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+[[setting:Council_main_page | Welcome to Starke]]
+======= Council Articles ========
-===== The Council Articles ======
+====== Article 1 – Faction Representation ======
-======Article 1 – Representation =======
-* All Supernatural Factions pledged in defence of the idea of the Council will elect a representative of their choosing to sit the respective Throne of their faction, in order to represent them and serve them as their voice on the Council proper.\\
+* 8 factions are currently represented at the Council of Starke.
+  - The Fae\\
+  - The Fallen\\
+  - The Garou Nation\\
+  - The Imbued\\
+  - The Kindred\\
+  - The Magi\\
+  - The Reborn\\
+  - The Wraith\\
-* Each Throne will have the power of a single vote on all matters before the Council: In regards to its defences, member’s actions, and judicial proceedings.\\
+* Sorcerers are represented by either of the eight factions they're affiliated to.\\
-* Each Throne is responsible ultimately to their Faction and will represent their combined voice and interests. All issues, violations, and requests must be processed and presented by the Throne.\\
+* Further Factions will only be admitted or rejected from the Council by unanimous vote of the remaining members.\\
-* All members will abide the laws and majority decisions of the Council in all pledged matters of communal defence, property and law.\\
-* Factions must utilize and exhaust all options within the Council fort justice. Open aggression by a Faction against another Faction will forfeit the aggressor’s seat at the Council, all holdings and will be subject to retaliation by all other members of the Council.\\
+====Thrones====
-* Further Factions will only be admitted or rejected from the Council by unanimous vote of the remaining members.\\
+* Each faction is represented by a Throne, which shall be an individual respected by their faction and trusted to represent them and serve them as their voice on the Council proper.\\
+* Each Throne will have the power of a single vote on all matters before the Council: In regards to its defenses, member’s actions, and judicial proceedings. Proxies do not have votes unless they vote in the stead of their Throne, yet their opinion should be taken into account by the Throne in their vote.\\
-======= Article 2 – Seats ======
+* Each Throne is responsible ultimately to their Faction and will represent their combined voice and interests. All issues, violations, and requests must be processed and presented by the Throne or one of their proxies.\\
-* There will be established the following seats for the explicit purposes stated. These seats will have authority in their respective domain, in lieu of and up to voted actions by the greater Council.\\
-* Seat of the Sword: To guard and defend against threats to the Council.\\
+====Proxies====
-* Seat of the Chalice: Charged to represent and broker on behalf of the Council.\\
+* Each Throne will have to choose at least one Proxy and up to two Proxies that will be allowed to attend the Council meetings and give advice to the Throne or to sit in the Throne's seat whenever they cannot attend.\\
-* Seat of the Coffer: Charged to manage the holdings and finances of the Council.\\
+* Proxies are responsible for forwarding to the Throne any issue brought up to their by members of their own faction or of others.\\
-* Seat of the Gavel: Charged with officiating and enforcing Council law.\\
+[[setting:the_council_members | Council Factions & Representatives]]
-* Seat holders shall be nominated to position by any Throne. They shall be appointed by majority Yea.
-No single Faction shall hold a majority of Seats.\\
-* Once elected a 3/4 vote of no confidence or guilt of offense is required to remove a Seat.\\
-====== Article 3 – Proceedings ======
-* Matters of process and vote will be handled by the Gavel.\\
+====== Article 2 – Non-council faction representatives ======
-* All Thrones may put forth issues for single Up/Down votes.\\
-* All Thrones have a single opportunity to express their favor per issue, and many call on Members to testify during their turn.\\
+* Shall a supernatural group either 1°) refuse to join the Council as a faction proper, or 2°) be rejected by the Council as a faction proper further to a vote, but still will to maintain an alliance with the Council, a Throne should be chosen to serve as a spokesperson between this out faction and the Council.
-* A measure must receive a majority of Yea votes to pass.\\
+[[setting:the_council_allies | Ally Non-Council Factions & Representatives]]
-* Any member who speaks on the floor is subject to censure for vulgarities, slander or slurs against another member or Faction. A member who faces censure by majority vote retains the right to vote, but is barred from the floor until they face adjudication by their peers, or until the next Council session.\\
-* Council meetings will be called by the Gavel, or by majority count of Thrones only in times of duress. All reasonable effort must be made to convene the Council, and any rule passed during duress are only effective until a full Council is called.\\
-* Each Throne may appoint a proxy(ies) to the position as deemed necessary by the Throne – the same is true for Seats. Notification is required in person or to the Gavel.\\
-* Members that are under multiple Throne jurisdictions will require permission from each of those Thrones to maintain membership within the Council. Thrones are ultimately responsible to their supernatural Faction’s leadership in determining membership.\\
+====== Article 3 – Seats ======
-====== Article 4 – Law ======
+* There will be established the following seats for the explicit purposes stated. These seats will have authority in their respective domain, in lieu of and up to voted actions by the Council.\\
-* Council Law, defined within these Articles, is Supreme rule regarding violations between members of differing Factions.\\
-* Any violation of law within a Faction, or between members of the same Faction, is the sole purview and authority of that Faction and/or Throne.\\
+====Seat of the Sword====
-* All violations of law must be presented to the Seat of the Chalice, Seat of the Gavel, and all other affected Thrones as soon as a member is aware of the infraction.\\
+* To guard and defend against threats to the Council.\\
-* Guilt and innocence will be determined in open Council by a tribunal of three Thrones not directly involved in the incident. If there are fewer than three or more than half the Council is injured to these actions as a majority of all Thrones will be used.\\
+* The Sword of the coordinates missions involving more than one faction and leads the council in battle.\\
