New Senate

The New Senate, with its capital at Urmin was founded in 5AF by 20 officials of the empire: 5 generals, 5 merchants, 5 priests and 5 judges, in order to act as a regency during the period of interregnum, which at the time they had hope of ending. By 44 AF, because after The Fall all attempts to restore the authority of the empire had failed, the New Senate proclaimed itself a republic with authority over the former territories of the empire, though it was financially and militarily unable to enact this, and lacked public support outside of Urmin and the lcal area. It still claims authority to this day, but operates through guilds connected to the senate's government.

Membership of a Senatorial guild allows one to stand for election in the New Senate after 6 years of membership, with the provision of 10,000 Imperials and the recommendation of at least 3 chapter heads. At founding, the New Senate decided that the senate should represent the 4 houses of the Empire:

Generals

Cornelius Alpa

Argax Harun

Tellia Artana

Sepasta Findus

Plax Ardano

Merchants

Huzon Gafala

Arrhadantis

Leolates

Pelonius

Priests

The names of the founding priests have been erased from all documents

Judges

Terax Algan

Quitones Alpa

Astelios Kalapristian

Lexico Thurnian

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Now the guilds represent these houses, except for the priesthood.

In 60 AF, the Theocracy siezed control of Ekara, and the New Senate was proclaimed to be effectively null by the Theocracy unless they accepted that the Theocrats could pass laws affecting the New Senate without the New Senate voting on them, and the Theocracy would be immune from laws and levies passed by the New Senate.

In an act of defiance, the New Senate voted 11 to 9 to abolish the Priest's quarter of the senate, and to raise the number to 40. The New Senate was still composed of 4 quarters, but the priests were replaced by The Populum.