387YE Autumn Equinox Senate sessions

Overview

The Imperial Senate governs the Empire, and its authority extends to all areas of Imperial life not already covered by the other houses of government. Each summit the senators meet several times to deliberate and vote on the motions they have raised.

After the summit the civil service enact those motions, and ensure a public record of each is made available to the citizens of the Empire. This page lists all the motions raised during the summit, along with the announcements made by citizens with Imperial titles. In each case, the motion and its effects are summarized including the wording; who proposed and seconded it; whether it passed or not; whether any funds were disbursed to support it; and what the outcome of the motion will be.

Many motions (especially the commissions) also have a Further Details section that provides a link to a wiki page dealing specifically with that motion in more detail, any commentary from the Constitutional Court, progress on commissions, or expanded information about the outcome of the motion.

Following the mandate enacted by Luca i Taziel i Riqueza after the Winter Solstice 385YE the number of commissions available has been reduced as the faithful have been convinced to withdraw their labour. This will continue until either the Imperial Senate uses a motion to assign fines from the magistrates to the Virtue fund or the Prosperity Assembly uses a clearly worded Statement of Principle upheld with a greater majority to encourage the faithful to once again take up their tools. More information can be found in the Forwards and Rewards wind of fortune.

Treasury

• Imperial treasury during this season announced by the civil service at 1180 thrones and 2 crowns.

Administrative Motions

Allocate the Singing Caves

• Motion: To allocate the Singing Caves
• Raised by: Speaker for the Senate at the Friday evening session
• Outcome: Allocated to the Marches
• Further Details: The Singing Caves will be appointed for a shortened term at the Winter Solstice 387YE by Tally of the Votes of Marcher farm owners

Allocate the Arch of the Sky

• Motion: To allocate the Arch of the Sky
• Raised by: Speaker for the Senate at the Friday evening session
• Outcome: Allocated to Urizen
• Further Details: The Arch of the Sky will be appointed for a shortened term at the Winter Solstice 387YE by Tally of the Votes of Urizen mana site owners

Confirm Trade with Zemelslo

• Motion: The Senate confirms that trade with Zemelslo is permitted under the terms of the Liberty Pact.
• Raised by: Speaker for the Senate at the Saturday evening session
• Further Details: Zemelslo is a small nation bordering and allied with Jarm. It has recently offered to open trade with the Empire, but the Civil Service have raised concerns about Zemelslo's dependence on Jarm and the potential political implications. More information can be found on the My passions from a common spring wind of fortune.

Grant Spymaster Power to Authorise Foreign Access

• Motion: To grant the Imperial Spymaster the legal power to authorise foreign powers to access Imperial spy networks and smugglers' coves, by announcement in the Military Council.
• Raised by: Speaker for the Senate at the Saturday evening session
• Outcome
• Notes: This motion would allow the Imperial Spymaster to extend access to Imperial espionage assets to foreign nations. More details can be found in the Bedight in veils wind of fortune.

• Motion: To grant the Imperial Spymaster the legal power to control all access to Imperial spy networks and smugglers' coves, by announcement in the Military Council.
• Raised by: Speaker for the Senate at the Saturday evening session
• Outcome
• Notes: This motion would place sole authority for determining access to with the Spymaster. Any citizen or foreigner wishing to make use of spy networks and smuggler's coves would require the Spymaster’s approval. More details can be found in the Bedight in veils wind of fortune.

Senate Motions

Criminalise Disciples of Sulemaine

• Motion: The Disciples of Sulemaine are enemies of the Way. True Sword Scholars are loyal to the Way, they have surpassed Sulemaine and turned their back on unjustified violence. Membership of the Disciples of Sulemaine is made illegal and punishable by death. Mercy is Weakness, their members must be hunted down and dealt with according to Imperial Law.
• Proposed: Zenith at the Friday evening session
• Seconded: Redoubt
• Passed
• Outcome: Membership of the Disciples of Sulemaine has been made illegal. Urizen military units taking the Drive out the Disciples action will not be prosecuted for the deaths of Disciples of Sulemaine
• Notes: More information on this motion can be found in the Climb every mountain wind of fortune

