Chamber Extraordinary
The Chamber Extraordinary (sometimes styled Chambers Extraordinary) is the de facto secret police force of the League of Savura. Officially founded in 1334 AK by order of the Savuran Senate, it replaced a largely informal network of spies and informants who reported to the individual Autokrators of the cities of the League.
The official tasking of the Chamber Extraordinary is primarily one of counter-intelligence and the investigation of counter-revolutionary activities (though the prosecution of such activities tends to rest with the Chamber Judicial or the local courts). In practice their remit has grown over the past decade to include a wide variety of functions considered too sensitive or specialised for the Chambers Ordinary.
Structure
The Chamber Extraordinary is understood to consist of a number of "subchambers", specialised divisions with particular taskings; five are relatively well known, though there are persistent rumours of the existence of other, more obscure departments.
The Subchamber Abhorrent, sometimes referred to as the monster hunters or Chamber Venatori are tasked with rooting out monstrous threats within the Savuran League. It is believed that the majority of their activity is directed against the undead and practitioners of necromancy, along with such things as lycanthropes and demonic threats, and more unusual dangerous entities besides this.
Whilst technically part of the Chambers Extraordinary, the Chamber Divinatory is in effect autonomous in its work. Created to oppose the work of the Gilded Tower of Aldernord, it is primarily concenred with the provision of military intelligence through magical means.
It is believed that the Chamber Divinatory has in recent years recieved substantial support from the mages of Ras Amur, though it is unclear to what ends this support has been.
The Subchamber Exploratory is primarily tasked with cartography, and is understood to be making a systematic survey of the geography of the Savuran territories in order to produce high-quality maps of the region for military purposes. It has also been rumoured to have conducted secretive surveying work in the border regions of Aldernord and Metalaria. The subchamber has also known to sponsor archaeological expeditions to sites of particular interest such as Kab Melekh, and is involved in coordinating prospecting for certain strategic resources such as saltpetre which are considered to be of an interest to the nation as a whole.
The Subchamber Interrogative is the primary counter-insurgency apparatus of the Chamber Extraordinary as a whole, with a specific remit to guard against counter-revolutionary activity. Of all the departments of the Chambers Extraordinary, the Subchamber Interrogative tends to attract the most distrust and suspicion from the populace at large, and from local magistrates and militias. Its agents are often accused of acting in a heavy-handed fashion, detaining citizens on arbitrary grounds or on the basis of hearsay, and using blackmail and threats of violence to compel compliance.
Several senators have accused the Subchamber Interrogative of overstepping their remit and pursuing an agenda that is more concerned with stamping out dissent against the Dictator than it is with protecting the interests of Savura as a whole.
The Subchamber Occulta is concerned with the regulation of the use of magic, and the investigation of complex and unusual crimes in which advanced magical techniques are required. They are understood to work closely with the Collegiate Guard of Lapis, and with the Chamber Divinatory.
Subchamber Abhorrent
Chamber Divinatory
Subchamber Exploratory
Subchamber Interrogative
Subchamber Occulta
Founding Date
1334
Type
Government, Secret Service
Parent Organization
Notable Members
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