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| − | COUNCIL OF STEWARDS
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| − | The Council of Stewards comprises 30 members, two from
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| − | each of the Danaan-morand one from each of the other 14 Danaan
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| − | Families . Each family chooses its representative through a family
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| − | conclave, generally selecting the family elder, but sometimes
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| − | choosing a more talented debater or politician . Each Steward
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| − | serves for one to five years, according to his family's wishes . On
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| − | occasion, a Steward may temporarily yield his Council seat to
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| − | another family member if that kinsman knows the matter under
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| − | debate at a particular Council meeting better than the Steward
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| − | himself.
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| − | The Danaan Families occasionally refer to their Stewards as
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| − | "prionsa ." or "prince," but they rarely use this term outside of the
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| − | ritual addresses and greetings among the Council members . The
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| − | Danaan-morcare little for formalities of rank and title, and the term
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| − | prionsa is used more often outside the Council than within it .
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| − | Prionsa also denotes an elder or senior member of a Danaan Family
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| − | or such an elder's firstborn, Many elves find this usage pleasing .
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| − | The Council of Stewards controls the Senate . so it determines
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| − | Senate policy and legislation . In effect, the Council of Stewards
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| − | governs the Tir . The Council holds routine conclaves when necessary
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| − | to determine the outlines of future legislation ; these policy
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| − | meetings do not consider legal details or laws pertaining to trivial
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| − | issues . Full conclaves of the Council, which all Stewards must
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| − | attend, occur at the equinoxes . At these formal conclaves, the
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| − | Stewards wear full ritual regalia and consider business of vital
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| − | importance to the Council . An elected High Steward nominally
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| − | heads the Council : currently, William O'Dunn holds this position .
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| − | As a member of a family whose role in Tir public life covers
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| − | administrative rather than political . judicial, or economic power .
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| − | O'Dunn is the perfect selection for this largely administrative
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| − | office .
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| − | The Council of Stewards meets in Tara, but the Tara they refer
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| − | to has no specific geographical location in the Tir . A physical Hill
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| − | of Tara exists in the TIr, but "Tara" in the spiritual sense exists in
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| − | many places aside from that hill . Rather than a literal place, Tara is
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| − | the mystical seat of the High Kings of Ireland, believed to lie in the
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| − | county of Meath. Within that county, "Tara" is created mystically
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| − | and symbolically through the use of ritual regalia and the presence
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| − | of one or more Great Spirits of a nature appropriate to the specific
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| − | conclave's purposes . For example, a Great Spirit of Water or Land
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| − | might preside at a conclave whose central issues are environmental
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| − | . At the equinoctial conclaves, a Great Spirit of the Tuatha is
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| − | always present .
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| − | >>>>>[The Great Spirit isn't the half of it . Watchers are ten a
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| − | penny, and plenty of elementals also prowl around . If the elves are
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| − | talking real business, watch out for Great Spirits of the Fiery
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| − | Firmament.]««<
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| − | -Taranis (05 : 12 : 12/3-MAY-54)
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| − | »»>[What the frag are they?]««<
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| − | -Bandit (05 :30:10/3-MAY-54)
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| − | »»>[You'll find out . If you're unlucky.]<<<<<
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| − | -Taranis (05 :40 :11/3-MAY-54)
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