Dawn of the Third Age/Setting/CelestialDeliberative
The Politics of the Celestial Deliberative
The Celestial Deliberative, though referred to in the singular, actually consists of two bodies: the Celestial Deliberative itself, and the Terrestrial Deliberative - a legacy of the way in which the new regime was founded, with Celestial authority replacing the Scarlet Empress as the top layer of the Realm's existing political structure. Each body, of course, has its own distinct structures, functions, and of course, factions.
The Celestial Deliberative
The Celestial Deliberative, unlike the Solar Deliberative, is deliberately structured to give each group of Celestials equal voice in the decisions it makes - Lunars each wield 1 vote, Sidereals 3, and Solars 2 - though as plans to redeem Abyssals (and Infernals, if possible) proceed, Solars will lose their extra vote.
. However, haven't we had enough of cnmmuoity do gooders on the board? Aaron and Alicia were not particularly effective. I think the best board members come from the parental ranks people who have or who have recently had students in the system. I have thought myself about serving on the board because of the taxes I pay. But really I just believe that someone with children involved in the system would be better qualified.
The Factions of the Terrestrial Deliberative
The Terrestrial Deliberative is much the same body as it once was. It was left in place as a way to let the Terrestrials keep some direct influence over government decisions - unfortunately, the Great Houses expected the new Celestial Deliberative to treat the Terrestrial Deliberative with the same contempt as the Scarlet Empress had, and continued to use it as a dumping ground for incompetents and undesirables, thus creating a self-fulfilling prophecy. They have recently begun to realize their mistake and are trying to correct it.
The rivalries and alliances between the Great Houses continue as they have. The Seventh Legion survivors have integrated into the more military Houses, like Cathak, Tepet, and Peleps, and the Immaculate fundamentalist underground remains mostly quiet, discreetly funneling resources to the hidden monastery-manses from which the most devout and zealous fundamentalist monks wage guerrilla campaigns against the Deliberative's holdings.
