Construct Vigilant Shield

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To build a liao sinecure in Casinea called the Vigilant Shield, creating a title ‘Captain of the Throne Guard’. Responsibilities: to organise and lead the Throne Guard at Anvil, to protect the person of the Throne. Appointed annually by the Throne. Recallable by the Assembly of Nine and the General Assembly. Self-funded.
Proposed by Reikos, seconded by Necropolis

Overview

An attempt to create a sinecure for use of the Captain of the Throne Guard
Passed

Date

Summer 383YE

Costs

Unknown

Progress

10 wains of white granite and 20 crowns provided by Severin Teyhard von Holberg after Summer Solstice 383YE.

Outcome

The intent is that the Vigilant Shield would be placed in the custody of the new Imperial title, Captain of the Throne Guard.

Constitution

It is not possible to make a sinecure that provides liao without an opportunity - so the viable constitutional interpretation of this motion is to commission a sinecure that provides both votes and liao.

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-<ic>To build a liao sinecure in Casinea called the Vigilant Shield, creating a title ‘Captain of the Throne Guard’. Responsibilities: to organise and lead the Throne Guard at Anvil, to protect the person of the Throne. Recallable by the Assembly of Nine and the General Assembly. Self-funded. <br>Proposed by Reikos, seconded by Necropolis</ic>
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+<ic>To build a liao sinecure in Casinea called the Vigilant Shield, creating a title ‘Captain of the Throne Guard’. Responsibilities: to organise and lead the Throne Guard at Anvil, to protect the person of the Throne. Appointed annually by the Throne. Recallable by the Assembly of Nine and the General Assembly. Self-funded. <br>Proposed by Reikos, seconded by Necropolis</ic>
 ==Overview==
 * An attempt to create a [[sinecure]] for use of the Captain of the Throne Guard
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 * Summer 383YE
 ==Costs==
-* Uncertain; it is not possible to create a sinecure that provides only liao without an [[opportunity]]
+* Unknown
 ==Progress==
-* None
+* 10 wains of white granite and 20 crowns provided by Severin Teyhard von Holberg after Summer Solstice 383YE.
 ==Outcome==
-* The intent is that the Vigilant Shield would be placed in the custody of the new [[Imperial title]], Captain of the Throne Guard.
+* The intent is that the Vigilant Shield would be placed in the custody of the new [[Imperial title]], [[Captain of the Throne Guard]].
 ==Constitution==
-* It is not possible to make a sinecure that provides liao without an [[opportunity]].
+* It is not possible to make a sinecure that provides liao without an [[opportunity]] - so the viable constitutional interpretation of this motion is to commission a sinecure that provides both votes and liao.
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+Overview
+The Vigilant Shield is a manor house in in the region of Mareholm in Casinea, close to the Silent Sentinel fortification and on the road to Anvil. It was built to support, train and Virtuously inspire members of the Throneguard, and funded wholly by the House of Seven Mirrors - the guild of Empress Lisabetta. Construction and planting of the surrounding gardens was completed shortly after the 383YE Summer Solstice.
+The Imperial title of the Captain of the Throneguard has custodianship of this place of pilgrimage. Appointed annually by the Throne, they receive 6 doses of liao and 12 votes in the Synod.
+Responsibilities
+The Captain of the Throneguard has the responsibility to protect the Throne in accordance with the Throneguard oath: "in body, mind and soul" and to recruit and roster members of the Throneguard during Anvil Summits. In addition, if the Vigilant Shield itself were to be threatened in any way, it would be the responsibility of the Captain to deal with those threats.
+Powers
+A Portion of Liao
+The Captain of the Throneguard is an Imperial title that has custodianship of this sinecure, which provides an income of six measures of liao each season, to be used as the holder sees fit.
+Point of Pilgrimage
+The Captain of the Throneguard 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 they are eligible.
+Appointment
+The title is appointed annually by the Throne. Despite the sinecure's association with the virtues of Vigilance and Loyalty, there is no requirement for the recipient to be part of either assembly.
+The Captain of the Throneguard can be revoked by the General Assembly or the Assembly of the Nine.
+The Vigilant Shield
+This comfortable manor house is situated close enough to the Silent Sentinel to hear if its massive warning bell ever rings out to call Imperial citizens to Vigilant defence. But unlike that fortification, the manor house has been designed with pleasing proportions, bearing more than a passing resemblance to the Rose Towers in Semmerholm.
+In the heart of the main house lies the oak-panelled chapel, adorned with portraits of Paragons and Exemplars, primarily of Vigilance and Loyalty. In pride of place is a lectern upon which rests an illuminated scroll, setting out the names and affiliations of fallen Throneguard.
+The manor house is surrounded by flower gardens, ornamented with statuary commissioned from artists of all nations of the Empire, and threaded through with a pergola walkway reminiscent of cloisters. The plants have been chosen carefully such that the gardens are in bloom for most of the year, yet can withstand the extremes of weather often experienced this close to Anvil. It is a haven in colourful shades of gold, green, white and violet, and often sparkles with silver raindrops.
+The Throneguard
+The Throneguard of the twentieth Empress, Imperatrix Lisabetta, was originally formed in Spring 380YE, the season before her coronation. After Lisabetta was named by Senate as the Throne Elect, her allies discovered that a ritual sacrifice of a cult of Anarchy had been carried out in an attempt to lay a powerful death curse on the Throne before she was even crowned. Word was sent out across Anvil warning of the threat, and those that rushed to protect Lisabetta formed the core of what subsequently was formed into the Throneguard.
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