-* For capital offenses, a maximum sentence shall be excercised of banishment, to which the banished party will be stripped of all possessions, and/or ‘destroyed’, under the precepts of the offended Faction’s laws. The destruction in question, however, is only to be carried out after a unanimous decision of the Council is reached. \\
+====Seat of the Gavel====
-====== Article 5 – Tenets ======
+* To host and moderate the Council meetings.\\
-* Right to Exist: All members of the Council have the right to exist free of harm, supernatural manipulation, or violation of property by another member.\\
+* Prior to meetings, the Gavel is in charge of collection the items of the Council meeting agenda from each faction's throne and to schedule the meeting session.\\
-* Mutual Defence: All members are pledged to the defence of their fellow members. Abandonment, destruction, or purposeful harm delivered via physical, supernatural or other means of offense against members of another Faction are violations of this tenet.\\
+* During meetings, the Gavel runs the meeting and invite speakers to speak when it's their turn, the Gavel also maintains order during during sessions and serves as secretary of the meeting minutes.\\
-* Representation: Members of the Council will defer to their Throne for representation. Failing that, the appropriate Seat may be approached to air grievances.\\
+* It is within the prerogatives of the Gavel to delegate the role of secretary, however there is only one seat of the Gavel.\\
-* Sanctity of Office: Mental manipulation of any elected Throne or Seat without clear and immediate threat to life, limb or property is an actionable crime, to which the offending party will face measures taken under Article 4, up to and including measures listed in Article 4, Point 5.\\
-* Communication: The Council exists to provide a means of communication to raise defences, serve its members communal interests, those of the encompassed domains of their respective Factions, and to resolve grievances. Actions that undermine this; such as withholding information, refusing member obligations or other malicious behavior will be adjudicated according to the measures listed in Article 4.\\
+====Seat of the Eraser====
+* To protect magic and the Supernaturals from exposure, aka Veil breaches.\\
+* Upon request of the Council Thrones, the Eraser investigates Veil breaches occurring in Starke or caused by more than one faction or a single faction if the concerned Throne explicitly requests it.\\
+* The Eraser determines the best course of action to mitigate Veil breaches and leads the council in Veil patching.\\
+**Eligibility and Term**
+* Any person affiliated to one of the factions of the Starke Council is eligible to become Seat of the Council. Nominations don't have to be seconded but can be vetoed by the faction Throne, within reason. One can only run for one Seat of the Council at a time.\\
+* Seats of the Council are voted for and appointed by majority. Should no candidate receive the absolute majority of the votes in the first round, there will be a runoff election between the two leading candidates. No single Faction shall hold all of the Seats. Should three candidates from the same faction be elected as Seats, one of them should spontaneously drop and a runoff election will be held for this seat among the other candidates with the most votes.\\
+* Seats of the Council are elected for a set term of one year but a Seat is free to give up their Seat at any given moment, this will trigger a new election.
+* Once elected a 3/4 vote of no confidence or guilt of offense is required to remove a Seat.\\
+[[setting:the_council_members | Council Factions & Representatives]]
+====== Article 4 – Proceedings ======
+* Meeting sessions are called upon by a majority of Thrones or by the Gavel if the issue log warrants it.\\
+* Matters of process and vote will be handled by the Gavel.\\
+* Issues can be presented by the Throne, their proxies or any guest of their choosing.
+* Any member who speaks on the floor is subject to censure for vulgarities, slander or slurs against another member or Faction. A member who faces censure by majority vote retains the right to vote, but is barred from the floor until they face adjudication by their peers, or until the next Council session.\\
+* All Thrones may put forth issues for single Up/Down votes.\\
+* Only Thrones or their proxy can vote on issue but each faction has only one vote. All Thrones have a single opportunity to express their favor per issue, and many call on Members to testify during their turn.\\
+* A measure must receive a majority of Yea votes to pass.\\
+* Any decision made during a Council session is final and should be implemented as quickly as possible. The Gavel will clearly state which decision was made and who is responsible for seeing to its implementation (either one of the Seats or one of the Thrones).\\
-* Right to Knowledge: All Factions are entitled to guard and protect information they are not entitled to share with the greater Council. Mutual interests outweigh the needs of the few, but this right shall not be violated for simple expediency and will be respected at all times. The Throne is the final arbiter of each Faction’s interest, subject to their own laws.\\
+* All members will abide the laws and majority decisions of the Council in all pledged matters of communal defense, property and law. Internal matters of each Faction are to be handled internally within that Throne's jurisdiction and the leaders thereof, unless and until the matter involves one or more other members of another Throne's Faction. Each Faction's leader reserves the right to handle such matters without the interference of another Faction unless and until such administration violates the sovereignty or security of another Throne's Faction.\\
-* Right to Asylum: Any supernatural creature or member of a Faction may petition to abdicate their affiliation to said Faction, under due cause and/or threat therefrom. Such members are to be sworn in as ‘Hands of the Council’, and will, from that point on, be subject only to the Council’s laws themselves. These members will answer to the Council as a whole only. A member may only be sworn in as a ‘Hand’ if they are in good standing with the community and no less than 3/4 of the sitting Council. Hands are stripped of all holdings in their former Faction, and cannot hold a Seat or Throne.\\
+* Factions must utilize and exhaust all options within the Council for justice. Open aggression by a Faction against another Faction will forfeit the aggressor’s seat at the Council, access to any of the Council's assets, and will be subject to retaliation by all other members of the Council.\\

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