The Amira's Court
At the top of the city is the Amira’s Court – the highest floors of the tallest towers in the city, topped by nothing except its own neverending upwards construction site and the starry sky above. The Amira's Court is the royalty of Palimpsest, headed by the elusive Amira who is never seen by the people of the city. The Amira's agents, however, are a common sight in the city, and are responsible for maintaining order and enforcing the Amira's will. The Amira's Court is the most powerful entity in the city, and its word is law.
No-one not initiated into the Amira’s Court has ever been known to gain entry to those city-topping halls, and the Amira herself has never been known to step outside of them, leaving almost everything about her existence a complete mystery, but her presence is nonetheless felt throughout the city in the form of her representatives.
No-one knows for sure what species the agents of the Amira’s Court are, let alone the Amira herself. They tend to present themselves in forms that are certainly humanoid, but not necessarily human, often with odd colouration of eyes, hair and skin, and unusually shaped ears and cheekbones. People don’t tend to question this.
Structure
Wherever the efficient running of the city encounters a major snag, or social conflict threatens to overwhelm some important cog in the state aparatus, one of the Amira's Hands will soon be there to smooth things out with guile and diplomacy and just a little bit of supernatural trickery.
Wherever open rebellion breaks out and needs to be put down to maintain order, one of the Amira's Heels will doubtless arrive to mercilessly crush what must be crushed.
Should a more deft and subtle kind of violence be called for to remove troublesome individuals before they become too much of a threat to civic functioning, the Amira's Teeth are always waiting.
The Amira's Ears can somehow always be found by anyone with secrets to snitch on or neighbours to report, while it is said that the Amira's Eyes snoop out everything going on in the city that doesn’t get reported on.
The Amira's Tongue delivers royal decrees and official statements semi-regularly, delivered up and down the city by strange insectile messengers.
The Amira's Chest works ceaselessly to manage the city treasury, dedicated to ensuring that Palimpsest never quite runs out of food or supplies despite its isolated nature, and maintains a network of Royal Hammams all down the city which provide public health services such as clean water, heated baths, and crematoria.
Some rumours even speak of other representatives that never leave the Court grounds – Amira's Sinews who guard the Court’s borders, Amira's Hairs that decorate and serve the higher-ranking Court members, an Amira's Heart who is her personal consort, lover and trusted advisor, and maybe even an Amira's Womb who is her heir.
We Cannot Be Erased
Type
Court, Royal
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Structure
The Amira's Hair: are the General Servants of the Amira's Court.The Amira's Eyes: are the Spies of the Amira's Court.
The Amira's Ears: are the Intelligence Gatherers of the Amira's Court.
The Amira's Tongue: is the Messenger of the Amira's Court.
The Amira's Teeth: are the Assassins of the Amira's Court.
The Amira's Chest: are the Treasurers of the Amira's Court.
The Amira's Heart: is the Consort of the Amira.
The Amira's Womb: is the Heir of the Amira.
The Amira's Hands: are the Diplomats of the Amira's Court.
The Amira's Heels: are the Enforcers of the Amira's Court.
The Amira's Sinew: are the Guards of the Amira's Court.
