.
The Challenger in Waiting is an [[Imperial title]] awarded to a citizen of [[Dawn]]. Construction of the Challenger in Waiting was [[Construct Challenger in Waiting|announced]] by '''Valentin Ivarovich Orzel''' as [[Bearer of an Imperial Wayleave|Bearer of the Second Imperial Wayleave]] during the Summer Solstice 385YE.


==Responsibilities==
==Responsibilities==
The Challenger in Waiting has a responsibility to scrutinise the Virtue of any potential challengers to the [[Dawn_monarchy#The_Monarchy_in_Play|Monarch of Dawn]]. If the sinecure were to be threatened in any way, it would be the responsibility of the Challenger in Waiting to deal with those threats.
The Challenger in Waiting has a responsibility to measure the Virtue of the Throne, should they challenge for [[Dawn_monarchy#The_Monarchy_in_Play|Monarch of Dawn]], and to spread word of what they find. They are responsible for encouraging nobles to stand for or against the Throne on the tourney field. If the chapel were to be threatened in any way, it would be the responsibility of the Challenger in Waiting to deal with those threats.


==Powers==
==Powers==
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===A Portion of Liao===
===A Portion of Liao===
The sinecure provides 6 doses of [[liao]] to the Challenger in Waiting each season, to be used as they see fit.  
The sinecure provides 11 doses of [[liao]] to the Challenger in Waiting each season, to be used as they see fit.  


===Voice in the Synod===
===Mark of Virtue===
The Challenger in Waiting may sit in the [[Imperial Synod]], and possesses 12 votes in Synod affairs (or an additional 12 votes if they already have a [[congregation]]). They may use these votes in any assembly for which [[Sinecure#Synod_Votes|they are eligible]].
The ''Silver Nightingales'' are a small group of [[Troubadour|troubadours]] from Hawthorn who have committed to supporting the Challenger for as long as the responsibilities of the title involve scrutinising the Virtue of any potential challengers to the Monarch of Dawn. The Challenger in Waiting receives an [[Icon of the Witness]] every year at the Spring Equinox from the Silver Nightingales so that they might mark the virtue of those they have judged.  


==Appointment==
==Appointment==
The Challenger in Waiting is a national position appointed by the Synod. It is elected by [[judgement]] of the [[Assembly#The_National_Assemblies|National Assembly]] of Dawn each year during the Autumn Equinox. The expectation is that the appointment will follow a tourney in the same style as the seasonal grand tourneys that appoint the [[Knight-protector|Knights-protector]]. There is no legal requirement for the National Assembly of Dawn to arrange, or acknowledge, such a tournament however.
The Challenger in Waiting is a national position appointed by the Synod. It is elected by [[judgement]] of the [[Assembly#The_National_Assemblies|National Assembly]] of Dawn each year during the Autumn Equinox.
 
There is an expectation that the title can only be held once in a lifetime but this is very much not a legal limit, as with the [[Conscience of the Senate]], and is not enforceable in any way.


The title can be held by any citizen of Dawn. They can be [[revocation|revoked]] by the [[Assembly#General_Assembly|General Assembly]], the Dawn National Assembly, and by the [[Assembly#Assembly_of_the_Nine|Assembly of the Nine]].
The title can be held by any citizen of Dawn. They can be [[revocation|revoked]] by the [[Assembly#General_Assembly|General Assembly]], the Dawn National Assembly, and by the [[Assembly#Assembly_of_the_Nine|Assembly of the Nine]].


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{{RecentElections|Challenger_in_Waiting}}
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==Chapel of the Challenger==
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The Chapel of the Challenger in Waiting is a tastefully austere villa that overlooks the wild heathland of Hawksmoor. There is a well-stocked gymnasium and tourney square in the grounds where the attendants and mistress-at-arms will put any Dawnish challenger or supplicant to the most exacting trials of their martial arts and virtue.
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<!--The Chapel of the Challenger in Waiting is a tastefully austere villa raised to augment the wild heathland vista of Hawksmoor in sight of the forbidding Hedge Mage of the Weavers of Hawthorn. Within the bounds of the chapel can be found a well-appointed Gymnasium and Tourney Square where the Pride dedicated attendants and mistress-at-arms Scathach the Red Knight will put any Dawnish challenger or supplicant to the most exacting trials of their martial arts and virtue both.


