Council of Elders

The city is managed by the Council of Elders, composed of representatives from each clan registered in Xarlaca. The Council votes on actions that require city-wide cooperation, such as setting taxes, defining laws, and building roads. They also adjudicate disputes between clans. The most clans are relatively small, comprising family groups of about 50 or so. Towering among the lesser clans are the great houses, large constellations of families linked by blood, marriage, and agreements of trade and power. Their representatives theoretically have the same power as those of the lesser clans, but in practice, most of the lesser clans follow the leads of the greaters ones, balancing their autonomy with the political reality.
A Bluehall Academy historian-scribe takes minutes for the record and answers questions of precedent.

Type

Geopolitical, City council

Location

Xarlaca

Controlled Territories

• Xarlaca