The Royal Court of Ekbir
Aithne Feadiel, Queen of Ekbir
Aithne Feadiel is an adventurer. She knows it, the Court knows
it, and the people know it. In fact, most of the country was
disappointed when the Emperor (then a King) chose her as his
wife, since there were no political advantages to the marriage.
Even now, Aithne spends no less than three hours a day practicing
with the sword and bow, both alone and with others. However,
whatever desire for adventure she may have, Aithne has learned
to control it over the twenty years she has been Queen. Some
now claim she will be an even wiser ruler than the Emperor was.
Others point to her unknown background and wonder why she has
never revealed where she came from, or even how she and King
Feadiel met.
Aithne has two primary concerns at this point. The first
is the well-being of the Kingdom of Ekbir. Five years before
his death, the Emperor handed control of the Kingdom of Ekbir
to Aithne as a way to build her ruling experience for those
times when the Emperor had to leave the country. With the
demise of her husband, Aithne has a second concern, however.
Her son, Rendy Feadiel II, is the heir to the Empire of Ekbir.
However, it will be at least a hundred years before he is
old enough to take charge of the Empire. The Queen of Ekbir
is determined to make sure the Empire still exists when that
time comes.
Brangoldorf, Lord High Chamberlain
Brangoldorf is a Githyanki paladin who swore to serve Emperor Rendy
Feadiel for the rest of his life after the Emperor saved Brangoldorf's
life during a quest on the Astral Plane. What Brangoldorf lacks in
administrative skill, he more than makes up for in loyalty. Often
working in the background and seldom acknowledged, the late-Emperor
and now the Queen know that they can turn to Brangoldorf when they
need someone they can trust with their lives.
Eleazor, Lord High Chancellor
Eleazor takes care of the day-to-day affairs of running the
country. If the Queen is the top executive of the country,
Eleazor is the manager. He takes care of such things as
scheduling tax collection and supply wagons, bringing the need
for new appointments to the Queen's attention, and determining
what business is of sufficient importance to warrant the Queen's
attention. When not engaged in his royal duties, Eleazor continues
his studies in magic, hoping to someday be a great wizard.
Varek, Lord High Magist
Varek is in charge of handling anything magical that the Kingdom
of Ekbir deals with. This includes overseeing the enchantment
of magical items in the Royal Armory, overseeing and participating
in the enchantment of magical defenses within the Kingdom, heading
up research into magical phenomena that affect the Kingdom, and
advising the Queen on all matters dealing with wizards and
wizardry. Living in a great flying citadel, Varek is acknowledged
by most to be second in power only to his former mentor, Gondor,
who left the Kingdom of Ekbir to devote himself to the intense
study of magic on the Isle of Nowhere.
Evwyr, Lord High Clerist
While the royal family worship the elven god, Ilsundal, most of
Ekbir worships Tyr, god of Justice and Law. (Imported to this
campaign from Forgotten Realms.) Evwyr is one of the two most
powerful patriarchs of Tyr in Western Greyhawk. While a member
of the royal court, Evwyr is approached by rulers and pilgrims
from the entire region for advice on religious matters. Within
the Kingdom of Ekbir, Evwyr is responsible for the religious and
spiritual well-being of the Kingdom. He has formed the Council
of Clerists, chaired by himself, to obtain input from every
religion in Ekbir to help with this task. The council has a
representative from every temple that will send one. The council
meets twice each year to discuss problems facing the religious
communities of Ekbir and propose ways in which Evwyr may advise
the Queen to handle these problems.
Tulkas, Lord High Sheriff and Lord High Executor
Tulkas is responsible for law enforcement within the Kingdom
of Ekbir. He approaches this in a very personal matter, taking
charge himself of teams sent to make important arrests or perform
important investigations. Once of the most powerful of these teams
is the Executors, for whom Tulkas is the Captain. The Executors
are commissioned as both sheriffs and magistrates, and are assigned
to particularly crime ridden areas where the normal process of law
enforcement has failed to control crime. (More information on the
Executors may eventually be found in a separate section.)
Alia, Lord High Inquisitor
Alia (pronounced a-lee-a) is perhaps the single, most well-informed member of the
Royal Court. As Lord High Inquisitor, Alia is in charge of
the Ekbirian Intelligence organizations, both internal and
external. Once an underfunded and inefficient organization,
Alia has turned the secret services into a powerful tool
for the Queen. While no one but Alia knows the details of these
covert operations, it is widely known that when the Queen or
some other official needs hard to find information, Alia is the
most likely to have it or be able to find it. For this reason,
Alia is perhaps the most trusted advisor to the Queen, and is
often delegated the task of briefing adventurers and military
officers on missions where information already known by the
Kingdom of Ekbir may be of use. Alia normally dresses in all
black, and has been known to sneak around Castle Feadiel observing
all that happens. Many a time has the Queen or another official
asked a servant to summon Alia only to have her step out of the
shadows and offer her services. Some find this unnerving. Alia
claims to just be doing her job.
Polthelas, Chaplain of Ilsundal
While not having much in the way of authority, Polthelas is
a valued advisor to the Queen, being a priest of the Queen's
patron diety. Some object to the Royal Court including a
chaplain of a diety almost unheard of in Ekbir. However, the
Queen pays them no heed.
Sachar, Lord High Engineer
Sachar is a scholar who specializes in invention and engineering.
He has developed many new devices for Ekbir that incorporate
both technology and magic. Sachar is also an illusionist and
a priest of Athena. His range of knowledge, therefore, causes
the Queen and other members of the court to consult him for
advice on things outside of the realm of engineering also.
Jazerotz, Imperial Reeve and Lord High Treasurer
Jazerotz is a scribe who was originally hired by the Emperor
to keep track of the books for the Empire of Ekbir. However,
the Emperor soon noticed that Jazerotz was a master at investing
in and starting successful enterprises. Emperor Feadiel therefore
named Jazerotz the Lord High Treasurer, and gave him the task
of investing the funds collected from the Ekbirian mines in an
attempt to enhance the economy. Over the past ten years, this
policy of investment has grown Ekbir's economy sufficiently that
the Empire of Ekbir (or was before the war) more productive than
the Sultanate of Zeif and the Kingdom of Tusmit combined.
Jazerotz, however, derived more pleasure from the knowledge he
gains as Imperial Reeve. Rumor is that he has amassed a small
fortune himself, but it isn't obvious from his lifestyle. He
lives in a small room in Castle Feadiel and owns only a few sets
of clothes, a sword (from his adventuring days), and some sandals.
Arutha Palandue, Lord High Justice
Arutha is a paladin of Paladine, God of Justice. He is known
to both criminal and citizen alike as the fairest person to sit
in the position of Lord High Justice. The clergy of Tyr, in
fact, consider him too fair, in some cases. Arutha has always
considered the intent of the person a mitigating circumstance
in case of minor infractions of the law, whereas Tyr's orthodox
followers claim that this causes too many exceptions to the
law. So far, the Queen has seen fit to let Arutha run the legal
system his way.
Barsad, Imperial Herald
Most of those who come to consult Barsad do so in hopes of obtaining
or enhancing their coat of arms. All coats of arms recognized
by the Kingdom of Ekbir must come through Barsad. On occasion,
however, the Queen will request Barsad's advice on the proper
means with which to approach visiting delegations. Barsad is
a knight himself, but over the last twelve years his primary
experience has been heraldry and etiquette.
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