The Deliberative

The Deliberative is the Realm’s legislative body, created by Imperial decree in RY 103. Faced with growing criticism after the failure of her final full-scale invasion of the Scavenger Lands, the Empress felt the need to appease malcontents at home and abroad, if only because boiling them all in hot oil would have been impractical. 
Drawing on the traditions of the First Age, she created a pair of grand forums: one for the Dynasty, another for patricians and allied dignitaries. Together, they used ritualized debate to discern solutions for the problems plaguing the Realm and its Empress.
The Deliberative wasn’t intended to have any meaningful role in crafting the Realm’s policy — the Empress’ word was law, and she had no intention of surrendering absolute authority. Instead, she crafted the Deliberative to stem unrest and dissension amid the Realm’s nobility, permitting them to propose laws for her consideration.
She appointed her loudest, most venomous critics to the Deliberative, letting them debate policy and spout oratory to their hearts’ content, turning their vitriol against each other rather than toward her.
A handful of her own supporters seeded amongst them spoke up to derail efforts towards consensus or compromise, ensuring that laws proposed to her would have enough detractors that she could safely ignore them without political consequences.
The power wielded by the Deliberative was largely an illusion, but one that the Empress handled with every sign of respect. What other tool would allow her to corral renegades with their proud consent?
Now the Empress is gone, and Regent Fokuf entertains the Deliberative’s proposals lest he make an enemy of any of the Great Houses. In the chaos of the Time of Tumult, the Deliberative may be the single greatest source of political power within the Realm.

Parent Organization

The Scarlet Realms

Subsidiary Organizations

• The Greater Chamber
• The Lesser Chamber