Dominion Era/Tretallë (Government) - Revision history

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‎The Ivory Throne

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Malkuthe: /* The Beginnings of the Dominion */

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‎The Beginnings of the Dominion

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 {{Infobox_tretall&euml;}}
-It is without dispute, even among the least cooperative of historians, that the Dominion of the [[Dominion Era/Tretall&euml; (Culture)|Tretall&euml;]] was the greatest and most expansive empire of the ancient world. Very few would even go so far as to assert that it did not remain so until the modern day&mdash;its legacy so vast that most aspects of modern life are attributed to the Tretalleri empire. These same historians agree that in order to rule an empire so vast and prosperous as the Dominion, something special was necessary. If the success of their rule is any indication, especially in contrast to the [[Dominion Era/Elledyn&euml; (Government)|Silvered Realm]] of their [[Dominion Era/Elledyn&euml; (Culture)|High-Elfin]] cousins, the Tretall&euml; had that special ingredient and much more.
+It is without dispute, even among the least cooperative of historians, that the Dominion of the [[Dominion Era/Tretall&euml; (Culture)|Tretall&euml;]] was the greatest and most expansive empire of the ancient world. Very few would even go so far as to assert that it did not remain so until the modern day&mdash;its legacy so vast that most aspects of modern life are attributed to the Tretalleri empire. These same historians agree that in order to rule an empire so vast and prosperous as the Dominion, something special was necessary. If the success of their rule is any indication, especially in contrast to the [[Dominion Era/Elledynn&euml; (Government)|Silvered Realm]] of their [[Dominion Era/Elledynn&euml; (Culture)|High-Elfin]] cousins, the Tretall&euml; had that special ingredient and much more.
 == The Pale Imperator ==

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 What little is known for certain by the Dominion about the Throne is hidden away in the sealed vaults underneath the Palace. Meticulous copies of these documents are also kept in sealed vaults at the heart of the Temple in the [[Te&yacute;rivelle|Shrouded Peaks]]. Both of these vaults are accessible only to the Imperator and the record-keepers. Each is guarded by powerful blood magic that can overcome any unwanted intruders.
-The Throne itself was unearthed by a then-tiny population of the Bone Elves thirty thousand years before the Dominion was ever founded. The Throne was found deep in the darkest reaches of the [[D'Naborra Tall&euml;|Forest of Bones]], sitting buried in silt, surrounded by the ruins of what seemed to be a grand temple that a river had carved through. Despite the fact that everything else around it seemed to have succumbed to the ravages of time, the Throne itself was pristine&mdash;undamaged&mdash;and would remain so for the many thousands of years that the Dominion stood.
+The Throne itself was unearthed by a then-tiny population of the Bone Elves ten thousand years before the Dominion was ever founded. The Throne was found deep in the darkest reaches of the [[D'Naborra Tall&euml;|Forest of Bones]], sitting buried in silt, surrounded by the ruins of what seemed to be a grand temple that a river had carved through. Despite the fact that everything else around it seemed to have succumbed to the ravages of time, the Throne itself was pristine&mdash;undamaged&mdash;and would remain so for the many thousands of years that the Dominion stood.
 The Ivory Throne is a truly impressive object, commanding both awe and terror by its visage alone. The early Bone Elves that found the Throne quickly discovered that the it was made of what ''seemed'' to be ivory but was in fact something much, much stronger. Unable to describe what they had found, they simply named it Ivory, and left it at that.