Establish Sword Scholars

• Motion: To create the Sodality of the Sword Scholars. The Sodality believes: In the pursuit of Wisdom, discipline, and the blade as a symbol of clarity and deliberate action; that Sulemaine, the Paragon of Blades, lived and died three centuries ago and her enemies are not our enemies; all Sword Scholars should act within Imperial law in the prosecution of their virtuous challenges, with our increased responsibilities comes increased obligation to virtue. The Sodality will be led by the Blade of Reason, to be elected annually by members of the Sodality. Funding for the upkeep of the Sodality will be provided by its members, donated directly to the Master of the Mint. The first year will be paid in advance. The Sodality mission: to create and uphold a new legacy of the Sword Scholars and represent their interests to the wider Empire; to combat heretical cults and malign spiritual forces wherever they may be found; and to help the Synod perfect the Way.
• Proposed: Segura at the Friday evening session
• Seconded: Zenith
• Failed

Recognise Bloodwater Spears as Foreigners

• Motion: We declare the subject sept, the Bloodwater Spears as foreigners
• Proposed: Mournwold at the Saturday evening session
• Seconded: Reikos
• Passed
• Notes: The Bloodwater Spears are a sept of the Sarangrave, as per the Make it happen wind of fortune

Set the Imperial Guerdon

• Motion: To set the Guerdon
• Proposed: Casinea at the Friday evening session
• Seconded: Necropolis
• Passed at 500 thrones
• Outcome: The Imperial Guerdon has been changed to 500 thrones

Appointments

Ambassador to Axos

• Motion: Appoint the Ambassador to Axos
• Proposed: Miekarova at the Saturday afternoon session
• Seconded: Hercynia
• Outcome: 'Shacklebreaker' Thanmir Hrafnar of Wintermark was appointed as the Ambassador to Axos at the Saturday evening session

Ambassador to the Sarcophan Delves

• Motion: Appoint the Ambassador to the Sarcophan Delves
• Proposed: Speaker of the Senate at the Friday evening session
• Outcome: Dino i Riqueza of the Brass Coast was appointed as the Ambassador to the Sarcophan Delves
• Notes: This appointment was initially raised in the last session of the Summer Solstice 387YE

Commissions (Senate)

Construct Forge of Bonds

• Motion: Construct the Forge of Bonds in the Fingers, Hahnmark. This will create the position of Keeper of Oaths, to be elected by the Loyalty Assembly with tenure. This is a time sensitive opportunity to create an edifice which would allow the Keeper of Oaths to carve one oath per season into the Fingers via a statement of principle. This has been fully funded and there are no upkeep costs
• Proposed: Kallavesa at the Saturday afternoon session
• Seconded: Temeschwar
• Passed
• Outcome: Constructs an edifice in Wood Heath, Hahnmark as per the Carved in stone wind of fortune
• Further Details: Construct Forge of Bonds
• Notes: This was the first motion passed to use a commission

Construct Hounds Hall

• Motion: To build the Hounds Hall edifice in Ivarsguard, Karsk. This will enable the newly created Varushkan army, the Boyar's Hasta, to use its sellsword quality
• Proposed: Karsk at the Saturday afternoon session
• Seconded: Bastion
• Passed
• Outcome: Constructs an edifice in Lestasny, Karsk as per the Here comes the night wind of fortune
• Further Details: Construct Hounds Hall
• Notes: This was the fourth motion passed to use a commission

Construct Kennels of Hay

• Motion: Construct Yakholme Grange in Stockland, Upwold. A great work increasing taxation and investment in farms. Self funded by the Marches.
• Proposed: Upwold at the Saturday afternoon session
• Seconded: Karov
• Passed
• Outcome: Constructs a great work in Stock March, Upwold as per the Wild is the wind wind of fortune
• Further Details: Construct Yakholme Grange
• Notes: This was the sixth motion passed to use a commission

Construct Sorrowful Tunnels

• Motion: To construct the Sorrowful Tunnels mithril mine in Skarsind. UPPER LEVELS ONLY!!! Fully funded
• Proposed: Mareave at the Saturday afternoon session
• Seconded: Skarsind
• Passed
• Outcome: Constructs a mithril mine in Wood Heath, Hahnmark as per the Sorrowful Tunnels entry in the 387YE Summer Solstice winds of fortune
• Further Details: Construct Sorrowful Tunnels
• Notes: This was the second motion passed to use a commission

