Royal Edict of the Five Offices, 1896

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Edict of the Five Offices

13th of Harren’s Folly, 1896 IST

 

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The Five: Structure and Organization

The Five serve as the provisional bodies of Crown governance until the establishment of the Royal Charter of Aaun, in which, as per the Crown’s deliberation, may be expanded upon to better fit the needs of a burgeoning realm. 

The Five remain reserved to the governance of the Crownlands primarily, and cooperate with the Provinces in regards to any of their relevant operations.

Ultimately, the Five operate only with the authority bestowed upon them by delegation of the Crown’s authority, and thus serve at the dictate of the Crown solely.

The Five shall hence be dubbed the ‘executive authorities’ and have been granted control of their governance to do so at the best of their capabilities and own initiatives. 

 

A Council consisting of the United Kingdom’s nobility shall remain as an advisory body to the Crown. Thus dividing the advisory into two classes, the Noble Council and the Five Offices - along with whatever auxiliaries requested by the Crown.

 

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Office of the Seneschal

The Officer of the Seneschal is charged with the administration of the United Kingdom’s treasury and is granted the courtesy title ‘Chancellor of the Crownlands’. As the highest office of the Crown’s delegation of authority, they have become the Crown’s chief executive, and have been granted the right to act as the Crown would in totality. They shall, in this high authority, be the guiding hand for the rest of the offices to ensure collective success.

 

Office of Rites

The Officer of Rites, bearing the courtesy title ‘Master Almanac’, is chiefly responsible for the maintenance of the United Kingdom’s liturgical and secular calendars, as well as initiatives directing the revitalization of the Heartlands by way of royal and provincial programs - festivities, cultural affairs, tourneys, and so on.

 

Office of War

The Officer of War will bear the courtesy title ‘Royal Marshal’, and is charged with the defence of the United Kingdom’s royal territories in conjunction with the provincial nobility. Given the immediate lack of a Crownland army, the Office of War shall be tasked primarily with the assessment of the United Kingdom’s military capabilities as a whole, and will arrange the coordination of its forces in regards to wartime procurement of equipment.

 

Office of Restoration

The Officer of Restoration, bearing the courtesy title of ‘Grand Steward’, is responsible for the reestablishment of the Royal Capital foremost, and its subsequent revenue, which for now will remain the Ruined City of Vienne until otherwise. They shall then take upon the duties of that customary of a Grand Mayor, and administrate the Royal Capital as the Crown sees fit.

 

Office of the Peers

The Office of the Peers, bearing the courtesy title of ‘Lord Representative’, shall be tasked with representation of the United Kingdom’s peerage in direct communication with the Crown, ascertaining the evolving statuses of the provinces, and coordinate with its nobilities to best foster prosperity throughout the whole of the Kingdom.

 

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Archbishop of Albarosa

Whilst the Church of the Canon remains the stewards of our spirituality, shunning aside the affairs of secularity, it cannot be dismissed that both aspects affect the others heavily. What cannot be tolerated is the supremacy of secularism over that of the spiritual, and thus, the Archbishop of Albarosa has been requested to maintain a part in the overseeing of the Kingdom’s executive affairs to best ensure that the Church’s agenda is not disrupted in any way by the decisions made by the Crown.

 

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IN NOMINE DEI, 

Prince of Alstion, Sovereign of Aaun,

Charles Alstion