Castellan of Spiral Castle
Overview
The title of Castellan of Spiral Castle is an Imperial title appointed by the people of Dawn.
Responsibilities
The Castellan is responsible for directing the efforts of Spiral Castle to provide emergency resupply of armies based in Weirwater. They have the final say on which army will benefit from the Castle's bounty. They are also expected to represent the nobles of Spiral Castle in their dealings with the outside world - which primarily means keeping them at arm's length and discouraging visitors.
Powers
Resupply
Each season the inhabitants of Spiral Castle could perform emergency resupply on a single Imperial army. The army needs to spend the entire season in Weirwater, and then recovers 500 strength (in addition to the natural resupply the army receives). They could not benefit from any other emergency resupply while at Spiral Castle.
The army received this emergency resupply as long as the region of Weirmoor was in Imperial hands.
Seat on the Bourse
The Castellan of Spiral Castle had a seat on the Bourse, and was able to attend the private auction.
Bounty of Golden Apples
In Winter 379YE, the inhabitants of Spiral Castle declared their intention to provide the Castellan with three golden apples from their private orchards. Going forward, this valuable vis will be received by the Castellan each season.
Selection
Before the inhabitants of Spiral Castle withdrew behind their wall of enchanted mists, this title was appointed during the Summer Solstice. The Castellan of Spiral Castle was appointed by citizens of Dawn who control military units. The larger the military unit an individual had, the more votes they could allocate in support to a candidate. The voting was handled by the civil servants in the Bourse.
Only a Dawnish character was able to hold the title. It was traditional for a yeoman to hold the title, but there was no legal requirement that this be the case.
Removal
The Castellan of Spiral Castle was appointed every year. It could not be revoked by any Assembly of the Imperial Synod.
The Title in Play
The role does not provide additional information about events in the Empire, nor allow the player holding it to request special reports or downtime actions. These details are assumed to be below the abstraction layer. The title holder is encouraged to create their own stories about their activities within reasonable limits and to get involved in events appropriate to their title during the game, but they do not have any powers beyond those explicitly listed in the section on powers.
These details exist partly to provide context and character to the role - and partly to allow our writers to use the title as a plot hook. Plot that involves the position will be rare - but all the campaign positions in Empire have these details to create the potential for it to happen.
Spiral Castle represented a source of weirwood that was entirely dedicated to a single purpose - resupplying armies. As a consequence, the weirwood provided by the woodlands around the castle had an enhanced effect. If Spiral Castle were decommissioned, the woodlands would produce no more than around sixteen wains a season at best.