Construct Temeschwar Counting House

• Motion: To construct a prosperous counting house in Temeschwar. This will add 14 crowns to the Virtue Fund per summit. Self funded
• Proposed: Temeschwar at the Saturday afternoon session
• Seconded: Kallavesa
• Passed
• Outcome: Constructs an edifice in Temeschwar as per the Forwards and Rewards wind of fortune
• Further Details: Construct Temeschwar Counting House
• Notes: This was the third motion passed to use a commission

Construct Yakholme Grange

• Motion: Construct Yakholme Grange in Stockland, Upwold. A great work increasing taxation and investment in farms. Self funded by the Marches.
• Proposed: Upwold at the Saturday afternoon session
• Seconded: Karov
• Passed
• Outcome: Constructs a great work in Stock March, Upwold as per the Wild is the wind wind of fortune
• Further Details: Construct Yakholme Grange
• Notes: This was the sixth motion passed to use a commission

Repair Berechiah's Basilica

• Motion: Commission repairs to Berechiah's Basilica in Bastion to act as a rallying point for the vigilant against foreign threats as per the civil service report from before Winter Solstice 385YE. The construction costs will be covered by the Custodes Clavium and the wains (at least 10 white granite and 5 weirwood) will be sought from virtuous benefactors.
• Proposed: Bastion at the Saturday afternoon session
• Seconded: Karsk
• Passed
• Outcome: Constructs a sinecure in Bastion as per the Knocking on every door wind of fortune
• Further Details: Repair Berechiah's Basilica
• Notes: This was the fifth motion passed to use a commission

Commissions (Announcements)

Construct Adelaarskade

• Motion: I call upon the Holberg College of Engineering to plan the construction of Adelaarskade, a series of dykes costing 30 weirwood and 90 crowns, which will drain the wetlands of Rebeshof and Utterlund. Once the land is suitable, the Rebeshof Roadwarden, Lia Adelaar van Holberg, shall fund the establishment of pig markets in the Marches and encourage the Sand Fishers to farm Rebeshof and Utterlund as foreigners. The edifice has been commissioned at the behest of Otmar von Holberg of Adelaargilde
• Announced by: Lucrezia Corvinascura, Chair of the Wolf at the Saturday afternoon session
• Outcome: Constructs an edifice in Holberg as per the Threats that are to come wind of fortune
• Further Details: Construct Adelaarskade

Construct Temeschwar Superlative Citizen Sinecure

• Motion: I announce that I am constructing the Temeschwar Superlative Citizen Sinecure in Hanuri, Temeschwar. This distillery is a money sinecure costing 10 wains of weirwood and 3 thrones 6 crowns in labour. This will create the title the Jewel of Anvil, auctioned annually on the Imperial Bourse. The title-holder will receive 1 throne, 2 crowns, and 16 rings a season from the sale of its goods. They are responsible for using their income to perform and promote acts of Pride so brazen as to inspire even the eternal Barien to admit the Way achieves his ends better than any tools of the realms. Paid for by Giuseppe's ever-increasing debts
• Announced by: Laughlan Vi Temeschwar, Master of Rings at the Friday evening session
• Outcome: Constructs a sinecure in Hanuri, Temeschwar
• Further Details: Construct Temeschwar Superlative Citizen Sinecure

Announcements

Declare War on Brine Turtles

• Motion: To declare war on the Brine Turtle sept
• Announced by: Vesna Borkovna Prochnost, The Throne at the Saturday afternoon session
• Outcome: The Brine Turtle sept are considered barbarians and are no longer protected by Imperial law

Hand of the Chancellor

• Motion: Use of Hand of the Chancellor
• Announced by: Vesna Borkovna Prochnost, The Throne at the Friday evening session
• Outcome: 200 thrones disbursed to Emperor Vesna Borkovna Prochnost

Repair Farstrider's Watch

• Motion: Emergency repair of the fortification Farstrider's Watch in Greensward, Mournwold
• Announced: by Hebrun Weaver, Imperial Master of Works at the Friday evening session

Research Saoirse Beroaidh

• Motion: Librarians, we have a real jewel in our history to help us combat the "jewels" across the Bay. I direct you to research into the past life of Liissá Sigeing, who was Saoirse Beroaidh, a well connected and informed spymaster-madam. May she inspire further Vigilance from our citizens against our enemies
• Announced by: Hazelelponi, Lepidean Librarian at the Friday evening session
• Outcome: Historical Research on the matter will be delivered to the Librarian at the Winter Solstice 387YE