THE IMPERIAL CHANCELLERY

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Issued and averred by the office of the

IMPERIAL ARCHCHANCELLOR

 

 

THE STAFF OF THE CHANCELLERY

 

The Imperial Archchancellor,

His Imperial Excellency, 

Lord Ezra Helenus de Senna, Count of Edessa

@FireAGN

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The Archchancellor stands as the Crown’s chief advisor and Grand Minister, presiding over the Privy Council and ensuring the orderly conduct of Imperial governance in accordance with the Crown’s will. He counsels the Crown in the appointment and dismissal of its ministers, and oversees the administration of the Imperial Chancellery. He acts as the Crown’s representative in the Emperor’s absence, and assumes regency if needed to safeguard the stability of the realm.

 

♜ The Imperial Vice-Chancellor

The Vice-Chancellor serves as the immediate deputy to the Archchancellor, overseeing the Imperial Chancellery and ensuring that all offices and officers are properly staffed, ordered, and faithful in their duties. The officers of the Archchancellor’s staff report to the Vice-Chancellor, who coordinates their work and serves as the central point of contact within the Chancellery, acting under the authority of the Archchancellor. He is further charged with instructing and training Chancellery wards for future service within the Empire.

Current: Pending Appointment; further inquiries to the Archchancellor.

 

♝ The Imperial Master Secretary

The Master Secretary serves as a close attendant to the Archchancellor, entrusted with managing all correspondence entering and leaving his office. He receives, organizes, and routes letters and petitions, ensures they are answered as required, arranges the audiences and meetings of the Archchancellor, and also drafts proclamations and decrees as ordered.

Current: Vacant; inquire to the Archchancellor for an interview.

 

♝ The Imperial Master Auditor

The Master Auditor gathers and reviews reports from across the Chancellery, observing the conduct and performance of its offices on behalf of the Archchancellor. He advises on matters requiring attention, compiles accounts of their strengths and weaknesses, and ensures the Archchancellor remains aware of all ongoing affairs.

Current: Vacant; inquire to the Archchancellor for an interview.

 

♝ The Imperial Master Chaplain

The Master Chaplain serves as the spiritual advisor to the Archchancellor and the officers of the Chancellery. Residing within the Seneschal’s Chapel in the Rathaus, he conducts services, administers rites, and provides counsel in matters of faith and conscience. 

Current: His Excellency, Father Pontius de Senna @littyfam

 

♞ The Imperial Wards

The Wards of the Archchancellor are children or young adults entrusted to the Imperial Chancellery for instruction in the duties of governance and service. Under the supervision of the Archchancellor and the guidance of his officers, they are trained across the offices of the Chancellery and prepared, in time, to assume roles within the Imperial Government. They are expected to demonstrate unwavering loyalty to the Crown and a steadfast commitment to the order and dignity of the Empire.

Current: 

✷ Her Highness, Leanor Catalina d’Asturias,

✷ His Lordship, Bernard Nero of Avar,

✷ His Lordship, Maximus Amadeus Helane,

✷ His Lordship, Duncan William Baruch, 

✷ His Lordship, Ledicort Casivian de Senna,

✷ Her Ladyship, Cyrene Chrysanthe de Senna,

✷ His Lordship, Theodoros Helenus de Senna,

✷ His Lordship, Gerald Mareno,

Further inquiries to the Archchancellor.

 

ON THE OFFICE OF DIPLOMACY

The Imperial Master Emissary,

His Excellency, Lord Duncan William Baruch

@garentoft

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The Master Emissary serves as the highest authority within the Office of Diplomatic Affairs, answering directly to the Archchancellor and Vice Chancellor. They are entrusted with the direction of all diplomatic functions of the Empire, both internal and external. This includes supervising ambassadors, maintaining internal unity, and advising the Crown on all diplomatic matters affecting the realm.

 

♝ The Imperial Deputy Emissary

The Deputy Emissary serves directly beneath the Master Emissary and is charged with the administration of the Office’s diplomatic corps. They oversee ambassadors and their subordinates, manage daily operations, direct correspondence, and ensure that Imperial directives are faithfully carried out across all provinces and crownlands. In the absence of the High Emissary, the Deputy assumes the authority of the High Emissary in all formal diplomatic matters.

Current: Her Imperial Highness, Vivienne of Trier @Soup_Leaves

 

♞ The Imperial Ambassadors

The Ambassadors are appointed to the Empire’s major provinces and vassals, serving as the Crown’s representative within their lands. They are responsible for establishing and maintaining Imperial consulates in their regions, receiving grievances and news from provincial rulers, faithfully relaying them to the capital, and attending courts, functions, and gatherings within their capitals.

 

♟ The Imperial Envoys

The Envoys serve as junior members of the Office and assist Ambassadors. They provide administrative support, attend functions alongside senior officials, and train in the conduct of diplomacy. This role serves as the primary pathway into higher diplomatic office.

 

ON THE OFFICE OF THE IMPERIAL SEAL

 

The Imperial Master Reeve,
Her Highness, Princess Leanor de Asturias y Helena

@Axelu

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The Master Reeve serves as the highest authority within the Office of the Imperial Seal, answering directly to the Archchancellor and Vice Chancellor. They are entrusted with the internal administration of the Empire, including elections, public records, the realm's census, and the support of civic life. They ensure that all branches of domestic governance act in concord and order, and serve as the Crown’s principal officers in the stewardship of the Empire’s internal realm.

