Council of Eliria
The Council of Eliria is the highest Advisory Council of Elwynn. In the past, the Council (also known as the C of E), frequently changed roles, both being advisory, legislative, and purely for show. Under the current reign of Prince Claudius Verion, the Council of Eliria holds high status as the main advisory body of Elwynn, representing both the Counts of Elwynn's counties, and other important nobles and politicians.
Members of the Council carry the honorific "The Esteemed Councilmember" or "The Esteemed" in short form. The members of the Council of Eliria sit by in order of seniority around a table. The Prince sits at the position of honour, with the second most senior member (by time of service, and if equal time of service, age) on his right side, the third on his left, and so on.
Current members are:
| Title | Name | Political alignment |
|---|---|---|
| Prince of Elwynn | Claudius Verion | Verionist |
| Count of Agnesia | Nicolas Lewis | Ayreonist |
| Count of Araxion | Erich Baldurion Zyrion | Independent |
| Count of Cimmeria | Valdomir Hildebrandion Verion | Icebearian-Verionist |
| Countess of Cape Farewell | Irpa Eliasardottra | Ayreonist |
| Count of Iserdia and Eliria | Stein Flint | Verionist |
| Mayor of New Eliria | Gavin Rezarion | Verionist |
| Tradesmen and Workers' representative | Luuqas Nebukadynezarion | Elwynnese Workers' Party |
See also: List of all members of the Council of Eliria (1672– )
History
The Council of Eliria traces its origins to the Løgting of Elwynn established in 1535. Headed by Duke Harald of Froyalan, the Løgting was the first legislature of Elwynn. After the end of Harald's reign, it first changed its name to Elwynns Riksdag. From 1542 onwards Elwynn's legislature was known as Elwynns Riksdag, a name given to it by Duke Ardashir II Moqtada al-Osmani, until Duke Iskander Mirkdale decreed in the year 1546 that "The council known as Elwynns Riksdag shall henceforth be known as the Council at Eliria". In the year 1549, however, the Elwynnese government began to refer in its Ducal Decrees to the aforesaid legislature as Council of Eliria. The council remained known by that name throughout the remainder of Elwynn's pre-independence period; even during the days of the House System (1562-1567) when it served as the legislature of House Kalirion, the noble House controlling various territories that had appertained to the Duchy of Elwynn.
Subsequent to Elwynn's independence from Shireroth in 1567 the Council of Eliria changed in nature, becoming the executive council of Elwynn's head of state. The name of the Council of Eliria changed as well, but only after the union with Hurmu when the aforesaid executive council became known as the Roth Zera - which means Council of Three in the Elw language - a name which it retained until the year 1591 when a Constitution called the Charter of Elwynn came into force and the executive council became again known as the Council of Eliria. The main reason of changing the council's name was that the numbers of its membership over time structurally exceeded three and the name of Roth Zera had become a bit of a misnomer. Shortly before his resignation in 1597 Prince Elijah Ayreon re-established the Roth Zera as a kind of presidium of the Council of Eliria to serve as an emergency war cabinet stand-in. The aforesaid Roth Zera did not last beyond the tenure of Prince Elijah.
When Elwynn joined Shireroth again in the year 1600 the name Council of Eliria was kept. It remained the council's name until Elwynn's return to independence, with a brief interlude during the age of the communist regime when its name was changed to Presidium of the Standing Committee of the Supreme Council of the People's Democratic Republic of Elwynn, and 1669–1671 when the Council was in stasis. After the Ayreon-Kalirion Restoration in 1618, the Council of Eliria gained its status of advisory council to the Elwynnese monarch. Once independence was restored in 1671, the Council of Eliria took on its present role as the federal legislature of Elwynn.
The Council passed into a new period of abeyance with the defection of six of its members to the secessionist Republic of Elwynn and Amokolia in 1692 AN. With Eliria actively contested and only the autonomous republics of Alalehzamin, Mishalacia, Normark, and the Sovereign Confederation remaining loyal to the Court of the Prince, constitutional governance along with the Council, was suspended for the duration of the Second Elwynnese Civil War.
Under the old Elwynnese constitution, it has thirteen members, of which one is the Prince, and thereafter 2 persons are appointed by each autonomous country, one representing the legislature and one representing the executive. After the 1686 Council of Eliria elections, the Council was expanded by 6 members elected directly by the people, one per autonomous country.
After the Scouring, the Council of Eliria, together with the rest of Eliria, was disbanded. Prince Claudius Verion re-established the Council as his most senior advisory council in 1759.
