Royal Natural Society of Erne

The Royal Natural Society of Erne was created by Chipper, and is meant to be potentially semi-canon. Please do not edit this page, except if to add your own character to the list of members and associated individuals. Using the RNSE is fine, although using its current president (Cassiterite) requires permission. I do not mind how you represent it, or if you even replace Cassiterite with your own character in the position of president.
The RNSE is not meant to be a draconic equivalent of any particular real learned societies or other organisations. Any resemblance is strictly coincidental, etc.
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The Royal Natural Society of Erne (RNSE) is exactly as stated - a learned SkyWing society with a particular focus on natural history, primarily biology and palaeontology. Founded in 4933 A.S., it has remained mostly ignored for its existence, though with the War of SandWing Succession and the alliance with Burn, there was a certain revival and increased funding. The current society president is Cassiterite.
== Location and Representation ==
The RNSE is, as its title suggests, primarily located in the SkyWing capital of Erne, heavily associated with, quite fittingly, the Royal University of Erne, which is itself connected to the Royal Museum of Erne. The RNSE Offices are located to the side of the Museum. It is mainly composed of SkyWings and SandWings, with a particular bias in favour of those already high in society and academia, with some NightWings very recently post-Exodus.
If a map were to be drawn with every member of the Society marked, one would notice, in addition to a cluster around Erne and many scattered around the Sky Queendom, some scattered around the Queendom of Sand - many quite close, or formerly close, to the SandWing Stronghold, and, in particular, some in Dustwake. Dustwake is a town located near several potential fossil sites, and thus of particular interest to the palaeontologists of the Society. (It is also, reportedly, a genuinely nice place to live, though perhaps not friendly as such.) Those living in the town have varying opinions on the sudden influx of SkyWing geologists, though some have found an opportunity for something greater with these uninvited guests. The politics of the RNSE and the settlements it has come to be associated with are tumultuous at best, in a sense, given its origin and the former association with Burn.
Communications between RNSE associates and Queen Glory are ongoing, due to the vast amounts of potentially unrecorded biodiversity deep within the Rainforest, but things seem to be taking a turn for the worse, particularly with the unspoken implication that information might possibly be seen as only valid if recorded by the true academics. The small but notable amount of NightWing defectors in Erne who are part of the Society, of course, complicates things.
On top of all this, whether or not the Royal Natural Society of Erne will remain Royal under Queen Ruby's rule remains up in the air, with not much comment from her on the subject of the Society. Funding has been reduced, but not eliminated.
The appearance (and then disappearance) of the Darkstalker had very little impact on the Society, further than perhaps on the individual NightWings themselves.
== Structure ==
The RNSE is composed of members, fellows, and the society president. Members gain membership through either prior invitation or by applying to it, in a way that appears relatively informal. Informal does not equal easy, however - as previously stated, reputation, importance, and notability play a big part in who is accepted or invited. Many natural history students of the University find themselves going straight to the Society afterwards, but for others who aren't part of the other categories, the process is rather more long and irritating, so much as to be impossible without the assistance of someone already in the Society.
Fellows are simply those who monetarily support the Society, resulting in greater social importance. Fellows are thus more likely to become society president. Those who want the position of president become potential candidates, and the candidates are voted for when the last president has stepped down (or died). Every society president thus far has been a SkyWing, with the exception of the last president, Tor, who was a SandWing 'scholar' (supposedly), recommended by Burn (allegedly - in reality, recommended by a notable subordinate just below Burn). Tor stepped down in 5007 A.S., personally offering the position to Cassiterite, who is also the current lord curator of the Royal Museum of Erne. This method of transferring power in the Society is not unheard of, but opinions on it certainly vary. Cassiterite, it should be said, would be extraordinarily vulnerable to assassins, a fact not lost on him or his close companions. Whether or not he'll be found dead before the next RNSE meeting remains to be seen.
== Conferences and Meetings ==
RNSE conferences, in the sense of meetings to discuss research, are about as common (and localised to one subject) as with any other academic convention. RNSE meetings, however, are considered different.
A Society meeting is one that involves all current members, planned months in advance. They meet in Erne, though precise location can vary. These meetings do not necessarily involve just the members of the Society - the post-War 5012 A.S. meeting famously involved Queen Thorn and certain other important SandWings, along with Queen Ruby herself, to discuss the SandWing members and their certainly former loyalty to Burn, and the operations of the Society in Dustwake. No dragons were harmed.
Meetings can be irregular, and not particularly frequent, usually only occurring when large changes to be made, and, in particular, when choosing a new society president.
== Current Individuals ==
=== Members ===
*Cassiterite (Current president, belongs to Chipper)
*Tor (belongs to Chipper)
*Influence (belongs to Chipper)
*Pipistrelle (belongs to Chipper)
*Urvogel (belongs to Chipper)
=== Associated Individuals ===
*Civet (belongs to Chipper)
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