Post by Zillah on Apr 3, 2016 19:00:30 GMT -6
Mithras’s power is far reaching but relies on the cooperation of the other Cainite magnates of Britain. To that end, Mithras relies on a pair of councils to govern the Court of Avalon and its satellites.
The Privy Council is the highest authority in the land, and it comprises the Barons of Lincoln, York, Carlisle and Canterbury. Representatives of the Baron of Bordeaux also sit on the council, but the Baron of Winchester, arguably the most powerful Cainite noble after the prince, neither attends not sends a representative. The Privy Council has no innate powers but the Blood Laws allow a unanimous decision among the barons to overrule the prince’s actions. Infighting and Mithras’s influence via the blood oath and his warrior cult give him almost free reign, though.
The Grand Council (not to be confused with the mortal Great Council) incorporates all the Cainite barons of England, as well as representatives of the Welsh, Scottish and Irish fiefdoms. The Grand Council has no legal power in the Baronies of Avalon, but it serves as a means for airing disputes, gathering information and disseminating decrees.
The Cappadocian Roger de Camden (usually just called “Lord Camden”) serves as Mithras’s seneschal and represents the prince in council when he is otherwise engaged. Camden is a formidable administrator and canny politician, but he is not well liked by the barons or the other members of the prince’s court. Richard de Worde is Mithras’s spymaster. He exploits a wide range of Cainite and mortal agents to gather information for his liege, but he is not a typical Nosferatu. He appears openly at the prince’s court, to the Toreador’s chagrin, and has a haughty manner more in line with a Ventrue or Lasombra. The Saxon Gangrel Aethelwulf serves as Mithras’s warlord, leading his bodyguard and enforcing the prince’s dictates within the Barony of London. A hardened warrior and initiate of the Mithraic cult, Aethelwulf is fi ercely loyal to the prince and advises him on a range of military matters. Despite (or perhaps because of) his lack of social graces and forthright manner, Aethelwulf is one of Mithras’s closest associates. The Ventrue ancilla, Valerius, has twice sought to usurp the warlord’s position, but he presently lacks the infl uence to unseat the elder Gangrel.
The Privy Council is the highest authority in the land, and it comprises the Barons of Lincoln, York, Carlisle and Canterbury. Representatives of the Baron of Bordeaux also sit on the council, but the Baron of Winchester, arguably the most powerful Cainite noble after the prince, neither attends not sends a representative. The Privy Council has no innate powers but the Blood Laws allow a unanimous decision among the barons to overrule the prince’s actions. Infighting and Mithras’s influence via the blood oath and his warrior cult give him almost free reign, though.
The Grand Council (not to be confused with the mortal Great Council) incorporates all the Cainite barons of England, as well as representatives of the Welsh, Scottish and Irish fiefdoms. The Grand Council has no legal power in the Baronies of Avalon, but it serves as a means for airing disputes, gathering information and disseminating decrees.
The Cappadocian Roger de Camden (usually just called “Lord Camden”) serves as Mithras’s seneschal and represents the prince in council when he is otherwise engaged. Camden is a formidable administrator and canny politician, but he is not well liked by the barons or the other members of the prince’s court. Richard de Worde is Mithras’s spymaster. He exploits a wide range of Cainite and mortal agents to gather information for his liege, but he is not a typical Nosferatu. He appears openly at the prince’s court, to the Toreador’s chagrin, and has a haughty manner more in line with a Ventrue or Lasombra. The Saxon Gangrel Aethelwulf serves as Mithras’s warlord, leading his bodyguard and enforcing the prince’s dictates within the Barony of London. A hardened warrior and initiate of the Mithraic cult, Aethelwulf is fi ercely loyal to the prince and advises him on a range of military matters. Despite (or perhaps because of) his lack of social graces and forthright manner, Aethelwulf is one of Mithras’s closest associates. The Ventrue ancilla, Valerius, has twice sought to usurp the warlord’s position, but he presently lacks the infl uence to unseat the elder Gangrel.