Princes of Heart
The Princes of Heart, is an order of individuals who have been chosen by the World Soul of Khinarzi to maintain and protect it. It is the highest honour in Neoko to be chosen for the task. These individuals are shown to have talents that allow them to use either magic and/or artifice to tend to the World Heart and often this connection to the Khinarzi leads to Princes being used as consuls and mediators in Neoko, though their sacred duties means they are never allowed to leave the Kingdom, unless Khinarzi commands it, and are expected to spend most of their time with the World Heart.
One member of the order, chosen by Khinarzi, is the Speaker they often seem to have a telepathic link to the World Soul and so speak on its behalf. They are granted the right to sit upon the World Souls chair at meetings of the Council of Neoko, and while there they will never speak their own opinion, they will only speak when the World Soul commands it and when this happens such words are nearly always listened to and any commands followed.
While our world Prince is a title attached to monarchy and is a gendered role in this setting it is a gender neutral title applied to a member of this order, and this is its only use in the setting.
Type
Religious, Holy Order
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