The Royal Council

[The Celtic Viking]

"It's good to see that you're healthy and present, my son."

The Basileus turns towards Eunostos.

"Apparently I am suffering of the terrible affliction known as incompetent servants. 'Permanent Edict' is the old word for 'Law', the one we had before the reformation which you might be too young in this Council to know about. My servants apparently didn't change the word in my papers, so I used the old word instead of the new. I've now had the scribes correct it for me, so the same mistake shouldn't happen twice."

[Myth]

"These phalanxes I wanted to form out of the garrisons of the city I govern and the city where you currently reside Basileos, though you have wished them to go conquer elsewhere. Who will lead them then?"

[Skullheadhq]

I support law E1.1, given that the nomarchies will be permanent.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

One of the scribes checkes his sandglass..

It's time.. clearing his throath.. The First Emergency Council is over! The time for proposing legislation has passed! Voting will begin shortly. There will be a two day period allocated for voting. Voting will end at 10pm GMT on Thursday, June 16th.

Another scribe stands forward..

Zoarchos Helios is the new Royal Treasurer!
Meleagros Ptolemaios is the new Chancellor! He also assumes the positions of Polemarchos and Trierarchos!

[LeoCordis]

Reading through the results of the voting and the appointments to positions a slight frown appears on Bothos' face. Looking up this quickly disappears into a familiar half smile.

First of all I would like to congratulate Meleagros Ptolemaios and Zoarches Helios to their appointments of Chancellor and Royal Treasurer, I'm sure they'll serve the Kingdom well.

Secondly, I have some concerns with the recent legislation passed. How does Edict E1.1b and Law E1.2 work together? I would ask the members of this council to forgive my naivity in the matter, for the ancient laws are not my speciality.

Finally, I would ask the Basileus and his son and heir the appointments to the armies of the realm. I assume the Kleronomos Basileios will be taking command of his Royal Army as stated and Leontiskos Thraikikos taking command of the new regular army. Also is it to be assumed the new Chancellor shall become the new Nomarch of the Upper Nile?

I would beg to ask if the Basileus has seen fit to appoint any more positions to certain people and if, as would be assumed, I am not one of these people, I would ask for the great honour of serving your son, Basileus, as second in command of the Royal Army, or whoever is deemed fit to command it. The privilege to be in the relief force for Tarsos would be honour upon itself.

[johnhughthom]

Leontiskos stands to address Bothos,

"Young Bothos, I don't believe the two bills are incompatible, Edict 1.1b states that anyone may build their own warfleet, though surely Croesus is reborn if any man here has the funds to do that. Law E1.2 commits us to building a fleet of Triereis, the cost to be shared amongst the council.
I do apologise in regard my ignorance of your background. In my youth I spent many an hour learning the histories of Greek families, important and minor. Unfortunately I didn't have the time to study insignificant, how should I say, peninsulars?"

[LeoCordis]

Ah, Leontiskos. I thank you for the explanation.
I'm also sure your extensive studies of our illustrious family names has served you in good stead. I will need to learn them too, I'm sure, to survive in on the battlefield.