 

♝ The Deputy of Elections

The Deputy of Elections assists in the administration and integrity of all Imperial elections. They are responsible for the organization and execution of electoral proceedings across the Empire, the maintenance of electoral standards and procedure, and the coordination of municipal and national voting structures in accordance with Imperial law. They work in concert with the census deputy to ensure fair and proper representation within the realm.  

Current: Oliver Napier @Hanrahan

 

♝ The Deputy of News

The Deputy Reeve of News is charged with the keeping, ordering, and publishing of all Imperial writings and proclamations concerning the affairs of the realm. They are responsible for maintaining the Imperial Gazette and preserving legislative and civic records. They ensure that the deeds and decisions of the Empire are duly recorded and made known to the people in proper form and measure.  

Current: Vacant; inquire to the Master Reeve for an interview

 

♝ The Deputy of the Census

The Deputy of the Census is charged with overseeing population recordkeeping and civic integration. They assist in conducting censuses across the Crownlands and Imperial territories, maintaining directories of settlement and habitation, and coordinating pathways for newcomers entering Imperial society. They work to ensure the Crown maintains accurate knowledge of its people and their distribution across the realm.

Current: Vacant; inquire to the Master Reeve for an interview

 

♝ The Deputy of Settlement

The Deputy of Settlement is charged with welcoming and guiding new arrivals into the Imperial Capital. They are responsible for aiding newcomers in finding a place and purpose within the realm, assisting with lodging and employment, and maintaining records of settlements and habitations across the Crownlands. They ensure that those who enter the Empire are properly received, instructed in its ways, and settled into its civic life under the protection of the Crown.  

Current: Father James Vursur @Malins Welcome

 

♟ The Imperial Clerks

The Imperial Clerks serve as attendants to the Deputies of the Office of the Imperial Seal, lending aid in matters of record, proclamation, census, settlement, and election as the needs of the realm require. They carry out such duties as are assigned in service to the Crown, assisting in the orderly governance of the Empire and the keeping of its civic affairs. Those who would seek entry into Imperial service are bidden to make themselves known to the Deputy of the relevant office.

 

ON THE OFFICE OF MEDICINE

The Imperial Master Physician,

Her Excellency, Andromède Royce

@TheIchorDruid

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The Master Physician serves as the leading authority on all matters of medicine within the Empire and its vassals. As an office of the Chancellery, the Master Physician is entrusted with overseeing, supporting, and advancing the art of physick throughout the Empire. 

 

♝ The Deputy Surgeon

The Deputy Surgeon oversees the practice of surgery and all matters concerning the alteration, repair, and study of the body. They are responsible for training physicians in surgical arts and certifying their readiness to perform procedures.

Current: Her Ladyship, Druszila Aldor @scarahpot

 

♝ The Deputy Botanist

The Deputy Botanist is responsible for the study and use of herbs, remedies, and alchemical substances. They instruct physicians in the identification, cultivation, and application of medicinal plants and compounds.

Current: Sir Leoni Corvus @Lbunz120

 

♝ The Deputy of Records

The Deputy of Records maintains all documentation concerning Imperial Physick. This includes medical reports, transcripts, research findings, and public or internal proclamations issued by the office. They also provide clerical support to the Master Physician.

Current: Her Ladyship, Roswyn Halcourt @0mnip0tent

 

♝ The Deputy of Maleficarum

The Deputy of Maleficarum is charged with the study and documentation of esoteric afflictions, unnatural maladies, and their corresponding cures. This deputy often works alongside the Imperial Inquisition to expand understanding of such phenomena through fieldwork and investigation.

Current: Lucis of Trost @FoogThe2stnd

 

♝ Imperial Patron / Matrons

The Patron or Matron of an Imperial Hospital is the chief governor of that establishment. To the Patron or Matron belongs the care of the establishment’s upkeep, the keeping of all books and registers, and the ordering of all officers and servants of the Hospital.

 

♞ Imperial Maestor / Maestras

The Imperial Maestors and Maestras, being physicians duly authorized by the Empire, may lawfully exercise their Physick in any hospital within all the bounds of the Empire. They are the sinews and backbone of Imperial Medicine, without whose continual labor it could not subsist.

 

♟ Imperial Apprentice

An Imperial Apprentice serves in Medicine under the Empire, yet is not deemed confident within the art. An Apprentice may work and minister under the eye and oversight of an Imperial Maestor or Maestra, but only Matrons or Patrons may deem an Apprentice educated in their practice.

 

ON THE AUXILIARY OFFICERS

 

♝ The Lord Mayor

 

The Lord Mayor, elected by the citizenry and accountable to the Archchancellor, serves as the chief executive of the city of Rittersburg. They exercise municipal authority under the Crown’s oversight, appoint and lead the City Council, and oversee the passage of local statutes and review of citizen petitions. 

 

Current: Pending Election; further inquiries to the Archchancellor.

 

♝ The Voorzitter

 

The Voorzitter, elected from among the members of the Burgherraad and accountable to the Archchancellor, serves as the assembly’s presiding officer. They oversee sessions, maintain order, recognize members, and manage records such as attendance, votes, minutes, amendments, and conflicts of interest, with support from appointed scribes or deputies, and regulate absentee voting.

 

Current: Her Ladyship, Phoebe Malory, Baroness of Sternfell @Seva

 

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AVE IMPERIUM!

 

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H V M A N I T A S    I N V I C T A

“Für Gott und Kaiser,”

 

HIS IMPERIAL EXCELLENCY, Ezra de Senna, Imperial Archchancellor and Regent, Count of Edessa.

FORTVNA AVDACES IVVAT

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**Echoes throughout the keep of Barden at the news of their own Lord Duncan W. reaching  Master Emissary