Steward of Shireroth

The Steward's Shield of Honour.

The Steward of the Imperial Republic is the head of the executive of Shireroth. Elected by the Landsraad and thereafter appointed by the Kaiser, the Steward runs the government for a term of three years. He or she appoints ministers and other persons under law. The Steward also has power of decree over a wide range of topics for the imperial dominions and for matters of imperial competency. The current Steward is Naïs Szodarvs (since 20.V.1739).

Prior to the enactment of the Carta Ayreonica in 1653, the Steward governed Shireroth whenever the Kaiser was unable to. In 1653, the post of Regent was split off from Steward, and the Steward consolidated permanent government power. Ruling Stewards occurred between reigns of kaisers for various reasons. For example, upon the forced abdication of Kaiser Cedris I (with the designated heir unable to take on the kaisership), Steward Carl Jackson of Novi Nigrad governed until the House of Ashura (which had been tasked with finding the next Kaiser) had presented Kaiserin Rei I to the nobility of Shireroth.

At the Coronation of Hasan I, The Prophet presented to the then Steward Jacobus Loki a "Shield made of dark Silver, with the white-gold inlay of a mighty fruit bearing tree, with black pearls hanging from the branches". The Prophet named this the Shield of the Steward, the Shield of Honor.

The title Steward has existed also in many Shirerithian jurisdictions as a caretaker government title.

List of recent Stewards

See also the List of Stewards.

Before 1653, the position of Steward was not by all kaisers considered a permanent position. Some kaisers appointed stewards only for specific events, other kaisers always had a stand-in steward and tasked him or her with certain business.

