379YE Winter Solstice Imperial elections

Imperial Senate

• Senator for Skarsind: The first Imperial Orcs Senator will be elected at the Winter Solstice. Details of how the first orc senator will be appointed can be found here.
• Senator for Madruga: You can learn about how this Brass Coast senator is elected here. Any Freeborn dhomiro can put in the largest purse and claim the right to appoint the senator.
• Senator for Astolat: You can learn about how this Dawnish senator is elected here. Any noble whose house does not already hold a seat in the Senate can compete in the Tourney to determine who will represent this rich Dawnish territory.
• Senator for Necropolis: You can learn about how this Highborn senator is appointed here. Any Chapter in Necropolis can put forward a candidate, and any Highborn citizen with a congregation can participate in selecting the best candidate.
• Senator for Temeschwar: You can learn about how this League senator is appointed here. Any Temeschwari citizen who runs a business in the city can throw their weight behind their favoured candidate.
• Senator for Bregasland: You can learn about how this Marcher senator is appointed here. Any Marcher who owns a farm in this marshy territory can align themselves with a steward to compete for the right to name the seat.
• Senator for Hercynia: You can learn about how this Navarr senator is appointed here. Any Navarr can stand, but only those whose resource is based in Hercynia can vote in the furious open-air election
• Senator for Zenith: You can learn about how this Urizen senator is appointed here. Each spire in Zenith can put forward a candidate, and any ritual magician from that territory can register their votes to help decide who will represent them
• Senator for Miekarova: You can learn about how this Varushkan senator is appointed here. Any Varushkan citizen can stand, and the wise ones will determine who is the wisest candidate and thus most suited to claiming the seat.
• Senator for Kallavesa:You can learn about how this Wintermark senator is appointed here. Any Wintermark citizen can stand, but only the Kallavesi will have a say in who represents this marshy territory.

• Captain of the Senate Guard: this ceremonial title is again vacant. It requires a Senator to raise a motion in the Imperial Senate. You can learn more about how the election works here
• The position of Sumaah ambassador will be appointed by the Senate during their first session on Friday night as an administrative motion. The Senators will decide by majority vote, but any citizen may be proposed as a candidate. This title may need to be reappointed if the Sumaah Embassy is completed.
• Curator of the Imperial museum in Bastion TBC

Imperial Military Council

• General for Hounds of Glory (Dawn)
• General for Strong Reeds (The Marches)
• General for Army of the Golden Axe (Varushka)
• General for Green Shield Army (Wintermark)
• General for Towerjacks (The League)
• Admiral for Freeborn Storn navy (the Brass Coast)
• General for Winter Sun (Imperial Orcs)

Either the senators for the nation will reach a unanimous decision about who shall take the seat at the military council, or the matter will need to be brought before the Imperial Senate by a Senator. In each case, the general must be from the nation.

The Imperial Orc general has previously been selected through a contest of arms in the fighting pit (you can learn more about this custom here). With the appointment of a senator, however, it is likely the legal basis for this tradition will come under careful scrutiny.

Imperial Synod

• Cardinal of The Way: Appointed by the assembly of the Way - every citizen with a congregation who is not dedicated to a virtue may participate in the election.
• Cardinal of Prosperity: Appointed by the assembly of Prosperity - every citizen with a congregation who is dedicated to this virtue may participate in the election
• Gatekeeper of Prosperity:Appointed by the Cardinal of Prosperity
• Conscience of the Senate: Appointed by decision of the Cardinal of the Way. Only those citizens of the laity may present themselves as candidates, and nobody can hold the title more than once.

• High Exorcist: the Assembly of Nine - the nine cardinals - appoint the High Exorcist with a Judgement, Only the Cardinals have a say, but any Imperial citizen can put themselves forward for the title.

• Voice of Barbs: Appointed by the Navarr national assembly. It can be held by any Navarr character, is re-appointed annually, and is a congregational sinecure that gives liao and votes in the Synod.

Imperial Conclave

• Grandmaster of the Celestial Arch
• Grandmaster of the Rod and Shield

The Grandmasters are appointed by the members of their orders. Any member of the order can vote in a closed session to pick one of their number to lead the Order for the coming year.

As always, all other Imperial Conclave titles may be reappointed at any time through a Declaration of Candidacy.

Imperial Bourse

• The Golden Trees of Seren
• The Hunt of Alderei the Fair
• The Heartwood of the Great Vale
• The Weirwater Vales
• The Canterspire Circle

These Imperial seats will be auctioned openly. Any citizen may bid for control of one of these valuable weirwood seats.

• The Thimble: This national position is determined by Navarr holders of herb gardens. Any Navarr may try and get the highest number of votes from those eligible to participate.

• The Vigilant Swan: The quarry has been liberated and cleansed of ghosts. Currently it is the decision of the Senate how it will be allocated - either national or Imperial. It will either be appointed by people who control resources in the nation that gains control of Reikos, or subject to open auction. If appointed, the Seat will serve until the Summer Solstice 380YE where it will again be up for appointment

• Bailiff of the Grand Market: This Marcher ministry brings the ability to purchase trade goods and the responsibility for looking after the markets and roads of the Marches and keeping them clear of bandits. Any Marcher can stand, and any Marcher citizen who has control of a farm can secretly assign their votes to their chosen candidate.
• Provost of the Halls of Knowledge: this potent position allows an Urizen citizen to direct the magical research of the Halls of Knowledge for the coming year, and create new rituals Any Urizen can stand. The decision about who claims it will be made by those Urizen who own mana sites, who will secretly record their support with the civil service.
• Dhomiro of the Cinnabar Hills: the Freeborn who claims this title will gain the ability to purchase valuable trade goods and a responsibility for looking after the territory of Kahraman. Any Freeborn can take the seat, and the decision about who claims it will be made by those Freeborn fleet captains who register their support for their chosen candidate in secrecy with the civil servants of the Bourse