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 ''Di'Ade&yacute;la Cilanann&euml;'' in the [[Lexicon:Elle'lynd&euml;/Tretalleri|native tongue of his people]], the Pale Imperator was arguably the most important and most powerful man in the medieval world whenever he sat on the Ivory Throne. It is no secret that the people of the Dominion are neither shy nor stingy about the titles that they bestow upon their leader. The full title of the Imperator in [[Lexicon:Elle'lynd&euml;/Tretalleri|Tretalleri]] is as follows: <blockquote>''Cilanann&euml; Ornim&euml;, Cilanann&euml; avv&euml; Di'Tretall&euml;, D'Vidmerr&euml; Di'Tretall&euml;, Di Cilveti, un Di'Tatyr&euml; Mafett&euml;&mdash;Di'Ade&yacute;la Cilanann&euml;''</blockquote>
-The closest approximation of this title in the [[Lexicon:Dominean|Dominean]], then, is this: <blockquote>''Ruler Absolute, Lord over the Dominion, the Protector of the Realm, the Divine, and the Ever-victorious&mdash;The Pale Imperator;''</blockquote>
+The closest approximation of this title in [[Lexicon:Dominean|Dominean]], then, is this: <blockquote>''Ruler Absolute, Lord over the Dominion, the Protector of the Realm, the Divine, and the Ever-victorious&mdash;The Pale Imperator;''</blockquote>
 After all, what is an empire without its emperor? When the Ivory Throne is filled, there is only one man who wields absolute power in the Dominion, and that man is the Pale Imperator. His word can be overridden, but if and only if the [[Dominion Era/Tretall&euml; (Government)#Court_of_Ravens|Court of Ravens]] and the [[Dominion Era/Tretall&euml; (Government)#House_of_Crows|House of Crows]] decide unanimously to veto his will. This is quite a rare occurrence as the Pale Imperator is raised from one of the Nine Houses of the Azure Blood and Houses are unlikely to vote against themselves. Even then, this power of veto is reserved solely for wartime efforts. In all other matters, the Imperator's word is literally law.

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 ''Di'Ade&yacute;la Cilanann&euml;'' in the [[Lexicon:Elle'lynd&euml;/Tretalleri|native tongue of his people]], the Pale Imperator was arguably the most important and most powerful man in the medieval world whenever he sat on the Ivory Throne. It is no secret that the people of the Dominion are neither shy nor stingy about the titles that they bestow upon their leader. The full title of the Imperator in [[Lexicon:Elle'lynd&euml;/Tretalleri|Tretalleri]] is as follows: <blockquote>''Cilanann&euml; Ornim&euml;, Cilanann&euml; avv&euml; Di'Tretall&euml;, D'Vidmerr&euml; Di'Tretall&euml;, Di Cilveti, un Di'Tatyr&euml; Mafett&euml;&mdash;Di'Ade&yacute;la Cilanann&euml;''</blockquote>
-The closest approximation of this title in the [[Common Tongue]], then, is this: <blockquote>''Ruler Absolute, Lord over the Dominion, the Protector of the Realm, the Divine, and the Ever-victorious&mdash;The Pale Imperator;''</blockquote>
+The closest approximation of this title in the [[Lexicon:Dominean|Dominean]], then, is this: <blockquote>''Ruler Absolute, Lord over the Dominion, the Protector of the Realm, the Divine, and the Ever-victorious&mdash;The Pale Imperator;''</blockquote>
 After all, what is an empire without its emperor? When the Ivory Throne is filled, there is only one man who wields absolute power in the Dominion, and that man is the Pale Imperator. His word can be overridden, but if and only if the [[Dominion Era/Tretall&euml; (Government)#Court_of_Ravens|Court of Ravens]] and the [[Dominion Era/Tretall&euml; (Government)#House_of_Crows|House of Crows]] decide unanimously to veto his will. This is quite a rare occurrence as the Pale Imperator is raised from one of the Nine Houses of the Azure Blood and Houses are unlikely to vote against themselves. Even then, this power of veto is reserved solely for wartime efforts. In all other matters, the Imperator's word is literally law.

