Camberian Council

The **Camberian Council** is a secretive group of highly trained Deryni adepts. Originally formed in the early tenth century to maintain peace between the races by controlling the actions of disaffected Deryni nobles, the Council's goals expand to include researching ancient Deryni lore and regulating certain Deryni rituals.

The group first receives its formal name from Archbishop Jaffray of Carbury, who believes it appropriate that they be named after the Patron Saint of Deryni Magic, Saint Camber. In addition, one of the chairs in the Council chamber is known as *Saint Camber's Siege*, a name first suggested by Earl Jebediah d'Alcara. When the Council does not immediately fill the vacant seat of Dom Turstane following his death in 916, Jebediah (somewhat jokingly) suggests that the empty seat provides Saint Camber with a place to observe and guide their meetings. Not only does the empty chair retain its identity after that point, but the remaining members of the Council decide that they operate better with seven members instead of eight. The membership of the Council only very rarely exceeds seven members over the following two centuries.

The Council meets in a hidden chamber located in the Rhendall Mountains in northeastern Gwynedd, accessible only by means of a single Transfer Portal. Beneath the main Council chambers is the *keeill*, a large, pillared room in which the Council performs their most powerful and complex arcane rituals. Both chambers were built by an ancient Deryni brotherhood known as the *Airsid*, from whom the Council draws much of their inspiration.

This group is formed on April 15, 909, with five founding members: Bishop Alister Cullen (the public identity of Camber MacRorie), Father Joram MacRorie, Lord Rhys Thuryn, Lady Evaine MacRorie Thuryn, and Earl Jebediah d'Alcara. The following year, Archbishop Jaffray of Carbury, Earl Gregory MacDinan of Ebor, and Dom Turstane were inducted, increasing the group's membership to eight.

### 10th century

* Archbishop Jaffray of Carbury (910 – 917): Archbishop of Valoret and Primate of All Gwynedd
* Earl Gregory MacDinan (910 – 932?): Earl of Ebor
* Dom Turstane (910 – 916): priest and Healer of the Order of St. Gabriel
* Lord Ansel MacRorie (918 – 948?): hereditary Earl of Culdi, grandson of Camber MacRorie
* Lord Jesse MacGregor (918 – 981?): hereditary Earl of Ebor, later Count of Trevalga, son of Gregory MacDinan
* Dom Queron Kinevan (918 – ?): priest and Healer of the Order of St. Gabriel, founder of the Servants of Saint Camber
* Lord Tavis O'Neill (918 – 922): personal Healer to Prince Javan Haldane
* Bishop Niallan Trey (918 – 942?): exiled Bishop of Dhassa

### 11th century

* Lord Michon de Courcy (1067–1097): Titular Baron de Courcy
* Lady Vivienne de Jordanet (1080? – 1128): Lady de Jordanet
* Lord Barrett de Laney (1080? – 1130+): Titular Lord de Laney, later Earl Barstowe
* Lord Sief MacAthan (? - 1082): Royal Councilor to King Donal Blaine Haldane
* Lord Oisín Adair (before 1082 – after 1096)
* Lord Seisyll Arilan (before 1082 – after 1096): Royal Councilor to King Brion Haldane
* Lady Dominy de Laney (before 1082 – after 1096): sister of Barrett de Laney
* Prince Khoren Vastouni (1082 – after 1096): Prince of Andelon
* Lord Rhydon of Eastmarch (1091–1105): Titular Earl of Eastmarch and Baron Coldoire, resigned in 1105
* Stefan Coram (1098? – 1121)

### 12th century

* Sir Jamyl Arilan (1100–1107): Laird of Tre-Arilan, nephew of Seisyll Arilan
* Baron Laran ap Pardyce (1102–1130+): Baron Pardyce
* Princess Sofiana Vastouni (1105–1112 and 1123–1130+): Sovereign Princess of Andelon, niece of Khoren Vastouni
* Bishop Denis Arilan (1107? – 1130+): Auxiliary Bishop of Rhemuth, brother of Jamyl Arilan, later Bishop of Dhassa
* Lord Thorne Hagen (1113–1121): Lord Saint-Stéphane, resigned in 1121
* Lady Kyri de Róiste (1119–1127): resigned in 1127
* Tiercel de Claron (1120–1125)
* Sir Sion Benet (1127–1130+): Under-Chancellor to the Royal House of Llannedd
* Prince Azim ibn Qais ibn Hassan ar-Rafiq (1128–1130+): Prince of Nur Hallaj, Preceptor of the Knights of the Anvil