Magpies

The Manifesto

The sodality is dedicated to the acquisition, documentation and preservation of artefacts for the Empire, and the uncovering of lost Imperial history.

The sodality therefore exists to:

• Aid and coordinate Imperial efforts to seek out lost artefacts and historical knowledge
• Support the interests of historians and artefact hunters of the Empire
• Ensure accountability, protection, work, and suitable reward for the historians and artefact hunters of the Empire

Symbol

The Magpies's symbol is a magpie perched on a stylised M.

Membership

Any Imperial citizen can join the sodality using the Mark of Fellowship ritual.

Powers

If the title of Speaker of the Magpies is vacant, then the sodality can take a vote to appoint a representative to the position.

The constitutional court identified a range of titles and powers that the Senate could grant the Magpies if they chose.

If an opportunity were identified where the sodality could be deployed, then it would be down to a vote of the members.

Speaker

The Speaker of the Magpies is an Imperial title awarded to a member of the Magpies. The Speaker is expected to be a mouthpiece for the sodality, with the responsibility to represent their sodality's views to other parts of the Empire, to recruit new members, and to advance the sodality's goals and the members' interests.

Appointment

The Speaker is selected by members of the sodality. Only a member of the sodality can present themselves for the title, and only a member of the sodality can vote in the election. The candidate who gains the most votes from the members of the sodality is elected to the title.

Morgan Waystone Path, first Speaker of the Magpies

Summit	Nation	Elected
Summer Solstice 387YE	Navarr	Morgan Waystone Path
Winter Solstice 385YE	Navarr	Morgan Waystone Path

Recent Elections

This title is currently held by Morgan Waystone Path; it will be reelected at the next summit. The table to the right shows the citizens who have been elected to hold this title in the years since Empress Britta died.

History

The Magpies had been active at Anvil for some time before they were recognised as a formal Imperial Sodality by the Senate at the start of Spring 387YE. The original fellowship was granted official recognition two years earlier by Senate establishment of the Speaker of the Magpies Imperial title, whose main responsibility was to serve as the representative of the Magpies as an informal gathering.

This changed in Spring 387YE; the manifesto was established as part of an administrative motion. This saw the amendment of the Speaker for the Magpies title (previously appointed by the Vigilance assembly) to be elected by the members of the sodality. At that time the first Speaker Morgan Waystone Path was still serving in the position. In Summer of the same year, the civil service presented a set of potential powers for the sodality, and a number of independent entities expressed their interest in the Magpies (as detailed in the Two for joy wind of fortune.

Further Reading

• Speaker for the Magpies
• Autumn 386YE publication

• Two for joy - Summer 387YE wind of fortune about the establishment of the official sodality