The Chapel and attendants will aid the holder of the position in preparing their tactics and strategy for providing the fiercest and most deadly challenge to any potential claimant on the Throne of Dawn in times to come.
The attendants of the Chapel provide whatever aid they can to the Challenger in Waiting in preparing their tactics and strategy for providing the fiercest challenge to any potential claimant on the Throne of Dawn.


The feast hall of the Chapel is appointed with beautiful tapestries hung within carved marble alcoves illustrating the woven artistry of Lady Nineve Orzel and the Five Silver Needles of the Barrens. Within these shadowed arches are the heroes of Dawn’s martial past, their deeds, their victories and their glorious defeats. General’s march to war under Brannan with the Rod of the Sun, Soldiers fight tooth and claw against the Druj, townsfolk take up arms against the dread Husks, and everywhere Dawnish folk are depicted as courageous paragons of civil vigilance and profound imperial pride. -->
The feast hall of the Chapel is appointed with beautiful tapestries hung within carved marble alcoves illustrating the woven artistry of '''Lady Nineve Orzel''' and the Five Silver Needles of the Barrens. Within the shadowed arches are depictions of the heroes of Dawn’s martial past, their deeds, their victories and their glorious defeats: Empress Brannan bearing the Rod of the Sun overlooks countless knights marching war; soldiers fighting fiercely against the Druj; and townsfolk taking up arms against dread husks. The common theme throughout is Dawnish [[Pride]] despite adversity and [[Courage]] in the face of overwhelming odds.

Latest revision as of 14:02, 25 September 2024

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This title is appointed by the Dawnish Assembly

Overview

The Challenger in Waiting is an Imperial title awarded to a citizen of Dawn. Construction of the Challenger in Waiting was announced by Valentin Ivarovich Orzel as Bearer of the Second Imperial Wayleave during the Summer Solstice 385YE.

Responsibilities

The Challenger in Waiting has a responsibility to measure the Virtue of the Throne, should they challenge for Monarch of Dawn, and to spread word of what they find. They are responsible for encouraging nobles to stand for or against the Throne on the tourney field. If the chapel were to be threatened in any way, it would be the responsibility of the Challenger in Waiting to deal with those threats.

Powers

A Portion of Liao

The sinecure provides 11 doses of liao to the Challenger in Waiting each season, to be used as they see fit.

Mark of Virtue

The Silver Nightingales are a small group of troubadours from Hawthorn who have committed to supporting the Challenger for as long as the responsibilities of the title involve scrutinising the Virtue of any potential challengers to the Monarch of Dawn. The Challenger in Waiting receives an Icon of the Witness every year at the Spring Equinox from the Silver Nightingales so that they might mark the virtue of those they have judged.

Appointment

The Challenger in Waiting is a national position appointed by the Synod. It is elected by judgement of the National Assembly of Dawn each year during the Autumn Equinox.

The title can be held by any citizen of Dawn. They can be revoked by the General Assembly, the Dawn National Assembly, and by the Assembly of the Nine.

SummitElectedVotes
Autumn Equinox 386YELady Laudine of House duLac104 Votes
Autumn Equinox 385YEThe Earl of Fools84 Votes

Recent Elections

This title is currently held by Lady Laudine of House duLac; it will be reelected at Autumn Equinox 387YE. The table to the right shows the citizens who have been elected to hold this title in the years since Empress Britta died.

Chapel of the Challenger

The Chapel of the Challenger in Waiting is a tastefully austere villa that overlooks the wild heathland of Hawksmoor. There is a well-stocked gymnasium and tourney square in the grounds where the attendants and mistress-at-arms will put any Dawnish challenger or supplicant to the most exacting trials of their martial arts and virtue.

The attendants of the Chapel provide whatever aid they can to the Challenger in Waiting in preparing their tactics and strategy for providing the fiercest challenge to any potential claimant on the Throne of Dawn.

The feast hall of the Chapel is appointed with beautiful tapestries hung within carved marble alcoves illustrating the woven artistry of Lady Nineve Orzel and the Five Silver Needles of the Barrens. Within the shadowed arches are depictions of the heroes of Dawn’s martial past, their deeds, their victories and their glorious defeats: Empress Brannan bearing the Rod of the Sun overlooks countless knights marching war; soldiers fighting fiercely against the Druj; and townsfolk taking up arms against dread husks. The common theme throughout is Dawnish Pride despite adversity and Courage in the face of overwhelming odds.