Ruling Council

The Ruling Council of Baldur was a part of the Baldur Republican Government, which was established in 1200 FA. Its members were selected by the Potentates of the Guildhomes of each race. Each member was also the leader of their respective guildhome, and was thus the equivalent of Baldur nobility. There were no term limits on these seats.
While every race that had a guildhome was, technically, entitled to a seat on the Ruling Council, not all races were permitted to enter the Ruling Council chambers. Admitted species included humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, gnomes, and halflings. Notable excluded species were illithids and drow.
The President of Baldur also functioned as the chairman of the Ruling Council. This position did have a term limit of ten years; the first President was elected in 1226 FA. Members of the Ruling Council could also be in the Baldur Senate or be a Potentate of their respective Guildhome.
The decisions of the Ruling Council could be vetoed by the President of the Senate, who held the power of intercession. Rumor has it that in recent years, this power went largely unexercised.
The Ruling Council, along with all of the other governing bodies in the Baldur Republican Government, was dissolved in the Revolution of 1441.
==Notable Members==
*Lady Elan, 1426-1436 SA
**Representing the elven guildhome
**Joined the Senate in 1326
**President of the Senate, 1390-1406
*Edmund Vargus, 1422-1441
**Representing the human guildhome
***Elected representative to the Port Wyatt Guildhome in 1416
***Elected to the Senate in 1418
**President of Baldur and Chairman of the Ruling Council, 1426-1441; re-elected in 1436; still widely considered president despite the revolution
**Appears to have resumed his post following the liberation of Baldur in 1443
*Charilus, 1416-1426, 1436-1441
**Representing the elven guildhome
***Was dismissed from the Ruling Council in favor of Lady Elan in 1426
**Also a member of the Senate
**Succeeded Lady Elan following her assassination in 1436
*Grax, 1436 - 1441
**Representing the illithid guildhome
**President of the Senate, 1436 - 1441
**Despite his post, he was probably not allowed into the Ruling Council due to being an illithid. The Comentarii de Bello Populi indicates that he attempted to contact his fellow councilmembers by an open letter shortly before the Revolution of 1441.
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