Keeper of the Memorial Gardens of Treji

Overview

The Keeper of the Memorial Gardens of Treji is an Imperial title created by the Imperial Senate in Autumn 378YE. The position of keeper is a sinecure, requiring minimal responsibility but offering a regular income of valuable herbs.

The gardens contain a thousand flapping pieces of cloth, each piece from a fallen hero from the battle to retake Treji, both Navarr and Summer Storm alike. Beneath each flag is a small herb garden of Bladeroot and scented flowers. The Bladeroot represents the early deaths of those who fought and the scented flowers chosen to remind those that smell them of summer. At the centre of the garden stands a monument to the fallen crafted from weirwood and enchanted ice. Atop the monument is a statue of a Navarr warrior sanding back to back with an Imperial orc from the Summer Storm legion, their bodies covered like tattoos with the names of the dead. Beneath it reads a plaque.

May we never forget the sacrifice of the Summer Storm legion and the Navari who fought with them to retake Treji.
Let they find their way through the Labyrinth.
Let them find their way over the Abyss to the far shores.
May we never forget we are stronger as a united Empire,
Let those who read this have the virtue to live up to the example set by those liberators.

The appointment of the sinecure is regarded as unconstitutional because a sinecure of this type would be expected to follow the normal rules for a national appointment. The motion was not struck down by magistrates at the time, however, and so the title stands.

Responsibilities

The Keeper oversees the gardens that memorialize the Navarr and Imperial orc heroes who died to retake Treji.

Powers

As a sinecure, the Keeper of the Gardens has no powers, rather they receive an income drawn from the herbs that grow in the carefully tended garden.

The holder of the sinecure receives 6 bladeroot, 6 true vervain, 2 cerulean mazzarine, 2 imperial roseweald, and 2 doses of marrowort per season.

Selection

The Keeper is a Navarr national position appointed by the Senate. Under normal circumstances it will be appointed by unanimous vote of the Navarr Senators, due to the unusual circumstances surrounding the creation of this sinecure it is appointed by the senator of Hercynia.

Because this is a national position, the title can only be held by a Navarr citizen.

Removal

The Keeper serves has tenure and serves until they die, step down or are revoked.

The Keeper can be revoked by the Navarr assembly, the the General assembly or the Assembly of Nine.

History

The first Keeper was Ceinwen, appointed at the Spring Equinox 379YE.