Congress of Chryse/1712 Session

Background

In keeping with the precedent set by the 1708 Session, the Imperial and Emirati Bank of the Sathrati Islands and the Imperial & Emirati Bank of Alalehzamin and Constancia were nominated as guarantors of the peace that would prevail in Chryse during the Congress.

Participants at the congress were obliged to surrender hostages and pay the fees required for blood indemnity bonds into escrow accounts, refundable only on condition that no murder or mayhem transpire during the congress. Zollinger Kirchner was hired to act as go-between and intermediary, negotiating fees and collecting nominated hostages for delivery to Tirlar where they would be placed under the protective custody of the guarantor banks for the duration of the congress.

Attendees

Chryse

• Ayesha al-Osman, High Commissioner
• Ryabin Chryseoï, Sardar of the Civil Executive

Elluenuueq

• Jahangir Khan, President of the Realm’s General Staff
• Robert Hassel, Tribunal Commissioner for the Realm's Treasury

Ransenar

• Willihard Cason, Lord Chief Steward of Ransenar
• Charles Carney, Commissioner of Internal Affairs

Sovereign Confederation

• Varl Mercajski, incoming Deputy Commissioner for the Sacred Treasury and Assayer Eminent.
• Grigg Mercajski, retiring Commissioner for the Sacred Treasury (served 1704-12) and Eminent(1696-1712).

Unified Governorates

•  Daniyal ibn Daniyal, Szodan of Benacia
• Joachim Eckhart, Vice President of the Realm’s General Staff

Benacia Command

•  Zurvanudin Miran al-Osman, officer commanding Benacia Command.

Benacian Directorate of the Honourable Company

• Brugen Aldef, Director of Benacian Operations for the Honourable Company and Representative-Commissioner for the Panopticon

Nationalist & Humanist Party

• Xander Jen Johannes, the Sovereign N&H Archon and Bludgeoner-General of the CGC

Agenda

1. Welcome of the Ransenari delegation;
2. Appointments for the High Presidium of the Benacian Union;
3. Authorisation for a census under the auspices of the Benacian Censorate;
4. Adoption of documents of government for Elluenuueq and the UGB;
   • Document of Governance for the Unified Governorates of Benacia
5. Proposals for the cleansing of the Elwynn;
6. Proposed revisions of the Charter:
   1. Inclusion of Ransenar;
   2. Amalgamation of the Legatine College of Data Services with Legatine College of Domestic Security. (Difference of opinion between Commission of War and Commission for the Panopticon);
7. Survey of land usage in Chryse.
8. Protected persons Codification
9. Initial planning with United Ecclesiastical Corporation of Benacia to focus on spiritual standardization within the Union.

Occurrences

1. A report was made to Congress by the delegation of Elluenuueq, notifying of the end of punitive sanctions against the subjects of those bailiwicks which engaged in rebellion during the Republican War. Meritorious Subjects in the circuit of the General Government were once more permitted to travel between bailiwicks without prior permission of higher authority. The age at which juveniles were brought forward for municipal auction was raised from thirteen to fifteen, and the last restrictions upon eligible subjects pursuing higher education with the Benacian Academy were lifted.
2. Rumours allege that Lord Chief Steward Willihard Cason got very drunk on the first night of the arrival of the Ransenari delegation. Purported witness accounts also say that he wandered into the street in his underwear from inside his lodging, in an attempt to board a cab that could take him to a Cake Bakes, a Ransenari chain of 24-hour "cocoa houses" known for their baked goods such as cakes, muffins, cupcakes, and other pastries. The chain is not present in Chryse, but the Steward allegedly was able to satiate his need for pastries from local bakeries.
   • Following an "editorial conference" at the residence of the city's High Commissioner, news of the misdemeanor remainded conspicuously absent from the Chryse Chronicle and the other lesser local papers. Pages and articles pertaining to Willihard Cason subsequently disappeared from the Benacian Data Network for forty-eight hours, on account of "routine indexing", before reappearing in an often truncated form of the original contents.
   • A number of individuals, suspected of propagating "harmful narratives", were subsequently spoken to by representatives of the Magister-Carnifex in the city, with no further actions being taken.
3. The Congress voted to extend the duration of its session for a further full year twice, on 24.XV.1712 AN for 1713 AN and 24.XV.1713 AN for 1714 AN.
4. The Fourth High Presidium constituted itself on 6.V.1714 AN.

Notable liquidations

• Jamie Tasneemsbloomer, Deputy Commissioner for the Panopticon: Arrested on 21.I.1712 AN at Chryse for maintaining treasonable correspondence with agents of the Draconian Supremacy Movement in Shirerithian Draconia. After a court of honour was swiftly convened by the Szodan of Benacia, Tasneemsbloomer was convicted of conspiracy to commit treason and a wilful repudiation of the Union Covenant. The sentence of disembowelment was carried out in the public plaza, conducted under the supervision of the Worshipful Guild of the Sacred Carnifices, on the following day.

Final Act

The 4th Session of Congress concluded on 24.XIV.1714 AN.