Artemius VII

Somehow, after months of wrangling and red tape, you manage to get an audience with His Imperial Majesty in his Private Audience Chamber. An usher leads you into a large comfortable room with a throne, more modest than the one in the main Audience Chamber. The usher bids you remain standing while you wait for the Emperor.
You are not standing long. His Imperial Majesty swishes briskly through a doorway against the back wall, flanked by six others, two of them knights, one a chaplain and another a magus, and two high ranking courtiers. One you recognize as the Bearer of the Emperor’s Seal', the Emperor’s closest personal assistant.
As he enters, the usher commands you to respectfully bow, which you do, and the Emperor quickly says, “Fine, thank you. Let’s get on with it.”
You raise your head and you realize that this is the closest that you’ve ever been to the Emperor. He looks to be in his early sixties without the gout that afflicts many of his age. His short hair has always been black as coal in any of the depictions you’ve seen of him, but it has now gone salt and pepper around his temples and around the back. Despite it being late in the afternoon, there is no sign of a beard or mustache. He is dressed down from his wonderfully ornate clothing he wears to his Public Audience, but he is still wearing the finest of silks and jewels. He looks a bit tired and care-worn and he is gazing expectantly at you for you to state your business.
The Position:Being the Emperor of the Second Empire of Trynser is a pretty important job. The Empire of Trynser is the most powerful nation in this quarter of the world, and the Emperor is the chief authority in that realm. He rules over the kings of eight kingdoms, and lesser leaders of many smaller realms. He is ably assisted by powerful ministers in both the High and Low Courts of the Empire, but in the end, all major doctrine that comes from the Court must bear his seal.
The man:Artemius is not the most fantastic man to ever sit upon the Orichalcum Throne. Everybody knows this, and this isn’t something he’s willing to argue himself, though one has to consider carefully before bringing this up to him. What Artemius is, is a very capable leader of a court, able to get the most of his various ministers. There is too much to running an empire like Trynser for one man to handle on his own, and he’s not going to attempt it. A lot of people bring many questions up to the Emperor for him to handle, and he sends them right back down to be handled by those asking themselves or if it is complicated enough, by one of his ministers. Then the Emperor evaluates the success in handling the problem and if necessary makes corrections.
The Emperor truly cares about things being done right, that’s why he’s careful to put ministers that he trusts in every position, and leaves matters to the dominions that he feels belong there. If things go wrong, he’s sure to discipline or remove whoever isn’t working right. On the other hand, as long as they do their jobs competently, the ministers and local lords under the Emperor have wide ranging reign over their own departments or dominions without too much oversight.
Underlings:In a manner of speaking everyone in the Empire of Trynser is the Emperor’s underling. But to be more clear, only those who follow him around directly will be listed here.
The Emperor’s top personal assistant is Count Malose Agintrin, the Keeper of the Emporer’s Seal. This is a Low Court position and he will be dealt with there.
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