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	Where the House of Crows is concerned with the nobility and its interactions with the commonfolk, the Court of Ravens is more inclined towards the needs of the populace, as well as reviewing colonial laws and dismissing any that seem in direct conflict with the prime goal of the Dominion: to ensure that all the realms and peoples under her purview are treated with proper respect and fairness.		Where the House of Crows is concerned with the nobility and its interactions with the commonfolk, the Court of Ravens is more inclined towards the needs of the populace, as well as reviewing colonial laws and dismissing any that seem in direct conflict with the prime goal of the Dominion: to ensure that all the realms and peoples under her purview are treated with proper respect and fairness.
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−	~~== The Beginnings of the Dominion ==~~
−	The Forest of Bones and the tradition of the Bone Tree are both believed to have originated from the massive excavation project that followed the discovery of the Throne. It took many hundreds of years for the Throne to be unearthed, and in that same time, many hundreds of lives were also lost. It is believed that the families of these excavators shattered their bones and marked the trees at the site of their death with the bones, thus initiating one of the most long-standing and most important traditions of the Dominion, as well as giving the forest its name.
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−	For a handful of millennia after the excavation was finished, the Bone Elves of the city that had found the Throne established the Kingship of the Bone Trees, a minor kingdom that absorbed nearby Bone Elfin city-states and towns in its domain. It was not until the first Imperator of the Dominion, Cilritanë a'Detvida, who had grander ambitions than any of his predecessors, that the armies of the Kingship swept across the land, subjugating and annexing all the lands of the then-disparate Bone Elfin peoples.

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	== The Princes Consort ==		== The Princes Consort ==
		+	{{main\|Dominion Era/Tretallë (Government)/D'Cilaneti Tivirë Di'Tretallë#The Princes Consort\|l1=The Princes Consort}}
	For reasons as yet unknown, the heir presumptive that emerges successful from the Cloister is always accompanied by two others—the last two to fail before him. Each time, it quickly becomes apparent that the three share a profound bond, though whether it is as lovers or as brothers is up for debate. Because an Imperator is forbidden, by law and custom, to sire children for the length of his reign, more often than not, the two others that emerge from the cloister with him become his lovers. It is for this reason that they are called the Princes Consort.		For reasons as yet unknown, the heir presumptive that emerges successful from the Cloister is always accompanied by two others—the last two to fail before him. Each time, it quickly becomes apparent that the three share a profound bond, though whether it is as lovers or as brothers is up for debate. Because an Imperator is forbidden, by law and custom, to sire children for the length of his reign, more often than not, the two others that emerge from the cloister with him become his lovers. It is for this reason that they are called the Princes Consort.

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 === The Prince of Lances ===
 ''D'Cilanenn&euml;'Akralt&euml; arralant&euml;'' properly in Tretall&euml;, though often shorted to ''Cillant&euml;'' for practical reasons, the Prince of Lances will all his life stand at the side of the Imperator in all that he does&mdash;customarily to the right. He is the Imperator's Wrath and Justice, the one to urge for conquest when the thirst of the Dominion grows too great to sate, and the blade when traitors or liars come before them in court. Between himself and the Prince of Ravens, the Prince of Lances is the dearer friend to the Imperator. He is the confidant and the pillar of stability for the two others of their trinity, though again, whatever it is that takes place between him and his Imperator occurs in privacy.
 The Prince of Lances is the chief commanding officer of the might of the Imperial Army. He is second only to the Imperator himself, who, as always, has the final say in all things. The Prince of Lances, when he is not with the Imperator, resides at the [[D'Vidcsell&euml; Di'Tretall&euml;|Imperial Citadel]], a massive fortified structure built around the Imperial Palace, at the heart of the [[Ifatall&euml; Cselv&euml;|Ivory City]]. The Citadel's primary purpose is to serve as the city's central point of defense, and as a nigh-impenetrable fortress to house the Imperial Trinity and the High Houses of the realm should the city ever be besieged.
 == The Twin Courts ==

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 === The Prince of Ravens ===
 ''D'Cilanenn&euml;'Akralt&euml; Korv&euml;'' properly in Tretall&euml;, though often shorted to ''Cilkorv&euml;'' for practical reasons, the Prince of Ravens will all his life stand at the side of the Imperator in all that he does&mdash;customarily to the position of honour at the Imperator's left. He is the Imperator's Wisdom and Mercy, the one to urge peace when war is unnecessary, and reticence when execution is too heavy a punishment. Between himself and the Prince of Lances, the Prince of Ravens is perhaps the dearer of the two to the Imperator's heart, though whatever tenderness they may have is often done behind closed doors.
 The seat of the Prince of Ravens' domain is the Grand Rookery. From here, he reviews and directs the intellectual enterprises of the many realms under the purview of the Dominion, though his power to direct private investments is rather limited. He is the overseer and supervisor of the many archivists and historians that work at the Grand Rookery, ensuring that the historical record of the Dominion's triumphs and defeats is as objective as it possibly could be. Though it would be far easier to instead spin the fabric of the record to sing the Dominion's praises, it was decided by a long-dead imperator, Khanrae&yacute;n a'Doroven, that those that would come after him would better learn from the truth than fabrications.
 === The Prince of Lances ===

