Senate of the Lakes

The Senate of the Lakes, also known as the Senate of Hurmu and the Senate, is the legislature and sovereign of the Order of the Holy Lakes, and, by extension, Hurmu. The Senate is also the constitutional court of Hurmu, and it decides on rules governing the Order of the Holy Lakes.

The Senate consists of 28 senators. Fourteen senators hold permanent seats. These senators may gift or will away their seat. Another fourteen seats are elected every twelve years.

The Palace of the Elenaran, where the Senate of the Lakes meets.

The Senate was originally created by Prince Andelarion as the Electorate of Hurmu in 1514 AN. Quickly renamed to the Senate of the Lakes, it was in session from 1522 AN to 1536 AN (I), from 1542 AN to 1558 AN (II), and from 1570 AN to 1574 AN (III). Thereafter, it was in session from 1574 AN until 1599 AN (IV) as the merged Senate of Elwynn and Hurmu, and from 1599 AN as the Senate of an independent Hurmu once more, until 1603 AN (V), when it was effectively destroyed during the Hurmu genocide. After Hurmu's reunification in 1690 AN, the Senate has been in nine sessions: 1690 AN–1695 AN (VI), 1695 AN–1701 AN (VII), 1701 AN–1707 AN (VIII), 1708 AN–1712 AN (IX), 1713 AN–1718 AN (X), 1719 AN–1727 AN (XI), 1728 AN–1734 AN (XII), and 1734 AN and onwards (XIII). The Thirteenth Senate is expected to end in 1745 and be replaced by the Fourteenth Senate after the 1745 elections.

The First Senate began with 12 senators. The largest Senate occurred in 1598 AN with 25 senators (Fourth Senate), and the smallest Senate was also in the Fourth Senate, in its early years 1674 AN–1681 AN with only four Senators.

Since the Senate's reestablishment in 1690 AN, the Senate first had 9 members until 1701 AN when it was doubled. Ever since, the Senate has had 18 members. On 1.I.1728, the Senate was expanded with two new members, giving the Senate 20 members. The Thirteenth Senate expanded the Senate with another 8 seats, giving it a total of 28 seats. However, 14 of them are permanent seats, and only 14 of them were elected.

Names

Language	Name
Agnesian	?
	?
Alexandrian	Sénat des Lacs
Amalandic	Søernes Ældsteråd
Arboric	مجلس شيوخ البحيرات
	Majlis Shuyukh al-Buhayrat
Army Crandish	Sjöarnas äldsteråd
Babkhi	شورای بزرگان دریاچه ها
	Shura-ye Pirâni-ye Kûlhâ
Blue Lontinian	Kölder aqsaqaldarı keñesi
Craitish	Senät ó oesst Lynś
Crandish	Altonratt ties Zeivers
Elw	Dasyh esomaluuqadyrizydar
Hurmu Norse	Aldraraaðeð sjooa
Hurmumol	Be-Gep b'-u-Yakwer-ka b'-u-Kwaj-ka
Jing	湖元老院
Sangunese reading	Mizūmi genrōin
Tieyan reading	Hú yuánlǎoyuàn
Karnali	तालहरूको परिषद
	Tālaharūkō pariṣada
Krasnocorian	Савет стaрешина Језера
	Savet starešina Jezera
Lakkvian	Järvede vanematekogu
Martino	Senado de los Lagos
White Lontinian	Nuuruudyn Akhmadyn zövlöl

Current Senate

Class	Portrait	Coat of Arms	Name	Birth	Tenure	Death	Faction	Comment
Permanent			Utas Ayreon-Kalirion	1683	1728 (13.I.1728)		Humanist	Chancellor
Permanent			Marcus Avon-El Myksos	1702 (Kezan)	1722 (15.V.1722)		Ayreonist–Traditionalist	Prince among the Lakes Commander
Elected			Valde Einhorn	1703	1734 (1.III.1734)		Humanist	Prince among the Lakes
Permanent			Jaya Prabhu	1676	1702 (I.I.1702)		Conservative	Mother of the Senate
Permanent			Saurabh Farrah	1680	1702 (I.I.1702)		Conservative
Permanent			Mondo Etzeterra	Unknown	1708 (1.I.1708)		Ayreonist–Traditionalist
Permanent			Anastasia	1674	1720 (1.I.1720)		Ayreonist–Traditionalist
Permanent			Muhammad Furkorn Mat Jeen	1672	1728 (13.I.1728)		Phineonesian
Permanent			Samira Avon-El Myksos	1705	1729 (11.II.1729)		Ayreonist–Traditionalist
Permanent			Viric Merrick	1679	1729– (12.VIII.1729– )		Humanist
Permanent			Kamran al-Osman	1701	1729 (12.VIII.1729)		Humanist
Elected			Tonugawa Takashi	1676	1734 (1.III.1734)		Conservative
Elected			Avina Mira Avon-El	1682	1734 (1.III.1734)		Humanist
Elected			Jacob Utherion Lewis	1685	1734 (1.III.1734)		Verionist
Elected			Matilde Einhorn al-Osman Kåveland	1690	1734 (1.III.1734)		Humanist
Elected			Vahid al-Osman	1692	1734 (1.III.1734)		Humanist	Secretary of State for Peace
Elected			Khoga Maral	1694	1734 (1.III.1734)		Humanist
Elected			Malachi Wythe al-Osman de la Gardie	1695	1734 (1.III.1734)		Ayreonist–Traditionalist
Elected			Malliki Castanucci Nur Pinito	1699	1734 (1.III.1734)		Ayreonist–Traditionalist
Elected			Velibor Jovanović-Smičić	1699	1734 (1.III.1734)		Ayreonist–Traditionalist
Elected			Lystasia Steerswick	1703	1734 (1.III.1734)		Ayreonist–Traditionalist	Secretary of State for the Bank, Mint and Press
Elected			Meera Hakimi bint Alsalam	1713	1734 (1.III.1734)		Humanist
Elected			Enhei	1697	1734 (16.V.1734)		Ayreonist–Traditionalist	Took on the seat following the death of Hans Schafenweide
Elected			Mikhail Maksimilianov-Shvinnskiy	1696	1736 (4.II.1736)		Ayreonist–Traditionalist	Took on the seat following the resignation of Ingrid Djupvik
Permanent			Anisa Vaykok Nur Pinito	1706	1738 (15.XII.1738)		Independent
Permanent			Sehoshi	1722	1740– (8.VI.1740– )		Ayreonist–Traditionalist	Took on the seat following the resignation of Yukio
Permanent			Eva von Hutten	1702	1744– (I.I.1744– )		Humanist	Took on the seat following the resignation of Princess Rosamund
Permanent			Mohammed bin Ahmad Abdullah Inzun Shah	1680	1744– (10.XV.1744– )		Phineonesian	Took seat following the resignation of his father.