Noble Council

The Noble Council, or the Ruling Council of Darujhistan,Memories of Ice, Chapter 5 were the official rulers of the city of Darujhistan and members of the aristocracy. However, the true rulers were actually the T'orrud Cabal, a secretive group of mages. The Council held their meetings in Majesty Hall where the city's political debates were held, and laws to govern the city were written, debated and passed.
== Notable members ==
* Berdand
* Coll of House Jhamin
* Estraysian D'Arle of House D'Arle
* Feder
* Gorlas Vidikas of House Vidikas
* Hanut Orr of House Orr
* Jeshin Lim of House Lim
* Councilman Lim of House Lim
* Redda Orr of House Orr
* Shardan Lim of House Lim
* Torvald Nom of House Nom
* Turban Orr of House Orr
* Lady Varada of House Nom
* Yost
==In Memories of Ice==
The city sent Councillors Estraysian D'Arle and Coll to represent Darujhistan in negotiations with the merged forces of Caladan Brood and Onearm's Host. They successfully concluded an arrangement to supply the combined armies as they marched against the Pannion Domin through the use of the Trygalle Trade Guild.Memories of Ice, Chapter 5
For two weeks, the Gadrobi District was plagued by a series of murders. Horribly mangled bodies were found every night. A mage was hired to investigate, but whatever he found terrified him. The Noble Council even went so far as to hire the Assassins' Guild to look into the matter, but no culprit was ever found. Instead, the killings stopped on their own. The presence of notorious necromancers Bauchelain and Korbal Broach in the city at that time may have been merely coincidental.Memories of Ice, Chapter 4, US SFBC p.122
==In Toll the Hounds==
Gorlas Vidikas, Hanut Orr, and Shardan Lim were rising young members of the Council. The ambitious trio were deliberately assigned to nearly every meaningless committee Estraysian D'Arle and other senior councilors could think of in an unsuccessful attempt keeping them busy and out of the way.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 17, US SFBC p.671-673 Gorlas schemed with Humble Measure, taking part ownership in the Eldra Iron Mongers mine in return for working to place Measure on the Noble Council.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.248-249
Hanut Orr confronted Coll outside the Council chambers regarding policy toward the Malazan Embassy, but Coll was able to deflect charges of corruption (and the invitation to a duel) by invoking the possibility of official censure.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 17, US SFBC p.671-672 
When the mysterious Lady Varada arrived in Darujhistan, she was able to claim a place on the Council without argument. No members of the Council came to her estate in an attempt to buy her alliance or recruit her support. Her guard captain, Torvald Nom, found this very unsettling.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 15, US SFBC p.609
==Notes and references==
Category:Darujhistan
Category:Organisations
Category:Noble Council
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