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 {{#tip-text:D'Kallenn&euml; Lart&euml;|/{{IPA TRE|d'kal."len.ne "lar.te}}/}} as it is known in Tretalleri, the Trial of Blood is not what it may seem at first glance. The Trial is not a singular challenge that a prospective heir to the Ivory Throne must persevere through in order to gain the Throne. Instead, the Trial of Blood pertains to both the period of time that follows the death of an Imperator and the accession of the next and the series of requirements that a prospective heir must fulfil in order to gain the right to the Throne.
-==== Lineality ====
+There are four parts to the Trial of Blood, and they are as follows:
-{{main|Dominion Era/Tretall&euml; (Government)/D'Cilaneti Tivir&euml; Di'Tretall&euml;/Lineality|l1=Lineality}}
+; Lineality
-Foremost among these requirements is that of lineage. <section begin=lineality />For the first three thousand years of the Dominion, when the Twin Courts had yet to be conceived, the Throne was passed down from uncle to nephew, a quirk of the fact that lineality is traced through the females of a clan, and not the males. However, at the end of these three thousand years, when the Imperator died unexpectedly without an heir, the vacuum of power left behind sparked the Wars of Ascension that threatened to tear the Dominion apart.
+: In order for an individual to be a part of the Trial of Blood, they must, of course, be of eligible descent, as outlined in the Law of Lineality.
+; The Claim
-Fortunately, a rather wise man, Zovynn&euml; a'Devytor&euml; won the war and instated the both the laws of lineality, and the Twin Courts to prevent such a thing from ever happening again. The text of his declaration remains preserved in the archives of the Palace and proceeds thus:<section end=lineality />
+: The second step for an individual who is of eligible descent is the laying of Claim upon the throne, done customarily at the age of 27, but can be done at any point every nine years hence until the age of 81.
-{{Flavour text quote
+; The Rite of the Tome
-|text_align = left
+: When a Claim has been legitimized, the individual who laid the Claim becomes known as heir presumptive and spends the next 36 years being educated in the art of war and the art of governance in preparation for the Throne. When this training is complete, the heir presumptive proceeds to the next stage of the Trial of Blood.
-|title = The Law of Lineality
+; The Cloister of Trials
-|title_align = center
+: This is the final step where all but one of the heirs presumptive fails at their bids for the Ivory Throne. Running a gauntlet of challenges and being pitted against each other in a test of mental endurance as well as strength of principles, only one emerges victorious to take the Throne and regnancy over the Dominion.
 === The Divine Rights of the Imperator ===

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 === The Trial of Blood ===
-''D'Kallenn&euml; Lart&euml;'', as it is known in the native tongue, is not what it seems to be. The Trial is not a singular event after which the claim of an individual to the Throne is affirmed. Instead, the Trial of Blood is the period of time that follows the death of an Imperator up until the time that a new one takes his place. The Trial is instead a set of requirements that the Heirs Presumptive for the Throne must fulfill in order to accede to it.
+{{#tip-text:D'Kallenn&euml; Lart&euml;|/{{IPA TRE|d'kal."len.ne "lar.te}}/}} as it is known in Tretalleri, the Trial of Blood is not what it may seem at first glance. The Trial is not a singular challenge that a prospective heir to the Ivory Throne must persevere through in order to gain the Throne. Instead, the Trial of Blood pertains to both the period of time that follows the death of an Imperator and the accession of the next and the series of requirements that a prospective heir must fulfil in order to gain the right to the Throne.
 ==== Lineality ====