Arms	Portrait	Personal name	Birth	Tenure	Death	House or bloodline	Kaiser	Note
		Fax Celestis		1466			Ari 0 Landsraad	ruling steward in the absence of a kaiser
		Nikkolo du Grifos		1475–1477		Grifos	Landsraad	ruling steward in the absence of a kaiser
		Ari Jouksiaisenpoika Ly'Technomaezj	1456	1483–1484		Ly'Technomaezj	Aurefiction Meskan I	as Kantzler
		Erik Mortis III	1458	1484–1486	1493	Mortis	Jadie
		Jadie Doran	1457 (Geovenus, Delvenus)	1486–1493	1569 (Kralizec	Doran	Mors Wylþeow Landsraad
		Gregory of Amity		1493–1497			Los II Raynor XI
		Shyriath Bukolos		1497–1502			Raynor XI Mors IV
		Scott of Alexander	1412	1502–1504	1608	–	Ari i
		Shyriath Bukolos		1504–1507			Alejian I
		Fax Celestis		1507–1512			Los III Yarad Semisa I
		Nick Foghorn Leghorn		1512–1513			Letifer II
		Gregory of Amity		1513–1514			Letifer II
		William Meskan	1482	1515–1516	?	Steffki	Alejian II
		Malarbor		1516–1518			Alejian II
		Baldwin Plantagenet Julii		1518–1519			Alejian II
		Gregory of Amity		1520–1524			Carol
		Jacobus Loki	1515 (Lac Glacei)	1535–1542	1635	Grifos	Mors V Hasan I
		Harald of Froyalan	1446	1542	1685	Ettlingar Freyu	Hasan I
		Carol of Lumina's Light	1443	1542	1559	Doran	Ayreon I
		Ardashir Moqtada al-Osmani	1504	1542–1543	1598	Osman || Ayreon I ||
		Oroigawa Koreyasu	1520	1543–1547	1585	Van der Sluijs	Ayreon I Loki III
		Ari Kaukainen	1456	1547–1550		Ly'Technomaezj	Reynardine I Agni|
		Oroigawa Koreyasu	1520	1550–1551	1585	Van der Sluijs	Agni Loki III
		Leo Dine		1551–1552			Erasmas
		Jacobus Loki	1515 (Lac Glacei)	1552–1553	1635	Grifos	Anandja I
		Leo Dine		1552–1554			Anandja I
		Ardashir Moqtada al-Osmani	1504	1554–1557	1598	Osman	Anandja I Gaelen III
		Malliki Tosha	1517	1557	1602		Aurangzeb
		Leo Dine		1557–1560			Aurangzeb Leto III
		Malliki Tosha	1517	1560–1561	1602		Leto III
		Ryan of Yardistan		1561			Leto III
		Erik Ezekiel Mortis	1510	1561–1562	1564	Mortis	Malarbor I
		Daniel Kalirion	1542	1562–1564	1586	Ayreon-Kalirion	Mors VI Ruling Steward (briefly in 1564) Kaiseress Anandja II
		Falkner van der Sluijs	1544	1566–1570	1620	Van der Sluijs	Anandja II Ikol II B'Caw Ometeotl I
		Giles Melang		1574–1577			Gaelen IV
		Carl Jackson	1539	1577	1612	–	Cedris
		Oroigawa Kitsune		1577–1579			Rei
		Jacobus Loki	1515 (Lac Glacei)	1582–1584	1635	Grifos	Reynardine II
		Kozhi Rraahan		1584–1585			Loki IV
		Carl Jackson	1539	1585–1587	1612	–	Loki IV
		Vilhelm Benkern		1587–1588			Hasan II
		Conglacio Swefhert	1526	1588–1589	1609	–	Ayreon II
		Benjamin Bartholomew Wythe	1555	1589	1589		Ayreon II
		Johnathan Nelson Wythe II	1573	1589	1591		Ayreon II
		Ari Kaukainen	1456	1590–1591		Ly'Technomaezj	Wythe
		Vilhelm Benkern		1591			Wythe
		Nithi Kirenion		1591–1593			Yardistanislaus
		Shyriath Bukolos		1602–1606			Mira Raynora Mnr Aiomide
		Mira Octavius-Aryani		1606–1608			Aiomide	as Regent
		Choygal Kamala		1608–1610			Trantor IV Landsraad
		Shyriath Bukolos		1610–1613			Mo'll
		Ryabin Merkayastreb		1613–1614	1614		Mors IV	Died in office.
		Stellus Yastreb		1614–1615	c. 1622		Mors IV	Ruling steward after abdication
		Ryker Everstone	1589	1615–1617	–	Redquill	Sehml	Succeeded to throne as Redquill
		Mira Raynora Minor		1617–1620			Redquill
None		Aasmund Vigeland		1620			Isa IV	Executed by Isa IV.
		Jonathan Ayreon-Kalirion		1620			Isa IV	Succeeded to throne as Ayreon III
		Jacob Darylion-Verion		1620–1623			Ayreon III	Succeeded to throne as Verion I
		Jonathan Ayreon-Kalirion	Hurmu, 1603	1623–1624	Light, 1629	Ayreon-Kalirion	Verion I
		Kizzy Drakland	Demonsfall, 1597	1624–1626	died 1639, returned 1650	Drak	Daniel III	Succeeded to throne as Kizzy
		Vilhelm Benkern		1626–1631?			Kizzy Raynor XII
		Mira Raynora Minor		1631–1634			Raynor XII
Vacant				1634–1636			Brrapa VII Hjalmar
		Altea Lomax	Tarkyr, 1607	1636–1639	1691		Hjalmar
		Yumi Zotrasdóttir	unknown	1639–1642	–	Kviteseid	Hjalmar Redquill
		Hallbjörn Haraldsson	Port Nevermore, 1588	1642–1644		Ettlingar Freyu	Dominus
		Adam Ayreon-Kalirion	Ardashirshahr, 1630	1644–1645	Ura'Bos, 1650	Ayreon-Kalirion Waffel-Paine	Aurangzeb II* Noor	Jailed by Noor.
		Daniyal Dravot	Normark, 1559	1645–1647	Modan-Lach, 1657		Noor
		Altea Lomax	Tarkyr, 1607	1647	1691		Noor
		Isabella Simrani-Kalirion	Ribat al-Eluinshahr, 1603	1647–1648	Ayreon-Kalirion	Ayreon-Kalirion	Noor
		Kyle Kilynn	Demonsfall, 1617	1648–1651	Demonsfall, 1656	Drak Waffel-Paine	Noor Ayreon IV
		Liv Dravot	Shirekeep, 1615	1651–1654	1663, Teldrin	Arviður	Ayreon IV
		Waldemar Zinkgraven	Dietsland, 1590	1654–1657	7.V.1660 Nova England	Zinkgraven	Ayreon IV	Elected.
		Mira II Octavius-Aryani	c. 1617	1657–1663	Shirekeep, 1663	Octavius	Ayreon IV	Elected, 1657 Reelected 1660 Died in office
		Hartmut Aldric	Zolt, 1613	11.I.1663–21.IV.1663 (acting)	12.VIII.1667		Ayreon IV	Acting Steward following the death of Mira II Octavius-Aryani
				21.IV.1663–12.VIII.1667				Elected, 1663 Reelected, 1666.
		Ryker Everstone (Acting)	1589	12.VIII.1667–21.XI.1667	1671		Ayreon IV	Acting steward following the death of Hartmut Aldric
		Soraya II of Octavius-Parini	1617	21.XI.1667–23.VII.1680	?		Ayreon IV Salome	Elected, 1667 Elected, 1670
		Chrysostom Wythe	1607	23.VII.1680–1.VIII.1718	1722	Wythe	Salome	Elected, 1680
none		Louis Thuylemans	1668	1.VIII.1718–18.IV.1737	1738	Commoner	Salome	Elected, 1717. Elected, 1723. Elected, 1735. Removed from office by the Revolutionary Committee. Died by pit fighting.
none		Erasmo Laegel	1711	18.IV.1737-20.V.1739	1739	Commoner	Salome (de jure)	Elected by popular consensus among a Shirekeepian mob, later confirmed by the Revolutionary Committee.
none		Naïs Szodarvs	1650	20.V.1739-20.IX.1741		Commoner	Salome (de jure; 1739–1740) Ayreon V (1740– )	Appointed by the joint Legislature after the end of the Bloody Cleansing.
		Shen Suyi	1693	20.IX.1741–present		Suyi	Ayreon V (1741–1749)Ayreon VI (1749–)	Elected, 1741.